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Monochamus scutellatus, commonly known as the white-spotted sawyer or spruce sawyer or spruce bug or a hair-eater, [1] is a common wood-boring beetle found throughout North America. [2] It is a species native to North America.
A black fly or blackfly [1] (sometimes called a buffalo gnat, turkey gnat, or white socks) is any member of the family Simuliidae of the Culicomorpha infraorder. It is related to the Ceratopogonidae , Chironomidae , and Thaumaleidae .
The insect suction sampler was used to capture specimens that were flying around a person's head by having them drawn through a mesh net into the funnel. It was used to analyze adult gnat populations. [5] An insect suction sampler is a device that entomologists use to suck up insects for studies. [6]
Some states have more than one designated insect, or have multiple categories (e.g., state insect and state butterfly, etc.). Iowa and Michigan are the two states without a designated state insect. More than half of the insects chosen are not native to North America , because of the inclusion of two European species ( European honey bee and ...
Hermetia illucens, the black soldier fly, is a common and widespread fly of the family Stratiomyidae. Since the late 20th century, H. illucens has increasingly been gaining attention because of its usefulness for recycling organic waste and generating animal feed.
Image credits: dogswithjobs There’s a popular saying that cats rule the Internet, and research has even found that the 2 million cat videos on YouTube have been watched more than 25 billion ...
Dogs that are bitten may develop a moderate to severe dermatitis. [15] And L. cervi can attain Bartonella schoenbuchensis from biting deer. [13] Much, however, remains unknown about the ked's potential to pose a medical or veterinary threat. Remains of L. cervi have been found on Ötzi, the Stone Age mummy from the Schnalstal glacier in South ...
8. Proboscis Monkey. There aren't many noses in the animal kingdom worse than this one. The thing the proboscis monkey is saddled with is humiliating, like something you'd see in a funhouse mirror.