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The Tennessee Invasive Plant Council has identified the following invasive plants in Tennessee. The plants are all widely established across the state and have been reported in more than 10 counties.
(state insect) Stagmomantis carolina: 1988 [50] Eastern tiger swallowtail (state butterfly) Papilio glaucus: 1994 [51] South Dakota: European honey bee: Apis mellifera: 1978 [52] Tennessee: Common eastern firefly (state insect) Photinus pyralis: 1975 [53] 7-spotted ladybug (state insect) Coccinella septempunctata: 1975 [53] European honey bee ...
The local vegetation is less significant than the nature of the soil, and the gophers are found in prairie grasslands, agricultural land, and even urban areas. [ 8 ] A long-term controlled study of tunnel excavation by plains pocket gophers found that the rate of tunnel construction ranges from a high of 2,059 cm/week of new tunnels to a low of ...
The nine-banded armadillo is a solitary, mainly nocturnal [4] [5] animal, found in many kinds of habitats, from mature and secondary rainforests to grassland and dry scrub. It is an insectivore , feeding chiefly on ants , termites , and other small invertebrates .
Bombardier beetles are ground beetles (Carabidae) in the tribes Brachinini, Paussini, Ozaenini, or Metriini—more than 500 species altogether—which are most notable for the defense mechanism that gives them their name: when disturbed, they eject a hot noxious chemical spray from the tip of the abdomen with a popping sound.
They can be generally referred to as phasmatodeans, phasmids, or ghost insects, with phasmids in the family Phylliidae called leaf insects, leaf-bugs, walking leaves, or bug leaves. The group's name is derived from the Ancient Greek φάσμα phasma , meaning an apparition or phantom , referring to their resemblance to vegetation while in fact ...
Hellgrammite (larval form of the dobsonfly) found in a Tennessee stream Hellgrammites are popular among anglers as bait due to their large size, endurance, and ferocious temperament. [ 19 ] Smallmouth bass , in particular, are very attracted to hellgrammites as bait, due to the insects' active movement in the water.
Now, they've been spotted in East Tennessee. Joro spiders, also known as Trichonephila clavata , were spotted in the Smokies on Oct. 17, according to Smokies Life.