What kind of insect is a Viceroy Butterfly?
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Viceroy butterfly:\n\nPhylum: Arthropoda\n Class: Insecta\n Order: Lepidoptera\n Family: Nymphalidae\n Genus: Limenitis\n\nThe viceroy butterfly is dark orange with black veins. A row of  white spots edge its wings. Its color and pattern mimics the monarch butterfly's pattern except for a black horizontal stripe that crosses the bottom of its back wings. The viceroy caterpillar is white and olive-brown.  \n\nThe viceroy can be found in most of the continental United States and in southern Canada and northern Mexico.\nThe viceroy butterfly lives in meadows, marshes and swamps and other wet areas with willow, aspen and poplar trees. \n\nThe viceroy caterpillar eats the leaves of willow and poplar trees.\n\nThe viceroy mates in the afternoon. The female lays her eggs on the tips of the leaves of poplars and willows. There are usually two or three generations of viceroys born each breeding season.\n\nThe viceroy and monarch were once thought to exhibit Batesian mimicry where a harmless species mimics a toxic species. Studies conducted in the early 1990's suggest that the viceroy and the monarch are actually examples of Mullerian mimicry where two equally toxic species mimic each other to the benefit of each. Just goes to show you there's always something new to discover in the natural world!
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insect crawls and bug can fly
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Actually, in the social hymenoptera (bees, wasps, and ants) the workers in any colony will all be the DAUGHTERS of the queen.  They are all female.\n\nIn most species, the workers are sterile, and cannot produce their own offspring.  In some of the more 'primitive' species, like Pharaoh ants, the workers can become fertile and can move off to form their own colonies if there is stress on the mother hive - each one becoming a queen.  In many of the more 'advanced' social hymenoptera, the ovipositor (the structure used for laying eggs) becomes modified in the workers into a stinger, since it is no longer needed for egg laying.  The stinger of the honeybee, which is barbed and rips out after stinging is the most derived form of this, but stingers can be found in many wasps, and even ants.\n\nThe males of the hives, known as drones in most social insects have no stinger, because they never had an ovipositor.  The number of males in a hive varies depending on the species.  In some species the drones are indolent wastrels, hanging out in the hive doing nothing just waiting for the call to come perform some sweet sweet lovin' for the queen.  In most species, the males also forage, going out and drinking nectar and the like, but because their numbers are much lower than the worker females of the hive and they don't have the specialized structures such as pollen baskets, their contribution is not as significant.\n\nIn most hives, the number of males is around 10 to 15% of the total population.\n\nMale honeybees can be identified by their long, cylindrical bodies in comparison with the workers, and their two very large compound eyes that nearly meet up on the top of their head.\n\nBecause they are pretty much a drain on the resources, and not required for short-term survival, the males are often kicked out of the hive when food becomes scarce, or when winter begins to draw near.\n\nWithout looking at the genitalia of the ant in question, it may be difficult to determine if it is a drone or not.  If it has wings it is either a queen or a male.  In many ants, the male has a smaller head and larger eyes, but I'm not sure if that applies in all ants or not.
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There is a caterpillar, newly discovered species, in Hawaii that belongs to the hyposmocoma group. It eats snails not leaves unlike most caterpillars.
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Queen Alexandra's Birdwing is the largest butterfly in the world, with a wingspan up to 1 foot (30 cm). This tropical butterfly is from the Rainforest in northern Papua New Guinea. The caterpillars eat the pipevine plant, which contains poison; this makes the butterfly toxic to predators, which will get sick if they eat it. They quickly learn to leave these huge butterflies alone.\n\nAlso just for your edification, the smallest butterfly is the Nepticulid moth, which is 0.1 inch long.
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butterfly. i dont know why but i would scream if i see one
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Classification\n\n Phylum: Arthropoda\n Class: Insecta\n Order: Lepidoptera\n Family: Nymphalidae\n Genus: Limenitis
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If you see two adult butterflies with their abdomens linked tail-to-tail, they are mating. The male grasps the female and deposits a sperm packet, which fertilizes the female's eggs. The butterflies can fly while mating, but they usually avoid moving unless they are disturbed. \n\nButterflies and moths undergo complete metamorphosis in which they go through four different life stages. \nEgg - A butterfly starts its life as an egg. \nLarva - The larva (caterpillar) hatches from an egg and eats leaves or flowers almost constantly. The caterpillar molts (loses its old skin) many times as it grows. \nPupa - It turns into a pupa (chrysalis); this is a resting stage. \nAdult - A beautiful, flying adult emerges. There is no growth during this stage. This adult will continue the cycle and reproduce.
