Arthropods

Spider - fisherman (Dolomedes triton) belongs to the arachnid class. Distribution of the spider - fisherman Spider - the fisherman is widely distributed throughout North America, less commonly found in the Pacific Northwest. It lives in East Texas, in the coastal areas of New England and in the south along the Atlantic coast to Florida and west to North Dakota and Texas.

Labyrinth spider (Agelena labyrinthica) or agelin labyrinth belongs to the funnel spiders family, arachnids. The spider got its specific name for a peculiar intermittent way of movement: it suddenly stops, then freezes, and again moves with interruptions. The definition of funnel is associated with the shape of a woven cobweb network, which has the appearance of a funnel.

Sand six-eyed spider (Sicarius hahni) - belongs to the arachnid class. For the first time this species was determined by the French naturalist Charles Walker (1847). The spider is a resident of a warm climate. The spread of the sand six-eyed spider. The sand six-eyed spider is found in South America and South Africa.

The phalangeal folkus (Pholcus phalangioides) belongs to the arachnid class. Distribution of the phalangeal folcus. The phalangeal folk is distributed worldwide. This is a common "house" spider throughout the globe. Phalangeal Folkus (Pholcus phalangioides) Habitats of the phalangeal folcus.

The thin-legged wolf spider (Pardosa mackenziana) belongs to the arachnid class, a group of spiders. The spread of a thin-legged spider is a wolf. A thin-legged wolf spider is found in the Non-Arctic region, widely distributed in North America and Canada, throughout the northern part of the United States, from coast to coast. The range extends far south, to Colorado and Northern California.

The giant teliphone (Mastigoproctus giganteus) belongs to the teliphon family, the order of scorpion spiders, the arachnid class, and the genus Mastigoproctus. The distribution of the giant phone. The teliphone is a giant telifon spreading in the non-Arctic region. It is found in the southwestern United States, including New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, and areas in the north.

Sydney funnel spider (Atrax robustus) belongs to the arachnid class. Spread Sydney funnel spider. Sydney funnel spider lives in a radius of 160 kilometers from Sydney. Related species are found in Eastern Australia, South Australia and Tasmania. It is distributed mainly south of the Hunter River in Illawarra and in the west in the mountains in New South Wales.

Spitting spider (Scytodes thoracica) belongs to the arachnid class. Spreading Spider Spread. Representatives of the genus Scytodes are predominantly tropical or subtropical spiders. However, spitting spiders are scattered across all non-arctic, palearctic and neotropical regions. This species is commonly found in the eastern United States, as well as in the United Kingdom, Sweden and other European countries.

Spiked Spider - the orbiting spider (Gasteracantha cancriformis) belongs to the arachnid class. The spread of a spiked spider is a spider. A spiked orbiting spider is found in many parts of the world. It lives in the southern United States from California to Florida, as well as in Central America, Jamaica, and Cuba.

Gabronate (Habronattus calcaratus) belongs to the arachnid class. The distribution of gabronate. Gabronathus lives on the Cumberland Plateau, which is a vast area with forests, further to Alabama, Tennessee and Kentucky to the north through Maine and in parts of Canada. The range extends westward into the region of great lakes located in the midwestern United States.

The marble cross (Araneus marmoreus) belongs to the arachnid class. The spread of the marble cross. The marble cross is distributed in the Non-Arctic and Palearctic regions. Habitat extends throughout Canada and the United States far south, to Texas and the Gulf of Mexico.

The yellow scorpion (Leiurus quinquestriatus) or mortal hunter belongs to the scorpion order, the arachnid class. The spread of yellow scorpion. Yellow scorpions spread in the eastern part of the Palearctic region. They are found in Northeast Africa. The habitat continues further west to Algeria and Niger, to the south of Sudan, and very far west to Somalia.

Mexican pink tarantula (Brachypelma klaasi) belongs to the class of arachnids. Mexican pink tarantula spread. Mexican pink tarantula spreads in North and Central America. This species of spider inhabits various types of habitats, including wet, arid and deciduous forest zones.

A spiked spider (Gasteracantha cancriformis) belongs to arachnids. Spiked Spider Spread. A spiked spider spreads in many parts of the world. It lives in the southern United States from California to Florida, as well as in Central America, Jamaica, and Cuba. Spiked Spider (Gasteracantha cancriformis) Habitats for Spiked Spiders.

