
Beautiful Butterflies - Butterfly Wonderland
... transformation that takes place completes the metamorphosis. The organs, tissues and limbs of the caterpillar are changed into the delicate wings and body of the elegant butterfly waiting to emerge. From the confines of the chrysalis the butterfly emerges with soft, wet wings folded against its body ...
... transformation that takes place completes the metamorphosis. The organs, tissues and limbs of the caterpillar are changed into the delicate wings and body of the elegant butterfly waiting to emerge. From the confines of the chrysalis the butterfly emerges with soft, wet wings folded against its body ...
LW Butterfly Empowerment (Nan Fahey) 070410
... other butterflies at the series level only. In this system, Papilionoidea consists of the series Hesperiiformes (with one family only, the skipper family Hesperiidae) and the series Papilioniformes (with five ...
... other butterflies at the series level only. In this system, Papilionoidea consists of the series Hesperiiformes (with one family only, the skipper family Hesperiidae) and the series Papilioniformes (with five ...
Create Your Own Insect
... super insect with several of the behaviors and the appropriate body part adaptations. Students may be asked to look in their yards for insects. They can draw or diagram the insects they find and research them, looking for their special behaviors and the body parts that have developed to meet their b ...
... super insect with several of the behaviors and the appropriate body part adaptations. Students may be asked to look in their yards for insects. They can draw or diagram the insects they find and research them, looking for their special behaviors and the body parts that have developed to meet their b ...
Class Insecta Subclass Pterygota
... How do these ants affect Disholcaspis, and the community of parasitoids that parasitize them? ...
... How do these ants affect Disholcaspis, and the community of parasitoids that parasitize them? ...
What do ladybugs have in common with wolves? Read the next
... adopted for sucking. Ladybugs chew up aphids with their razor-sharp mandibles, or jaws. In warm spring weather, look for ladybugs hunting in colonies of aphids. They crawl over the aphids, pluck them off the plant, and slowly crunch each aphid body-bit by ...
... adopted for sucking. Ladybugs chew up aphids with their razor-sharp mandibles, or jaws. In warm spring weather, look for ladybugs hunting in colonies of aphids. They crawl over the aphids, pluck them off the plant, and slowly crunch each aphid body-bit by ...
LADYBUG OPEN RESPONSE ONLINE
... Ladybugs have enormous appetites. A ladybug can eat about fifty aphids a day. Ladybugs aren't fussy eaters. Besides aphids, they also devour tiny worms, caterpillars, mites, scale insects, white flies, or whatever else they can get their little mouthparts on. Ladybug larvae are also predators. Since ...
... Ladybugs have enormous appetites. A ladybug can eat about fifty aphids a day. Ladybugs aren't fussy eaters. Besides aphids, they also devour tiny worms, caterpillars, mites, scale insects, white flies, or whatever else they can get their little mouthparts on. Ladybug larvae are also predators. Since ...
BORN TO BE A BUTTERFLY
... • Butterflies touch the petals their feet and their feelers. • Butterflies look for a flower to drink the nectar. • A butterfly uses their antennae for their feelers. ...
... • Butterflies touch the petals their feet and their feelers. • Butterflies look for a flower to drink the nectar. • A butterfly uses their antennae for their feelers. ...
Aphids pdf 526 KB
... exceptions will occur particularly in protected cropping situations with good environmental control systems. During good conditions, aphids can complete their lifecycle in 5-10 days and females may lay 1-2 offspring per day. As such, populations can build up rapidly from even one aphid flying into a ...
... exceptions will occur particularly in protected cropping situations with good environmental control systems. During good conditions, aphids can complete their lifecycle in 5-10 days and females may lay 1-2 offspring per day. As such, populations can build up rapidly from even one aphid flying into a ...
Aphids - A Rapidly Reproducing Problem
... exceptions will occur particularly in protected cropping situations with good environmental control systems. During good conditions, aphids can complete their lifecycle in 5-10 days and females may lay 1-2 offspring per day. As such, populations can build up rapidly from even one aphid flying into a ...
... exceptions will occur particularly in protected cropping situations with good environmental control systems. During good conditions, aphids can complete their lifecycle in 5-10 days and females may lay 1-2 offspring per day. As such, populations can build up rapidly from even one aphid flying into a ...
Podocarpus Aphids - Lee County Extension
... cause plant stunting and withering of foliage and a general loss of plant vigor. Some Hemipteran pests, like aphids, excrete a sugary substance called honeydew which can become problematic when excessive. Honeydew provides an excellent substrate for the growth of a black fungus known as “sooty mold” ...
... cause plant stunting and withering of foliage and a general loss of plant vigor. Some Hemipteran pests, like aphids, excrete a sugary substance called honeydew which can become problematic when excessive. Honeydew provides an excellent substrate for the growth of a black fungus known as “sooty mold” ...
Caterpillars escape predation in habitat and thermal refuges
... Abstract. 1. Climate and, therefore, abiotic conditions, are changing rapidly, and many ecological interactions depend on them. In this study, how abiotic conditions mediate a predator–prey interaction were examined. 2. Caterpillars of Platyprepia virginalis (Boisduval) (Arctiidae) were found previo ...
... Abstract. 1. Climate and, therefore, abiotic conditions, are changing rapidly, and many ecological interactions depend on them. In this study, how abiotic conditions mediate a predator–prey interaction were examined. 2. Caterpillars of Platyprepia virginalis (Boisduval) (Arctiidae) were found previo ...
Insect-O-Rama_27Oct13
... Part IV. Overview of common orders. A. Life cycle – metamorphosis Metamorphosis refers to a major change of form or structure during development. Metamorphosis is one of the key reasons why insects are so successful. Many insects have immature stages with completely different habitats from the adul ...
