Insect (including Butterfly) Articles

• Insects (including Butterflies)
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  Hematophagy

  Hematophagy (sometimes spelled haematophagy) is the habit of certain animals of feeding on ... > more
• Insects (including Butterflies)
  Animals
  New Species
  Mating and Breeding
  Nature
  Birds
   
  

  Butterfly

  A butterfly is an insect of the order Lepidoptera, and belongs to one of the superfamilies Hesperioidea (the skippers) or Papilionoidea (all other butterflies). They are notable for their unusual ... > more
• Dinosaurs
  Extinction
  Geography
  Nature
  Environmental Policy
  Marine Biology
   

  Cretaceous

  The Cretaceous period is one of the major divisions of the geologic timescale, reaching from the end of the Jurassic period, about 146 million years ago (Ma), to the beginning of the Paleocene epoch ... > more
• Insects (including Butterflies)
  Invasive Species
  Exotic Species
  Animals
  Soil Types
  Endangered Plants
   
  

  Japanese beetle

  The Japanese Beetle (Popillia japonica) is a beetle about 1.5 cm (0.6 inches) long and 1 cm (0.4 inches) wide (smaller in Canada), with shiny copper-colored elytra and a shiny green top of the thorax ... > more
• Insects (including Butterflies)
  Invasive Species
  Animals
  Exotic Species
  New Species
  Mating and Breeding
   
  

  Ant

  Ants are one of the most successful groups of insects in the animal kingdom and are of particular interest because they are a social insect and form highly organized colonies or nests, often ... > more
• Insects (including Butterflies)
  Animals
  Invasive Species
  New Species
  Zoology
  Pests and Parasites
   
  

  Crane fly

  The crane flies (Tipulidae) are a family of insects resembling giant mosquitoes. They are sometimes called mosquito eaters, mosquito hawks, or skeeter eaters. Adult crane flies feed on nectar or not ... > more
• Exotic Species
  Invasive Species
  Botany
  Endangered Plants
  Seeds
  Nature
   
  

  Purple loosestrife

  Purple loosestrife is a semi-aquatic herbaceous plant belonging to the loosestrife family, Lythraceae, native to the wetlands of Eurasia. It is a herbaceous perennial plant, growing 1-2 m tall, ... > more
• Invasive Species
  Insects (including Butterflies)
  Agriculture and Food
  Animals
  Mating and Breeding
  Food
   
  

  Honeybee

  Honeybees are a subset of bees which fall into the Order Hymenoptera and Suborder Apocrita. Of the approximately 20,000 known species of bees, there are eleven species within the genus Apis, all of ... > more
• Insects (including Butterflies)
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Sports Medicine
  Cats
  Allergy
   
  

  Cat flea

  The Cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis) is one of the most abundant and widespread fleas in the world. The cat flea's primary host is the domestic cat, but this is also the primary flea infesting dogs ... > more
• Insects (including Butterflies)
  Sports Medicine
  Animals
  Healthy Aging
  Mating and Breeding
  Attention Deficit Disorder
   
  

  Housefly

  The housefly (also house-fly or house fly) (Musca domestica) is the most common fly occurring in homes and indeed one of the most widely distributed animals and the most familiar of all flies; it is ... > more

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