proteinaceous insecticidal δ-endotoxins (Cry toxins) which are encoded by cry genes‚. It was determined that the "cry" genes are harbored in the plasmids in most strains of B. thuringiensis Cry toxins have specific activities against species of the orders Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies)‚ Diptera (flies and mosquitoes) and Coleoptera (beetles). Upon sporulation‚ B. thuringiensis forms crystals of proteinaceous insecticidal δ-endotoxins (Cry toxins) which are encoded by cry genes‚. It was determined that the
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Pine Cones : What adaptations do the pine trees have? Pines trees live in very windy and cold places where insects not well adjusted to the extreme weather. Pine leaves are needled like‚ very long‚ thin‚ and not good to consume. They have the ability to shed snow during winter season. How do these adaptations assist their growth and reproduction? These adaptations help them grow and reproduce. The female cone which is larger in size than the male cones has hard protective bracts that cover the
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Both Anne Dillard and Virginia Woolf describe the death of a moth in their respective essays to achieve dissimilar ends. Dillard hopes to capture the self sacrificial path of a writer; while Woolf simply wants to draw attention to the strength of an individual’s drive and the even stronger hand of death. Woolf’s description is more effective‚ for she is able to clearly make her point through the description; whereas Dillard’s description and argument are separate‚ and she must connect
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Butterflies versus moths Most of the people find it is difficult to distinguish a butterfly from a moth. People normally mix them up‚ because they have surprising similarities. Butterflies and moths are both oviparous insects. They both belong to the Lepidoptera which is one of the most widespread and widely recognized orders of insects. Lepidopteron usually have small physicals‚ raised tentacles‚ and four pieces of wings. Likewise they have wing scales which form the color and pattern. Although butterflies
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Timostoma smaragditis The Timostoma smaragditis‚ also known as the Fabulous Green Sphinx of Kauai or the Fabulous Green Sphinx Moth‚ is a moth that is part of the Arthropod phylum‚ the Hexapoda subphylum‚ the Lepidoptera order‚ the Insecta class‚ and the Sphingidae family (Heddle 2004). The Green Sphinx resides on the island of Kauai in Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean (Heddle 2004). The habitat of the Green Sphinx is in lowland mesic forests‚ as determined by success in collecting the moth in these
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The Danaus plexippus also known as the Monarch Butterfly is an insect that many people enjoy. The butterfly is mostly found anywhere in North America. The order of the butterfly is the Lepidoptera and it is apart of the flutter group. The adult Monarch Butterfly eats the nectar from wild flowers and the caterpillars eat milkweed. The size of the butterfly is also not very large with the wingspan being ten centimeters and weighs less than one gram. The life cycle of the monarch butterfly is
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Butterflies are so cool They make me wanna cry Oh no I’m gonna die A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera‚ which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects‚ the butterfly’s life cycle consists of four parts: egg‚ larva‚ pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large‚ often brightly coloured wings‚ and conspicuous‚ fluttering flight. Butterflies comprise the true butterflies (superfamily Papilionoidea)‚ the skippers (superfamily Hesperioidea)
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Classification Why the butterfly belongs to the invertebrates: The first animals to evolve were invertebrates. Fossil evidence of invertebrates dates back to the late Precambrian‚ 600 million years ago. Invertebrates evolved from single-celled microorganisms. Since then‚ invertebrates have diversified into countless forms. An estimated 97 percent of all species are alive today are invertebrates. Invertebrates are united more by what they lack (a backbone) than by shared characteristics. Invertebrates
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Insects Project 1. Orders Lepidoptera- Examples of this order found in Australia would be Abantiades Barcas‚ Barbifrontia and Callionyma sarcodes. The members of this order have 4 wings‚ which are all completely covered in small scales. All the adults in the Lepidoptera family start off as a caterpillar‚ which resembles a worm‚and grow up to be either a moth or a butterfly. The butterflies have very thin antennas and tend to fly during the day‚ while the moths have feathery antennas and are
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butterfly species recorded in the Philippines and about 352 species are endemic to the country. In Bohol alone‚ more than 300 species of butterflies can be found. The butterfly species int he Philippines are mostly from five families under the order Lepidoptera. Namely‚ they are: Hesperiidae (skippers or skipper butterflies)‚ Lycaenidae (gossamer-winged butterflies)‚ Nymphalidae (brush-footed or four-footed butterflies)‚ Papilionidae (swallowtail butterflies)‚ and Pieridae. Skipper butterflies‚ or more
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