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Insects and spiders (+ some other critters) close up
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Lucy using all her senses to identify this fly.
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Lucy using all her senses to identify this fly.

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  • Close-up of eggs showing the pseudoperculum, the rounded area on top of the egg that provides the young insect a means to get out of the egg. check
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  • Lucy using all her senses to identify this fly.
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  • Leaf miner feeding in between layers of an oak leaf. The larva feeds on the green plant cells but not on the top and bottom layers of the leaf. This "envelope" provides protection from threats such as some parasitoids and predators. The top layer of the plant is nearly transparent with a "cobblestone" texture. The open mandibles of the larva are seen at the lower tip of the dark-brown head. They move in scissors-like fashion to chew away at the cells. The mine starts off very narrow but increases as the larva grows and consumes a wider path of cells
  • The largest ground beetle in the world.
  • Ventral view of a rhinoceros beetle showing one of the eyes, antennae, and mouthparts near the base of the center horn. It 's been shown that the larger beetles in this family can lift 850 times their own weight. That's the same as a 180 pound man lifting 76 tons (that's equal to over fifty, 3,000 pound cars)! Despite the frightening appearance, this beetle can't hurt a human. The horns are used for rooting around in leaf litter and soil when looking for food or a place to escape. Some males use the horns to "fight" other males for territory or a chance to mate. About all they can do is flip the other guy over. Some of these beetles are 6 inches long.
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  • Lone star tick that can transmit a rickettsial organism that causes rocky mountain spotted fever.
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