The horn cross (Larinioides cornutus) belongs to the order spiders, arachnids. The spread of the horn cross. The horny cross is found in North America, spreads from Northern Mexico, throughout the United States and Canada, as well as in South and East Alaska.

The imperial scorpion (Pandinus imperator) belongs to the arachnid class. The spread of the imperial scorpion. Imperial scorpion is found in West Africa, mainly in the forests of Nigeria, Ghana, Togo, Sierra Leone and Congo. Imperial scorpion (Pandinus imperator) Habitats of the imperial scorpion.

Brachypelma Boehme (Brachypelma boehmei) belongs to the genus Brachypelma, arachnid class. For the first time, the description of the species was made in 1993 by Gunter Schmidt and Peter Klaas. The spider got its specific name in honor of the naturalist K. Boehme. External signs of Boehme brachypelma. Brachypelma Boehme differs from related species of spiders in a bright color, which combines contrasting colors - bright orange and black.

The Mexican red-headed tarantula (Brachypelma smithi) belongs to the class of arachnids. The spread of Mexican red-headed tarantula. A Mexican red-headed tarantula lives throughout Mexico’s central Pacific coast. Mexican Red-headed Tarantula (Brachypelma smithi) Habitats of the Mexican Red-headed Tarantula.

The paradoxical Hyptiot (Hyptiotes paradoxus) belongs to the arachnid class. The distribution of the hypothyot is paradoxical. A paradoxical gippiot spreads throughout the continental United States and throughout much of Northern Europe. Hippyot paradox (Hyptiotes paradoxus) Habitats of the Hippyot paradox.

The yellow-summed spider (Cheiracanthium inclusum) belongs to the arachnid class. Spread yellow-spider spider. The yellow spider spreads in the Americas, including Mexico and the Caribbean, the USA and southern Canada. This species was found in Africa, perhaps it was introduced to the continent by accident. Yellow Spider (Cheiracanthium inclusum) Habitat for a yellow spider.

The red-backed spider belongs to the family Spider-web-breeding, arachnid class. The Latin name of the species is Latrodectus hasselti. Spread red-backed spider. Red-backed spider spreads throughout Australia. This species also lives in New Zealand (North and South Islands), was introduced there by chance during transportation of grapes from Australia.

Afonopelma chalcodes (Aphonopelma chalcodes) belongs to arachnids. Spread of Athos Pheasant Chalcodes Athos Pelma Chalcodes is a desert tarantula, a spider spreading throughout the southwestern United States, in Arizona, New Mexico and Southern California. Aphonopelma chalcodes (Aphonopelma chalcodes) Habitats of the aphonopelma chalcodes Aphonopelma chalcodes lives in desert soil.

The Black-footed Harakopigus is a representative of the Hymenoptera, a family of Bread Sawmill. External signs of the black-footed character-footed character Harakopigus black-footed - sawfly with a slender graceful body of black color 9.5 mm long. The integument has a characteristic luster, the lateral spots on the 6th and 7th segments of the cylindrical abdomen, as well as the posterior edge of the last segment are colored yellow.

The baboon spider or African tarantula belongs to the subfamily of tarantulas. It got its name due to the similarity of the tips of the spider legs with the fingers of a monkey baboon. In the scientific literature, this species of arachnids was first mentioned in 1702, and a scientific description of the signs of a spider-baboon appears in 1832.

Freshwater hankai shrimp is a small translucent crustacean that lives in fresh water, in addition, they are often kept and bred in aquariums. These crustaceans live in the Far East, on the island of Khanka, in the Amur River. Freshwater shrimp are decapods. They are also called shrimp leander.

Millipedes - arthropods, consisting of 4 classes: ganopods, bipodopeds, symphiles and pauropods. Scientists distinguish about 13 thousand species of millipedes. From the name it becomes clear that these creatures have a large number of pairs of legs. For example, millipedes living in central California have 750 legs, according to this indicator, she is the champion among her brothers.

The common smoothweed belongs to the family Notonectidae, a group of semi-rigid winged bugs or bugs. About 200 species of these insects live in the world. External signs of common smoothish Common smoothish reaches a length of 15 mm. The body of the insect below is completely flat with hairs to hold a layer of air, and on top is convex, similar to a boat.

