Silverfish are wingless insects that live inside human dwellings and eat paper and other sources of carbohydrates.
Tag Archives: Insect
Hornworms
Hornworms are caterpillars that turn into a moth after pupation.
Rhinoceros Cockroach
The Rhinoceros cockroach, also known as the giant burrowing cockroach is the heaviest cockroach in the world.
Gypsy Moth
The gypsy moth is an invading species and a really harmful pest in North America.
Silkworm
Silkworms are really caterpillars, the larval form of a moth.
Field Cricket
There are many species of field crickets which all look alike, especially to us humans.
Thorny Devil Stick Insect
The thorny devil stick insect is a large stick insect from New Guinea and other nearby islands.
Tiger Bee Fly
Tiger bee fly is a fly whose larvae prey on the larvae and pupae of solitary bees.
Picture-Winged Flies
These are flies from the family Ulidiidae. It seems that people did not really bother to give all of them common names, but they are sometimes called picture-winged flies.
Japanese Beetle
Japanese beetles are an invasive species in North America.
Polydrusus Weevil
For some reason this European beetle if known as the Green immigrant leaf weevil in North America.
Antlion
I was unfamiliar with the antlion.
Green Bottle Fly
The green bottle fly is a type of blowfly. Green bottle flies live all over the world.
Lesser Stag Beetle
The lesser stag beetle looks like a smaller version of a female stag beetle.
Stag Beetle
The stag beetle is the largest beetle in Europe.
Cream-spot Tiger Moth
The cream-spot tiger moth, or just cream-spot tiger is a colorful species of moth from the southern regions of Europe.
Giant Katydid
The Malaysian giant katydid is the largest katydid insect in the world.
Eastern Lubber Grasshopper
Eastern lubber grasshoppers are huge grasshoppers that come from the southern part of the United States.
Brazilian Giant Cockroach
The Brazilian Giant Cockroach is a cockroach that is about 10cm long. It really is huge for a cockroach.