Manduca sexta is a moth of the family Sphingidae present through much of the American continent.
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Neotibicen auletes commonly, but informally called the Northern dusk-singing cicada, Giant oak cicada, or Southern oak cicada, is a large bodied annual cicada which occurs in the eastern, central, and southern United States as well as southern Canada. This cicada is the largest cicada in the genus Neotibicen and the largest cicada in North America, north of Mexico. Despite its frequently used common name, this cicada is most abundantly found in the south.
Melissodes bimaculatus, the two-spotted longhorn, is a species of long-horned bee in the family Apidae.
Papilio glaucus, the eastern tiger swallowtail, is a species of swallowtail butterfly native to eastern North America. It is one of the most familiar butterflies in the eastern United States, where it is common in many different habitats. It has also been found in Olรผdeniz, Turkey. It flies from spring to fall, during which it produces two to three broods. Adults feed on the nectar of many species of flowers, mostly from those of the Apocynaceae,…
Eurosta solidaginis, known generally as the goldenrod gall fly or tephritid fly, is a species of fruit flies in the family Tephritidae.
Velarifictorus micado is a cricket in the subfamily Gryllinae (“field crickets”), in the family Gryllidae (“true crickets”). A common name for Velarifictorus micado is “Japanese burrowing cricket”. The distribution range of Velarifictorus micado includes North America and Southern Asia.
The great blue skimmer (Libellula vibrans) is a dragonfly of the skimmer family. With a total length of 50 to 63ย mm, it is one of the largest skimmers. The immature forms of the skimmer are brown in color and mature forms are blue-hued. This species is found near lakes, ponds, and slow streams in the eastern United States and rarely in southern Ontario.
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Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)
Papilio polyxenes, the (eastern) black swallowtail, American swallowtail or parsnip swallowtail, is a butterfly found throughout much of North America. It is the state butterfly of Oklahoma and New Jersey. An extremely similar-appearing species, Papilio joanae, occurs in the Ozark Mountains region, but it appears to be closely related to Papilio machaon, rather than P. polyxenes. The species is named after the figure in Greek mytholog