Immature Insects 2017
Crowned Slug Photo by: Colin O’Neil Isa textual (Herrich-Schaeffer) Lepidoptera: Limacodidae Immature Insects 2017
Polyphemus Moth Photo: by Dan Gibson Antheraea polyphemus (Cramer) Lepidoptera: Saturniidae Immature Insects 2017
Monarch Photo by: Andrew Myers Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus) Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae Immature Insects 2017
Ochre Dagger Moth Photo by: Paul Charland Acronicta morula Grote & Robinson Lepidoptera: Noctuidae Immature Insects 2017
Polyphemus Moth Photo by: Paul Owen-Smith Antheraea polyphemus (Cramer) Lepidoptera: Saturniidae Spicebush Swallowtail Papilio troilus Linnaeus Photo by: Lepidoptera: Papilionidae Mario Pinilla-Gallego
January 2017 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
New Year's Day 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
Spicebush Swallowtail 29 30 31 Spicebush Swallowtail
Photo Photo by: by: Courtney Weatherbee Colin O’Neil Spicebush Swallowtail Notes:
Photo by: Gabriel King Chinese Mantid Photo by: Paul Owen-Smith Tenodera sinensis (Saussure) Mantodea: Mantidae
February 2017 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Chinese Mantid 1 2 3 4 Egg Case
Photo by: Colin O’Neil 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Valentine's Day 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
President's Day Brown Marmorated 26 27 28 Stink Bug
Large Milkweed Bug Notes:
Photo by: Photo by: Rebecca Vinit Heather Leach Black Swallowtail caterpillar Photo by: Heather Leach Papilio polyxenes Fabricius Lepidoptera: Papilionidae
March 2017 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Calico Paint 1 2 3 4
Photo by: Heather Leach 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
St. Patrick's Day 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31 Giant Swallowtail
Photo by: Mario Pinilla-Gallego
Zebra Caterpillar Notes:
Photo by: Mario Pinilla-Gallego Tobacco Hornworm Manduca sexta (Linnaeus) Photo by: Lepidoptera: Sphingidae Danielle Kirkpatrick
April 2017 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Cutworm Cecropia Moth 1
Photo by: Rachel Osborn Photo by: Paul Owen-Smith April Fool's Day 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
Easter Earth Day 23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30 Silver-spotted Skipper Notes:
Photo by: Heather Leach Hermit Flower Beetle Photo by: Mario Pinilla-Gallego Osmoderma eremicola (Knoch) Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae
May 2017 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Longhorned 1 2 3 4 5 6 Woodborer
Photo by: Joseph Bigirimana May Day 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Mother's Day 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30 31 Pyrochroid Beetle
Memorial Day Photo by: Courtney Larson Stag Beetle Notes:
Photo by: Rebecca Vinit Crowned Slug Photo by: Colin O’Neil Isa textula (Herrich-Schaeffer) Lepidoptera: Limacodidae
June 2017 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Red-Crossed Button Slug 1 2 3
Photo by: Danielle Kirkpatrick 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Flag Day 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Father's Day 25 26 27 28 29 30 Spiny Oak-Slug
Photo by: Kristin Poley
Elegant Tailed Slug Notes:
Photo by: Heather Leach Wood Ants Photo by: Rachel Osborn Formica sp. Hymenoptera: Formicidae
July 2017 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Xylophagid Fly Lady Beetle 1
Firefly beetle Photo by: Photo by: Andrew Myers Courtney Weatherbee Photo by: Andrew Myers 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Independence Day 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30 31 Notes: Hog Sphinx Photo by: Paul Charland Darapsa Myron (Cramer) Lepidoptera: Sphingidae
August 2017 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday White-marked Tussock 1 2 3 4 5 Moth
Photo by: Courtney Larson 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30 31
Eastern Tent Caterpillar Notes:
Pandorus Sphinx Photo by: Photo by: Colin O’Neil Danielle Kirkpatrick Yellow Bear Photo (top L) by: Rachel Osborn Spilosoma virginica (Fabricius) Photos (bottom L, top R): Courtney Weatherbee Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae Photo (bottom R) by: Courtney Larson September 2017 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Milkweed Tussock Hickory Tussock Caterpillar 1 2 Caterpillar
Photo by: Rachel Osborn Photo by: Paul Charland 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Labor Day 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
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24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Banded Tussock Moth Notes:
Photo by: Gina Sari Yellow Bear Photo by: Rachel Osborn Spilosoma virginica (Fabricius) Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae
September 2017 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Yellow Bear Yellow Bear 1 2
Photo by: Photo by: Courtney Weatherbee Courtney Weatherbee 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Labor Day 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Yellow Bear Notes:
Photo by: Courtney Larson Parasitoid Wasp of blue orchard bee Photo by: Mario Pinilla-Gallego Monodontomerus obscurus Westwood Hymenoptera: Torymidae
October 2017 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Columbus Day 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31 Virginia Ctenucha Cecropia Moth
Halloween Photo by: Mario Pinilla-Gallego
Large Milkweed Bug Notes:
Photo by: Photo by: Colin O’Neil Dan Gibson Monarch Photo by: Heather Leach Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus) Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae
November 2017 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Monarch 1 2 3 4
Photo by: Dan Gibson 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Veteran's Day Observed 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Thanksgiving 26 27 28 29 30 Ochre Dagger Moth
Spotted Tussock Moth Notes:
Photo by: Paul Charland Photo by: Paul Charland Gulf Fritillary caterpillar Photo by: Rachel Osborn Agraulis vanillae (Linnaeus) Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae December 2017 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Marsh Dagger Moth Hickory Tussock Moth 1 2
Photo by: Gina Sari Photo by: Kristin Poley 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Christmas 31 Gulf Fritillary Notes:
Photo by: New Year's Eve Dan Gibson The Immature Insects 2017 Calendar is brought to you by the students in ENT 838: Taxonomy of Immature Insects, during the Fall Semester ofCredits 2016 at Michigan State University.
Course Members:
Joseph Bigirimana Paul Charland Dan Gibson Gabriel King Danielle Kirkpatrick Courtney Larson Heather Leach Andrew Myers Colin O’Neil Rachel Osborn Paul Owen-Smith Mario Pinilla-Gallego Kristin Poley Gina Sari Rebecca Vinit Courtney Weatherbee
Instructor: Gary Parsons Teaching Assistant: Charles Coslor
Green Lacewing and Milkweed Aphids Photo by Dan Gibson Neuroptera: Chrysopidae Hemiptera: Aphididae