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Animalia > Araneae
Wolf Spiders
Wolf spiders can actually be dangerous. Some species in South America are capable of producing toxicated bites sometimes causing medically significant injuries. They are to our benefit though, for they can also eradicate insects such as other spiders and small insects like ticks.
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Animalia > Saturniidae
Orangestriped oakworm
The Orangestriped Oakworm's life cycle is not much different than other organisms. It starts off as a egg than moves onto larva. The larva are caterpillar-like worms. They then become pupae, and then adult. They actualy get there name from the red oaks they can tend to eat.
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Animalia > Diptera
Robber flies
The Robber Fly can be found all around the world. They are attracted by the sun. The way they hunt and catch their prey is by injecting their tail into the prey, distributing a neurotoxin which paralyzes it and digests the inside. The then suck the liquified food.
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Animalia > Thomisidae
Flower spider
The Crab Spider is different then most other spiders. It usually hides on a leaf or flower and ambushes its prey, as apposed to spinning a web. They can be found in very leafy areas, such as shrubs or wood lands.
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Animalia > Curculionidae
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Animalia > Vespidae
European paper wasp
The European Paper Wasp can be found all the way from China to Cambridge, MA. Most of the time when people think of wasp, this is what they see. Usually the female is the dominate of the nest, and is known as the "foundress", though morphologically there is no recognizable distance between the workers of the colony, and the foundress.
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Animalia > Apidae
Bumble bees