Orkin - Insect Identification Guide

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THE Insect . Identification . Guide . Some can lift over 50 times their body weight. Others taste with their feet, or have ears on their legs. It's the strange and fascinating world of that are undeniably vital to our daily lives. Insects pollinate our crops, and supply us with products like honey, silk and medicine. They also serve as food for fish and birds, and are crucial for research on such topics as heredity and pollution. The O. Orkin Insect Zoo, located inside the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, will change the way you view insects and their relatives. Over a million visitors each year are discovering their global ecological importance, and the interdependent relationship between insects and humans.

beyond abdominal tip; large brownish compound eyes. HABITS: Found primarily in meadows, on foliage and flowers. DIET: A variety of insects, especially caterpillars, flies, butterflies, bees and moths. REPRODUCTION: Females lay hundreds of eggs in large oval masses; nymphs are dispersed by wind or eat one another.

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