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Insects
Insects play a very large role in the circle of life on earth. They represent a large population of the animal kingdom. Fascinating to some,creepy to others but always present in our daily lives. Questions about any sort of bug go here.
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They will generally eat liquid foods... And if they aren't already liquid, they will turn them into liquid. Anything sweet (especially honey or cakes) seems to be their favored diet, but then again, they aren't fussy. They will even eat feces!
When do female monarch butterflies migrate north?
Monarch butterflies travel south to Mexico in the winter, then back north in the summer.
How many insects do humans eat in a year?
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More than likely, do not worry because they're more than likely good for you anyways.
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I don't know if it is a pound, but the FDA does allow a percentage of insect body parts in the processing of food.
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No, this is all a big myth. But some people say it's true.
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On a yearly basis the average person in Europe and North America eats about:
- 70 kilograms (156 pounds) of sugar
- 60 kilograms (133 pounds) of vegetable oil
- 43 kilograms (96 pounds) of protein
- 18 kilograms (40 pounds) of fiber
This totals about 400 kg or 880 lb each year, with water in the food this comes to almost 750 kg/yr or 1500 lb/year. However some foods are not likely to contain insects or insect bits (sugar, protein, vegetable oil) so you are left with on the 40 lb of fiber to contain all the "bug bits"
From the Wikipedia article on Entomophagy (eating insects) it would appear that at most there would be a couple of milligrams of insect fragments in any given food per 10 gram sample - say 5mg/10g or 1part bugs to 2000 parts food.
So, if you live mainly on cereals, breads, candy, penut butte, and canned friuits and veggies you may get up to 1 lb/yr. A healthier diet will see a lot less.
An aside: Bugs aren't all that bad for you. They are a good source of protein. Many countries have a "bug enhanced" diet. In Europe and North America we happily eat bug derived products like honey.
How many different types of millipedes?
Although the exact number of centipedes on earth is unknown, there is an estimate of the number of species. Worldwide there are estimated to be about 8,000 species living today.
The best types of evidence are those of the molecular level. DNA sequences, chromosome arrangements, viral DNA insertions etc. Morphology is also used, but many animals have been recently reclassified based on their DNA sequences. Geographical locations are also relevent, and they fit nicely with degrees of relatedness shown in DNA. Metabolic and biochemical pathways also fit nicely.
Can ginger be insect repellent?
extract the ginger.then put the extract in a sprayer.....and finally spray it on the target insects....
-S&E
There are several types of bugs that are found in Kauai. Commonly found bugs include caterpillars, mosquitoes, and spiders.
What is an example of an insect that sucks food?
Feel free to add more food-sucking insects to this list:
- horse flies
- deer flies
- mosquitoes
- butterflies
- bed bugs
- giant water bugs
What should I feed my damselfly?
they both drink dew or water droplets, the damselfly eats any insect that is smaller than itself. The dragonfly is the same, although sometimes it will eat an insect slightly bigger than itself
a monkeyta has 4 legs, and 4 eyes, and a spider has 8 legs and 8 eyes, but i don't know of any that have 4 legs and 8 eyes
Yes, cockroaches will eat an onion. The cockroach will feeds on almost anything that is left out on a counter.
Is there an insect with wings but not legs?
insect definition
in·sect (in′sekt′)
noun
- any of a large class (Insect) of small arthropod animals characterized, in the adult state, by division of the body into head, thorax, and abdomen, three pairs of legs on the thorax, and, usually, two pairs of membranous wings, including beetles, bees, flies, wasps, and mosquitoes
Thus, by definition there are no insects without legs.
Do insects comprise the largest group of animals?
Insects are not a species. Insects are are a class of invertebrates within the arthropod phylum. That is like asking if mammals are the most numerous species. Your question needs to be refined. Are you asking if insects are the most numerous class of animal? Most numerous species of living thing? Or perhaps you are thinking of a specific species such as monarch butterfly (Danaus
plexippus
).
How many species of insects are there in Washington?
in just the Washington state, there are 39 endangered plant and animal species, 31 animals, and 8 plant species. I found this on this website : http://www.endangeredspecie.com/states/WA.htm hope that it will help
Actully, that website was last updated in 2002, now there are 163 animals, including insects and birds and such. But i had to hand count, so mabye give or take a few. heres the website: http://wdfw.WA.gov/wlm/diversty/soc/soc.htm
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They can only land on animals because the fur might have something humans do not have.
What are two types of metamorphisis in insects?
Complete: egg, larva, pupa, adult.
Lepidoptera: egg, catepillar, chrysalis, butterfly/moth.
Diptera: egg, maggot, pupa, fly/mosquito.
Coleoptera: egg, grub, pupa, beetle.
The main characteristic is that the larva looks very different from the adult, hence 'comlete' metamorphosis.
Incomplete: egg, nymph, adult.
Ephemeroptera: egg, naiad, mayfly.
Odonata: egg, naiad, dragon/damselfly.
Hemiptera: egg, nymph, aphid/cicada/true bug.
If the larva is aquatic it's called a naiad, otherwise simply nymph. They look like smaller, wingless versions of their adult forms. They just molt until their wings are fully grown.
Well, considering the fact that snakes don't actually have legs that would be hard to say, they slither on the ground, they have no spine so this is actually possibly snakes ...they don't have legs :O )
What is a little bug that jumps and looks like a flea but is not a flea?
The little brown bugs you describe are probably Collembola, small wingless insects, some of which are about the same size and colouring as fleas, feeding on algae, fungi and debris on the soil surface. They are extremely numerous and widespread, and more commonly known as springtails. The little trigger on their abdomen which they release to escape danger causes them to jump like fleas, but you will need a microscope to see the bodily differences.
A sugary substance that attracts insects?
The sweet liquid that attracts insects to a flower is called nectar. There are several different insects that feed on a flowers nectar including bees.
How do organisms change as they go through complete metamorphosis?
the incomplete metamorphosis has four stages- but they are not all different. the four stages are egg larva, nymph, nymph. while in complete metamorphosis,adulthood is reached. the FOUR stages are egg, larva, nymph, and adult or "fully developed."
Why when an insect moults it becomes bigger?
Invertebrates molt because if they have a shell, the shell limits them to how big they can grow. When they molt though, the shell then becomes a home for another animal and then the invertebrate gets another shell.
LAdy bugs
flies etc. down ther are different kind of birds
The things that fly in nature are birds:
Avocet
Eastern Bluebirds:
Catbirds:
Doves:
Bald Eagle:
Flamingo:
Geese:
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Kingfishers:
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Penguins:
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Vultures:
Woodpeckers:
