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Interesting Insect Facts (aka: they’re not all bad)
High Fecundity Rates: “Explosive” Parthenogenetically, paedogenesis, sexual
Vectors
Oviparous, viviparous
Resistance – increased production of an enzyme
“Neem is generally good on aphids but fair to poor control is
anticipated on Green Peach Aphid”
“Aphidius colemani: For green peach and melon aphids”
Tended by ants Vectoring potato X virus
Sooty mold
Root aphids
green peach foxglove
melon potato
Adult lady bird beetles
Lady bird beetle larva
“flower fly” Adult syrphid
Syrphid larva
Living Thermometer: # of chirps/15 sec. plus 40 =
approx. temperature in degree F
Oviposition Damage
Monarch butterflies feed on the poisonous sap of the milkweed plant-birds who then eat the butterflies get quite sick.
monarch
viceroy
In the U.S. wasps kill more people than snakes, spiders and scorpions combined
Beetles taste like apples, wasps like pine nuts, worms like fried bacon, and gypsy moth pupae taste like ____________
Each year, insects eat 1/3 of the Earth’s food crop
The queen of a termite colony may lay 6,000 to 7,000 eggs per day, and may live 15 to 50 years
The total distance of the many trips honey bees travel to produce a pound of honey is about equal to twice the distance around the world
semen
female
male
Bedbugs
Texas mantis
looking
finally mating
It can take 1 hour for male to go 1 ft
decapitated
larva
larva
adult
larvae
pupa
Mating cicadas
Producing a screeching love-call
male
female