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Five female eastern cicada killers, Sphecius speciosus Adult eastern cicada wasps are large, 1.5 to 5.0 cm (0.6 to 2.0 in) long, robust wasps with hairy, reddish, and black areas on their thoraces (middle parts), and black to reddish brown abdominal (rear) segments that are marked with light yellow stripes.
Serial killers at some point active in their killing in the state of Tennessee, United States of America. Pages in category "Serial killers from Tennessee" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
State insect Binomial name Image Year Alabama: Monarch butterfly (state insect) Danaus plexippus: 1989 [1] Queen Honey bee (state agricultural insect) Apis mellifera: 2005 [2] Eastern tiger swallowtail (state butterfly and mascot) Papilio glaucus: 1989 [3] Alaska: Four-spotted skimmer dragonfly: Libellula quadrimaculata: 1995 [4] Arizona: Two ...
This category is for articles which discuss the use of a common (vernacular) name shared by multiple species of insects which do not correspond to a taxon. Pages in category "Insect common names" The following 92 pages are in this category, out of 92 total.
Zelus luridus, also known as the pale green assassin bug, is a species of assassin bug native to North America. It is the most common Zelus species in the eastern United States. [ 1 ] The size ranges from 12.5 to 18 millimetres (0.49 to 0.71 in) long. [ 2 ]
Reduvius personatus or the masked hunter is an insect belonging to the assassin bug (Reduviidae) family. The name is because its nymphs camouflage themselves with dust. The masked hunter is a predator of small arthropods, including woodlice, lacewings, earwigs, bed bugs and termites. [1]
Lethocerus americanus, sometimes called the electric light bug, toe biter or fish killer, [1] is a giant water bug in the family Belostomatidae, native to southern Canada and the United States (north of 35°N; other Lethocerus species are found southwards). [2] It typically has a length around 5–6 cm (2.0–2.4 in). [3]
Many insects with "bug" in their common name, especially in American English, belong to other orders; for example, the lovebug is a fly [9] and the Maybug and ladybug are beetles. [10] The term is occasionally extended to colloquial names for freshwater or marine crustaceans (e.g. Balmain bug , Moreton Bay bug , mudbug ) and used by physicians ...