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Armyworms are stout bodied, hairless, striped caterpillars that chew the foliage of grasses and grain crops. Armyworms favorite food is corn and small grains, but they will occasionally feed on turf grasses. In this essay I argue that humans should take action regarding invasive species because many areas don't have enough food as is the case with the Armyworms. In this essay I will argue that humans should take action of invasive species because invasive species eat our food. For instance, the

Our Lady’s Bugs You probably wouldn’t believe me if I told you so, but I’ll take the risk of sounding insane. I believe ladybugs are my connection to faith. Based on that sentence alone I might’ve laughed and scoffed at myself too. Another self righteous bible thumper coming along, trying to convince the world of ridiculous proclamations. But as long as I believe it, that’s all that really matters. I’d never given the insect a second thought, it was like any other gross, crawling thing I saw in

flour beetles. Red flour beetles eat flour and other grains and the female beetle deposits her eggs on flour, cereal, dry pet food, or other similar products. The larvae hatch and then begin to eat the material around them. In the article “Patch exploitation by Tribolium castaneum: Movement patterns, distribution, and oviposition”, it says that most of the activity from red flour beetles is spent in food sources (Campbell and Hagstrum). There are many factors that affect the red flour beetles ability

spp.) affect darkling beetle (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) abundance and diversity. We predicted that darkling beetle abundance and diversity would be higher in tamarisk bosques due to higher leaf litter and detritus compared to habitats without tamarisk. To examine this hypothesis, we conducted pitfall trapping and observational encounter surveys in three different settings: native high desert, tamarisk thicket and a common garden plot. We found two patterns. 1. Darkling beetle abundance was higher

Table of Contents Film: The Wasp Women- 25 points Film: The Black Scorpion- 25 points Poetry: Haikus- 6 points Poetry: Short Poem- 5 points Insects in Popular Culture – 10 points Original Comic- 30 points References Honor Pledge   The Wasp Woman, 1959 The Wasp Women tells the story of Janice Starlin, owner and CEO of a cosmetics company. To bolster her declining sales she enlists the help of recently fired beekeeper Dr. Zinthrop. Zinthrop was fired for experimenting with wasps

one or two ladybugs in your garden. These little bugs have various names depending on the region, in some places they are referred to as lady beetles, ladybirds or ladybird beetles. Scientifically they are mostly known as coccinelids and there are currently over 6000 species that have been identified. They are actually not bugs, but rather they are beetles. Their name has an interesting history, being traced back to Britain. In Britain Mary is known as Our Lady, and is often painted having a red

dead tree could retain its needles for as long as one year. Because the dead wood is dry it becomes very brittle. Pinewood nematode is transmitted from tree to tree by pine sawyer beetles which overwinter as larvae in dead pines or pine logs which still have the bark attached. After pupating, the adult pine sawyer beetles, carrying nematodes in their tracheae, fly to healthy host pine trees where the nematodes enter through feeding wounds. Pinewood nematodes migrate to resin canals where they feed

The ladybug is probably one of the most widely known insects throughout the United States. But did you know ladybugs practice cannibalism? Lady bugs seem basic but they are actually very interesting. There are 5000 different types of ladybugs. Lady bugs are one of the most beneficial insects. In this essay there are some new things you might learn about lady bugs. Lady bugs, or as known in the scientific world, coccinellidae, can range from about 2 to 10 mm in size, depending on species. Their

Omnipresent Death Ted Kooser’s poem, “Surviving”, can be interpreted in many different ways. At first the poem seems to be about a man who is watching a bug being attentive to its surroundings and the bug having the fear of death. Another way to interpret this poem is that death is unrelenting. Even when the speaker seems to have ceased the image of death, it finds its way back. This is prevalent because the speaker starts talking about the fear of death, then altering the tone by describing this

I am writing this letter to you to inform and update our King’s Christian College Creek that is located in the middle of the school. As a class, we have conducted test to find the temperature, turbidity, pH, dissolved oxygen and found macroinvertebrates in the ecosystem. These tests has been conducted to figure out what we need to improve the ecosystem for a better habitat for the creatures living. We have conducted 4 chemical tests to figure out how to improve our King’s Christian College Creek