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Mitchell’s Satyr Butterfly Facts The Mitchell’s Satyr Butterfly represents a highly endangered species of insect. It originally evolved as endemic to a very restricted region comprising four states in the United States. These consisted of Ohio, New Jersey, Michigan, and Indiana. The beautiful Lepidoptera also remains one of the rarest known butterflies on the planet. Only […]Read More
Picasso Bug Facts First of all, the highly descriptive term of Picasso Bug serves as one of the common names of a visually stunning variety of arthropod. However, this marvelous insect also goes by the alternate common name of the Zulu Hud Bug. But most professional researchers know the invertebrate best by the quite difficult […]Read More
Jewel Wasp Facts Firstly, the Jewel Wasp serves as the common name for an extremely unusual species of insect. However, it also goes by another name, even more distinctive. This other name is the Emerald cockroach wasp. In addition, this invertebrate represents a rather solitary wasp in the family Ampilicidae. But, unlike many related species, […]Read More
American Burying Beetle Facts The term American Burying Beetle serves as the most frequently used common name for this remarkable insect. It also goes by the alternate name of the giant carrion beetle. Both remain much more pronounceable name than its scientific name, though. That’s the tongue-twisting term of the Nicrophorus americanus. The French entomologist, […]
Bald-Faced Hornet Facts Despite its common name, the fierce-looking Bald-Faced Hornet does not actually rank as a true hornet. This surprising fact only proves once again that names can be deceiving. This amazing eusocial insect actually constitutes a specific species of the yellow jacket. Furthermore, it remains well known for its construction of large conical nests, […]
Pellucid Hawkmoth Facts The unique term of Pellucid Hawkmoth serves as the most frequently used common name for this moth. The marvel of Nature also goes by several alternates, however. These include the terms of the coffee clearwing and the coffee bee hawkmoth. Scientists, meanwhile, know it by quite a different term, as is the […]
Aporia crataegi Facts Firstly, the remarkably beautiful Aporia crataegi represents a large Lepidoptera. Secondly, scientists place it in the family Pieridae. This beautiful and unique insect is also one of 30 butterfly species in its genus. Further, this species remains by far the most common of those in its genus. It also seems to have […]
Cuckoo Bee Facts Perhaps most notably, the term Cuckoo Bee serves as the name collectively used to refer to any of large variety of bees. More specifically, though, the somewhat interesting term refers to those bee species that have developed a highly fascinating pattern. That pattern is the astonishing practice of actually laying their eggs […]
Source: http://bit.ly/2GEsEnx Photographer: Juan Emilio CC License: http://bit.ly/2xLZ0ap Devils Flower Mantis Facts Firstly, the amazing Devil’s Flower Mantis remains one of the largest of all the roughly 2,400 known praying mantis varieties. Also, of those mantises that mimic flowers, this rather impressive species actually represents the largest known. In addition, the remarkable and relatively large insect is the […]
Bullet Ant Facts The Bullet Ant forms a rather remarkable species of fairly large ant, commonly popular as the lesser giant hunting ant or conga ant. Further, its name, unfortunately, derives from reports concerning its rather powerful and quite potent sting. Interestingly, among the local inhabitants of its native range, the insect’s name also remains […]
Goliath Beetle Facts Most notably, the truly phenomenal Goliath Beetle truly earns its attention-grabbing common name. That’s because this fabulous arthropod easily ranks as one of the largest and heaviest insects currently known to man. However, the highly descriptive term applies to a total of five separate, but quite similar, species contained in the […]
Cape Honey Bee Facts The term Cape Honey Bee refers to a particularly remarkable subspecies of the Western honey bee. It also goes by the difficult to pronounce scientific name of the Apis mellifera capensis. By either name, however, it stand out from related species for a unique reason. In fact, due to this trait, […]
Plume Moth Facts Plume Moth serves as the collective name for any of the approximately 1,000 Lepidoptera species within a uniquely evolved Family. Its common name derives from the extremely deep cleft divisions in its wings. We also think the white ones look like little ghosts but that’s material for another story. Typically, these insects […]
