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The pitcher plant is remarkable for having the end of its leaf turned up so as to form a complete pitcher, filled with water, and covered with a lid. This design helps it to trap unsuspecting insects that are then digested.

Pitcher plant

The pitcher plant is remarkable for having the end of its leaf turned up so as to form a complete pitcher,…

The marmosets are distinguished from other monkeys by their sharp and crooked claws. They are skillful in capturing insects, which form a part of their food.

Marmoset

The marmosets are distinguished from other monkeys by their sharp and crooked claws. They are skillful…

The lemur (Latin, lemures, ghosts) get their name from the fact that their movements are noiseless, and are made mostly in the night. They live in troops, clinging to branches of trees. They eat fruits, eggs, insects and birds.

Lemur

The lemur (Latin, lemures, ghosts) get their name from the fact that their movements are noiseless,…

The fox is characterized chiefly by its pointed muzzle, short legs and its bushy tail. During the day, it tends to stay concealed in grasses and thickets and it comes out at night to hunt its prey, insects, earthworms, fruit and small birds and mammals.

Fox

The fox is characterized chiefly by its pointed muzzle, short legs and its bushy tail. During the day,…

Badgers have long, wide bodies with short legs. They are nocturnal, and eat earthworms, insects, vegetables and small mammals.

Badger

Badgers have long, wide bodies with short legs. They are nocturnal, and eat earthworms, insects, vegetables…

The kinkajou lives in S. America and spends most of its life in trees. It hunts at night for insects and fruits. It has a strong muscular tail that it uses to hold on to tree branches and it has a long tongue that it may use to gather honey.

Kinkajou

The kinkajou lives in S. America and spends most of its life in trees. It hunts at night for insects…

Shrews are among the smallest mammals. They have long snouts that they use in grubbing the earth in search of worms and insects.

Shrew

Shrews are among the smallest mammals. They have long snouts that they use in grubbing the earth in…

Anteaters are toothless four legged mammals. They have elongated heads and sticky tongues. It tears open ant and termite mounds with its strong claws and uses its long sticky tongue to withdraw the insects it then eats.

Crested Anteater

Anteaters are toothless four legged mammals. They have elongated heads and sticky tongues. It tears…

Armadillos live on carrion, insects and fruit. They are all small, except for the Gigantic armadillo which can weigh over 100 pounds. Their head and body is covered with plates made of bones and scales.

Six-banded armadillo

Armadillos live on carrion, insects and fruit. They are all small, except for the Gigantic armadillo…

The opossum is nocturnal and arboreal. At night it searches for insects, birds, eggs, fruit, etc. It uses its tail for climbing and when attacked it feigns death, giving rise to the origin of the common phrase, playing 'possum.

Opossum

The opossum is nocturnal and arboreal. At night it searches for insects, birds, eggs, fruit, etc. It…

These birds are characterized by their curved beaks. Their food consists of insects, worms, slugs, aquatic mollusks, etc., which they obtain by thrusting their long and slender bills into mud or moist earth.

Curlew

These birds are characterized by their curved beaks. Their food consists of insects, worms, slugs, aquatic…

The covering of millipedes and centipedes, which looks like jointed armor, gives firmness to the body, and furnishes points of attachment to the muscles.

Centipede

The covering of millipedes and centipedes, which looks like jointed armor, gives firmness to the body,…

This moth has large wings, measuring five to six inches from tip to tip. It is found all across the U.S.

Cecropia Moth

This moth has large wings, measuring five to six inches from tip to tip. It is found all across the…

Beetles form a large group of insects that number over 300,000 species. They all have hard wings which meet in the center of the back forming a line.

Tiger Beetles

Beetles form a large group of insects that number over 300,000 species. They all have hard wings which…

Beetles form a large group of insects that number over 300,000 species. They all have hard wings which meet in the center of the back forming a line.

Caterpillar Hunter Beetles

Beetles form a large group of insects that number over 300,000 species. They all have hard wings which…

Beetles form a large group of insects that number over 300,000 species. They all have hard wings which meet in the center of the back forming a line.

Lightning Spring Beetles

Beetles form a large group of insects that number over 300,000 species. They all have hard wings which…

Beetles form a large group of insects that number over 300,000 species. They all have hard wings which meet in the center of the back forming a line.

Weevil

Beetles form a large group of insects that number over 300,000 species. They all have hard wings which…

The praying mantis is so called from the attitude which it assumes when it is watching for its prey. These insects are extremely voracious.

Praying Mantis

The praying mantis is so called from the attitude which it assumes when it is watching for its prey.…

Walking Sticks and Leaf Insects lead a sluggish life among the branches of shrubs, living on the young shoots. Their color and shape being so much like those of things around them, enable them commonly to escape observation.

Leaf Insect

Walking Sticks and Leaf Insects lead a sluggish life among the branches of shrubs, living on the young…

Locusts are in the grasshopper family, although they have shorter legs and antennae. They can be extensively destructive to crops.

Locust

Locusts are in the grasshopper family, although they have shorter legs and antennae. They can be extensively…

Dragonflies have four thin and transparent wings.

Dragonfly

Dragonflies have four thin and transparent wings.

The insects of the Ichneumon family have long,slender bodies, long ovipositors and long antennae.

Ichneumon

The insects of the Ichneumon family have long,slender bodies, long ovipositors and long antennae.

This family of insects is famous for its chirping sounds.

Cicada

This family of insects is famous for its chirping sounds.

Mosquitos are parasitic insects that suck blood from humans and other mammals. They are known to spread malaria and other diseases.

