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Rhode Island: American burying beetle: Nicrophorus americanus: 2015 [50] South Carolina: Carolina mantis (state insect) Stagmomantis carolina: 1988 [51] Eastern tiger swallowtail (state butterfly) Papilio glaucus: 1994 [52] South Dakota: European honey bee: Apis mellifera: 1978 [53] Tennessee: Common eastern firefly (state insect) Photinus ...
Bed Bug Bites. What they look like: Often confused with mosquito bites, bed bug bites are small, red, puffy bumps that appear in lines or clusters, usually three or more. They can have distinct ...
Historical records show that this beetle once lived in 35 states and the District of Columbia in the United States, and the provinces of Ontario and Quebec in Canada. [5] [6] Currently, natural populations are known to occur in only ten states: Rhode Island (Block Island), Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas, Kansas, South Dakota, and Nebraska; they have been reintroduced to Ohio, Massachusetts, and ...
The statue in 2008. The Big Blue Bug, also known as Nibbles Woodaway, is the giant termite mascot of Big Blue Bug Solutions located along I-95 in Providence, Rhode Island.It is claimed to be the world's largest artificial bug [1] at 928 times the size (by length) of an actual termite, standing 9 feet (2.7 m) tall and 58 feet (18 m) long and weighing 4,000 pounds (1,800 kg).
Using your skin's reaction to figure out precisely which insect bit you is challenging, Matt Frye, Ph.D., a community extension educator with the New York State Integrated Pest Management Program ...
In contrast to state reptiles, state birds have been more rapidly adopted, with the first state designating one in 1927 and the fiftieth in 1973. [78] As of January 2011, other types of animals more popular for state symbolization were mammals (46), [79] fish (45), [80] and insects (42). [81]
BugGuide photographs have detected new state records of invasive pest ants and beetles. [12] [13] Geologist and moth collector Richard Wilson said of the site, "The BugGuide site is very useful for anyone finding an insect and it is very interactive on getting it identified if a picture can be taken." [14]
The origin of the word "dobsonfly" is unclear. John Henry Comstock used the term in reference to these insects in his 1897 book Insect Life, [1] but did not explain it. He also mentioned that anglers used the word "hellgrammite" for the aquatic larvae they used as bait, but the origin of this term is also unknown.