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Insects — by country. Note: where an insect is found in a large number of countries on a continent, they are not categorized by each country — see/use: Category: Insects by continent . This is a container category .
North America. Subcategories. This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total. ... Insects of North America (14 C, 269 P) Insects of Oceania (16 C, 11 P)
Lepidoptera are among the most successful groups of insects. They are found on all continents, except Antarctica . Lepidoptera inhabit all terrestrial habitats ranging from desert to rainforest, from lowland grasslands to montane plateaus but almost always associated with higher plants, especially angiosperms ( flowering plants ). [ 1 ]
Insects of North Africa (3 C, 73 P) R. Insects of Réunion (1 C, 6 P) S. Insects of Southeast Asia (12 C, 110 P) Insects of Southern Africa (12 C, 16 P) W.
The glaciations that occurred during the glacial period covered many areas of the Northern Hemisphere. Northern hemisphere glaciation during the last ice ages. The setup of 3 to 4 kilometer thick ice sheets caused a sea level lowering of about 120 m. The Arctic is a region around the North Pole (90° latitude). Its climate is characterized by ...
Lists of insects by location (8 C, 14 P) O. Insect orders by location (12 C) P. Palearctic insects (1 C, 115 P)
With warmer temperatures, insect infestation will become a greater problem throughout the northern parts of the Holarctic. Another potential effect of global warming to northern ecosystems is the melting of permafrost. This can have significant effects on the plant communities that are adapted to the frozen soil, and may also have implications ...
With only 950,000 known non-insects, if the actual total number of insects is 5.5 million, they may represent over 80% of the total, and with only about 20,000 new species of all organisms being described each year, most insect species likely will remain undescribed, unless species descriptions greatly increase in rate.