Stag beetle

 

The Life of Animals | Stag beetle | The English name is derived from the large and prominent lower jaw found the males of many species, which resemble the antlers. Pliny the Elder noted that Nig. Appointed kite Lucanus after the Italian region of Lucania where they were used as amulets The scientific name of Lucanus cervus is this word, the more cervus, deer.

Stag beetles women are generally smaller than males, with smaller mandibles. In the final stage larval, "L3", may be the larvae of larger species, such as Prosopocoilus giraffe, the size of a human finger. Lucanidae express male-specific "traits Arms" (horn size) often show variations in size between the individual scale ratio males.This known or static allometry.

1994 Lucanid beetles in the world. Mushi-sha, Tokyo. Didier Robert Eugene Seguy: 337 S. very useful work on the catalog lucanides world illustré in Encyclopédie Entomologique (1-223 Series A 27).

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Titan Beetle

The Life of Animals | Titan Beetle | Adults can be up to 6.5 inches (16.7 cm) long. Of all known bugs, is the Hercules beetle Dynastes hercules, can sometimes grow into those huge males to 7 inches (more than 17.5 cm) longer than the Titan, but the Hercules beetle males have a huge horn on the pronotum and thorax make up about half its total length. As such, the body of the beetle titanium is substantially greater than that of the Hercules beetle. In it, an adult specimen of American entomologist, the late Frank Hovore found and returned to Oxford University. A famous "life-size" photo of a supposed larva of the beetle, which appeared in the magazine National Geographic, a whole page to fill, but it was cervicornis from another kind of bug, possibly Macrodontia. The adults defend themselves by hissing in warning, and have sharp spines and strong jaws.

Ladybird

 

  

The Life of Animals | Ladybird | Coccinellids are Generally Considered beneficial to gardeners, as They typically eat Aphids, Scale Insects, mealybugs, and mites throughout the winter. As in many Insects, ladybugs in temperate regions enter diapause During the winter, so They are Often Among Insects the first to Appear in the spring.  Ladybugs are cosmopolitan in distribution, as are Their prey.

Coccinellids also require a source of pollen for food and are attracted to specific types of plants. That Other plants also attract ladybugs include coreopsis, cosmos (ESPECIALLY the white ones),  andelions and scented geraniums. Coccinellids are sensitive to most synthetic insecticides. If food sources are limited, oviposition is reduced. A larva uses its sharp jaws to crush an aphid's body and sucks out the aphid's juices.

Swarms of Coccinellids fly to buildings in September through November Depending on location and weather conditions. Also, homes or buildings near fields or woods are more prone to infestation The presence of Coccinellids in grape harvests ladybird can cause taint in wines produced from the grapes.

Recent studies suggest Coccinellids That can also cause allergic reactions, Such as eye irritation or asthma. The Insects Had many regional names (now disused Mostly) in Bahasa, Such as the lady-cows, may-bug, golden-knop, golden-bugs (Suffolk), and variations on Bishop-Barnaby (Norfolk Dialect) Barnabee, Burnabee , the Bishop-that-burneth, and bishy bishy barnabee.

Ladybug

The Life of Animals | Ladybug | Hemiptera is an order of insects known as ladybugs.Hemiptera consists of 80,000 species of insects such as the katydid, aphids, anggang-anggang, Walang rice pest, and others. Small insects known as ladybugs (ladybug) are not included in the Hemiptera, but included in the order Coleoptera (beetles) because it has differences in terms of anatomy and life cycle.

The name "Hemiptera" is derived from the Greek hemi (half) and pteron (wing) so that if interpreted as a whole, Hemiptera means "half-winged". This front wing in Hemiptera some members can be folded over the body and cover wings entirely behind a thin and transparent, while the other members of the Hemiptera not folded its wings were not even flying. Hemiptera suborder consists of 4 different: Auchenorrhyncha, Coleorrhyncha, Heteroptera, and Sternorrhyncha.  Hemiptera not experience complete metamorphosis.  Insects Hemiptera members need to perform marriages for females can fertilize their eggs and breed, but aphids or aphids are also members of Hemiptera can do parthenogenesis (without mating birth) so that they can still reproduce without mating first.

Some members of Hemiptera such as rice pest and katydid Walang live on plants and suck the juice. Assassin bugs also live among the plants, but they hunt small animals. A small portion of Hemiptera such as bedbugs are known to live as parasites and suck the blood of larger animals. Other well known members of Hemiptera live in water, for example anggang-anggang and giant water bugs.

Japanese Rhinoceros Beetle

   

The Life of Animals | Japanese Rhinoceros Beetle |  Japanese rhinoceros beetle (Trypoxylus dichotomus) is one species of rhinoceros beetles of the genus Trypoxylus family Scarabaeidae. These insect originated Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and China. The Japanese call it kabutomushi (カブトムシ Insects Kabuto?) As male imago has an antenna shaped like a horn on the head like Kabuto. In Bahasa, these beetles are Called rhinoceros beetle (rhinoceros beetles) Because the antenna is said to be similar to rhinoceros horn .Cheap female rhinoceros beetle Because it has no antenna.

Males 30-54 mm body length (excluding horn), females 30-52 mm in body length. Stage larvae feed within the state affect adult body size stadium. Japanese rhinoceros beetle in a fight no kill or injure each other.

Japanese rhinoceros beetles undergo complete metamorphosis: egg, larva, pupa, and imago.