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"Its distinguishing features are its small eyes, separate posterior coxae, and widely inflexed margin of the wing covers."-Whitney, 1902

Tiger Beetle

"Its distinguishing features are its small eyes, separate posterior coxae, and widely inflexed margin…

A beetle with a contignous posterior coxae, large prominent eyes, ad maxillary palpi with the third joint shorter than the forth.

Tiger Beetle

A beetle with a contignous posterior coxae, large prominent eyes, ad maxillary palpi with the third…

A beetle with a contignous posterior coxae, large prominent eyes, ad maxillary palpi with the third joint shorter than the forth.

Tiger Beetle

A beetle with a contignous posterior coxae, large prominent eyes, ad maxillary palpi with the third…

A beetle with a contignous posterior coxae, large prominent eyes, ad maxillary palpi with the third joint shorter than the forth.

Tiger Beetle

A beetle with a contignous posterior coxae, large prominent eyes, ad maxillary palpi with the third…

A beetle with a contignous posterior coxae, large prominent eyes, ad maxillary palpi with the third joint shorter than the forth.

Tiger Beetle

A beetle with a contignous posterior coxae, large prominent eyes, ad maxillary palpi with the third…

Very variable in size and color, but usually a brownish gray and covered in shory whitish gray hairs. Each wing case has an oblique ocher-colored band.

Banded Hickory Borer

Very variable in size and color, but usually a brownish gray and covered in shory whitish gray hairs.…

A long, depressed form borer. Usually brownish green, roughened by shallow pits of brighter metallic color.

Flat Headed Apple Tree Borer

A long, depressed form borer. Usually brownish green, roughened by shallow pits of brighter metallic…

A beetle which makes small round bored holes in bark.

Pin Borer

A beetle which makes small round bored holes in bark.

Cast-off nymphal skin of bed-bug.

Bedbug

Cast-off nymphal skin of bed-bug.

Also known as Stiretrus anchorago. This bug is predatory of the larvae of the Mexican bean beetle and has been taken on soybeans, peanuts, alfalfa, and corn.

Stink Bug

Also known as Stiretrus anchorago. This bug is predatory of the larvae of the Mexican bean beetle and…

A species of bug that have aquatic habits.

Water Bug

A species of bug that have aquatic habits.

Two bugs outside of their acorn home arguing about their gas bill.

Bugville

Two bugs outside of their acorn home arguing about their gas bill.

A variety of different species of butterfly (Papilio).

British Butterflies

A variety of different species of butterfly (Papilio).

"Shows a butterfly with comparatively very large wings. The nervures are seen to be a great advantage in this specimen; and the enormous expanse of the pinions readily explains the irregular flight of the insect on the principle of recoil."—Pettigrew, 1874

Butterfly

"Shows a butterfly with comparatively very large wings. The nervures are seen to be a great advantage…

Male Cabbage Butterfly

Male Cabbage Butterfly

Male Cabbage Butterfly

The swallowtail butterfly (Papilio machaon) is a large colorful butterfly with atleast 550 species.

Swallowtail Butterfly

The swallowtail butterfly (Papilio machaon) is a large colorful butterfly with atleast 550 species.

A sequenced illustration of the cabbage butterfly undergoing metamorphosis. The butterfly starts out as a caterpillar (bottom), then forms pupa to develop wings to become a butterfly.

Three Stages of Cabbage Buterfly

A sequenced illustration of the cabbage butterfly undergoing metamorphosis. The butterfly starts out…

A caterpillar of the Clisiocampa genus.

Caterpillar

A caterpillar of the Clisiocampa genus.

The caterpillar stage of the double-toothed prominent (Nerice bidentata) showing its serrated back.

Double-Toothed Prominent Caterpillar

The caterpillar stage of the double-toothed prominent (Nerice bidentata) showing its serrated back.

The House Centipede (Scutigera coleoptrata) is a yellow and gray centipede with thirty legs. It was once referred to as Cermatia forceps.

House Centipede

The House Centipede (Scutigera coleoptrata) is a yellow and gray centipede with thirty legs. It was…

A large insect of the order Homptera.

Cicada

A large insect of the order Homptera.

Nymph (4th stage) of cicada.

Nymph of Cicada

Nymph (4th stage) of cicada.

A male cochineal insect.

Cochineal

A male cochineal insect.

A common cockroach. Nocturnal in habit and are very troublsome in houses where they multiply and feed on food.

Cockroach

A common cockroach. Nocturnal in habit and are very troublsome in houses where they multiply and feed…

A female cockroach, Periplaneta orientalis.

Female Cockroach

A female cockroach, Periplaneta orientalis.

A male cockroach, Periplaneta orientalis.

Male Cockroach

A male cockroach, Periplaneta orientalis.

A fly.

Coleoptera

A fly.

The common European Cleg is a large, black/blue-black blood-sucking 'horsefly' of the family Tabanidae. It is commonly referred to as a Gadfly in the United States. They are powerful flyers, and the females are furnished with a lancet-like proboscis which can pierce the thickest skin.

