It seems like no matter where you go, insects maintain their abundant nature appearing in various sizes, shapes and colors. Some can be so spectacular and yet some can be so ugly. I found this latern fly, a.k.a. peanuthead, when I was collecting over spring break in Belize. What a beautiful guy! As a defense mechanism, they have eyespots on their hind wings so when they are in full suit, they ward off predators appearing larger and predator like. This deceiving notion displays an owl mimic appearance representing a raptorial aggressive predator. As an evolved defense mechanism, this has ensured reproductive succession and fecundity.
Below is an amazing video displaying endoparasitic ecological behavior. It is quite grotesque but only reveals the true possibilities of traveling outside the country.
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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Caterpillar
Not once but twice in one day I almost pruned branches that had become hosts for these ugly brown/gray/white slug-like creatures.
I decided that since they had left such an impact on my memory and that I needed to blog on an insect that this creature is what I would research.
In my quest, I found the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Caterpillar.
Like many creatures the swallowtail has unique defenses for protecting their species; such as after the eggs hatch the young caterpillars look like bird droppings on the leaves helping to camouflage them against predators. As they grow eyespots develop and they take on snakelike characteristics. Another interesting defense is that the female swallowtails resemble the Pipevine Swallowtails with its blue and black colors. The Pipevine Swallowtail is poisonous and the Tiger Swallowtail is not, so when predators see them they will not eat them because they think they are the poisonous Pipevine instead.
The Eastern Tiger Swallowtails are found throughout the Eastern United States and Canada.
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SILK WORM
The silk worm is native on two continents, Asia and Africa. My first encounter with silk worms in person was on a tour of a silk worm factory in Suzhou, China. The Bombyx mori larva is the scientific name of the silk worm from Asia which is the most widely used to make silk worldwide. Silk worm domestication started in China about 2,000 years ago. Silk worms feed mainly on mulberry leaves.
At about one month old the silk worm attaches itself to a twig and begins spinning a cocoon for itself. The cocoon, which is close to a 1/2 mile long, is what humans use to make silk. Silk worms do not mature to their adult moth stage when humans use their cocoons for silk, most of the time.
Silk worms are also used as a traditional chinese medicine to lessen phlegm, expel flatulence, and lessen spasms. In some cultures silk worms are eaten as well. A man by the name of Pasteur saved the French silk worm in the 18th century from pebrine which is a protozoan disease affecting insects. This disease affecting the silk worm is caused by microsporidian parasites, usually the Nosema bombycis but at times the Variomorpha, Pleistophora and Thelophania species. The silk worm is in the phylum Arthropoda, class Insecta, order Lepidoptera, family Bombycidae.
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While I was in Lebanon I saw many strange, and different insects. My first encounter was with the Figeater beetle. One night I was sitting with my uncles we were talking, when I noticed a buzzing noise and a large bug flew over my head. I looked up I thought it was an enormous cochroach, but my uncle told me it was a figeater beetle. He obviously told me to kill it, I tried my best but I kept trying to crush it over and over it wouldnt die, I finally gave up and give it to the cats. Also know as the green fruit beetle, the figeater beetle is a part of the scarab beetle family. Which grow up to be about an inch and a quarter (1.25). Their primarialy found in the united states and Mexico. Unlike like their weastern cousins, they damage crops.
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Silverfish eeww!!!
Since I was a little girl I've always seen what I called Little Silver Worms every now a again in my house. Well I actually still called them that up until a few years ago. I'm talking about Silverfish. If you don't know what I am talking about let me describe them. They are small wingless insects covered in tiny silvery scales. I usually see them in the bathroom. I often wondered were these mysterious creatures came from. So of course I had to do my homework.
Silverfish are your common household pests.They are about one-half inch long exclusive of the tail appendages. Their body is slender and tapers down toward the back part.They move rapidly on three pairs of thin, jointed legs. They live in dark cool places such as basements and closets. They are often found around plumbing fixtures. Silverfish usually go unnoticed because they move around in the dark. They feed on starchy material and often damage clothes, books, and wallpaper. They can easily be controlled with insecticides.
Once I came across a stink bug. They are not the most flattering creatures but very interesting.
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My family is from the Dominican Republic, we always vacation there I have tons of family down there it was really fun, except for the fact that i always came across with big tarantulas because of my cousins throwing water down their holes in the ground they would come out and start chasing people. now i know that their scientific name is Phormictopus cancerides and common name is Haitian Brown Tarantula.
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Here is a link to my blog. However, my first blog does not coincide with my first paper because I wrote my paper on Yersinia pestis and I do not expect to encounter the species locally or in my travels as required by the blog. So I wrote the blog about Solenopsis invicta.
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Hello Professor Holt, check out my blog at www.barlowbugs.blogspot.com. Also, I looked at Travis Silvey's blog but he did not allow me to post any comments and nobody else has left a comment on this blog so I can't post another comment but Travis' blog was great.
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