Mosquito

Mosquitos are parasitic insects that suck blood from humans and other mammals. They are known to spread…

This type of lizard lives on trees, clinging to the branches by their feet and prehensile tails. They feed on insects that they catch by the rapid elongation of their tongues.

Chameleon

This type of lizard lives on trees, clinging to the branches by their feet and prehensile tails. They…

These birds are characterized by their curved beaks. Their food consists of insects, worms, slugs, aquatic mollusks, etc., which they obtain by thrusting their long and slender bills into mud or moist earth.

Curlew

These birds are characterized by their curved beaks. Their food consists of insects, worms, slugs, aquatic…

The pheasant prefers wooded slopes or marshy plains. They eat grain, berries, worms and insects.

Pheasant

The pheasant prefers wooded slopes or marshy plains. They eat grain, berries, worms and insects.

The pheasant prefers wooded slopes or marshy plains. They eat grain, berries, worms and insects.

Golden Pheasant

The pheasant prefers wooded slopes or marshy plains. They eat grain, berries, worms and insects.

The nutcracker has a straight bill for penetrating under the bark of trees in search of insects, (Figuier, 1869).

Nut-cracker Crow

The nutcracker has a straight bill for penetrating under the bark of trees in search of insects, (Figuier,…

The Night-jar is a bird of evil omen in the estimation of our rural population. The reverse should be the case, for the benefit it produces by clearing the air of noxious insects, (Figuier, 1869).

Nightjar

The Night-jar is a bird of evil omen in the estimation of our rural population. The reverse should be…

The fly-catcher proper feeds on insects, which it catches on the wing with vivacity and agility which are extraordinary, (Figuier, 1969).

King Flycatcher

The fly-catcher proper feeds on insects, which it catches on the wing with vivacity and agility which…

The pitcher plant is remarkable for having the end of its leaf turned up so as to form a complete pitcher, filled with water, and covered with a lid. This design helps it to trap unsuspecting insects that are then digested.

Pitcher Plant

The pitcher plant is remarkable for having the end of its leaf turned up so as to form a complete pitcher,…

Unlike moths, butterflies have knobs at the tips of their antennae.

Butterfly

Unlike moths, butterflies have knobs at the tips of their antennae.

Here is a leaf of the Venus's fly trap which is a spring trap for flies and other insects. Here you see the leaf as it is spread out, wide open.

Venus Fly Trap Leaf

Here is a leaf of the Venus's fly trap which is a spring trap for flies and other insects. Here you…

Here is a leaf of the Venus's fly trap which is a spring trap for flies and other insects. The two parts of the leaf close together and the points on the edges are locked together.

Venus Fly Trap Leaf

Here is a leaf of the Venus's fly trap which is a spring trap for flies and other insects. The two parts…

The insects of the Ichneumon family have long,slender bodies, long ovipositors and long antennae.

Ichneumon

The insects of the Ichneumon family have long,slender bodies, long ovipositors and long antennae.

This bird feeds primarily on insects and fruit, and both sexes care for the young.

Oriole

This bird feeds primarily on insects and fruit, and both sexes care for the young.

This bird feeds primarily on insects and fruit, and both sexes care for the young.

Oriole

This bird feeds primarily on insects and fruit, and both sexes care for the young.

The Fly-trap grows in swampy places, and has a flower that hinges in order to trap insects.

Venus fly-trap

The Fly-trap grows in swampy places, and has a flower that hinges in order to trap insects.

Gregarina is a parasitic protozoan. They live in the alimentary canal of crayfish, and certain insects.

Gregarina

Gregarina is a parasitic protozoan. They live in the alimentary canal of crayfish, and certain insects.

Fish louse, adult

Louse

Fish louse, adult

Fish louse, larva

Louse

Fish louse, larva

Sucking louse of human body

Louse

Sucking louse of human body

Water Beetles, beetles which live on or in the water.

Beetle

Water Beetles, beetles which live on or in the water.

Water Beetle larva, beetles which live on or in the water.

Larva

Water Beetle larva, beetles which live on or in the water.

Adult Mayfly

Mayfly

Adult Mayfly

Head of Mayfly

Mayfly

Head of Mayfly

Prothorax of Mayfly

Mayfly

Prothorax of Mayfly

Mesothorax of Mayfly

Mayfly

Mesothorax of Mayfly

Metathorax of Mayfly

Mayfly

Metathorax of Mayfly

Abdomen of Mayfly

Mayfly

Abdomen of Mayfly

Larva of Mayfly

Mayfly

Larva of Mayfly

gill of larva of Mayfly

Mayfly

gill of larva of Mayfly

Adult dragonfly

Dragonfly

Adult dragonfly

Larva of dragonfly

Dragonfly

Larva of dragonfly

Aphids are tiny insects that are harmful to plants. This is an adult winged female.

Aphid

Aphids are tiny insects that are harmful to plants. This is an adult winged female.

Aphids are tiny insects that are harmful to plants. This is a wingless larval female.

Aphid

Aphids are tiny insects that are harmful to plants. This is a wingless larval female.

Centipedes have flattened bodies, with one pair of legs to each segment. They are carnivorous.

Centipede

Centipedes have flattened bodies, with one pair of legs to each segment. They are carnivorous.

This Centipedes has a flattened bodies, with one pair of legs to each segment, but it has less than 100 leg pairs. They are carnivorous.

Centipede

This Centipedes has a flattened bodies, with one pair of legs to each segment, but it has less than…

The body of a spider consists of two parts, connected by a constricted waist, the unsegmented cephalpthorax and a large, soft, unsegmented abdomen.

Jumping Spider

The body of a spider consists of two parts, connected by a constricted waist, the unsegmented cephalpthorax…