101 species HUGE INSECT COLLECTION !!!
for biology class, advanced entomolgy course, arthropod collections, bug collections, science fair, science project, and science olympiad.
101 Species covering 21 Orders and 68 Families!
Insects are all identified to Order, Family and Common Name. Most are identified to genus or genus/species. That will save you hours of work!
PLEASE EXCUSE THE POOR PICTURES. THESE INSECTS ARE NICE SPECIMENS!
MOST INSECTS (all except the butterflies and moths - see next line) ARE SENT IN DILUTED ALCOHOL TO KEEP THEM RELAXED (FLEXIBLE - READY TO PIN AND SPREAD!). THEY ARE CONTAINED IN 8 NUMBERED JARS/VIALS.
THE BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS ARE SENT DRY, INDIVIDUALLY WRAPPED, WINGS UP AS IN PHOTO, IN A RIGID, PLASTIC BOX. THIS IS FOR PROTECTION OF THE WINGS AND ANTENNAS. THEY CAN BE RELAXED BY PLACING THEM IN ALCOHOL OVERNIGHT, DRAINING, THEN SPREADING/PINNING.
THERE IS A LIST INCLUDED WITH EACH SET - IT TELLS WHICH SPECIMENS ARE IN EACH CONTAINER AND GIVES THE ORDERS, FAMILIES, ETC. FOR EACH.
THE PHOTOS IN THIS AUCTION WILL ALSO HELP YOU CONFIRM IDENTITY. IF YOU NEED MORE HELP, THEN JUST RUN A GOOGLE IMAGE SEARCH FOR THE COMMON NAME AND NUMEROUS PICS SHOULD BE AT YOUR FINGERTIPS!
THESE INSECTS ARE NATIVE, COMMON, USA SPECIES AND SPECIMENS.
THESE ARE NOT "RECYCLED" INSECTS - THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN PINNED OR USED FOR A COLLECTION. THESE ARE NOT MARKED. THEY ARE FROM THE FIELD, TO ALCOHOL, TO YOU!
HERE IS THE LIST --- ROWS FROM TOP - BOTTOM --- NAMED FROM LEFT - RIGHT:
PHOTO #1 (50 species)
ROW 1: BEETLES (Order: Coleoptera) 16 spp.
Striped Cucumber Beetle - Asparagus Beetle - Dogbane Beetle - Leaf Beetle - Dung Beetle - Masked Chafer Beetle - Bess Beetle - Gray Blister Beetle - Ladybug - Predaceous Diving Beetle - Tiger Beetle - Cabbage Curculio - Downy Soldier Beetle - Water Scavenger Beetle - Darkling Beetle - Checker Beetle
ROW 2: ANTS, BEES & WASPS (Order: Hymenoptera) 8 spp.
Giant Hornet - Spider Wasp - Ichneumon Wasp - Braconid Wasp - Cynipid Wasp - Fire Ant - Red Carpenter Ant - Carpenter Bee
ROW 3: TRUE BUGS (Order: Hemiptera) 5 spp. & NET-WINGS (Order: Neuroptera) 2 spp. & FLIES (Order: Diptera) 6 spp.
Tarnished Plant Bug - Water Scorpion - Chinch Bug - Hawthorn Lacebug - Alfalfa Plant Bug
Fishfly - Ant Lion Larva
Wheatstem Maggot Fly - Bee Fly - Syrphid Fly - Shore Fly - Horse Fly - Deer Fly
ROW 4: STONEFLIES (Order: Plecoptera) 1 sp. & GRASSHOPPERS and CRICKETS (Order: Orthoptera) 4 spp.
Stonefly - Field Cricket - Mormon Cricket - Red-legged Grasshopper - (American Grasshopper shown) - will get Praying Mantis Order: Mantodea
ROW 5: WALKINGSTICKS (Order: Phasmida) 1 sp. & CICADAS (Order: Homoptera) 1 sp. & MAYFLIES (Order: Ephimerida) 1 sp.
Walkingstick - Dog-day Cicada - Mayfly
ROW 6: TRUE BUGS (Order: Hemiptera) 1 sp. & ROACHES (Order: Blattodea) 1 sp. & SUCKING LICE (Order: Pediculidae) 1 sp. & CHEWING LICE (Order: Mallophaga) 1 sp. & SPRINGTAILS (Order: Entomobryidae) 1 sp. & THRIPS (Order: Thysanoptera) 1 sp.
Giant Water Bug - Cockroach (species may vary) - Human Head Louse - Bird Louse - Springtail - Thrip
PHOTO #2 (16 species)
ROW 1: BUTTERFLIES & MOTHS (Order: Lepidoptera) 4 spp.
Pearl Crescent - Skipper (exact species varies) - Common Sulphur - Corn Borer Moth
ROW 2: CADDISFLIES (Order: Trichoptera) 1 sp. & MANTIDFLIES (Order: Neuroptera) 1 sp. (another sp. shown in pic.) & EARWIGS (Order: Dermaptera) 1 sp. & TRUE BUGS (Order: Hemiptera) 2 spp.
Caddisfly - Mantidfly - Earwig - Harlequin Bug - Water Boatman
ROW 3: BEETLES (Order: Coleoptera) 5 spp. & ANTS, BEES & WASPS (Order: Hymenoptera) 2 spp.
Dung Roller Beetle - Green Chafer Beetle - Black Blister Beetle - Red-lined Carrion Beetle - Leaf Beetle
Bumble Bee - Mantis Parasite Wasp
PHOTO #3 (35 species)
ROW 1: BEETLES (Order: Coleoptera) 13 spp.
Firefly Beetle - Green June Beetle - Brown Dung Beetle - Click Beetle - Potato Beetle - Milkweed Longhorn Beetle - May Beetle - Japanese Beetle - Soldier Beetle - Grapevine Beetle - Spotted Cucumber Beetle - Asiatic Oak Weevil - Dingy Ground Beetle
ROW 2: FLIES (Order: Diptera) 2 spp. & TRUE BUGS (Order: Hemiptera) 5 spp. & NET-WINGS (Order: Neuroptera) 1 sp. & TERMITES (Order: Isoptera) 1 sp. & DAMSELFLIES (Order: Odonata) 1 sp. & FLEAS (Order: Siphonaptera) 1 sp.
Fruit Fly - House Fly
Boxelder Bug - Water Strider - Stink Bug - Leaf-footed Bug - Backswimmer
Green Lacewing - Subterranean Termite - Pond Damselfly - Flea
ROWS 3 & 4: KATYDIDS and MOLE CRICKETS (Order: Orthoptera) 2 spp. & ANTS, BEES & WASPS (Order: Hymenoptera) 6 spp. & CICADAS, APHIDS and HOPPERS (Order: Homoptera) 3 spp.
Katydid - Mole Cricket
Black Carpenter Ant - Acrobat Ant - Potter Wasp - Honeybee - (next row) - Paper Wasp - Yellowjacket
Periodical Cicada - Boxelder Aphid - Leafhopper
TOTAL of 101 INSECTS - COVERING 21 ORDERS and 68 FAMILIES
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