insect identification Archive

  • Lubber Grasshopper Roadway Reckoning

    Lubber Grasshopper Roadway Reckoning

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  • Guess The Winged Thing Contest

    Guess The Winged Thing Contest

    Get the latest Flash Player to see this player. [Javascript required to view Flash movie, please turn it on and refresh this page] document.getElementById("player1").style.display = ""; var s1 = new SWFObject("http://openspacerestoration.com/wp-content/plugins/flv-embed/flvplayer.swf","player1","320","260","7"); s1.addParam("wmode","transparent"); s1.addParam("allowscriptaccess","always"); s1.addParam("allowfullscreen","true"); s1.addVariable("height","260"); s1.addVariable("width","320"); s1.addVariable("file","http://openspacerestoration.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/bird-dog-video.flv"); s1.addVariable("image","http://openspacerestoration.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/17.jpg"); s1.addVariable("link","http://openspacerestoration.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/bird-dog-video.flv"); s1.write("player1"); Chesapeake Bay Retriever Fergi,  our Open Space Restoration Mascot,  and Sawyer are  teaching their best friend Twizzler the art of  catching a bird in [...]

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  • Notching, Chewing, Sri Lanka Weevil

    Notching, Chewing, Sri Lanka Weevil

    Our “Guess the Bug” and “Guess the Frog” winner is Ginger!  Ginger writes in: the beetle is a Myllocerus Undatus, a native of Sri Lanka. Good work.  I have always called it a  Sri Lanka Weevil, but seeing how there are over 300 varieties of Weevil in Sri Lanka I will now call it Undatus. [...]

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  • Guess the Bug

    Guess the Bug

    James D, a frequent visitor to OSR and the winner of our Guess The Plant Contest, has graciously recycled his prize and suggests we use it for a new contest.   After much thought I came up with….. Guess The Bug Contest. James, for your thoughtfulness OSR is sending you its copy of Last-Child-in-the-Woods Knowing that you [...]

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  • Ficus Defoliator: Ficus White Fly

    Ficus Defoliator: Ficus White Fly

    Ed M., OSR visitor and avid lover of all things that photosynthesize, mentioned that his neighbor’s ficus hedge is getting defoliated by the Fig Whitefly and is trying to prevent his ficus hedge from suffering the same fate.  The ficus defoliating Fig Whitefly (Singhiella simplex) first came to light in South Florida in 07 in [...]

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