THE HOUSE CENTIPEDE Scutigera coleoptrata (L.) Centipedes are
... rocks and debris. House centipedes are found in damp sub floor areas, basements and in the vicinity of sinks and drains. They are considered very beneficial as they prey on insect pests and organic material. They rarely bite causing pain no more severe than a bee sting. Outdoor centipedes should not ...
... rocks and debris. House centipedes are found in damp sub floor areas, basements and in the vicinity of sinks and drains. They are considered very beneficial as they prey on insect pests and organic material. They rarely bite causing pain no more severe than a bee sting. Outdoor centipedes should not ...
Entomology Bio 331
... thickened at base (corium) and membranous at tip; HW membranous, shorter than FW; at rest wings held flat over body Belostomatidae: giant waterbug; oval, flattened,large usually >20mm; raptorial front legs; hind legs flattened;terminal appendages short and retractable Gerridae: long legs; antennae e ...
... thickened at base (corium) and membranous at tip; HW membranous, shorter than FW; at rest wings held flat over body Belostomatidae: giant waterbug; oval, flattened,large usually >20mm; raptorial front legs; hind legs flattened;terminal appendages short and retractable Gerridae: long legs; antennae e ...
The Study of Butterflies
... cowpats, carcasses as well as mudpuddles. Even among flowers, there are less than a handful that are universally popular. Usually, each flower has a certain group of butterflies among whom it is popular. Such groups sometimes consist of closely related species of one or more genera; in other cases, ...
... cowpats, carcasses as well as mudpuddles. Even among flowers, there are less than a handful that are universally popular. Usually, each flower has a certain group of butterflies among whom it is popular. Such groups sometimes consist of closely related species of one or more genera; in other cases, ...
SPECIES FACT SHEET Common Name: Scientific Name:
... Lepidoptera larvae are generally found on vegetation or soil, often creeping slowly along the substrate or feeding on foliage. Pupae occur in soil or adhering to twigs, bark, or vegetation. Since the larvae usually travel away from the host plant and pupate in the duff or soil, pupae of most species ...
... Lepidoptera larvae are generally found on vegetation or soil, often creeping slowly along the substrate or feeding on foliage. Pupae occur in soil or adhering to twigs, bark, or vegetation. Since the larvae usually travel away from the host plant and pupate in the duff or soil, pupae of most species ...
species fact sheet - USDA Forest Service
... Lepidoptera Where: Lepidopterans utilize a diversity of terrestrial habitats. When surveying new areas, seek out places with adequate larval food plants, nectar sources, and habitat to sustain a population. Many species have highly specific larval feeding preferences (e.g. limited to one or a few re ...
... Lepidoptera Where: Lepidopterans utilize a diversity of terrestrial habitats. When surveying new areas, seek out places with adequate larval food plants, nectar sources, and habitat to sustain a population. Many species have highly specific larval feeding preferences (e.g. limited to one or a few re ...
Document
... • Family: Pyralidae has the most recognizable aquatic forms (e.g. Petrophila) • Lepidoptera larvae are very difficult to identify without the right literature and/or • many aquatic Lepidoptera build cases out of macrophytes really need associated plant host information to make accurate identificat ...
... • Family: Pyralidae has the most recognizable aquatic forms (e.g. Petrophila) • Lepidoptera larvae are very difficult to identify without the right literature and/or • many aquatic Lepidoptera build cases out of macrophytes really need associated plant host information to make accurate identificat ...
Dragonflies: Friends of Foes
... about three weeks the young emerge and live underwater, voraciously feeding on small aquatic animals. Many successive molts take place over a period of eleven months before the final nymphal stage is reached. The “mature” nymph crawls out of the water onto a rock or plant stem during the night or ea ...
... about three weeks the young emerge and live underwater, voraciously feeding on small aquatic animals. Many successive molts take place over a period of eleven months before the final nymphal stage is reached. The “mature” nymph crawls out of the water onto a rock or plant stem during the night or ea ...
Insect Orders Objectives Question Introduction
... ectoparasites that feed on blood, skin, hair, and feathers. •Lice are wingless parasites of birds and mammals. These lice are pretty host specific and may be limited to feeding on a specific species. Lice are ectoparasites and need to remain close to the host. Therefore, they attach their eggs, or n ...
... ectoparasites that feed on blood, skin, hair, and feathers. •Lice are wingless parasites of birds and mammals. These lice are pretty host specific and may be limited to feeding on a specific species. Lice are ectoparasites and need to remain close to the host. Therefore, they attach their eggs, or n ...
Diversity of Aquatic Insects
... • Family: Pyralidae has the most recognizable aquatic forms (e.g. Petrophila now Crambidae) • Lepidoptera larvae are very difficult to identify without the right literature and/or • many aquatic Lepidoptera build cases out of macrophytes really need associated plant host information to make accura ...
... • Family: Pyralidae has the most recognizable aquatic forms (e.g. Petrophila now Crambidae) • Lepidoptera larvae are very difficult to identify without the right literature and/or • many aquatic Lepidoptera build cases out of macrophytes really need associated plant host information to make accura ...
