When we talk about the word bee, the first thing that comes to our mind is nothing but the honey bee. In fact, this term is too wide to cover several species it cannot be merely confined to the term honey bee only. Xerces Society claims that there are more than four thousand species of […]
The killer bee that is also known as Africanized honey bee is a hybrid form of Western honey bee species. The scientific name given to the species is Apis mellifera. These bees were originally come into existence by cross breeding of African honey bee with European honey bees. The African honey bee species A.m. scutellate, […]
True sawflies have a saw-like appendage right at the tip of their bodies, and from this, they get their name “sawflies.” The basal hymenopteran lineages have developed these saw-like ovipositor cutting and have been separately categorized into paraphyletic grouping. The female sawflies use this appendage to inject their eggs into upper leaf surface. Sawflies have […]
Flesh Flies belong to the family Sarcophagidae, the word itself derived from the Greek words meaning “flesh-eating.” The difference between flesh flies and regular flies lies in the fact that the former leaves maggots on dead animal carcasses, fecal matter or open wounds when the opportunity presents itself. The latter is more prone to deposit eggs. […]
Deer flies belong to the family of Tabanidae. These species are also recognized as stouts, yellow flies or June flies, in Canada. The dangerous deer flies feed on blood meals, but it is not true about the male fly as it does not consume blood. These creatures are mostly found in wet and damp places, such as forests, wetlands […]
A blue ant is also known as a blue bottle. Despite the fact that we call it an ant, it is nothing like one. Even if you look at it, it resembles an ant, but still, it is not one, rather it is one kind of a solitary parasite wasp. Also, known as a flower […]
Woodwasp and horntails represent various types of insects in the family of Siricidae; Horntail is also sole a representative of this family having pale brown legs. The different species of wood wasp belonging to the different area. These are fairly large insects. These insects are extremely disturbing and annoying though they do no sting nor […]
Spring season is the season of beauty and colors. There are plenty of beautiful things associated with this season. Spring season brings blue skies, bright sunlight, a huge variety of flowers and fruits and fresh vegetable gardens. However, different kinds of bees and insects also hone in on those sprouting flowers, and fresh fruit and […]
The tsetse fly is also known as the tik tik fly. These dangerous flies include all the species in the genus Glossina. However, these flies belong to are Diptera, the family of Muscidae, the kingdom of Animalia, class of insects, phylum of arthropods and the species of these flies are known to be as fuses, palpates, and Morsi […]
Wasp is an insect which has a narrower body along with stings. Wasps within the pompilidae family are known as pompilid wasps or spider wasps. These wasps are into six families. All these species have one thing in common that they capture and paralyze prey. Different Spider Wasp Species 1. Tarantula Hawks Among the best-known […]
