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Click beetle. Elateridae or click beetles (or "typical click beetles" to distinguish them from the related families Cerophytidae and Eucnemidae, which are also capable of clicking) are a family of beetles. Other names include elaters, snapping beetles, spring beetles or skipjacks. This family was defined by William Elford Leach (1790–1836) in ...
Cutworms are notorious agricultural and garden pests. They are voracious leaf, bud, and stem feeders and can destroy entire plants. They get their name from their habit of "cutting" off a seedling at ground level by chewing through the stem. Some species are subterranean and eat roots. One of the most common garden pests is the variegated ...
Insect collecting refers to the collection of insects and other arthropods for scientific study or as a hobby. [ 1] Most insects are small and the majority cannot be identified without the examination of minute morphological characters, so entomologists often make and maintain insect collections. Very large collections are conserved in natural ...
A larviform female with light-emitting organs on her abdomen. Unlike actual larvae, she has compound eyes. Fireflies are beetles and in many aspects resemble other beetles at all stages of their life cycle, undergoing complete metamorphosis. [ 6 ] A few days after mating, a female lays her fertilized eggs on or just below the surface of the ground.
The adult caddisfly is a medium-sized insect with membranous, hairy wings, which are held in a tent-wise fashion when the insect is at rest. The antennae are fairly long and threadlike, the mouthparts are reduced in size and the legs have five tarsi (lower leg joints). [19] Adults are nocturnal and are attracted to light.
t. e. Insect winter ecology describes the overwinter survival strategies of insects, which are in many respects more similar to those of plants than to many other animals, such as mammals and birds. Unlike those animals, which can generate their own heat internally ( endothermic ), insects must rely on external sources to provide their heat ...
Printable version; Help. Insects that act as vectors for plant diseases arising from bacteria, viruses, viroids and other pathogens. Pages in category "Insect vectors ...
Insects that affect roses are often considered pests. Aphids (greenfly) (order Hemiptera family Aphididae) Macrosiphum rosae – Likely to be found on new shoots and buds, aphids are soft bodied insects 1–2 mm long. Often green but occasionally light brown, and sometimes with wings, they may cover (in a colony) the complete growing tip of the ...