Insect Life Cycle
... specific to the type of insect. Each growth satge is called an instar. • After hatching from an egg, the insect is called the first instar. • After the first molt, the insect is called the second instar (and so on). ...
... specific to the type of insect. Each growth satge is called an instar. • After hatching from an egg, the insect is called the first instar. • After the first molt, the insect is called the second instar (and so on). ...
Classification
... Insects are probably the most successful of all invertebrates. All insects have: • An external skeleton • A body split into three segments – head, thorax and abdomen • Six jointed legs, one pair on each body segment • Antennae ...
... Insects are probably the most successful of all invertebrates. All insects have: • An external skeleton • A body split into three segments – head, thorax and abdomen • Six jointed legs, one pair on each body segment • Antennae ...
3a Hints on Identifying Insects
... you really have to do and for this I really do encourage that you are dealing with dead, preserved insects. Don’t try to do this with a live insect. The chances are that you will be either bitten or stung. So insects bite with their mouthparts and they sting with their abdominal end: the end of the ...
... you really have to do and for this I really do encourage that you are dealing with dead, preserved insects. Don’t try to do this with a live insect. The chances are that you will be either bitten or stung. So insects bite with their mouthparts and they sting with their abdominal end: the end of the ...
Forensic Entomology - the Redhill Academy
... • How long the person has been dead (also known as the post-mortem interval or PMI) • Whether the body has been moved after death • What injuries they may have sustained ...
... • How long the person has been dead (also known as the post-mortem interval or PMI) • Whether the body has been moved after death • What injuries they may have sustained ...
Hymenoptera - Introduction to Applied Entomology
... Suborder Symphyta (one of two suborders): The sawflies and horntails. The name sawfly is derived from the saw-like nature of the ovipositor. In this suborder, there is a broad "waist" at the junction of thorax and abdomen. Larvae resemble caterpillars but have 1 pair of large ocelli (stemmata) and 6 ...
... Suborder Symphyta (one of two suborders): The sawflies and horntails. The name sawfly is derived from the saw-like nature of the ovipositor. In this suborder, there is a broad "waist" at the junction of thorax and abdomen. Larvae resemble caterpillars but have 1 pair of large ocelli (stemmata) and 6 ...
Introduction to Applied Entomology Exam 1, 2012
... 9. Give the scientific names of the two suborders of Coleoptera. (2) ____________________________________ and ________________________________ What segment(s) of the hind leg is key in separating these two suborders? (1) ____________________________________ ...
... 9. Give the scientific names of the two suborders of Coleoptera. (2) ____________________________________ and ________________________________ What segment(s) of the hind leg is key in separating these two suborders? (1) ____________________________________ ...
Insect Orders I: Paleoptera and Plecoptera
... mayfly species emerge from the water as a winged subimago, not as an adult. The subimago flies to vegetation and molts again to the adult or imago stage. Mayflies are the only order of pterygotes that molt again after acquiring functional wings. The subimago stages lasts from 5 mins to 4 days depend ...
... mayfly species emerge from the water as a winged subimago, not as an adult. The subimago flies to vegetation and molts again to the adult or imago stage. Mayflies are the only order of pterygotes that molt again after acquiring functional wings. The subimago stages lasts from 5 mins to 4 days depend ...
File
... of insects is commonly called beetles. The word "coleoptera" is from the Greek κολεός, koleos, meaning "sheath"; and πτερόν, pteron, meaning "wing", thus "sheathed wing", because most beetles have two pairs of wings, the front ...
... of insects is commonly called beetles. The word "coleoptera" is from the Greek κολεός, koleos, meaning "sheath"; and πτερόν, pteron, meaning "wing", thus "sheathed wing", because most beetles have two pairs of wings, the front ...
Insect Identification Key
... • This key covers insect orders commonly and occasionally observed. However, it does not include all orders. Key #1 is similar, but easier, being limited to insect orders commonly associated with gardening and landscape maintenance. • This simplified key covers insects showing common characteristics ...
... • This key covers insect orders commonly and occasionally observed. However, it does not include all orders. Key #1 is similar, but easier, being limited to insect orders commonly associated with gardening and landscape maintenance. • This simplified key covers insects showing common characteristics ...
Document
... The adult butterfly has four wings that are covered with tiny scales that give them their colourful and diverse designs. They have six legs, antenna, head, compound eyes, a thorax, and an abdomen. They can sense the air for nector and other scents with their antennas. Butterflies also have fairly go ...
... The adult butterfly has four wings that are covered with tiny scales that give them their colourful and diverse designs. They have six legs, antenna, head, compound eyes, a thorax, and an abdomen. They can sense the air for nector and other scents with their antennas. Butterflies also have fairly go ...
Kamoro use of Insects
... listed above. The giant skippers (Family Megathymidae) sport a wingspan of 40 mm or more; their larvae bores into the stems and roots of yucca and related plants. This larvae is edible and considered a delicacy in Mexico: it is usually cooked in deep fat, canned and sold as ‘gusanos de maguey’. Or p ...
