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Abedus herberti, the toe biter (a name also used for several other giant water bugs) or ferocious water bug, is a species of giant water bug in the family Belostomatidae. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is native to streams, especially in highlands, in Arizona , New Mexico and Utah in the United States and in northwestern Mexico .
State insects are designated by 48 individual states of the fifty United States. Some states have more than one designated insect, or have multiple categories (e.g., state insect and state butterfly, etc.). Iowa and Michigan are the two states without a designated state insect.
Phasmida Species File: A Catalog of the Stick and Leaf Insects of the World. The Orthopterists' Society. ISBN 1-929014-03-1. Otte, Daniel; Brock, Paul (2005). Phasmida Species File: Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the World. Vol. Second Edition. Insect Diversity Association at the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. ISBN 1-929014-08-2.
Stink bugs like light and they can't swim, so a desk lamp with a tub of soapy water underneath it works as an impromptu stink bug trap. You can also buy lighted stink bug traps at local hardware ...
A partial list of the butterflies and moths that can be found within the borders of the State of Arizona is: Achalarus toxeus (strays from south), coyote cloudywing, coyote skipper; Agathymus aryxna, Arizona giant skipper; Agraulis vanillae Gulf fritillary; Asterocampa leilia, emperess Leilia (brushfoot) Atlides halesus, giant purple hairstreak
Pogonomyrmex maricopa, the Maricopa harvester ant, is one of the most common species of harvester ant found in the U.S. state of Arizona, [1] but it is also known from California, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Texas and Utah, and the Mexican states of Baja California, Chihuahua, Sinaloa and Sonora. [2]
Abedus is a genus of giant water bugs (family Belostomatidae) found in freshwater habitats in southern United States, Mexico and Central America. [1] [2] Sometimes called ferocious water bugs, [3] these brown insects typically are between 2.3 and 4 cm (0.9–1.6 in) long, [1] [4] although A. immaculatus only is about 1.3–1.4 cm (0.51–0.55 in), making it the smallest North American ...
Lygaeus kalmii angustomarginatus Parshley, 1919 – eastern small milkweed bug Lygaeus kalmii kalmii Stal, 1874 – western small milkweed bug . Range includes Arizona (where it is very common in almost every sandy-grassy patch) and California, though California milkweed bugs are somewhat rare.