We seldom see the beauty of weird insects or unusual insects. They might be creepy looking to many of us, but we can’t deny the fact that they are fascinating in their own little way.
Insects are small terrestrial invertebrate of Phylum Arthropoda, consisting of protective hard exoskeleton. The insects have the largest group of species than the animals living on earth, and that includes the continuing researches of new found species of insects. The exoskeletons consist of hard, thin, or plates made of chitin, the semitransparent and main component of exoskeletons of the arthropods, crustaceans and insects. There are various classifications of insect group species:
1) Hymenoplera : Ants, Bees, wasps, sawflies
Red Imported Fire Ants (
Red-Harvester ants (
Virgin Queen-Bulldog Ant (
Bulldog ants, commonly found in Australia and known for aggressive behavior and powerful stings and have the potential of their venom to cause anaphylactic shock to its victims.
Maricopa Harvester ants or yellow Harvester ants
The Yellow harvester ants also known as Maricopa harvester ant, commonly found in Arizona, USA. The maricopa ant’s venom is believed to be the most toxic and should be treated immediately. The maricopa ant’s nests are commonly found in fine sandy hill area.
Bees
Bee Squirt
Japanese Honeybee
Bee (apis)
Queen Bee
Asian Giant Hornet bee
Japanese Giant Hornet Bee (
Wasps
Horntail Wasp
Megarhyssa wasps (female) (
Parasitoid wasps ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasp)
Parasitoid wasps helps control population of agricultural pests.
Sawflies
Sawfly larvae (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawfly)
Sawfly ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawfly)
2) Phasmatode
Australian Stick Insect (head) ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phasmatodea)
Phasmatodea walking stick ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phasmatodea)
Longest walking stick found in Borneo ( http://ph.images.search.yahoo.com/images)
Leaf Stick Insect
Carausius Morosus Long Walking stick
3) Mantodea
Praying Mantis or Chinese Mantis
Hooded Praying Mantis
4) Snakefly (Raphidioplera)
Snakefly
Snakefly
Snakefly (
5) Neuroptera (Netwinged insects such as: Antlion, lacewings, mantidflies)
Antliom (Neurophera ) (
Antlion
Lacewing insects
Lacewing (Nothochrysinae)
Lacewing (Apochrysinae)
Green Lacewing (Chrysopidae)
Mantidflies
Mantidflies (
Owlfiy
6) Diptera (Fly or True Flies/ Drosopphila or Fruitfly/ horsefly/deerflies)
Diptera flies
Diptera Fly
New found species of Diptera
Greenbottle Diptera fly
Bombyliid Fly Diptera
Drosophila or Fruit Fly
Horseflies
Horsefly
Horseflies in the order Diptera of Tabinadae family, known as pests because of their painful bites.
Tabanid fly or horsefly
6) Lepidoptera ( Butterflies and Moth)
Gypsy Moth
Gypsy Moth Caterpillar
Gypsy Moth
Moth
Great Orange-tip Butterfly
Caterpillar of Great Orange-Tip
Great Orange-tip Butterfly (
Dryas Iulia Butterfly
Dryas Iulia Caterpillar
Dryas Iulia Butterfly
Actias Selene /Actias Luna Butterfly
Actias Selene Caterpillar
Actias Luna Butterfly in Florida
Hairy Caterpillar in Costa Rica Hairy Caterpillar
Pasture Day Moth
Pasture Day moth Caterpillar
Pasture Day Moth
Saddle Back Caterpillar
Saddleback Caterpillar
Limacodidae Moth
Hickory Horned Devil Caterpillar / Regal Moth
Hickory Horned Devil Caterpillar ( Hickory Horned Devil/
Horned Devil Caterpillar
Regal Moth
Old World Swallowtail Butterfly
Old World Swallowtail Caterpillar
Old World Swallowtail Butterfly
7) Thysanura (Silverfish insects )Wingless Insects:
Silverfish insect
Earwig
Earwig
Ephemeroptera (Mayflies, dragonflies, Zygopthera damselflies)
Mayfly
Dragonflies
Dragonfly
Dragonfly
Damselflies
Damselfly
Damselfly
9) Grylloblatidae (ice crawlers, recent found gladiators, mantophasmatidae)
Mantophasmatidae (gladiators or ice crawlers)
Mantophasmatodea
Hemilobophasma Montaguensis
10) Parapneuroptera
Parapneuroptera (
Bark lice
Bark Lice (
11) Endopterygota
Endopterygota or Holometabota (
Scorpionflies or Mecoptera ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecoptera)
Fleas
12) Coleoptera
Elasmucha Grisea Shield Bug
Green Shield Bug
Green Shield bug
Acanthosomas Haemorrhoidale shield bug
Shieldbug
Stinkbugs
Stink bug (Scutelleridae)
Jewel Bug
Stinkbug Tessaratomidae
Stinkbug
Madecassia Rothschildi
Temognatha Attenuata Jewel Beetle ( Temognatha Attenuata Jewel Beetle )
Weevil Bugs
Boll Weevil
Giraffe Weevil
Green Weevil
13) Fireflies
Firefly
Firefly Purdue
14) Glowworm
Glowworm
Glowworm
Common species related to firefly and common glowworm.
Lampyris Noctiluca
Lampyris Noctiluca Luciole
15) Cottony Scale Insect (Icerya Purchasi)
Icerya Purchasi
Scale Insects
Scale Insect
Scale insect
Fulgoris Honduras scale insect
Scale insects are parasite of plants and sap drawn from the plant are their means of food.
Calico Scale wood pests insect
16) Spiders (Arachnids)
Tarantula Moulting process
Brazilian Tarantula in attacking position
Brazilian Wandering spider (toxic)
adult Female Tarantula
Latodectus Black Widow spider
Lynx Spider
Argiope Spider
Yellow Garden Spider, zig zag web
Goldenrod spider imitating flower
17) Anopheles (mosquito)
Aedes Aegypti Mosquito, vector of Dengue Virus
Aedes Albopictus mosquito, Chikungunya fever virus carrier
Anopheles Albimanus mosquito, Malaria virus carrier
18) Pyrops Candelarius
Pyprops Candelarius
Pyrops Candelarius is a specie of lantern fly commonly found in Laos, Cambodia and Thailand.
Planthopper mimics a leaf (mimesis)
Fulgora Planthopper
Fulgora Planthoper
Fulgora planthopper is commonly found in the region part of Brazil.
Enchopora Sanguinea planthopper
19) Scorpions
Fattail Scorpion
Fattail scorpion are the most toxic and dangerous species found in the Middle East and Africa, known for its neurotoxins venom and caused fatality.
Bark Scorpions or Centruroides
Venomous species that can be found in North America.
Hottentotta Scorpion
Deathstalker or Leirius Scorpion (
Deathstalker scorpions are found in North Africa, West Africa and Middle East, and bites can cause human death.
Buthidae scorpion or thick-tailed scorpion
20) Arthrophods
Centiphede
Scolopendra cingulata
Myriapoda
Scutigera coleoptrata Centipede
Sonoran Desert centipede found in Mexico
Mellipedes
Millipede
Milipede Glomeris Marginata
Millipede Harpaphe Haydeniana
Other Insects:
Aphid
Planthopper, Issidae family
Issidae planthopper
Eurybrachyidae Planthoppers
Treehopper Indonesia
Treehopper Marcianto
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