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Thumbnail: Dragonfly on BestPhotos.US. 2006

Dragonfly

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Thumbnail: Dragonfly in Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge on BestPhotos.US. August 2006

Dragonfly in Kanuti National Wil…

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Thumbnail: Delaware skipper on Common milkweed on BestPhotos.US. Male with orange wings accented with soft brown veining and edges, on pink blossoms, viewed from rear right side.

Delaware skipper on Common milkweed

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Thumbnail: Delhi Sands flower- loving fly on BestPhotos.US. For current information on status go to: http://ecos.fws.gov/servlet/SpeciesProfile?spcode=I0MG

Delhi Sands flower- loving fly

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Thumbnail: Delhi Sands flower-loving fly on BestPhotos.US. For current information on status go to http://ecos.fws.gov/servlet/SpeciesProfile?spcode=I0MG

Delhi Sands flower-loving fly

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Thumbnail: Delhi-Sands Flower Loving Fly on BestPhotos.US.

Delhi-Sands Flower Loving Fly

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Thumbnail: Diana fritillary on Wild quinine on BestPhotos.US. Male orange butterfly on white blossom, viewed from the side with wings up.

Diana fritillary on Wild quinine

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Thumbnail: Common Buckeye Butterfly on Missouri goldenrod on BestPhotos.US. Butterfly sitting on goldenrod stem with wings spread, showing the markings of large circles within circles, orange bars, and white accents.

Common Buckeye Butterfly on Miss…

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Thumbnail: Common Buckeye butterfly on Rattlesnake-master on BestPhotos.US. Butterfly with brown, orange, tan and red accented wings, standing on bloom with wings open, viewed from rear.

Common Buckeye butterfly on Ratt…

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Thumbnail: Common Buckeye butterfly on Rattlesnake-master on BestPhotos.US. Light brown butterfly with orange, tan and blue highlights and circles on wings, viewed from above with wings spread.

Common Buckeye butterfly on Ratt…

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Thumbnail: Common pine shoot beetle on BestPhotos.US. Close-up of opened pine shoot with common pine shoot beetle exposed.

Common pine shoot beetle

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Thumbnail: Common Sulphur Butterfly on BestPhotos.US. Butterfly lights on a beautiful purple flower

Common Sulphur Butterfly

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Thumbnail: Common Wood-Nymph butterfly on BestPhotos.US. Side view of brown butterfly with yellow area on wings containing two black circles with blue centers.

Common Wood-Nymph butterfly

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Thumbnail: Cobwebs on Teasel on BestPhotos.US.

Cobwebs on Teasel

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Thumbnail: Caterpillar on BestPhotos.US. Unidentified butterfly or moth caterpillar in the Virgin Islands.

Caterpillar

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Thumbnail: Cecropia moth on BestPhotos.US. Close up color image of cecropia moth with wings expanded.

Cecropia moth

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Thumbnail: Cecropia moth on BestPhotos.US. Cecropia moth on an evergreen tree branch.

Cecropia moth

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Thumbnail: Cecropia moth on BestPhotos.US. Moth with brown, tan, white, and red wings, sittingon rotting wood, viewed from above with wings spread.

Cecropia moth

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Thumbnail: Butterfly wing scale pattern on BestPhotos.US. Close-up of black, white and orange scales on butterfly wing.

Butterfly wing scale pattern

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Thumbnail: Cabbage White butterfly on Rough blazingstar on BestPhotos.US. Light yellow and white butterfly with light brown spot on wing, sitting on purple bloom, viewed from the side with wings upright.

Cabbage White butterfly on Rough…

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Thumbnail: Black swallowtail on BestPhotos.US. Also called Spicebush swallowtail; Black butterfly with small blue spots and yellow stripes, sitting on blossom with wings open.

Black swallowtail

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Thumbnail: Black Swallowtail and Pipevine Swallowtail on BestPhotos.US. Black swallowtail, also called Spicebush swallowtail, and black, orange and yellow butterfly on Dense blazingstar.

