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  2. Hyles lineata - Wikipedia

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    The larvae are black with orange spots arranged in lines down the whole body. Their head's prothoracic shield, and the anal plate, are one color, either green or orange with small black dots. [3] A tail-like spine protruding from the back of the body is a typical for sphingid moth caterpillars, known as “hornworms”. [2]

  3. Insect morphology - Wikipedia

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    When mosquito bites, maxillae penetrate the skin and anchor the mouthparts, thus allowing other parts to be inserted. The sheath-like labium slides back, and the remaining mouthparts pass through its tip and into the tissue. Then, through the hypopharynx, the mosquito injects saliva, which contains anticoagulants to stop the blood from clotting ...

  4. What do chigger bites look like? Photos to help identify and ...

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    Here are tips and photos to help you determine if your rash is actually chigger bites. Chiggers are tiny larvae that bite skin and cause itchy, red bumps. Here are tips and photos to help you ...

  5. Sawfly - Wikipedia

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    [49] [50] The larvae are an important food source for the chicks of several birds, including partridges. [51] Sawfly and moth larvae form one third of the diet of nestling corn buntings (Emberiza calandra), with sawfly larvae being eaten more frequently on cool days. [52] Black grouse (Tetrao tetrix) chicks show a strong preference for sawfly ...

  6. Nicrophorus interruptus - Wikipedia

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    In fact they bury the carcasses of small vertebrates such as birds and mice as a food source for their larvae. In Nicrophorus interruptus both the male and female parents take care of the brood, quite rare behaviour among insects. The prospective parents begin to dig a hole below the carcass, forming the crypt, where the carcass will remain ...

  7. External morphology of Lepidoptera - Wikipedia

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    The head of a small white butterfly (Pieris rapae). Note the upward pointing labial palpi on both sides of the coiled proboscis. Comparison of moth and butterfly dorsal anatomy. 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

  8. Melanchroia chephise - Wikipedia

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    Melanchroia chephise, the white-tipped black or snowbush spanworm, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found from Florida and Texas, south to Paraguay. Strays have been recorded from Arizona, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas and Illinois. The wingspan is about 33 mm. Adults are on wing from September to December.

  9. Phyllophaga - Wikipedia

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    The white egg at first is elliptical (1.5 mm by 2.1 mm) but becomes more spherical as the larva inside develops. These hatch into white grubs about 18 days after laying. The newly hatched larvae are 8 mm long and grow to a length around 40 mm. Whitish with a brownish-black head, the grubs have conspicuous brown spiracles along the sides of ...