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Io Moth
''Automeris io'', the Io moth () or peacock moth, is a colorful North American moth in the family Saturniidae. The io moth is also a member of the subfamily Hemileucinae. The name Io comes from Greek mythology in which Io was a mortal lover of Zeus. The Io moth ranges from the southeast corner of Manitoba and in the southern extremes of Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in Canada, and in the US it is found from Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, east of those states and down to the southern end of Florida. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. Adult description Imagines (sexually mature, reproductive stage) have a wingspan of 2.5–3.5 inches (63–88 mm). This species is sexually dimorphic: males have bright yellow forewings, body, and legs, while females have reddish-brown to purple forewings, body, and legs. The males also have much bigger plumose (feathery) antennae than the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johan Christian Fabricius
Johan Christian Fabricius (7 January 1745 – 3 March 1808) was a Danish zoologist, specialising in "Insecta", which at that time included all arthropods: insects, arachnids, crustaceans and others. He was a student of Carl Linnaeus, and is considered one of the most important entomologists of the 18th century, having named nearly 10,000 species of animals, and established the basis for the modern insect classification. Biography Johan Christian Fabricius was born on 7 January 1745 at Tønder in the Duchy of Schleswig, where his father was a doctor. He studied at the gymnasium at Altona and entered the University of Copenhagen in 1762. Later the same year he travelled together with his friend and relative Johan Zoëga to Uppsala, where he studied under Carl Linnaeus for two years. On his return, he started work on his , which was finally published in 1775. Throughout this time, he remained dependent on subsidies from his father, who worked as a consultant at Frederiks Hospita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to the south by the Straits of Florida and Cuba; it is the only state that borders both the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. Spanning , Florida ranks 22nd in area among the 50 states, and with a population of over 21 million, it is the third-most populous. The state capital is Tallahassee, and the most populous city is Jacksonville. The Miami metropolitan area, with a population of almost 6.2 million, is the most populous urban area in Florida and the ninth-most populous in the United States; other urban conurbations with over one million people are Tampa Bay, Orlando, and Jacksonville. Various Native American groups have inhabited Florida for at least 14,000 years. In 1513, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León became the first k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carcelia
''Carcelia'' is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae. Species Subgenus ''Carcelia'' Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 *'' Carcelia albifacies'' Townsend, 1927 *'' Carcelia alpestris'' Herting, 1966 *'' Carcelia amplexa'' ( Coquillett, 1897) *'' Carcelia angustipalpis'' Chao & Liang, 2002 *'' Carcelia atricosta'' Herting, 1961 *'' Carcelia auripulvis'' Chao & Liang, 2002 *'' Carcelia bombylans'' Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 *'' Carcelia brevipilosa'' Chao & Liang, 1986 *'' Carcelia candidae'' Shima, 1981 *'' Carcelia canutipulvera'' Chao & Liang, 1986 *'' Carcelia caudata'' Baranov, 1931 *'' Carcelia caudatella'' Baranov, 1932 *'' Carcelia diacrisiae'' Sellers, 1943 *'' Carcelia dubia'' (Brauer & von Bergenstamm, 1891) *'' Carcelia falx'' Chao & Liang, 1986 *'' Carcelia flavimaculata'' Sun & Chao, 1992 *'' Carcelia formosa'' (Aldrich & Webber, 1924) *'' Carcelia gnava'' ( Meigen, 1824) *'' Carcelia hamata'' Chao & Liang, 1986 *'' Carcelia hardyi'' ( Curran, 1938) *'' Carcelia iliaca'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chetogena
