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"Orange you glad to see me?" - Gulf Fritallary or Passion Butterfly
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Una de las diferencias entre los caballitos del diablo (zigópteros), y de las libélulas (anisópteros), es que los primeros comen a su presa en reposo mientras que las libélulas lo hacen en vuelo.
Libélulas y caballitos del diablo conforman dos subgrupos de un mismo orden de insectos, el de los Odonatos. El nombre porviene de del latin Odonto, que significa dientes, debido al tipo de mandÃbulas que presentan estos insectos, aptas para devorar a sus presas.
Libélulas y caballitos del diablo, son un efectivo control natural para las poblaciones de insectos voladores de molesta picadura , tales como mosquitos y jejenes, , los cuales son devorados en grandes cantidades por estos magnÃficos depredadores..
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One difference between damselflies (zigópteros) and dragonflies (Anisoptera), is that first eat their prey at rest while they do dragonflies in flight.
Dragonflies and damselflies make up two subgroups of the same order of insects, the Odonata. The name of the Latin cames from latin: ODONTO; means tooth, referring to the type of jaws that have these insects, able to devour their prey.
Dragonflies and damselflies are an effective natural control of populations of annoying flying insects bite, such as mosquitoes and gnats, which are eaten in large quantities by these magnificent predators.
Small beetle on grass blade. Think it's a Cereal Leaf Beetle - Oulema melanopus.
Focus stacked using zerene
The Insects are the most diverse and important group of animals on land. There are more species of insects than all other land animals put together.
This Mantis has caught a Silver Spotted Skipper butterfly,and is in the process of ripping open the thorax of it's prey,a process that took about 5 seconds. You can see the Mantis has already cut into the thorax. At this point,the Skipper was still alive,as it was feebly flapping it's wings.
Female with prominent ovipositor. Found mid-day on a sidewalk. Cell phone photo from just a few inches away.
DuPage Co., IL
Trichopoda pennipes. A little bigger than a house fly (and a lot nicer looking.) Parasitoids on squash bugs and some other true-bug agricultural pests.