Portal:Insects
Portal:Insects
Insects (from Latin insectum) are hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body (head, thorax and abdomen), three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes, and a pair of antennae. Insects are the most diverse group of animals, with more than a million described species; they represent more than half of all animal species. (Full article...)
Calliphora vomitoria, known as the blue bottle fly, orange-bearded blue bottle, or bottlebee, is a species of blow fly, a species in the family Calliphoridae. Calliphora vomitoria is the type species of the genus Calliphora. It is common throughout many continents including Europe, Americas, and Africa. They are fairly large flies, nearly twice the size of the housefly, with a metallic blue abdomen and long orange setae on the gena.
While adult flies feed on nectar, females deposit their eggs on rotting corpses, making them important forensic insects, as their eggs and timing of oviposition can be used to estimate time of death. (Full article...)- ... that larvae of Cuban endemic firefly Alecton discoidalis (pictured) attack land snails?
- ... that the extinct parasitoid wasp Metapelma archetypon is thought to have preyed upon wood-boring beetles?
- ... that the extinct mason bee species Anthidium exhumatum and Anthidium scudderi are known from the Eocene Florissant Formation in Colorado?
- ... that the extinct parasitoid wasp genus Aspidopleura is known from only two fossils found in Baltic amber?
- ... that the extinct Eocene parasitoid wasp Brevivulva electroma was named from the Latin words meaning "short amber wrapper"?
Panorpa communis, the common scorpionfly (Mecoptera: Panorpidae), is a species of scorpionfly native to Western Europe.
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