Common European Cleg (Gadfly)

The common European Cleg is a large, black/blue-black blood-sucking 'horsefly' of the family Tabanidae.…

The body is somewhat flattened, and the sides of the abdomen are strongly recurved. The head long, narrow, and cylindrical, and thickened behind the eyes.

Blood Sucking Conenose

The body is somewhat flattened, and the sides of the abdomen are strongly recurved. The head long, narrow,…

A gnat or mosquito, a tibialis species.

Conops

A gnat or mosquito, a tibialis species.

A family of insects.

Corisidae

A family of insects.

A carnivorous insect that lives in the branches of trees and bushes.

Two Spotted Corsair

A carnivorous insect that lives in the branches of trees and bushes.

The mole cricket (Gryllotalpa vulgaris) is an insect named for their highly developed forelimbs and burrowing ability.

Mole Cricket

The mole cricket (Gryllotalpa vulgaris) is an insect named for their highly developed forelimbs and…

A shrub bearing the castorberry, which was thought to resemble a tick.

Croton

A shrub bearing the castorberry, which was thought to resemble a tick.

A genus of ichneumon flies.

Cryptus

A genus of ichneumon flies.

Culex, a type of mosquito.

Culex

Culex, a type of mosquito.

"Rose-curculio (Rhynchites bicolor). a, beetle; c, same in profile; b, claw." -Whitney, 1911

Rose Curculio

"Rose-curculio (Rhynchites bicolor). a, beetle; c, same in profile; b, claw." -Whitney, 1911

A genus of longicorn beetles.

Cyllene

A genus of longicorn beetles.

An insect characterized by large multifaceted eyes, two pairs of strong transparent wings, and an elongated body.

Dragonfly

An insect characterized by large multifaceted eyes, two pairs of strong transparent wings, and an elongated…

Spongophora brunneipennis is a species of earwig, and insect distinguished by forceps on its abdomen.

Earwig

Spongophora brunneipennis is a species of earwig, and insect distinguished by forceps on its abdomen.

Edema albifrons is a species of moth of the Bombycidae family.

Edema

Edema albifrons is a species of moth of the Bombycidae family.

"The fig insect will not lay eggs in the Smyrna fig, but only in the wild fig; therefore one individual may carry the pollen to a dozen Smyrna figs before finding a wild fig whose character it does not recognize before entering the receptacle." — Davison, 1906

Fig Insect

"The fig insect will not lay eggs in the Smyrna fig, but only in the wild fig; therefore one individual…

Illustration of a fire-fly commonly found in the West Indies. Its scientific name is Pyrophorus noctilucus.

Fire-fly

Illustration of a fire-fly commonly found in the West Indies. Its scientific name is Pyrophorus noctilucus.

"Firefly or Lightning bug; adult." —Davison, 1906

Firefly

"Firefly or Lightning bug; adult." —Davison, 1906

"Firefly or lightning bug larva" — Davison, 1906

Larval Firefly

"Firefly or lightning bug larva" — Davison, 1906

Adult human flea, magnified twenty-two times.

Adult Human Flea

Adult human flea, magnified twenty-two times.

The human flea (Pulex irritans) is a parasitic insect that actually has several hosts despite its name.

Human Flea

The human flea (Pulex irritans) is a parasitic insect that actually has several hosts despite its name.

An illustration of a single fly larva.

Fly Larva

An illustration of a single fly larva.

An illustration of an apple-worm fly.

Apple-worm Fly

An illustration of an apple-worm fly.

"After attaching themselves to the walls of the stomach, the botfly larva are nourished by the blood and lymph of the host until the following spring, when they pass on through the canal, burrow through the ground, and transform into the adult about two weeks later." — Davison, 1906

Mature Botfly

"After attaching themselves to the walls of the stomach, the botfly larva are nourished by the blood…

An illustration of a dung fly.

Dung Fly

An illustration of a dung fly.

An illustration of a flesh fly.

Flesh Fly

An illustration of a flesh fly.

An illustration of a forest fly which is also known as a bird tick.

Forest Fly

An illustration of a forest fly which is also known as a bird tick.

An illustration of a greenbottle flesh fly.

Greenbottle Flesh Fly

An illustration of a greenbottle flesh fly.

An illustration of a horn fly.

Horn Fly

An illustration of a horn fly.

An illustration of a house fly with a maggot and puparium.

House Fly

An illustration of a house fly with a maggot and puparium.

"The family of <em>Fulgorina</em> includes the <em>Lantern-flies</em>, of which a large species inhabiting Guiana, the <em>Fulgora laternaria</em>, is said to emit considerable light in the dark." &mdash; Goodrich, 1859

Lantern Fly

"The family of Fulgorina includes the Lantern-flies, of which a large species inhabiting…

The Sheep Ked (Melophagus ovinus) is a wingless louse fly that is a parasite to sheep.

Sheep Ked

The Sheep Ked (Melophagus ovinus) is a wingless louse fly that is a parasite to sheep.

An illustration of a meat fly.

Meat Fly

An illustration of a meat fly.

An illustration of a pomace fly.

Pomace Fly

An illustration of a pomace fly.