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Mitchell’s Satyr Butterfly Facts The Mitchell’s Satyr Butterfly represents a highly endangered species of insect. It originally evolved as endemic to a very restricted region comprising four states in the United States. These consisted of Ohio, New Jersey, Michigan, and Indiana. The beautiful Lepidoptera also remains one of the rarest known butterflies on the planet. Only […]Read More
Picasso Bug Facts First of all, the highly descriptive term of Picasso Bug serves as one of the common names of a visually stunning variety of arthropod. However, this marvelous insect also goes by the alternate common name of the Zulu Hud Bug. But most professional researchers know the invertebrate best by the quite difficult […]Read More
Jewel Wasp Facts Firstly, the Jewel Wasp serves as the common name for an extremely unusual species of insect. However, it also goes by another name, even more distinctive. This other name is the Emerald cockroach wasp. In addition, this invertebrate represents a rather solitary wasp in the family Ampilicidae. But, unlike many related species, […]Read More
Gray’s Leaf Insect Facts This intriguing product of natural evolution most frequently goes by the somewhat informative common name of the Gray’s Leaf Insect. It also has another, less frequently used common name. That’s the equally informative term of the Java Leaf Insect. Professional entomologists, though, typically refer to the species by its formal scientific […]
Giant Forest Ant Facts This impressive and distinctive creation of Nature and evolution, quite understandably, most frequently goes by the common name of the Giant Forest Ant. Unlike many species around the world, for the moment the insect has no other common name. Professional researchers, meanwhile, generally refer to the remarkable creature by another term. […]
Eight Spotted Forester Moth Facts This magnificent Lepidoptera is most commonly referred to by the somewhat cumbersome term of the Eight Spotted Forester Moth. For the moment, unlike many of its related species, this marvel has no other generally accepted common name. Professional researchers, meanwhile, typically refer to the insect by its official scientific name. […]
Malaysian Dead Leaf Mantis The most frequently used common name for this marvel of Nature and evolution is the descriptive term of the Malaysian Dead Leaf Mantis. It’s also, however, sometimes referred to by the somewhat misleading term of the giant dead leaf mantis. Professional researchers, though, typically refer to it by its formal scientific […]
Claudina Butterfly Facts This beautiful variety of Lepidoptera most frequently goes by the common name of the Claudina Butterfly. It also has another common name, however. That’s because, though it’s less frequently heard, it’s also sometimes known as the Claudina agrias. In a comparatively uncommon pattern, both of these terms are very similar to the […]
Green Milkweed Grasshopper Facts This brilliantly colored insect bears the descriptive and informative common name of the Green Milkweed Grasshopper. That’s not the only common term for the remarkable invertebrate, though. In point of fact, it has at least two alternate names. That’s because it’s also known to some as the African bush grasshopper, and […]
Mormon Metalmark Facts The unique term of Mormon Metalmark serves as the common name for a stunning small Lepidoptera. Its scientific name, however, remains harder to pronounce. That’s because scientists known the species by the term of Apodemia mormo. Regardless of which term one uses, though, one statistic stands out. That’s the simple fact that […]
Chinese Mantis Facts This specific variety of mantis goes by the simple common name of the Chinese Mantis. For the moment, the creature has no other accepted general names, unlike many of its kindred. The particular term, however, remains somewhat deceptive in nature. The official scientific name for the arthropod, though, is somewhat hard to […]
Red-Tailed Bumblebee Facts This beautiful insect quite understandably goes by the simple common name of the Red-Tailed Bumblebee. Its official scientific name, meanwhile, remains much more difficult to pronounce. That’s because it’s the known to scientists as Bombus lapidarius. Regardless of the term one uses for it, however, it’s a lovely and fascinating member of […]
Emerald Swallowtail Facts This dazzling natural marvel bears several common names, the most frequently used being Emerald Swallowtail. The other terms often applied to it, though, include those of the emerald peacock and the deceptive term of green-banded peacock. Its official scientific name, however, remains much more difficult to pronounce. That because professionals use the […]