Acacia hothouse is not a plant at all, but a spider, which is also called an American domestic spider. For a long time, the species was called Theridion tepidariorum. Today, these spiders are cosmopolitan - they are distributed throughout the Earth, but initially they lived in Central and South America, as well as in Mexico.

Common avicularia has a more understandable and simple name - a pink tarantula, also these spiders are called tropical tarantulas. They live in Brazil, Costa Rica, Trinidad, Suriname, Venezuela, Guyana and the islands of the Caribbean. Features of the appearance of a pink tarantula This is a shaggy and pretty beautiful spider.

In North America, Europe and Siberia, the common, at first glance, nocturnal butterfly Cerura vinula lives. It can be found in dense forests on willows, aspens and poplars. She is a representative of the crested family, the order Lepidoptera. In Russian, the name of this unremarkable butterfly sounds surprisingly "big harpy."

The golden turtle beetle has become popular due to its unusual appearance - its shell shimmers in the sunshine with simply incredible golden hues. The bug belongs to the family of leaf beetles, which also includes pests of the Colorado potato beetles. The species used to be called Coptocycla bicolor, but today this name is outdated.

Morpho is a genus of diurnal butterflies - inhabitants of Central and South America. The total number of species is about 80. The strange name of the butterfly is apparently due to the ancient Greeks. Translated from their language, the word morphs means "beautiful." Indeed, among insects, they practically have no equal in an unrivaled range of colors.

Callicores are called insects that belong to tropical butterflies from the nymphalid family. Today, there are about 40 species. Their way of life is unremarkable, but their unusual coloring, which is reflected in the original species names, brought fame and popularity to callikorams.

The crusader beetle belongs to the family of lamellae, the order winged beetles. Three species of the genus Anisoplia: the bug-beetle, the crusader beetle and the red-beetle are similar in biology and harmfulness, they are also called bread beetles. Distribution of crusaders The Crusader beetle is widespread in the south of the forest, in the forest-steppe and steppe zones of the European part of Russia, found in Kazakhstan and Western Siberia.

A ghost mantis is a species of mantis belonging to a family of approximately five species. The insect is distributed on the African continent, south of the Sahara desert and on the island of Madagascar. Mantis-ghosts inhabit mostly dry (arid) areas, found on trees and shrubs. Appearance of a ghost mantis In its color and shape, a ghost mantis imitates a dried leaf.

Flower mantis is one of the most famous species of mantis. Description of the flower mantis The flower mantis has green elytra with a characteristic strip of cream color in the middle, and spots of the same color at the base of the wings. The hind wings are red. Brown and pink spots are scattered across the body.

The tropical filly, also called the hoody grasshopper, is an insect that is part of the family of true locusts. Appearance of a hoody grasshopper. Adults of a tropical filly, as well as their larvae, have a grassy-green color and milky-white eyes. The antennae of the hood grasshopper are short and durable.

The large parnepos belongs to the hymenoptera order, the family of the wasp-gloss. The parnopod is large - an insect of medium size, with an elongated body about 0.8-1.4 cm. The chest is wider than the head, with enlarged sides protruding between the coxae of the front and middle legs, decorated with rare, large dots. The proboscis is long.

Tolstun Pallasa or pallasov Tolstun belongs to the family of grasshoppers, a group of Orthoptera. The insect, discovered by P. Pallas, has another name - a heavy drone. External Signs of Fat Pallas Fat Pallas has a mottled body. In light-colored individuals, blackish-brown spots are found only on the anterior margin of the pronotum; individual dark points on the abdomen are arranged in two rows.

The mourning fly belongs to the genus of buzzing family flies. These flies are also called anthrax flies. Allocate about 300 species of anthrax. They are widespread, in the former USSR about 10 species of flies of mourning live. The habitat of these flies are clay slopes, rocks, flower beds and the like. Description of mournful fly flies The body length of a mourn fly flies from 3 to 20 millimeters.

Shields, onizh e - tortoise beetles, belong to the genus of beetles that feed on leaves of herbaceous plants. What kind of insects are they harmful to humans? Some of them are harmful to plants, while others, on the contrary, are used to control weeds. You can find these bugs in meadows and parks, as well as their invasion of gardens and fields.

