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Zygaena filipendulae has a wingspan of 30–40 mm (1.2–1.6 in). The sexes are similar. The fore wings are dark metallic green with six vivid red spots (sometimes the spots are merged causing possible confusion with other species such as the five-spot burnet.
Eutrapela is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae.It contains only one species, Eutrapela clemataria, the curve-toothed geometer moth or purplish-brown looper, which is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Nova Scotia to Florida, west to Texas and north to Saskatchewan. [1]
A. Abantiades; Acanthocnemes; Acanthopteroctetes; Acosmetoptera; Acraephnes; Acrolepia; Acrolepiopsis; Acrosyntaxis; Actenoptila; Adaina; Aegerosphecia; Agathiphaga ...
Bombykol is a pheromone released by the female silkworm moth to attract mates. It is also the sex pheromone in the wild silk moth ( Bombyx mandarina ). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Discovered by Adolf Butenandt in 1959, it was the first pheromone to be characterized chemically.
The forthcoming severity of a winter may be indicated by the amount of black on the Isabella tiger moth's caterpillar—the most familiar woolly bear in North America. More brown than black is said to mean a mild winter, while more black than brown is supposed to mean a harsh winter. [ 14 ]
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Jumping beans, each about 7 to 10 mm The "trap door" of the jumping bean on the left has been removed, and the one on the right remains attached, next to two moth larvae and their pupal casings. Mexican jumping beans ( Spanish : frijoles saltarines ) are seed pods that have been inhabited by the larva of a small moth ( Cydia saltitans ) and are ...
Adult Essex skipper (Thymelicus lineola) Pupa of a sphingid moth Caterpillar of the subfamily Arctiinae Eggs of the buff-tip (Phalera bucephala), a notodontid moth The external morphology of Lepidoptera is the physiological structure of the bodies of insects belonging to the order Lepidoptera , also known as butterflies and moths .