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    It’s amazing the discoveries that are made every day. Between remote forests, the depths of the ocean, and even under our own feet, there are still thousands of discoveries yet to be made. I chose the Blackeyed-Satyr, a beautiful butterfly discovered in Brazil, in 2015. It is no wonder it took so long for this discovery to be made is it resides in a very small geographical area. This amazing specimen resides only within a 311-mile portion of tropical forest in the Northern Amazon basin of Brazil

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    species, and is considered important because of its pollinating skills. This species is most recognizable for is black, orange, and white wings. The monarch butterflies wings change colors from orange to a deep red, from beginning to the end of migration. This butterfly population has been decreasing over the last ten years, and are predicted to be quasi-extinct over the next 20 years. These butterflies keep warm by opening their wings up to the sun. Males have a different appearance than the female

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    Bucculatrix Ainsliella

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    Introduction Bucculatrix ainsliella Murtfeldt is a skeletonizing species of Lepidoptera that can cause excessive damage to both forest and urban environments. Causal Agent The Oak Leaf Skeletonizer, Bucculatrix ainsliella is in the order Lepidoptera, which categorizes it as a defoliator in its larval stages (Gelok et al. 1998; Klass 1985; Van Nieukerken et al. 2012). It is a native species to Eastern United States and was once limited to Southern Canada and the Eastern coast of the United States

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    "royalty butterflies" because their family name comes from the daughter of Danaus, ruler of Argos. There are many other interesting facts about this butterfly including its anatomy and life cycle, where the butterfly lies on the food chain, the migration from Canada to Mexico, why the butterfly is being threatened, and lastly, what is being done to help the butterfly.      The anatomy of the monarch starts with it coloring. The monarch butterfly is bright orange with a white

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    First recordnanotechnology in agricultural:Silicanano-particlesa potential new insecticide for pest control H. M. El-bendary and A. A. El-Helaly 1.Department of Plant protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Fayoum UniversityEgypt 2.Department ofEconomic Entomology and Pesticides, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo UniversityEgypt. Corresponding author Email:H. M. El-bendary Key words A B S T R A C T Nano-silicaparticles Spodoptera littoralis tomato plants pest control The cotton leaf warm Spodoptera littoralis

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    Student number: 1003487461 Week 1 Tuesday evening RM205 TA’s name Species number: 2 Does The Brightness in Coloration of The Papilio Troilus in Larval Stage Affect The Survival Rate When They Encountered with Predators? Introduction Papilio Troilus also known as the spicebush swallowtail, they will go through three stages of development in their larval phase. In the first stage, they resemble birds dropping in brown and white color. As they growing into their forth instar, they turning to a green-yellow

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    Butterfly

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    A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. Butterflies comprise the true butterflies (superfamily Papilionoidea), the skippers (superfamily Hesperioidea) and the moth-butterflies (superfamily Hedyloidea)

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    The class Insecta is comprised of six legged organisms which are divided into three sections, the head, thorax and abdomen. The head of most insects contains a set of antennas used for sensing and a mandible used for crushing or cutting food. The second section of the insect or the thorax of the insect contains all of the six legs and can contain the wings of some insects, it is a key part of the insect’s movements. Insects are the only the only known arthropods which can possibly have wings. The

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    You have decided to release butterflies at your wedding. Do not wait too long to look for a farmer to purchase your butterflies. It takes approximately 4 to 5 weeks to raise the butterflies. You want to make sure that you are able to purchase the type and quantity of butterflies that you would like. So it is a good idea to start looking at least 3 months or more in advance and reserve your butterflies, preferably 4 to 6 weeks in advance. Most farmers ask that ½ be paid to reserve the butterflies

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    The butterfly has become a symbol for the 1.5 million children murdered in the holocaust. During the holocaust many children were put into concentration camps, they knew they were going to die. They carved hundreds of butterflies with their nails or stones on the walls of the prisons. I believe these butterflies represented their souls. They had a meaning. The butterflies were supposedly a message of hope, that despite the fact that they would be dead before long, their souls would not die. Just

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