Javanese leaf - one of the most unusual insects in the world, which surprises with its shape and protective color. Javanese leaf-trees belong to stick insects; they are common in the tropical forests of India, Mauritania, Borneo, Sri Lanka, Malacca, Java and Sumatra. Appearance of the Javanese leaf-tree The body length of an adult female Javanese leaf-tree is 7 centimeters, and the males do not exceed 5 centimeters in length.

Today, there is a wide variety of dwarf freshwater shrimps: green babaulti, transparent Palaemon, black, gold and red crystals, "snowball", "red cherry", black-striped "tigers" and the like. Shrimps graze all day in the aquarium, like herbivores, and some species graze at night.

Ringworm is widespread. It lives in the Caucasus, the Urals, in the middle zone of Russia, Siberia, the Far East. It is found everywhere in Northern China, Japan, Korea, Western and Eastern Europe. The ringed silkworm butterfly, in comparison with its relatives, looks completely inconspicuous.

Many species of moths live near plants, and the caterpillars of these species parasitize on plants. The moth larvae are the pests. In total, more than 2 thousand species of moles are distinguished. About 800 species live in our country. There are many varieties of herbivorous moths. Baby Moth or Apple White Moth Baby Moth is a small moth with a wingspan of 8-10 millimeters.

Sprout flies are common pests that feed on seedlings and seeds of agricultural plants. These flies are common in the European part of Russia, in Belarus and in Ukraine. Large populations are found in Central Asia and North America. The activity of these pests causes significant damage to the sunrises.

The protopter detachment was rather small, the most famous of this detachment is the zdenecium species, which belonged to the paolide family. The Zdenekians inhabited our planet 350 million years ago. Zdeneki had a set of primitive traits characteristic of protopters. First of all, these are wings that were covered with longitudinal veins.

Wheat thrips is a pest of cereal crops. Wheat thrips are common in many regions. These pests cause great damage to the crop, so gardeners destroy them in every possible way, but it is not easy to get thrips out. Appearance of wheat thrips Females of wheat thrips in length are 1.3-1.5 millimeters.

Leafworms are a family of butterflies. Damage to leafworms is caused not only to fruit trees, they have adapted to various living conditions and have mastered a variety of wild shrubs and trees. For example, several types of leaflets damage exclusively conifers. Leafworm caterpillars eat young shoots and leaves, as a result of which the tree does not grow and loses fruit.

In the middle of the Permian period, Western Siberia was a harsh volcanic terrain. Powerful jets of hot lava crawled along the slopes to the valleys. Cooling ash fell to the ground, and it turned into a desert. In this difficult time, the territory of the present Trans-Urals was inhabited by insects that belonged to the order of arkhodonates, the family of permotemidia.

Desert locust - a pest belonging to the family of real locusts. These pests are also called schistocerci and schistocerci. Desert locusts are not too picky about food, these insects feed on approximately 500 species of plants and tree species. Appearance of the desert locust The adult flock of desert locusts has a lemon-yellow color, while in a single desert locust the color is close to the shade of grasses.

Apple Blossom - a representative of weevils, which is one of the most malicious pests of horticultural crops. Apple flower eaters eat the buds of the fruit tree buds, these pests can completely destroy the crop in a separate area. Apple flower beetles are common throughout Russia and harm gardens from its southern borders to the northern.

Delphacids are a family of pests of cereals, rice and sugar beets. In addition to the classic name, these pests also have a name used in everyday life - pigs. Description of delphacid Delphacids are very small insects that can jump perfectly. They jump so high that modern engineers are interested in their natural jumping mechanisms.

Locusts appeared on the planet much earlier than humans. In ancient times, these pests were called the jaws of the wind. In ancient Greece, they prayed to the gods to avoid locust invasions. And these pests were feared like a fire for a reason, today the locust is one of the most formidable enemies of agriculture. Asiatic locust is a herd insect belonging to the subspecies of migratory locust.

Melon aphid is a small insect that lives in various regions of the world. These pests are almost omnivorous. Melon aphid lives in the European part of our country, in China, Siberia, Japan, the Hawaiian Islands, Africa, Malaysia and Europe. Aphids feed on more than 300 species of wild and cultivated plants.