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(m)\n\nCharacteristics\n\nPhorid flies, also known as humpbacked flies, are small  and resemble fruit flies in appearance.  The Phorid fly lacks the red eye color that is the classic trademark of the fruit fly.  Phorid flies are in the small category of flies, measuring up to 1/8 inch in length, including the wings. Color:  Tan brown with black eyes; small head; a severely arched (humpbacked) thorax when viewed from the side.\nBehavior\n\nThe most easily recognized feature (seen with the naked eye) is the habit of the adult Phorid fly running rapidly across surfaces instead of immediately flying when disturbed.   Most flies immediately take flight.  \nPhorid flies are common in homes and commercial facilities where food is prepared and served, but they are also a key pest in  food warehouses, and hospitals. Because these flies frequent unsanitary conditions, they are a potential health concern when they occur in food facilities and hospitals. Phorid fly larvae have been found in the open wounds of patients in nursing homes and hospitals.  \n\nHabitat\n\nPhorid flies are capable in breeding in more types of materials than any other structure-infesting flies. The reproductive potential of these flies is tremendous and very large numbers of them may appear in a short time.  Adult flies are strong fliers, having been known to travel as far as 6 miles within a 24 hour period.  Phorid flies are found throughout the world. In nature, they are typically associated with dead animals and heavily decaying vegetation. In buildings, they be may found breeding in drains, trash containers, dumpsters, rotting produce, recycle bins, grease traps, garbage disposals, crawlspaces, and any site where moist organic matter can accumulate for a few days or longer.\n\nControl\n\nThe key to controlling Phorid fly infestations is to locate and eliminate their breeding sources.  Although there are several sprays and traps used to kill flies in a home, restaurant or other structure, the infestation cannot be eliminated without eliminating their source.   If you locate a drain that is a breeding ground for Phorid flies, use a foaming drain cleaner to destroy the film in which the fly eggs and larvae are developing.  A surface spray is not recommended in this situation, unless there are great numbers of flies resting on the surface of trash cans, dumpsters or exterior walls.\n\nMany pest professionals have foam generators that will fill drain pipes coating all surfaces for effective Phorid fly control.
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Entomology is the scientific study of insects. Insects have many kinds of interactions with humans and other forms of life on earth, so it is an important specialty within biology; unlike many other fields however, entomologists include both persons studying insects for their own sake, and those employed by commercial concerns interested in the control of insects.
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Real sweat bees are in the family Halictidae, but most I've seen are small and green.\n\nSomething similar, which I call hover flies, are in the family Syrphidae. Here's a picture. If this isn't it, surfing this website may turn up what you're thinking about.\n\nhttp://bugguide.net/node/view/19435
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The genus Atta is the pinnacle of Attine evolution, with 15 species representing the premier leaf-cutting ants. The huge queens, well over an inchlong, are efficient egg-laying machines, giving rise to worker populations as large as several million individuals. The workers are strongly polymorphic, varying in length from about 1/16 to 5/8 inches, and correspondingly, a several hundred-fold increase in body weight! \n\nThis is what I could find on the Atta...Here is the website on the total Leafcutter Ants issus...well one website anyways. (The first site listed is what I found this info under)
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Mud Wasp and Killer bee.
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A collective name for a group of butterflies is called a 'Kaleidoscope'.  \n   However others have called it a 'Swarm' or 'Rabble'.   \n   In addition, the collective name for a group of caterpillars is 'an army'
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I believe a mosquito eater is a fish.\n\nCORRECTION\n\nThere is a fish for controlling mosquitoes but:\n\nThe Crane Fly is often referred to as a "mosquito eater" or "mosquito-hawk". It looks like an overgrown mosquito some growing as large as 1 1/2 to 2 inches. Unfortunately they do not prey on mosquitoes.\n\nA picture can be seen at:\nhttp://www.sutter-yubamvcd.org/Mosq-like%20insects.htm
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I can't quite tell from the pictures, but it looks like they might be the nymphs of boxelder bugs (Boisea trivittatis).  They are harmless bugs that feed on maple trees, but sometimes wander into people's homes in large numbers looking for a place to overwinter.\n\nI have never seen eggs like that for boxelder bugs though.  Boxelder bug eggs are usually a rather scattered spattering of eggs on the underside of a maple leaf somewhere.  So they could be something else, like a milkweed bug, or possibly even a Coreid (which do often lay their eggs in a linear row like that).  Coreids are predatory, and can actually inflict a rather nasty bite if handled (one bite I received from a tiny nymph was actually much more painful than any wasp sting I've ever gotten).\n\nCheck out the True Bugs pages on this site:  http://whatsthatbug.com/ for some images that might give you a better idea of what you have there.
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One common bug with that colour pattern is called the box elder bug.\n\nThey feed on the leaves of maple trees (also called box elders), and can become minor nuisances when they start moving into people's houses in the late summer and fall, looking for a place to spend the winter.\n\nThey'll bunch up in big masses in crawl spaces, attics, behind the walls, or in unused rooms and closets.  \n\nSometimes, if it gets warm enough in winter, they'll wake up and go for a wander.  For some reason, they usually wait until company is over, and then they go slowly buzzing across the room before landing on your bosses' wife's hair.\n\nThe best way to take care of them is actually a vacuum cleaner.  They're perfectly harmless, and can be sucked up and disposed of with ease.\n\nHere's some pictures http://www.royalalbertamuseum.ca/natural/insects/bugsfaq/boxeld.htm\n\nhttp://www.extension.umn.edu/yardandgarden/YGLNews/images/boxelderbug.jpg