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Beetles
Order Coleoptera is the largest group in the animal kingdom. With over 230 families and more than 350,000 know species, this category is where you need to be to get your questions answered about beetles.
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What do Harlequin beetles eat?
Harlequin beetles are found in fields and gardens throughout the Continental United States as well as Mexico and Central America. Their favorite foods are cabbage, cauliflower, kale, and Brussels sprouts. They also like watercress, wild mustard, and broccoli. If these foods are scarce, they will feed on corn, beans, and squash as well as tomatoes.
How do you know if it's a boy or girl if you have one ladybug?
to tell your ladybugs gender some people say you can count the spots. This is pretty much not true, but if you just want the gender for determining a name then of course you can act like you know its gender. females have even numbers and males have odd. but the correct way to determine is male ladybugs are smaller than female. Other than those tips unless you are a ladybug expert its almost impossible to tell
Lady birds (aka lady bugs) eat aphids and other insects in the order Hemiptera. Some lady birds are herbivores.
What are facts about lady bugs?
It is variously known a ladybirds, ladybugs, lady beetles, lady clock, lady cow, lady fly.
They are very small insects, ranging from 1 mm to 10 mm.
And they are commonly yellow, orange, or scarlet with small black spots on their wing covers , with black legs, head and antennae. A very large number of species are mostly or entirely black, grey, or brown and may be difficult for non-entomologists to recognize as coccinellids.
They are found worldwide, with over 5,000 species, more than 450 native to north America alone.........
They are Red, with black dots.
How do I take a stink bug smell off?
- after you get rid of the stink bug find dishes around your house
- then make sure you have really dirty dishes (like, bacon grease, iced tea, and coffee grinds on your dishes)
- next you put dish soap all over the dirty dishes
- now scrub your dishes to the max clean
- smell your hands and no more stink, just the dish soap smell and maybe a hint of dirty dishes
- if your hands smell like your dirty dishes then wash them with dish soap it should probably get rid of the greasy smell!!!!!!!!
- HAND SANITIZER-must be the alcohol in it.
Yes. More specifically, they belong to the subgroup known as insects.
Slater's eat on decaying vegetable's, fungi and other animal matter
The different species of fireflies?
Photinus fireflies tend to be the most common of this group; about half an inch long, these produce yellow-green light.
Photuris fireflies are larger-almost an inch long-and produce a darker green light. They're very difficult to distinguish from Photinus from their light alone, even for other fireflies; female Photuris often mimic mating flashes from female Photinus fireflies to attract and eat Photinus males. Because of this, Photuris species are sometimes called "femme fatale" fireflies.
Pyractomena fireflies produce a yellow-amber flicker that looks a bit like a spark from a campfire.
LUCIOLINAELuciolinaeThis is the largest subfamily of fireflies, with member species scattered throughout Eurasia, Europe, East Asia, and Australia. The fireflies within this subfamily all produce light-and flash rather than emit a continuous glow. Here are a few genera of note within this group.Peroptyx. Species within this group are mainly found in tropical Asia. Groups of fireflies will synchronize their flashes until thousands are all flashing to the same rhythm, producing a stunning display.
Luciola. These fireflies are sometimes known as "Japanese fireflies," although they're also found in Asia and more rarely in southern Europe and Africa. In Japanese traditional culture, they are believed to represent the souls of the dead.
CYPHONOCERINAECyphonocerinaeThis subfamily of fireflies includes two genera that live in North America and Eurasia. They're notable because scientists believe they are the most primitive species of fireflies in existence. One genus within this group displays very weak light, while the other does not light up at all. LAMPYRINAELampyrinaeSometimes referred to by taxonomists as a "catch-all" subfamily classifying fireflies that don't quite fit into other groups, the species in this subfamily live generally in more temperate northern regions of the world, although a few species are tropical. The group contains both flashing and continuous-glow fireflies. Some larvae species within this group climb trees to feed on snails and bugs.Lampyris is a genus of firefly within this subfamily found primarily in Britain, and they thrive in old-growth grasslands in soil with high concentrations of limestone and chalk. Only the males fly; the females are larviform, and only they glow. Females crawl onto blades of grass and low vegetation at dusk and emit a yellow-green continuous light to attract mates. Their vernacular name is "glow worm."
Phausis reticulata also known as blue ghost fireflies. These tiny fireflies are common throughout the southeastern US and are known as the "blue ghost" because they do not flash but glow with an eerie blue or green light. Females of the blue ghost are pale yellow or white in color and lack wings (right in photo below). Males do have wings and can fly (left in photo below). Since they have not be studied extensively little is still known about them and their habits.
OTETRINAEOtetrinaeScientists haven't decided whether this group should be classified as fireflies; while they share many characteristics of other species, members of the group Otetrinae don't emit light. They're considered very primitive forms of fireflies, and live primarily in Eurasia and North America.Why is the scarab beetle placed over the heart of a mummy?
The beetle would, from time to time, shed their outer carapaces when they got too small and grow a newer, bigger one. The Egyptian saw in this behavior a rebirth, they thought the bug was immortal, constantly being reborn. They wanted immortality too so they really got into studying the beetle and incorporated it into their religion.
Why do June bugs run into everything?
Because they're clumsy no matter how they get around, June bugs [Cotinis nitida, Cotinis mutabilis, Phyllophaga spp, Polyphylla decemlineata] crash into things. As beetles, they have two sets of wings. It's the bottom set that helps them fly around. The top set is for balance and for protection of body parts. The problem lies in the top set being very good at protection and not so good at balance.
I've been bitten by them several times. They don't go around biting people on purpose, but if you, say, accidentally sit on one, it will bite in self-defense. It hurts, but doesn't seem to make you itch or anything.
>no they can not bite because they are so small that their mouths can hardly open i would be the only one to know that because i am a veterinarian /bug specialist
- No, lady bugs (or lady birds, whatever you wish to call them) cannot bite people. They are really tiny, and they are not made to bite animals like, say, a mosquito is. I think the first answerer is a little confused about what a lady bug is.
What is a orange and black bug that looks like a grasshopper?
The Italian striped-bug and the orange assassin bug are examples of black-striped, orange-bodied bugs. The former (Graphosomea lineatum) numbers among the world's pentatomids, or nutrient-rich xylem and sugar-rich phloem sap-sipping shield bugs. The latter (Pselliopus barberi) represents the Reduviidae family of beneficial, pest-eating insects.
What do rolly pollies turn into?
Bigger roly-polies. They are Woodlice. Wiki has an article on Woodlice here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodlouse
What are the little black bugs in the laundry room?
Those are silverfish. They usually live in dark, damp places, so they love to nest in wet towels or clothes left out. To discourage the pests, hang up everything to dry, don't leave anything crumpled on the floor, and sanitize often.
Beetles are extraordinarily diverse, with over 400,000 known species. They have several different niches, some of which include carnivores, parasites, and herbivores.