''Chetogena'' is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae. Species *'' C. acuminata'' Rondani, 1859 *'' C. alpestris'' Tschorsnig, 1997 *'' C. arnaudi'' (Reinhard, 1956) *'' C. claripennis'' ( Macquart, 1848) *'' C. clunalis'' (Reinhard, 1956) *'' C. edwardsii'' ( Williston, 1889) *'' C. fasciata'' (Egger, 1856) *'' C. filipalpis'' Rondani, 1859 *'' C. floridensis'' (Townsend, 1916) *'' C. gelida'' ( Coquillett, 1897) *'' C. gynaephorae'' Chao & Shi, 1987 *'' C. indivisa'' (Aldrich and Webber, 1924) *'' C. innocens'' ( Wiedemann, 1830) *'' C. lophyri'' (Townsend, 1892) *'' C. mageritensis'' (Villeneuve & Mesnil, 1936) *'' C. media'' Rondani, 1859 *'' C. micronychia'' (Masson, 1969) *'' C. nigrofasciata'' (Strobl, 1902) *'' C. obliquata'' ( Fallén, 1810) *'' C. omissa'' (Reinhard, 1934) *'' C. paradoxa'' (Brauer & von Bergenstamm, 1893) *'' C. raoi'' Mesnil, 1968 *'' C. rondaniana'' (Villeneuve, 1931) *'' C. scutellaris'' (Wulp, 1890) *'' C. sellersi'' (Hall, 1939) *'' C. sic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lespesia
''Lespesia'' is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae. Species *''Lespesia affinis'' (Townsend, 1927) *''Lespesia afra'' ( Wulp, 1890) *'' Lespesia aletiae'' ( Riley, 1879) *'' Lespesia andina'' (Bigot, 1888) *''Lespesia anisotae'' (Webber, 1930) *''Lespesia apicalis'' ( Wulp, 1890) *''Lespesia archippivora'' ( Riley, 1871) *''Lespesia auriceps'' ( Macquart, 1844) *''Lespesia barbatula'' ( Wulp, 1890) *''Lespesia bigeminata'' ( Curran, 1927) *''Lespesia callosamiae'' Beneway, 1963 *''Lespesia chrysocephala'' (Walker, 1836) *''Lespesia clavipalpis'' Thompson, 1966 *''Lespesia cuculliae'' (Webber, 1930) *''Lespesia danai'' (Townsend, 1940) *''Lespesia datanarum'' (Townsend, 1892) *''Lespesia erythrocauda'' ( Curran, 1934) *'' Lespesia euchaetiae'' (Webber, 1930) *''Lespesia fasciagaster'' Beneway, 1963 *''Lespesia ferruginea'' (Reinhard, 1924) *'' Lespesia flavicans'' ( Wulp, 1890) *''Lespesia flavifrons'' Beneway, 1963 *'' Lespesia frenchii'' ( Williston, 1889) *'' Lespesia gio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compsilura Concinnata
''Compsilura concinnata'' (tachinid fly; order Diptera) is a parasitoid native to Europe that was introduced to North America in 1906 to control the population of an exotic forest, univoltine, spongy moth named ''Lymantria dispar''. It is an endoparasitoid of larvae and lives with its host for most of its life. Eventually the parasitoid ends up killing the host and occasionally eating it. It attacks over 200 host species, mainly insects from the Orders: Coleoptera, Lepidoptera and Hymenoptera. Since this parasite has the ability to attack many different types of hosts, the organism has spilled over from the intended forest systems into other areas, like agricultural fields, affecting cabbage pests including the cabbage looper (''Trichoplusia''); the cabbage worm (''Pieris rapae''); and even other invasive species such as the brown-tail moth. However, it also attacks native, non-pest insects such as the Cecropia moth and American moon moth. Morphology Larvae are creamy colored and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Braconidae
The Braconidae are a family of parasitoid wasps. After the closely related Ichneumonidae, braconids make up the second-largest family in the order Hymenoptera, with about 17,000 recognized species and many thousands more undescribed. One analysis estimated a total between 30,000 and 50,000, and another provided a narrower estimate between 42,000 and 43,000 species. Classification The Braconidae are currently divided into about 47 subfamilies and over 1000 genera, which include ''Aerophilus'', ''Aleiodes'', '' Apanteles'', ''Asobara'', '' Bracon'', ''Cenocoelius'', '' Chaenusa'', ''Chorebus'', '' Cotesia'', '' Dacnusa'', '' Diachasma'', ''Microgaster'', ''Opius'', ''Parapanteles'', '' Phaenocarpa'', ''Spathius'', and ''Syntretus.'' These fall into two major groups, informally called the cyclostomes and noncyclostomes. In cyclostome braconids, the labrum and the lower part of the clypeus are concave with respect to the upper clypeus and the dorsal margin of the mandibles. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ichneumonidae
The Ichneumonidae, also known as the ichneumon wasps, Darwin wasps, or ichneumonids, are a family (biology), family of parasitoid wasps of the insect order Hymenoptera. They are one of the most diverse groups within the Hymenoptera with roughly 25,000 species currently described. However, this likely represents less than a quarter of their true Species richness, richness as reliable estimates are lacking, along with much of the most basic knowledge about their ecology, Species distribution, distribution, and evolution.Quicke, D. L. J. (2015). The braconid and ichneumonid parasitoid wasps: biology, systematics, evolution and ecology. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Ichneumonid wasps, with very few exceptions, attack the immature stages of Holometabolism, holometabolous insects and spiders, eventually killing their hosts. They thus fulfill an important role as regulators of insect populations, both in natural and semi-natural systems, making them promising agents for Biological p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tachinidae