Beetroot weevils are pests that annoy gardeners pretty much. These beetles eat the delicate leaves and roots of cultural plantings. Beetroot weevils tolerate wintering well, so the areas where they wound up for several years remain infected. These beetles are common throughout Europe and Russia.

One of the most serious garden pests emerging in spring is raspberry-strawberry weevil. These pests can destroy up to 50% of the raspberry crop and up to 90% of the strawberry crop. In addition to raspberries and wild strawberries, these beetles cause significant harm to rose hips, blackberries and roses. The body length of raspberry-strawberry weevils does not exceed 2-3 centimeters.

Bread sawfly - a terrible pest of cereals, which is a representative of the hymenoptera. Bread sawflies are found in countries of Asia and Europe. Also, the pest was brought to North America. According to the degree of damage to the crop, the bread pest is on the same level as the bread bug.

Weaver sawfly is a large family of hymenoptera. These insects are common throughout Eurasia and North America. Sawmills weavers damage conifers. All types of sawfly-weavers grow up to 10-15 millimeters in length. In adults, there are 3 pairs of legs and a flagellate mustache.

Italian Prus is a pest belonging to the order of orthoptera. Italian Prus - a representative of the family of locusts. These pests today live in the West Siberian, North Caucasian, Volga region and Altai. Italian Prus damages crops, mainly sunflower and potatoes; legumes, grains and melons are less affected.

Moroccan locust is a small insect that has repeatedly turned out to be a real disaster for people. Moroccan locusts have repeatedly destroyed crops in vast areas. These insects belong to the real locust family. Moroccan locusts are also called Moroccan and Moroccan filly.

Wave flies are found almost everywhere except for Antarctica and the Arctic, but most of the species live in the subtropics and tropics. Especially there are many such butterflies in West Africa, about 500 species of flies, but this figure can be much larger, since there are completely impassable and unexplored places in the jungle.

Probably, each of us knows the lines of Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin: “Oh, summer is red! I would love you, If it weren’t for heat, for dust, for mosquitoes, for flies ...” And indeed, the best thing that can happen in summer is break out of a hot stuffy city somewhere in a village, village, but just out of town, settle in a private house, next to which there is a forest and a reservoir.

Bukarka - a bug belonging to the family of weevils and characterized by the smallest size among the brethren. Most often, these bugs are found in Europe, in Northern Iran, the Caucasus and in the middle lane of our country. Bukarka is a pest that causes a lot of trouble to gardeners. Especially they harm in the forest zone.

Scabies mite is a parasite that lives under the skin of people and animals. These ticks are also called scabies. Over their life, scabies mites make tunnels 30-40 millimeters under the skin of their owners. Only females cause painful symptoms, and males are necessary only for procreation and, having fulfilled its purpose, the male immediately dies.

The hole is silver - a butterfly in appearance similar to a trimmed dry branch. In the gardens, silver holes are not welcome at all, as they are considered dangerous pests. Large populations of silvery holes can destroy a garden or a small forest. Appearance of a silver hole. These butterflies are small - the wingspan does not exceed 0.5 centimeters.

Coniferous large cattail - a pest that destroys conifers. The name of this insect does not quite correspond to reality, since large cattails do not really differ in large sizes - females generally reach 0.5 centimeters, and males are slightly smaller, their body length does not exceed 0.3 centimeters.

The apple codling moth is a small nondescript butterfly leading a nocturnal lifestyle. Although it is called the codling moth, it damages many fruit trees. In Russia, these butterflies are distributed almost everywhere, since fruit trees and apple trees grow everywhere. Pests are active in warm weather from spring to fall.

The family of beetles has about 6 thousand species. Creepers are ubiquitous, but do not live in the tundra, deserts, and Antarctica. Ant hops are large and medium sized dipteran insects belonging to the genus of ghost flies. Features of the appearance of ant beetles In appearance, they are similar to many stinging insects, so they are often confused with bees, wasps and bumblebees.

The American white butterfly is a small, completely harmless-looking creature, but it is also a quarantine pest. These butterflies belong to the bear family, they destroy fruit plants. The birthplace of the American white butterfly was originally North America. But over time, this pest spread throughout Central Asia and Europe, and it also penetrated into Korea and Japan.

