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Sinea spinipes is a species of assassin bug, family (Reduviidae), in the subfamily Harpactorinae. [1] It is native to North America and found in the midwest along roadsides, forest edges, and open fields with scattered trees. [2] In southern Illinois S. spinipes is univoltine (has only one brood per year). [2]
(state bug) Coccinella septempunctata: 1974 [10] Eastern tiger swallowtail (state butterfly) Papilio glaucus: 1999 [11] Stonefly (state macroinvertebrate) Order Plecoptera: 2005 [12] Florida: Zebra longwing (state butterfly) Heliconius charitonius: 1996 [13] Georgia: European honey bee (state insect) Apis mellifera: 1975 [14] Eastern tiger ...
Brood XIII (also known as Brood 13 or Northern Illinois Brood) is one of 15 separate broods of periodical cicadas that appear regularly throughout the midwestern United States. Every 17 years, Brood XIII tunnels en masse to the surface of the ground, mates, lays eggs in tree twigs, and then dies off over several weeks.
The average length is 16–20 millimetres (0.63–0.79 in) with males being smaller than females. They are able to fly, making a buzzing noise when airborne. Western conifer seed bugs are somewhat similar in appearance to the wheel bug Arilus cristatus and other Reduviidae (assassin bugs).
The importation of live plants has been the pathway attributed to over 60 percent of the most damaging non-native pests to the United States. [2] Live plants are an especially effective pathway because they provide sustenance to the pest over long journeys on otherwise inhospitable cargo ships.
The Illinois List of Endangered and Threatened Species is reviewed about every five years by the Illinois Endangered Species Protection Board (ESPB). [1] To date it has evaluated only plants and animals of the US state of Illinois, not fungi, algae, or other forms of life; species that occur in Illinois which are listed as endangered or threatened by the U.S. federal government under the ...
Psorophora ciliata occurs east of the Continental Divide of the Americas [1] with a range from South Dakota south to Central America and east to Quebec and Florida. [3] In South America, P. ciliata can be found in tropic or temperate environments. [4] These insects may live for up to two years from birth.
Belostoma is a genus of insects in the hemipteran family Belostomatidae, known colloquially as giant water bugs.Members of this genus are native to freshwater habitats in the Americas, with the greatest species richness in tropical South America. [1]