Black Swallowtail and Pipevine S…

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Thumbnail: Black Swallowtail on Wild Bergamot on BestPhotos.US. Also called Spicebush swallowtail; Black butterfly with small blue and yellow spots sitting on blossom with wings open, viewed from above.

Black Swallowtail on Wild Bergamot

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Thumbnail: Asian Longhorn Beetle on BestPhotos.US. Close-up of asian longhorn beetle invasive species.

Asian Longhorn Beetle

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Thumbnail: Asian Longhorn Beetle on BestPhotos.US. The Asian Longhorned Beetle (ALB) is large, ranging from 0.75-1.25 inches long, with very long black and white antennae. The body is glossy black with irregular white spots. These beetles feed on many species of hardwood trees. Adults can be seen from late spring to fall depending on the climate. This beetle was introduced from China and is currently limited to areas within the cities of Chicago and New York. For more information about this invasive species visit http://www.na.fs.fed.us/fhp/alb/index.shtm

Asian Longhorn Beetle

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Thumbnail: American painted lady on Common milkweed on BestPhotos.US. Grey, pink and white butterfly on pink bloom, viewed from side with wings up.

American painted lady on Common …

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Thumbnail: Tiger Swallowtail on Mountain Mint on BestPhotos.US. Close view of yellow butterfly with black "tiger" stripes, sitting on pink blossoms, viewed from above with wings open

Tiger Swallowtail on Mountain Mint

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Thumbnail: Peck's Skipper on Mistflower on BestPhotos.US. Small orange and brown butterfly on light purple flower.

Peck's Skipper on Mistflower

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Thumbnail: Great Spangled Fritillary on BestPhotos.US. Butterfly lights upon a plant covered in mauve flowers

Great Spangled Fritillary

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Thumbnail: Phorid Fly on BestPhotos.US. Fire ants will do anything to resist attack by the tiny phorid fly measuring only about one-sixteenth of an inch. A highly specific natural enemy, the female pierces a fire ant's head and releases an enzyme that later decapitates it.

Phorid Fly

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Thumbnail: Termites Feeding on BestPhotos.US. Formosan subterranean termites are feeding on Sudan-red-stained filter paper.

Termites Feeding

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Thumbnail: Mexican Fruit Flies on BestPhotos.US. Mexican fruit flies laying eggs in grapefruit before a test of the reduced-oxygen treatment.

Mexican Fruit Flies

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Thumbnail: Medfly on BestPhotos.US. Medfly feeding on a cotton wick soaked with a bait-dye mixture.

Medfly

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Thumbnail: Osmia Ribifloris Bee on Barberry Flower on BestPhotos.US. This bee, Osmia ribifloris (on a barberry flower), is an effective pollinator of commercial blueberries and is one of several relatives of the blue orchard bee, Osmia lignaria. Similar in appearance, the blue orchard bee is also a successful commercial pollinator that is being evaluated for use in a wider range of crops.

Osmia Ribifloris Bee on Barberry…

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Thumbnail: Deer Tick Close-Up on BestPhotos.US. Adult deer tick, Ixodes scapularis.

Deer Tick Close-Up

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Thumbnail: Thrypticus Fly Close-Up on BestPhotos.US. This fly is about 2 mm long.

Thrypticus Fly Close-Up

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Thumbnail: Aphthona Flava Flea Beetle on BestPhotos.US. Feeding on leafy spurge

Aphthona Flava Flea Beetle

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Thumbnail: Wasp Parasitizing a Caterpillar on BestPhotos.US. Aleiodes indiscretus wasp parasitizing a gypsy moth caterpillar.

Wasp Parasitizing a Caterpillar

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Thumbnail: Female Mexican Fruit Fly on BestPhotos.US. In grapefruit as well as many other fruits, one female Mexican fruit fly can deposit large numbers of eggs: up to 40 eggs at a time, 100 or more a day, and about 2,000 over her life span.

Female Mexican Fruit Fly

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Thumbnail: Screwworm Larva Close-Up on BestPhotos.US. Tusklike mandibles protruding from the screwworm larva's mouth rasp the flesh of living warm-blooded animals. A wound may contain hundreds of such larvae.

Screwworm Larva Close-Up

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