Insect (including Butterfly) Articles

• Insects (including Butterflies)
  Evolutionary Biology
  Nature
  New Species
  Zoology
  Animals
   
  

  Lepidoptera

  The order Lepidoptera is the second largest order in the class Insecta and includes the butterflies, skippers, and moths. This order has more than 180,000 species in 127 families and 46 ... > more
• Seeds
  Botany
  Endangered Plants
  Ecology Research
  Wild Animals
  Nature
   
  

  Seed predation

  Seed predation includes any process inflicted on a plant’s seeds by an animal that results in the inviability of the seed. Generally this refers to the consumption and digestion of the seed, ... > more
• Insects (including Butterflies)
  Healthy Aging
  Sports Medicine
  Animals
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Invasive Species
   
  

  Fly

  As defined by entomologists, a fly (plural flies) is any species of insect of the order Diptera. These typically have one pair of true wings, with the hind wings modified into halteres. Flies are ... > more
• Insects (including Butterflies)
  Invasive Species
  Agriculture and Food
  Nutrition
  Animals
  Food
   
  

  Characteristics of common wasps and bees

  There are many different characteristics of bees and wasps. Wasps and bees can be identified by a number of factors including color, coat, size, leg visibility when flying, behavior and ... > more
• Insects (including Butterflies)
  Invasive Species
  Animals
  Trees
  New Species
  Nature
   
  

  Beetle

  Beetles are one of the most diverse groups of insects. Certain species are agricultural pests in some areas, for example the Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata), while other species ... > more
• Behavioral Science
  Gender Difference
  Mating and Breeding
  Insects (including Butterflies)
  Perception
  Relationships
   
  

  Pheromone

  A pheromone is any chemical produced by a living organism that transmits a message to other members of the same species. There are alarm pheromones, food trail pheromones, sex pheromones, and many ... > more
• Insects (including Butterflies)
  Agriculture and Food
  Invasive Species
  Endangered Plants
  Soil Types
  Organic
   
  

  Boll weevil

  The boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis) is a beetle measuring an average length of six millimeters (¼ inch). It remains the most destructive cotton pest in North America. By the mid 1920s it had ... > more
• Insects (including Butterflies)
  Healthy Aging
  Sports Medicine
  Mating and Breeding
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  New Species
   
  

  Hornet

  Hornets are large eusocial wasps. The true hornets make up the genus Vespa, and are distinguished from other vespids by the width of the vertex (part of the head behind the eyes), which is ... > more
• Spiders and Ticks
  Insects (including Butterflies)
  Agriculture and Food
  Fungus
  Microbes and More
  Zoology
   
  

  Bombyx mori

  The silkworm is the larva or caterpillar of a moth that is very important economically as the producer of silk. A silkworm's diet consists solely of mulberry ... > more
• Trees
  Beer and Wine
  Mating and Breeding
  Ecology Research
  Insects (including Butterflies)
  Invasive Species
   
  

  Red-cockaded Woodpecker

  About the size of the Northern Cardinal, the Red-cockaded Woodpecker (Picoides borealis) is approximately 20-22 cm long, with a wingspan of about 35 cm. Its back is barred with black and white ... > more

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