... listed above. The giant skippers (Family Megathymidae) sport a wingspan of 40 mm or more; their larvae bores into the stems and roots of yucca and related plants. This larvae is edible and considered a delicacy in Mexico: it is usually cooked in deep fat, canned and sold as ‘gusanos de maguey’. Or p ...
Casemaking Clothes Moth - Do My Own Pest Control
... - Three dark spots on each front wing - Brown/Tan - gray wings are long and narrow - Hind wings are fringed with long hairs ...
... - Three dark spots on each front wing - Brown/Tan - gray wings are long and narrow - Hind wings are fringed with long hairs ...
Insecta Part 1 - Marietta College
... • e-fem-er-op’ ter-a Gr. ephemeros, lasting but a day + pteron, wing • direct development; small to medium sized • adults: membranous wings, forewings larger, wings held vertical, vestigial mouthparts • larvae: aquatic, usually 3 caudal filaments, platelike gills • benthic, freshwater • 2,000 specie ...
... • e-fem-er-op’ ter-a Gr. ephemeros, lasting but a day + pteron, wing • direct development; small to medium sized • adults: membranous wings, forewings larger, wings held vertical, vestigial mouthparts • larvae: aquatic, usually 3 caudal filaments, platelike gills • benthic, freshwater • 2,000 specie ...
Create your own butterfly farm - Wet Tropics Management Authority
... upright position by a thread of silk passed around its ‘waist’. The pupa can be difficult to find. The caterpillar may wander far from the original vine to pupate, and their camouflage pattern looks like a twig or dead leaves. ...
... upright position by a thread of silk passed around its ‘waist’. The pupa can be difficult to find. The caterpillar may wander far from the original vine to pupate, and their camouflage pattern looks like a twig or dead leaves. ...
External morphology of Lepidoptera
The external morphology of Lepidoptera is the physiological structure of the bodies of insects belonging to the order Lepidoptera, also known as butterflies and moths. Lepidoptera are distinguished from other orders by the presence of scales on the external parts of the body and appendages, especially the wings. Butterflies and moths vary in size from microlepidoptera only a few millimetres long, to a wingspan of many inches such as the Atlas moth. Comprising over 160,000 described species, the Lepidoptera possess variations of the basic body structure which has evolved to gain advantages in adaptation and distribution.Lepidopterans undergo complete metamorphosis, going through a four-stage life cycle: egg; larva or caterpillar; pupa or chrysalis; and imago (plural: imagines) / adult. The larvae – caterpillars – have a toughened (sclerotised) head capsule, chewing mouthparts, and a soft body, that may have hair-like or other projections, 3 pairs of true legs, and up to 5 pairs of prolegs. Most caterpillars are herbivores, but a few are carnivores (some eat ants, aphids or other caterpillars) or detritivores. Larvae are the feeding and growing stages and periodically undergo hormone-induced ecdysis, developing further with each instar, until they undergo the final larval–pupal moult. The larvae of many lepidopteran species will either make a spun casing of silk called a cocoon and pupate inside it, or will pupate in a cell under the ground. In many butterflies, the pupa is suspended from a cremaster and is called a chrysalis.The adult body has a hardened exoskeleton, except for the abdomen which is less sclerotised. The head is shaped like a capsule with appendages arising from it. Adult mouthparts include a prominent proboscis formed from maxillary galeae, and are adapted for sucking nectar. Some species do not feed as adults, and may have reduced mouthparts, while others have them modified for piercing and suck blood or fruit juices. Mandibles are absent in all except the Micropterigidae which have chewing mouthparts. Adult Lepidoptera have two immobile, multi-faceted compound eyes, and only two simple eyes or ocelli, which may be reduced. The three segments of the thorax are fused together. Antennae are prominent and besides the faculty of smell, act as olfactory radar, and also aid navigation, orientation and balance during flight. In moths, males frequently have more feathery antennae than females, for detecting the female pheromones at a distance. There are two pairs of membranous wings which arise from the mesothoracic (middle) and metathoracic (third) segments; they are usually completely covered by minute scales. The two wings on each side act as one by virtue of wing-locking mechanisms. In some groups, the females are flightless and have reduced wings. The abdomen has ten segments connected with movable inter-segmental membranes. The last segments of the abdomen form the external genitalia. The genitalia are complex and provide the basis for family identification and species discrimination.The wings, head parts of thorax and abdomen of Lepidoptera are covered with minute scales, from which feature the order 'Lepidoptera' derives its names, the word ""lepidos"" in Ancient Greek meaning 'scale'. Most scales are lamellar (blade-like) and attached with a pedicel, while other forms may be hair-like or specialised as secondary sexual characteristics. The lumen, or surface of the lamella, has a complex structure. It gives colour either due to the pigments contained within it or through its three-dimensional structure. Scales provide a number of functions, which include insulation, thermoregulation and aiding gliding flight, amongst others, the most important of which is the large diversity of vivid or indistinct patterns they provide which help the organism protect itself by camouflage, mimicry, and to seek mates.