... Part IV. Overview of common orders. A. Life cycle – metamorphosis Metamorphosis refers to a major change of form or structure during development. Metamorphosis is one of the key reasons why insects are so successful. Many insects have immature stages with completely different habitats from the adul ...
Insect Metamorphosis Notes
... the animal. An exoskeleton cannot grow with an insect. So, an insect must shed its exoskeleton and make a new one to grow. This process is called molting. Like all living things, insects have life cycles. They begin life as tiny, hard-shelled eggs. Insects hatch from the eggs and begin a process of ...
... the animal. An exoskeleton cannot grow with an insect. So, an insect must shed its exoskeleton and make a new one to grow. This process is called molting. Like all living things, insects have life cycles. They begin life as tiny, hard-shelled eggs. Insects hatch from the eggs and begin a process of ...
Order - Oregon State University
... To know basic insect anatomy and life cycles To identify common insects and other arthropods according to their class and order ...
... To know basic insect anatomy and life cycles To identify common insects and other arthropods according to their class and order ...
CLASS INSECTA
... o Stylet formed by mandibles and maxillae and is used to pierce an animals skin o Antennae are used for feeling prey o During piercing, labium (including part of proboscis) remains outside of the skin REPRODUCTION There are three main types of sexual reproduction based on level of metamorphosis o ...
... o Stylet formed by mandibles and maxillae and is used to pierce an animals skin o Antennae are used for feeling prey o During piercing, labium (including part of proboscis) remains outside of the skin REPRODUCTION There are three main types of sexual reproduction based on level of metamorphosis o ...
Entomology Review
... Leaf-eating caterpillars (tomato hornworm, armyworms, loopers) chew irregular holes. Many small caterpillars roll leaves to form shelters. ...
... Leaf-eating caterpillars (tomato hornworm, armyworms, loopers) chew irregular holes. Many small caterpillars roll leaves to form shelters. ...
Aticle XXIV. - WORKER ANTS WITH VESTIGES OF WINGS, By
... posteriorly, like the wing-pads in the pup2 of normal males and females, and do not stand off at right angles from the thorax as represented, for the sake of clearness, in the figures. The two specimens with more considerable vestiges are a trifle larger than the majority of the workers in the colon ...
... posteriorly, like the wing-pads in the pup2 of normal males and females, and do not stand off at right angles from the thorax as represented, for the sake of clearness, in the figures. The two specimens with more considerable vestiges are a trifle larger than the majority of the workers in the colon ...
Insects and other Arthropods
... Insects are invertebrates which belong to a subdivision of animals called “Arthropods”, meaning animals with jointed legs and an exoskeleton (outer covering). Arthropods include insects as well as non-insects such as spiders, millipedes, centipedes, ticks, mites and crayfish. “Insect” is the subdivi ...
... Insects are invertebrates which belong to a subdivision of animals called “Arthropods”, meaning animals with jointed legs and an exoskeleton (outer covering). Arthropods include insects as well as non-insects such as spiders, millipedes, centipedes, ticks, mites and crayfish. “Insect” is the subdivi ...
Potential of rubber litter dwelling ants as biocontrol
... the higher abundance in rubber plantation litter. Myrmica ants are predatory forms foraging mainly on the ground surface, in litter or on herbs. They nest in soil, frequently under stones and pieces of old wood, in rotting tree stumps, in logs and branches lying on the ground, under moss, in tufts o ...
... the higher abundance in rubber plantation litter. Myrmica ants are predatory forms foraging mainly on the ground surface, in litter or on herbs. They nest in soil, frequently under stones and pieces of old wood, in rotting tree stumps, in logs and branches lying on the ground, under moss, in tufts o ...
PowerPoint Lecture 8
... Includes spiders, scorpions, eurypterids Have specialized mouth parts (but not jaws) called chelicerae. ...
... Includes spiders, scorpions, eurypterids Have specialized mouth parts (but not jaws) called chelicerae. ...
Introduction to Applied Entomology Exam 1, 2012
... parasites (or parasitoids) of other insects? (1) ____________________________________ 8. Answer true or false for each of the following: (3) _____ Insects are arthropods. _____ Earthworms are arthropods. _____ Ticks are arthropods. _____ Spiders are arthropods. _____ Clams are arthropods. _____ Crab ...
... parasites (or parasitoids) of other insects? (1) ____________________________________ 8. Answer true or false for each of the following: (3) _____ Insects are arthropods. _____ Earthworms are arthropods. _____ Ticks are arthropods. _____ Spiders are arthropods. _____ Clams are arthropods. _____ Crab ...
Myrmecophily

Myrmecophily (/mɜrmɨˈkɒfɨli/; literally ""ant-love"") is the term applied to positive interspecies associations between ants and a variety of other organisms such as plants, other arthropods, and fungi. Myrmecophily refers to mutualistic associations with ants, though in its more general use the term may also refer to commensal or even parasitic interactions.The term myrmecophile is used mainly for animals that associate with ants. There are an estimated 10,000 species of ants (Formicidae), with a higher diversity in the tropics. In most terrestrial ecosystems ants are ecologically and numerically dominant, being the main invertebrate predators. As a result, ants play a key role in controlling arthropod richness, abundance, and community structure. There is evidence that the evolution of myrmecophilous interactions has contributed to the abundance and ecological success of ants, by ensuring a dependable and energy-rich food supply and thus providing a competitive advantage for ants over other invertebrate predators. Most myrmecophilous associations are opportunistic, unspecialized, and facultative (meaning both species are capable of surviving without the interaction), though obligate mutualisms (those in which one or both species are dependent on the interaction for survival) have also been observed for many species.