Pogona is a genus of reptiles containing eight species‚ which are often known by the common name bearded dragons. The term "bearded dragon" is most commonly used to describe the central bearded dragon‚ (Pogona vitticeps).[citation needed] The name "bearded dragon" refers to the "beard" of the lizard‚ the underside of the throat which turns black if they are stressed or see a potential rival. Members of this genus live in the arid‚ rocky‚ semidesert regions and dry open woodlands of Australia.[citation
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Butterflies For my project workshop essay I will be studying butterflies. I know it might sound boring but it’s actually not. Okay I’m lying‚ oh well. So in this assignment I will be mentioning things like the life cycle of a butterfly‚ what they eat‚ their body parts‚ and stuff like that. So let’s get started. Did you know that butterflies have one of the most dramatic life cycles of any insect member of the insect world? Well they do. The cycle begins when the adult female butterfly lays
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Liz Bryson World History per. 4 Mr. Storey October 10‚ 2013 What is silk? Colorful stories have woven themselves around this beautiful fabric‚ and have become a part of Chinese legend. The particular caterpillar used for silk is nicknamed “silkworm”. It is interesting how caterpillar mucus‚ essentially‚ can be made into this beautiful fabric. The thought brings about the question of how sericulture (the making of silk) was discovered‚ and what methods are used in silk production. There
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The Queen butterfly (Danaus gilippus)‚ is a communal and a all year-round butterfly in South Texas. It is in the family of Nymphalidae‚ which is the largest family of butterflies in the world. Closely resembling its cousin the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus)‚ it is smaller-sized and painted a darker shade of orange‚ and has two rows of white spots on the black borders of their wings. An immediate distinction between the Queen and the rest of the Danaus genus is that it has three antennae
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Elie Semaan 6/12/2010 Entomology Color of Butterfly Wings. Assignment 2 Butterfly wing color- patterns are composed of anatomically identifiable pattern elements. The color- patterns are highly complex and diverse. It is commonly known that there exists an “ideal” pattern that changes based on evolution. I will be
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Topic : Life cycle of a silkworm Silksworms are interesting insects . Have you ever watch them ? What do you know about their life cycles ? You will be able to discover some really amazing things when making a study of silkworm’s life cycle . Similar to other insects ‚ the first stage in silkworm’s life cycle is beginning its life in an egg . To create eggs ‚ the adult moths mate with each other . After that ‚ the female moth lays many tiny eggs on mulberry leaves . After
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Migration in Vanessa Butterflies Vanessa butterflies inhabit numerous continents around the world‚ which may include Africa‚ Europe‚ Asia‚ and the Americas (Stefanescu et al.‚ 2007). Vanessa is a genus of brush-footed butterflies of the family Nymphalidae (Stefanescu et al.‚ 2007) They are described as Holarctic species‚ which refers to habitats throughout the northern continents of the world (Stefanescu‚ 2001). They are seen mostly in open meadows and fields near streams (Stefanescu‚ 2001)
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Pheromones: Chemical Messanger Have you ever wonder how does an insect communicate? Unlike other living organisms‚ insects don’t have the ability to speak and communicate. Some insects may even look like they have eyes but they cannot see through them. So how does these insects communicate with each other? Simple‚ they send chemical signals that can easily be detected by other insects of their own kind. These chemicals are called pheromones. These are some examples of insects that contain and
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Zhou Lu 11/11/2013 English 12 An Example‚ the Butterfly The butterfly is any of a group of slender day-flight insects with broad‚ often bright-colored wings. However‚ it is unsightly in the larva stage. The butterfly has to go through egg‚ larva‚ and pupa stage to reach adulthood. Comparing to butterfly’s four stages‚ there are also three stages of human: preparation‚ struggle and mature. A caterpillar’s job is to eat as does a human youth’s job is to study. The caterpillar can eat
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On The Story of the Moth One night‚ all the family‚ except my mother and myself‚ went to bed early. Why‚ I do not know‚ but we two remained sitting alone. The candles had already been put out. They had been blown out in their globes by means of a curved tube of tin. That tube seemed to me the finest and most wonderful plaything in the world. The room was dimly lighted by a single light of coconut oil. In all Filipino homes such a light burns through the night. It goes out just at day-break
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