Oak fleas are pests that damage forest plantations. Oak fleas belong to the leaf beetle family. They are common throughout Europe. Description of the oak flea. The egg reaches 1 millimeter in length and has an oval shape. The color of the egg is whitish yellow. Oak flea (Altica quercetorum).

Crackers - insects, which are representatives of the order of beetles, which number about 2 thousand widows. Crackers belong to the leaf beetle family and live in subtropical and tropical areas on all continents. There is not much information about rattles. The diet of adults and larvae consists of dicotyledonous plants.

Padura is a fairly common animal. These pests are found in almost everyone who has indoor plants or who is engaged in gardening. These pests have several names, in addition to padurs, they are also called foottails, calebols and fork tails. Padura are a type of arthropod, emit about 8 thousand species of these pests.

Hemp flea - what is this insect, is it really a serious pest? In the photo, the flea looks pretty harmless, but is it really so? Hemp flea lives on a large territory from Far Vladivostok to the Caucasus. It is found in Europe, Kazakhstan and other places where the temperature in winter does not drop below -25 degrees.

Rosannaya tsikadka - a pest of wild rose, essential oil roses and various fruit crops. If these pests appear in the garden, they cause significant damage, but to notice them is not so simple. These insects are ubiquitous. External features of the rosanne cicadas Rosanna cicadas (Typhlocyla rosae).

Fruit moth is the closest relative of the apple moth. This butterfly is small in size. It is found in all parts of Europe. Fruit moth is considered a pest of a large number of types of fruit crops. Description of the fruit moth Larva looks like a small worm. The body length of the larva is 15 millimeters.

Mining moth is a family of small moths whose caterpillars damage leaves from the inside, gnawing passages in them. The most serious harm to the mining moth is that the result of the wrecking activity most often remains invisible until the plant begins to weaken and die. Appearance of the mining moth Larvae that have just hatched from eggs have a fusiform body shape and milky white color.

In the spring, various pests of cultivated plants wake up, one of the insect pests is a carrot fly, which causes a lot of problems to gardeners. These flies appear at the time of flowering of apple and lilac, when the air has already warmed up enough. Description of carrot flies Carrot flies are small in size - no more than 5 mm.

Everyone knows about the troubles that come after the invasion of hordes of locusts. Do you know that locusts come in several varieties. One of them will be discussed in our story. This is a desert locust. As the name implies, desert locusts live in deserts. This insect lives in Africa, Asia and the Middle East.

Crypto-scavenger - a representative of the family of weevils. These beetles are common in North America and Eurasia. About 75 species of these insects are isolated. Many species of secretive hunters are pests that harm crops. The most common species are rapeseed, leaf, onion, colic and cabbage stem crypto.

Pine sawflies live where coniferous trees grow. The main diet of these pests is needles, while sawflies cause great damage to forests in large areas. Pine sawflies are common in the European part of our country, in the Caucasus and in Siberia. In addition, they cause damage in Asian countries and Japan.

Poner is a species of small ants that live in the European part of our country. In addition, this species lives from Africa to Holland, as well as in the Caucasus and Portugal. Poners live in the litter of deciduous forests. Poners have a brown color. The size of these ants is small in comparison with their tropical relatives - in the dyne they reach 2-4 millimeters.

The family of cattails is part of the suborder of the peritoneal hymenoptera. In this family, there are about 120 species. All cattails are technical pests, and some species are very active, they affect healthy trees, settling in the trunks with mechanical damage. The tailings make transverse passages in the wood stuffed with drill flour.

Many-tuberous thicket is an extremely rare, endangered species. This grasshopper is the remnant of the previously rich fauna of the pristine Black Sea steppes. Even at the beginning of the twentieth century, the fat people lived in the southern part of European Russia until the Voronezh region. But today, these grasshoppers have survived only in the narrow territory of the North Caucasus.

The spider ladybug or spider erezus has an exotic appearance, which for our latitudes seems extremely unusual. This velvet spider in appearance resembles a ladybug. He is like a guest from the tropics. Females of a ladybug spider reach up to 20 millimeters in length, and males are half as much, they grow to 11 millimeters.

