Insects: A Guide to Familiar American InsectsIllustrates and describes over 200 insects in 16 groups, portraying them on their food plants, in adult and immature forms, with U.S. range maps. |
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... spots " which the painted lady lacks . The American's larvae are spiny and black , with rows of white spots . It feeds on arrowweed , cudweed , and other everlastings . The painted lady or thistle butterfly is reported to be the most ...
... spots " which the painted lady lacks . The American's larvae are spiny and black , with rows of white spots . It feeds on arrowweed , cudweed , and other everlastings . The painted lady or thistle butterfly is reported to be the most ...
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... spots . The male has two small eye- spots on the hindwings . Markings vary a good deal . The larvae lack the horns of the first two species . The little wood satyr is smaller , with eye - spots on both fore- and hindwings . It prefers ...
... spots . The male has two small eye- spots on the hindwings . Markings vary a good deal . The larvae lack the horns of the first two species . The little wood satyr is smaller , with eye - spots on both fore- and hindwings . It prefers ...
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... spots , but those of the female are smaller . Yellow spots on the forewings and greenish hindwings mark the spicebush swallowtail . The pipevine swallowtail lacks the yellow spots . SPICEBUSH on sassafras ZEBRA on pawpaw PIPEVINE on ...
... spots , but those of the female are smaller . Yellow spots on the forewings and greenish hindwings mark the spicebush swallowtail . The pipevine swallowtail lacks the yellow spots . SPICEBUSH on sassafras ZEBRA on pawpaw PIPEVINE on ...
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abdomen adults emerge alfalfa AMBUSH BUG AMERICAN PAINTED LADY animals antennae ants aphids ASPARAGUS BEETLE bees birds borers broods brown burrow CARRION BEETLE chewing chrysalis CICADA CLICK BEETLE cocoon color common corn cover CRICKET crops cuckoo wasp damage develop EARWIGS Eggs are laid eggs hatch eye-spots female lays flies forewings FRITILLARY gall garden GRASSHOPPER green GULF FRITILLARY harlequin bug hatch in spring hibernate hindwings Horntails Ichneumon KATYDID known LADYBIRD larvae larvae feed larvae pupate lay eggs LEAFHOPPER legs lice live locust male mantises mature MAYFLIES mosquitoes moths and butterflies mouth-parts mud dauber nest nymphs PAINTED LADY pairs of wings parasites pests plants potatoes PRIONUS pupa rose chafer ROVE BEETLE scales shield bugs similar small insects smaller SPITTLEBUG spots stages stink bugs stoneflies sucking SWALLOWTAIL tail tent caterpillar termites thorax trees VELVET ANT wasps weevils wingless female winter wood yellow young