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Field Guide to Insects Photographed and Written by Rocco Saya

Field Guide to Insects at Rice Creek Field Station State University of New York at Oswego Photographed and Written by Rocco Saya Contents Introduction 1 Bombyliopsis 29 Dance 30 Coleoptera 7 Tiger Bee 31 Tiger Striped Crane 32 Beetles Fruit 33 Click 8 Hover 34 Cucumber 9 Green Bottle 35 May 10 Midge 36 Ground 11 Horse 37 Longhorn 12 Soldier 38 Japanese 13 Mosquito 39 Red Lily 14 Snipe 40 Lightning Bug 15 Asian Lady 16 Ephemeroptera 41 Oriental 17 (Mayfies) Dircaea liturata 18 Soldier 19 Maccaffertium 42 Leaf 20 Stenacron 43 Borers Locust 21 Hemiptera 45 Pole 22 (True Bugs) Weevils Weevil 23 Jagged Ambush Bug 46 Citrus Flatid Planthopper 47 Dermaptera 25 Alfalfa Plant Bug 48 (Earwigs) Buffalo Treehopper 49 Stink Bug 50 Earwig 26 Meadow Plant Bug 51 Hoplistoscelis 52 Diptera 27 Water Strider 53 (Flies) Leaf Hopper 54 Cicada 55 Robber 28 Buffalo Treehopper Family Treehopper (Membracidae) Size .24 to .31 in Identifcation Bright green in color with a somewhat triangle shape. Wings are transparent. Color and shape serve as an excellent camoufage in the bush. Most Active Day The Buffalo Treehopper has what looks like the horns and tail of a bison! They feed on grasses, weeds, and other non-woody plants after hatching in late spring. As adults, some favorite food sources are: goldenrod, willow, clover, and elm. With its wings it can move from plant to plant quickly. These treehoppers are harmful to younger orchard trees, especially apple trees. Males attract females with a song but can’t be heard by humans. Did you know? Buffalo treehoppers can be found in all of United States, northern Mexico, southern Canada, and are considered invasive in Europe. 49 Hymenopterans Suborders Apocrita (Wasps, bees, and ants) Symphyta (Sawfies) General Characteristics • Over 150,000 living species. • Complete metamorphosis (holometabolism.) • Very small to large. • Usually two pairs of wings. • Mouthparts adapted for chewing (well developed mandibles.) • Bees also have a lengthy proboscis (“tongue”) used to drink liquids such as nectar. • Large compound eyes and typically they also have three simple eyes (ocelli.) • Perhaps the most benefcial order to humans because of pollination, makers of honey, and parasites of destructive insects. 57.

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