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The jumping spider is known to hold the title of best eyesight of any invertebrate. For this reason, they are also the most prolific of any spider, taking up 13% of all spider species. They are so common in fact, that a type of jumping spider was found on Mount Everest (Euophrys omnisuperstes). The jumping spider doesn't jump like we do, or even like a grasshopper, they use high pressure liquids in their body to shoot their legs out like a hydralic piston hammer. They hunt day and |
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This pest causes problems by: Moths attack and cause damege in plants and food plantations How to get rid of it: |
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This pest causes problems by: Don't really know what kind of spider this is, I have never seen anithing like it. However it does not look harmful. How to get rid of it: |
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They are also known as long-horned grasshoppers, although they are more closely related to crickets than to grasshoppers. Many tettigoniids exhibit mimicry and camouflage, commonly with shapes and colors similar to leaves. The diet of tettigoniids includes leaves, flowers, bark, and seeds, but many species are exclusively predatory, feeding on other insects, snails or even small vertebrates such as snakes and lizards. Some are also considered pests by commercial crop growers and are sprayed to |
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Looks like a Yellowjacket or Sandhills Hornet. This species was introduced into the United States in 1968 in the New Jersey Pine Barrens and spread throughout most of the country during the 1980s and 90s, in some cases partially replacing native species. Another introduction was discovered in the late 1970s in Cambridge, Newton and Somerville, Massachusetts. The first wave consisted of solitary-founding but socially-nesting individuals, then a wave of social founders (several females found a new |
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Males almost never bite humans. Males that escape being consumed by the females can go on to fertilize other females. It is a widely held misconception that females eat males after every mating. The markings of Black Widows change constantly and dramatically before they develop into adults. Both the males and females are born light brown. As they grow their markings change from spots to swirls to lines to crosses etc. It is difficult to identify black widows until they mature. This pest caus |
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The two types of wasps most commonly seen attacking fruit are paper wasps and yellowjackets. Both are social insects that build paper nests in a sheltered location –– under building eaves for paper wasps and in the ground, or building wall or attic for yellowjackets. The workers from the colony travel up to a few hundred yards from the nest while looking for food. In the early summer the wasps forage for caterpillars and other “meat” items and are beneficial predators. However, in the fall the |
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Wolf spiders range from about 1/2 inch to 2 inches in length, hairy, and are typically brown to gray in color with various markings or lines. Wolf spider mothers carry their large egg sacs around with them. When the young spiderlings hatch they climb onto their mother's back and ride around until partially grown. The bite of the Wolf Spider is poisonous but not lethal. Although non-aggressive, they bite freely if provoked and should be considered dangerous to humans. The bite may be very painf |
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This is the caterpillar or larva of the Banded Tussock Moth. I found this little guy on my screen door. I placed it on a leaf and watched it in action. It lifted it's head up for a quick shot or two. I couldn't find a whole lot of information on the larva, but there is information on google and wiki on the adult moth. This pest causes problems by: How to get rid of it: |
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This used to be called Vespula maculata. the "Dolicho" part was add to mean, "Long Face", which is what separates members of the genus Dolichovespula from Vespula. Dolichovespula maculata is not a true hornet. A better descriptions would be a black and white yellow jacket or a black and white Paper Wasp. Eats insects, rotting fruit, tree sap. Hornet stings are usually more painful than bee stings. They will try to aim for your eyes. This can cause major swellin |
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Most harvestmen can be recognized by their very long and slender legs, but some species have relatively short legs. Their carapace (upper body shield) is segmented indistinctly, if at all. The abdomen and cephalothorax are virtually fused and oval in shape, which visually distinguishes them from spiders. It's not easy to determine the gender of harvestmen. With some harvestmen there are no obvious secondary sexual characteristics, but with most of them there are differences in size, color |
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Grasshoppers are very hard to control. They can range in color from greenish to yellow-brown. They are often confused with katydids and crickets, which belong to the same family. There can be more than 50 species of grasshopper living within the same state. Most will eat grasses, but some prefer leafy vegetable plants. Most spend the winter in an egg pod about three inches underground. In late spring, a nymph emerges. It begins to eat. Other than the fact that it cannot fly, it looks a lot like |
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The members of Triatominae , a subfamily of Reduviidae, are also known as conenose bugs, kissing bugs, assassin bugs or triatomines. Most of the 130 or more species of this subfamily are haematophagous, i.e. feed on vertebrate blood; a very few species feed on other invertebrates. They are mainly found and widespread in the Americas, with a few species present in Asia, Africa and Australia. These bugs usually share shelter with nesting vertebrates, from which they suck blood. In areas where Chag |
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Leaf Bug, Leaf Beetle, Flower Bug |
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Earwig is the common name given to the insect order Dermaptera characterized by membranous wings folded underneath short forewings (hence the literal name of the order—"skin wings"). The abdomen extends beyond the wings, and frequently, ends in a pair of forceps-like structures called cerci. The order is relatively small among Insecta, with about 1,800 recorded species in 10 families. Earwigs are found around the world. There is no evidence that they transmit disease to humans or other |
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Ant working hard taking leafs away. Leaf Cutter with reddish head This pest causes problems by: eating plants How to get rid of it: |
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Cicada is Latin for "Buzzer" Many people around the world regularly eat cicadas: the female is prized as it is meatier. Cicadas are eaten in China, Malaysia, Burma, Latin America, and the Congo (and Ancient Greece). Shells of cicadas are employed in the traditional medicines of China. Cicadas like heat and do their most spirited singing during the hotter hours of a summer day. among the loudest of all insect-produced sounds, 120 dB. The eggs are laid in cuts in twigs. 1 |
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The moose has the fastest growing bone in the world. It's antlers grow and fall off every year. It is the largest member of the Cervidae family (Deers). |
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Chinch Bugs, Milkweed Bugs, Seed Bugs |
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Centipede means "Hundred-feet" The Centipede is NOT an insect, it is an arthropod, related to insects spiders, lobsters etc. A key trait uniting this group is a pair of venom claws or forcipules formed from a modified first appendage. Within these habitats centipedes require a moist micro-habitat due to their rapid rates of water loss. Accordingly, they are found in soil and leaf litter, under stones and deadwood, and inside logs. In addition, centipedes are one of the largest |
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The larvae of the Western Tent Caterpillar Moth feeds on oak trees and shrubs. This caterpillar will strip the plant of it's leaves, sometimes killing it. This pest causes problems by: Chews up the leaves, and kills plants. How to get rid of it: Wasps, if you open the "tent" a little, the wasp will get in there are lay down the law. |
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