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Ornamental Texas sage in bloom Texas sage. Texas sage is nicknamed the "barometer bush" due to a commonly held belief that it can predict the rain. According to folklore, the plant goes into bloom in anticipation of upcoming rain. It appears that the plant sometimes blooms because of humidity or low atmospheric pressure, which can occur before ...
Belostomatidae is a family of freshwater hemipteran insects known as giant water bugs or colloquially as toe-biters, Indian toe-biters, electric-light bugs (because they fly to lights in large numbers), alligator ticks, or alligator fleas (in Florida). They are the largest insects in the order Hemiptera. [1]
Leucophyllum (barometer bush or barometerbush) [2] [3] is a genus of evergreen shrubs in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae, native to the southwestern United States and Mexico. It is sometimes placed in the family Myoporaceae. [1] The dozen-odd species are often called "sages", although they have no relationship to the genus Salvia.
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Florida bark scorpion Arachnida: Scorpiones: Buthidae: None Cimex lectularius: common bed bug Insecta: Hemiptera: Cimicidae: The common bedbug doesn't utilize a host plant, it is known for seeking human hosts. Circulifer tenellus: beet leafhopper Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Beets, tomato, chile plants Coptotermes formosanus: Formosan ...
A nonprofit organization named The Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council lists exotic species as belonging in Category I: "altering native plant communities by displacing native species, changing community structures or ecological functions, or hybridizing with natives"; and Category II: "increased in abundance or frequency but have not yet altered ...
Salvia coccinea, the blood sage, [1] scarlet sage, Texas sage, or tropical sage, [2] is a herbaceous perennial in the family Lamiaceae that is widespread throughout the Southeastern United States, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and northern South America (Colombia, Peru, and Brazil). [2]
Waterbug or water bug can refer to any of several things: True bugs. The true water bugs (Nepomorpha), including such insects as giant water bugs, creeping water bugs and backswimmers; Various other aquatic true bugs, known collectively as water bugs; Heteroptera; Cockroaches. The American cockroach, Periplaneta americana; The German cockroach ...