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Green Caterpillars

green caterpillars

Green caterpillars can be found all over the place — all over the world, and even in your garden! These little creatures often have a knack for hiding in your plants and vegetables, and can often cause destruction by munching their way through them, before they turn into … [Read more...]

Poisonous Caterpillars

poisonous caterpillars

Caterpillars are immature stages of moths and butterflies that often have spines and barbed hooks. With most species, these are for show and are quite harmless, but some of these are poisonous caterpillars and should be left alone.While caterpillars can be a nuisance to … [Read more...]

Camel Cricket

Camel Crickets

Camel crickets belong to the family Rhaphidophoridae of the suborder Ensifera and the order Orthoptera, which contains grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets. Rhaphidophoridae, also known as cave wētā, cave crickets, camelback crickets, spider crickets (sometimes shortened to … [Read more...]

Spotted Beetle

spotted beetle

The Spotted Beetle, also known as the Spotted Cucumber Beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata) belongs to the family Chrysomelidae. The spotted cucumber beetle is a major agricultural pest insect. They are found east of Rocky Mountains. (Closely related species are found throughout … [Read more...]

Bumble Bees

Bumblebees are large, hairy bees and are close relatives of the well-known honeybee. Most species of bumblebee live in colonies, but their colonies are much smaller than the honey bees or wasps who can have up to several thousand individuals, the bumblebee colony will only … [Read more...]

Parasitic Bees

parasitic bees

Parasitic, or cuckoo bees are those that do not forage for food or make nests for themselves, instead they invade the nests and food supplies of other species of bees, particularly Solitary bees, to provide for their parasitic young. There are two types of Parasitic … [Read more...]

Solitary Bees

Solitary Bees

Solitary bees make up the largest percent of the bee population, with 90% of bees being in the solitary category. There are about 250 species of Solitary bee in Great Britain and 20,000 - 30,000 different species worldwide, including mason bees, leafcutters, mining bees, white … [Read more...]

Stingless Bees

stingless bees

Stingless bees are a large group of bees, comprising the tribe Meliponini (sometimes called stingless honey bees) in the family Apidae. They are closely related to the common honey bees, carpenter bees, orchid bees and bumblebees. The common name is slightly misleading, as a … [Read more...]

Ants

For more than 100 million years, ants have been living on the Earth. They can be found almost anywhere on the planet. As of 2006, there are 11,880 known ant species, most of which reside in hot climates. Ants are members of the family of social insects which means they live in … [Read more...]

Bees

There are over 20,000 species of bees in the world in nine recognised families. There are still many unclassified species therefore the total population could be even higher. Bees can be found in every habitat on the planet that contains flowering dicotyledons - a name for a … [Read more...]

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