Even among representatives of insects, especially predatory ones, there are romantic names, for example, “beauty-girl” - dragonfly Calopteryx virgo. This dragonfly is a representative of the family of beauties. It is even strange to consider such a sophisticated creature a predator, but it feeds on insect larvae and fish caviar.

Siberian long - dragonfly, which is the only representative of the tropical genus Macromia, found in Siberia. Finding dolka in the Novosibirsk region can be called a unique phenomenon. Siberian long - a large dragonfly with a contrasting color: the body is black with a green tint and yellow rings stand out distinctly on it.

Riders are insect parasites that exist on other animals, usually arthropods. In this article, you will learn how riders take care of offspring, as well as many other interesting facts about riders. This infraorder brings together about 100 thousand species. Many of the riders are good for people because they kill pests.

Lycaenidae are diurnal butterflies. This family has about 5,200 species. Lycaenidae live, for the most part, in the tropics, only about 500 species live in the temperate zone. Butterfly appearance In size, these butterflies are usually not large. They have a rare blue coloration of the wings. Outwardly, all species of lycaenidae are similar to each other, but they differ in the pattern of spots on the lower part of the wings.

Moth is an insect known to everyone. Everyone knows that these insects are pests that damage various clothes, for example, fur coats and downy shawls. But not everyone knows that there is a wide variety of moths that belong to the butterfly family, and they are not at all interested in fur coats. Moth refers to insects keratophages, that is, organisms for the development of which keratin is necessary.

Cochineal Ararat - akin to aphids, cicadas and leaf-flies. All these insects are representatives of the order of the winged, which feed on the sap of plants. In this regard, cochineals have a piercing-sucking mouth apparatus used to pierce the leaves and stems of plants and suck out nutrient juice from them.

Harmful centipede - a pest that damages a variety of berries, vegetables, crops and herbs. It is also called the swamp centipede. This is the most dangerous species of the family of centipedes. The habitat of harmful centipedes Swamp centipede is found in large numbers in the European part of our country.

Sod ants are the most common species. This name was given to ants for their addiction to soddy habitats. Sod ants are ubiquitous, they do not live only in the Far North. Appearance of sod ants Sod ant (Tetramorium caespitum). Ants of this species are small: the average body length does not exceed 4 millimeters.

The green oak leaflet is a small butterfly with a wingspan of 18-23 millimeters. These butterflies are common where the oak is growing, that is, in the middle and southern parts of our country. Appearance features of butterflies, eggs, caterpillars and pupae of an oak leaflet The front wings of this butterfly are quadrangular, wide with rounded edges.

About 250 species of this genus are counted, while 5 species of beetles of the copra genus are found on the territory of our country. Appearance of the lunar copra The females of the lunar copra reach 15-27 millimeters in length. The body shape of the beetles is convex. Body color is black with a strong shine. The lower body and legs are covered with brown hairs.

Beetle eaters are a special species of bark beetle family. This family includes more than 750 species, and 140 species live in Europe. Beetle eaters are close relatives of weevils and belong to four articular bugs. Appearance of the beetle eaters The largest beetle eaters do not exceed 8 millimeters in length, and the smallest representatives reach only 1 millimeter.

The word "cicada" is known to all, it is it that occurs in the imagination when sounds are made by rattle insects. Cicadas are song arthropods belonging to the type of arthropods, the order is semi-rigid. The family of cicadas includes about 2500 species. The cicadas are very agile and careful, they rarely manage to get close to 1 meter.

The ringworm is a pest of fruit crops. These butterflies are ubiquitous. They attack fruit trees, as well as linden, poplar, oak. Appearance of the coconut spider The front wings of this butterfly are yellow, they are decorated with transverse stripes, the hind wings have a lighter color than the front.

Watchman-emperor - dragonfly, belonging to the family of the rocker. This dragonfly is also called the "patrol master." This is one of the largest dragonflies found in our country. This species is being reduced, so it is listed in the Red Book. Appearance of the watchman-emperor. The chest of the watchman-emperor is green with black wide stripes at the seams.

A wingless filly is a grasshopper belonging to an endangered species. The diet consists of green parts of shrubs, grasses and trees. Sometimes they harm forest and cultivated plants. Meet from May to August. Flightless fillies do not sing. These insects are winged, so they are not able to fly.