We just found a wooly bear caterpillar between our front and screen door on our front porch and wanted to observe it for a few days but since we did not find...
Your Wolly Bear eats dandelion, plantain, and many other low growing weeds and grasses. This caterpillar lives all winter. That's a long time to be feeding a...
Assuming it is the Isabella Tiger Moth it would normally hibernate in the wild. If you keep it indoors in the warm over the winter it will either change in to...
Thank you for your comments, but there's a mistake. I'm trying to find information about a large sub-tropical butterfly, the white morpho (Morpho polyphemus),...
dear frank, thanks for your message. both of my mantids just died in the last couple of days, i guess from natural cause. like yours, they just pretty much...
Hello all, I thought you might enjoy seeing the Banded Sphinx Moth Caterpillar. I got two photos fo the same species that are very different in color and...
... From: David Cho To: bugclub@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 12:46 PM Subject: Re: [bugclub] Praying Mantis ?? dear frank, thanks for your...
Hi all, Just back from a holiday in Fuerteventura (one of the Canary Islands). Only saw three butterfly species there this year - Cleopatras Brimstone, Painted...
I am searching for an ID of a grasshopper. I need it for a photo contest I'm entering, but I'm at a loss for what it is. It was pretty large, I'd say about...
I couldn't really tell from the first two photos (because I can't see the wing shape), but the third looks like the Fork-tailed Bush Katydid or Scudderia...
Thank you!! That's what I needed! It's so hard to find names of them online...I couldn't figure it out. ^_^ Scudderia furcata Here's one photo that I found...
I have a question..a tick is an insect and all insects have an exoskeleton. I was wondering how can a tick increase in size when it takes in blood when it has...
Hi Amanda You are correct in thinking arthropods have an exoskeleton. Howver, it is not completely rigid (otherwise they would not be able to bend their...
Hi. My Name is Michelle Montgomery and I am a student at the University of Hawaii in Hilo. I am attempting to develope my own curriculum and require courses...
Well, a tick is NOT an insect, in fact, a tick is more closely related with spiders and scorpions that with crickets and roaches. Insects have 3 pairs of legs...
Some additional info... Ticks are the largest of the mites. Insects and mites are both part of the arthropods. However the tick is further classified to ...
Hi, I need a pen pal outside of the U.S.A. for a school project. If anyone is interested, please E-Mail me at mantidave@.... I collect and preserve dead...
Hi Reg, I live in Arizona and volunteer at a Monarch pavillion locally. Are you sure it was a Monarch? There are many species that are regularly mistaken for...
Hi Dave, Thanks for replying. No, there is absolutely no doubt that they are Monarchs - I have seen them flying on all the main Canary Islands on holidays...
i want help by sending data about about the affects of fungus on tribolim sp. or bugs or affects of Bacillus thuringiensis on tribolium sp. or bugs thnk you...
I live in Central Florida, (Port St Lucie) and lately I have seen a lot of brown colored walking sticks. I am haveing trouble finding information about them. I...
Here is a site that has more info on Walkingsticks... http://www.whatsthatbug.com/walking_stick.html It states that walkingsticks do bite. Some species even...
Hey, try this link photog, it has a lot of information on it: http://www.bugsincyberspace.com/phasmids.html ... From: photogz1x Sent: Saturday, November 06,...
dont worry photog! the walking sticks in your area dont spit venom and they are veggie eaters so their mouth parts are different than other insects, they do...
Hi Photog, If your son is interested in Stick Insects when he is older there is an excellent book for beginners, title "Rearing and Studying Stick and...
I was wondering if anyone could help me with some resaerch that I am carrying out looking at insects using exotic/introduced plants species in the UK. Ideally...
Hello Ted, What about Elephant Hawk moths and Fuchsia/Himalayan Balsam/Virginia Creeper? Death's Head Hawk Moths on potatoes? In fact, I should think many...
Can anyone help me, I was out walking in a beech wood last weekend and my son found a very large mass of small ( about 1-2cm long) light grey lava. They were...
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