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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
Green Bush Cricket Facts The Green Bush Cricket represents a rather remarkable species of katydid cricket. The fascinating invertebrate has a quite broad zone of habitation. Although the typically placid creature remains essentially harmless to humans, it does have the ability to deliver a painful bite if handled. Fortunately, its numbers appear to continue to […]
Desert Locust Facts Firstly, the Desert Locust remains a particularly dangerous variety of insect. That’s because enormous swarms of this invertebrate have periodically threatened agriculture in certain areas for centuries. Further, when a multitude of individuals swarm, as happens periodically, they are truly voracious. Given the vast numbers and voraciousness, these swarms have a terrifying […]
The Panda Ant forms a rather surprising species of insect and actually is not even an ant. This actually represents a variety of wingless wasp. Their name derives from the obvious resemblance to a panda in its markings and they were first discovered in 1938. We still know very little about this species. They appear […]
Dakota Skipper Facts The adorable little Dakota Skipper remains a rather small species of butterfly that once inhabited a wide swathe of North America. In a rather large portion of its remaining endemic range, the lovely little Lepidoptera enjoys protection under the Endangered Species Act. Despite its rather small size, this surprising beauty remains a […]
Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle Facts First of all, the term Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle serves as the common name for a remarkable species of beetle. However, this magnificent insect has a particularly bad reputation. That’s because it remains considered as one of the most invasive species on the entire planet. For starters, unlike most invertebrates, […]
Hines Emerald Dragonfly Facts The highly descriptive term of the Hines Emerald Dragonfly serves as the common name for a particularly lovely variety of arthropod. Though somewhat lengthy, this nevertheless remains easier to pronounce than its scientific name. This statement holds true since that term remains that of the relatively tongue-twisting Somatochlora hineana. Which name […]
Christmas Beetle Facts Most notably, the wonderful Christmas Beetle represents another of those wonderful coincidences in Nature, due to certain characteristics of its life cycle. Furthermore, it ranks as a comparatively large species of beetle. This fabulous insect also classifies as a type of scarab beetle. The name principally derives from its tendency to gather […]
Karner Blue Butterfly Facts The Karner Blue Butterfly remains a highly endangered species of Lepidoptera which was originally endemic to specific regions of the Northern Hemisphere. The butterfly is also now most likely extinct in Canada, and only relatively small populations of this insect perhaps exist in other portions of its original range. The Necedah National Wildlife […]
The Scorpionfly is part of an order of winged insects with roughly 550 known species within this order. The various species of Scorpionfly inhabits areas throughout most of the warm climates on earth. Surprisingly, the insect is actually also closely related to the common flea. They are popular for their distinctive appearance. Though they look fearsome, […]
The Ornithoptera Chimaera is an insect that has no common name. This beautiful butterfly lists as a member of the birdwing family and was first identified in 1906. The discovery was made by the renowned Walter Rothschild (who, ironically, was a zoologist). The IUCN has only listed this Lepidoptera as Near Threatened due to insufficient information […]
