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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
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 […]
Kerengga ant-like jumper Facts This remarkable invertebrate bears the cumbersome common name of the Kerengga ant-like jumper. Though this term’s a mouthful, it’s nothing compared to the scientific name of the creature. That’s because its technical name is Myrmaplata plataleoides. Neither name rolls off the tongue easily, to be certain. Each also fails to properly […]
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 […]
Salt Creek Tiger Beetle Facts Though undeniably lengthy, the term of Salt Creek Tiger Beetle represents the common name for a remarkable invertebrate. Despite its length, that term actually remains more easily pronounced than that of the scientific name of the species. That’s because it bears the official name of the Cicindela nevadica lincolniana. By […]
Conehead Mantis Facts The highly evocative term of the Conehead Mantis appropriately serves as the common name for this remarkable insect. This marvel of Nature also goes by another name, though. That’s its somewhat difficult scientific name of the Empusa pennata. Regardless of which of these term you use for it, though, it remains blessed […]
Giant Water Bug Facts The highly evocative term of Giant Water Bug quite accurately serves as one of the common names for this relatively large insect. This behemoth of its kind also goes by the humorous, though equally accurate, common name of the toe-biter. Its official scientific name, meanwhile, remains that of the somewhat informative, […]
