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Phausis reticulata, commonly referred to as the blue ghost [1] is a species of firefly found in the eastern and central United States. The species is common in the southern Appalachians, and can be seen in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the Chattahoochee National Forest, as well as North Carolina's DuPont State Forest, the Pisgah National Forest, and the Green River Gamelands [2] [3] in ...
Bays Mountain Park, Sullivan County, Tennessee.With lacewing (Chrysopidae sp. egg) closeupAdelges tsugae, the hemlock woolly adelgid (/ ə ˈ d ɛ l. dʒ ɪ d / [1]) or HWA, is an insect of the order Hemiptera (true bugs) native to East Asia.
Rhode Island: American burying beetle: Nicrophorus americanus: 2015 [49] South Carolina: Carolina mantis (state insect) Stagmomantis carolina: 1988 [50] Eastern tiger swallowtail (state butterfly) Papilio glaucus: 1994 [51] South Dakota: European honey bee: Apis mellifera: 1978 [52] Tennessee: Common eastern firefly (state insect) Photinus ...
The common walkingstick or northern walkingstick (Diapheromera femorata) is a species of phasmid or stick insect found across North America. The average length of this species is 75mm (3 in) for males and 95mm (3.7 in) for females. The insect is found in deciduous forest throughout North America, where it eats
Asellus aquaticus can breed throughout the year, if the temperature is high enough: they do not breed under cold temperatures. Maturity can be reached in few months under warm summer temperatures, but maturation may take as much as two years in permanently cold water bodies (e.g., high-latitude or mountain waters). [3]
Hellgrammite (larval form of the dobsonfly) found in a Tennessee stream Hellgrammites are popular among anglers as bait due to their large size, endurance, and ferocious temperament. [ 19 ] Smallmouth bass , in particular, are very attracted to hellgrammites as bait, due to the insects' active movement in the water.
The hatching of the 107th tiny, wriggling snake at a Tennessee zoo marks the end of another year of efforts to save one of North America’s rarest snakes from extinction.
P. carolinus is a medium-sized beetle, with adults measuring 11–15 mm (0.4–0.6 in) long.The adults have dark wing covers, or elytra, with light-colored side margins, and a pale yellow head shield, or pronotum, with a dark rectangular mark in the center and very thin black edging on the sides.