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Photuris pensylvanica, known by the common names Pennsylvania firefly, lightning bug, [3] dot-dash firefly [4] and (in its larval state) glowworm, [5] is a species of firefly from the United States and Canada.
A pair of mating D. femorata in the Hudson Highlands region of New York. The common walkingstick is a slender, elongated insect that camouflages itself by resembling a twig. . The sexes differ, with the male usually being brown and about 75 mm (3 in) in length while the female is greenish-brown, and rather larger at 95 mm (3.7 i
Phymata pennsylvanica, known generally as the Pennsylvania ambush bug or Pennsylvania jagged ambush bug, is a species of ambush bug in the family Reduviidae. It is found in North America. [1] [2] [3] It is known to prey on a common hoverfly, Syritta pipiens. [4]
Pennsylvanian epoch insects, of the Pennsylvanian/Upper Carboniferous/Late Carboniferous epoch, during the Carboniferous Period See also the preceding Category:Mississippian insects Pages in category "Pennsylvanian insects"
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 ...
According to VanDyk, BugGuide had over 809 million hits in 2010, averaging approximately 26 hits per second. [6] He also stated that in early 2011 the site consisted of almost 34,000 written pages representing about 23 percent of the estimated insect species in North America. [6]
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The bodies of females are 9 to 14 mm long, while those of males are 7 to 12 mm long. The body size of A. pennsylvanica is extremely variable, particularly in females, ranging from 6.70 to 17.00 mm. [3] Eye size is unequal in Agelenopsis: the anterior median eyes are the largest while the posterior median are the smallest.