The Tachinidae are a large and variable family of true flies within the insect order Diptera, with more than 8,200 known species and many more to be discovered. Over 1,300 species have been described in North America alone. Insects in this family commonly are called tachinid flies or simply tachinids. As far as is known, they all are protelean parasitoids, or occasionally parasites, of arthropods, usually other insects. The family is known from many habitats in all zoogeographical regions and is especially diverse in South America. Life cycle Reproductive strategies vary greatly between Tachinid species, largely, but not always clearly, according to their respective life cycles. This means that they tend to be generalists rather than specialists. Comparatively few are restricted to a single host species, so there is little tendency towards the close co-evolution one finds in the adaptations of many specialist species to their hosts, such as are typical of protelean parasito ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
- 7746 – Automeris Io – Io Moth (47990121411)
The hyphen-minus is the most commonly used type of hyphen, widely used in digital documents. It is the only character that looks like a minus sign or a dash in many character sets such as ASCII or on most keyboards, so it is also used as such. The name "hyphen-minus" derives from the original ASCII standard, where it was called "hyphen(minus)". The character is referred to as a "hyphen", a "minus sign", or a "dash" according to the context where it is being used. Description In early monospaced font typewriters and character encodings, a single key/code was almost always used for hyphen, minus, various dashes, and strikethrough, since they all have a roughly similar appearance. The current Unicode Standard specifies distinct characters for a number of different dashes, an unambiguous minus sign ("Unicode minus") at code point U+2212, and various types of hyphen including the unambiguous "Unicode hyphen" at U+2010 and the hyphen-minus at U+002D. When a hyphen is called for, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eyespot (mimicry)
An eyespot (sometimes ocellus) is an eye-like marking. They are found in butterflies, reptiles, cats, birds and fish. Eyespots could be explained in at least three different ways. They may be a form of mimicry in which a spot on the body of an animal resembles an eye of a different animal, to deceive potential predator or prey species. They may be a form of self-mimicry, to draw a predator's attention away from the prey's most vulnerable body parts. Or they may serve to make the prey appear inedible or dangerous. Eyespot markings may play a role in intraspecies communication or courtship; the best-known example is probably the eyespots on a peacock's display feathers. The pattern-forming biological process (morphogenesis) of eyespots in a wide variety of animals is controlled by a small number of genes active in embryonic development, including the genes called Engrailed, Distal-less, Hedgehog, Antennapedia, and the Notch signaling pathway. Artificial eyespots have been sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antenna (biology)
Antennae ( antenna), sometimes referred to as "feelers", are paired appendages used for sensing in arthropods. Antennae are connected to the first one or two segments of the arthropod head. They vary widely in form but are always made of one or more jointed segments. While they are typically sensory organs, the exact nature of what they sense and how they sense it is not the same in all groups. Functions may variously include sensing touch, air motion, heat, vibration (sound), and especially smell or taste. Antennae are sometimes modified for other purposes, such as mating, brooding, swimming, and even anchoring the arthropod to a substrate. Larval arthropods have antennae that differ from those of the adult. Many crustaceans, for example, have free-swimming larvae that use their antennae for swimming. Antennae can also locate other group members if the insect lives in a group, like the ant. The common ancestor of all arthropods likely had one pair of uniramous (unbranched ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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