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		<title>Hymenopus coronatus, Beautiful Malaysian orchid mantis</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 07:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[MANTODEA]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hymenopus coronayus has several common name including Malaysian orchid mantis,  pink orchid mantis, orchid mantis, Malaysian orchid praying mantis.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.pharmasiana.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Hymenopuscoronayustheorchidmantis.jpg"><strong><img title="Hymenopus coronayus the orchid mantis" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin: 0px 15px 5px 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="272" alt="Hymenopus coronayus the orchid mantis" src="http://www.pharmasiana.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Hymenopuscoronayustheorchidmantis_thumb.jpg" width="257" align="left" border="0" /></strong></a><strong> Hymenopus coronayus</strong> has several common name including <strong><em>Malaysian orchid mantis</em>,&#160; <i>pink orchid mantis</i>, </strong><em><strong>orchid mantis, Malaysian orchid praying mantis.</strong> </em>This mantis can be found in Malaysian and Indonesia.&#160; Hymenopus coronatus is belong to order of Mantodea and family of Hymenopodidae.&#160; Hymenopus coronayus is an insect that has great camouflage ability with their body color and shape. The orchid mantis can be found only on white flowers. It is hard to spot due to its camouflage.&#160; When threatened, the mantis either tries to confuse the predator, or scare it. If lifted into the air, they become vicious, attempting to bite everything within reach.&#160; This species is characterized by brilliant and beautiful coloring and unusual structure; their four walking legs resemble flower petals, and the coloration of the bodies tends to match the environment in which they were raised.</p>
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		<title>Creobroter gemmatus, the Jeweled Flower Mantis</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 10:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Creobroter gemmatus is species of prying mantis native to asia.  included in order  of mantodea and family of mantidae, this insect has common name Jeweled Flower Mantis or Indian Flower Mantis]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a href="http://www.pharmasiana.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/CreobroterGemmatus1.png"><img title="Creobroter Gemmatus" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin: 0px 15px 10px 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="230" alt="Creobroter Gemmatus" src="http://www.pharmasiana.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/CreobroterGemmatus_thumb.png" width="240" align="left" border="0" /></a> Creobroter gemmatus</strong> is species of prying mantis native to asia.&#160; included in order&#160; of mantodea and family of mantidae, this insect has common name <strong>Jeweled Flower Mantis or Indian Flower Mantis</strong>. The size of adult female greater than male mantis. The size of the female mantis can reach 5 centimeters.&#160; Creobroter gemmatus is the insect with great&#160; camouflage ability.&#160; In a threat display, adults will raise their wings, revealing a wondrous pink array of folds, surrounded by black under wings. This would be startling for any small predator, and with its colours can come a nasty pinch. </p>
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		<title>The Atlas Moth (Attacus atlas) the Largest Moth in the World</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 14:50:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are pictures of Atlas Moth (Attacus atlas) the largest moth in the world. Atlas moths are considered the largest moths in the world in terms of total wing surface area [upwards of c. 400 cm2 ]]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://www.pharmasiana.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Atlas-Moth-Attacus-atlas-the-Largest-Moth1.jpg"><img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin: 20px 10px 0px 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="203" alt="Atlas Moth (Attacus atlas) the Largest Moth" src="http://www.pharmasiana.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Atlas-Moth-Attacus-atlas-the-Largest-Moth_thumb1.jpg" width="227" align="left" border="0" /></a>&#160;<a href="http://www.pharmasiana.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Atlas_moth_female2.jpg"><img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 5px; border-right-width: 0px" height="213" alt="Atlas_moth_female" src="http://www.pharmasiana.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Atlas_moth_female_thumb2.jpg" width="270" border="0" /></a> Here are pictures of <strong>Atlas Moth (Attacus atlas) the largest moth in the world</strong>. Atlas moths are considered the largest moths in the world in terms of total wing surface area [upwards of c. 400 cm<sup>2</sup> ]. Their wingspans are also amongst the largest, from 25&#8211;30 cm (10&#8211;12 in). Females are appreciably larger and heavier. This moth is so big, it is often mistaken for a small bird when it is flying.&#160; Atlas moths are predominantly tawny to maroon in color with roughly triangular, diaphanous &quot;eyes&quot; on both forewing and hind wing, bordered in black. The purpose of these dramatic, gossamer portals is not clear, but they are thought to play a role in predator avoidance.&#160; The eggs of this moth require 8-14 days to hatch depending upon temperature. The Atlas Moth is found throughout the jungles of Southeast Asia, and particularly in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Malaysia.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.pharmasiana.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Atlas_Moth_caterpilar-.jpg"><img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin: 0px 15px 0px 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="159" alt="Atlas_Moth_caterpilar " src="http://www.pharmasiana.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Atlas_Moth_caterpilar-_thumb.jpg" width="240" align="left" border="0" /></a> The caterpillars are bluish green, with shades of pink on the posterior. The larvae are polyphagus, feeding on many different plants, and often wander from one plant to the other looking for food. Adult moths do not feed and so only live a short time.</p>
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		<title>Queen Alexandra&#8217;s Birdwing (Ornithoptera alexandrae) the Largest Butterfly in the World.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 00:42:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are pictures of Queen Alexandra's Birdwing (Ornithoptera alexandrae) the largest butterfly in the world. This species was discovered by Albert Stewart Meek in 1906 from Papua New Guinea.  Queen Alexandra's Birdwing (Ornithoptera alexandrae) is classified in the order of Lepidoptera, family of Papilionidae and genus Ornithoptera.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.pharmasiana.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Queen-Alexandras-Birdwing-Ornithoptera-alexandrae-the-Largest-Butterfly-in-the-World.jpg"><img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin: 0px 15px 10px 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="295" alt="Queen Alexandra&#39;s Birdwing (Ornithoptera alexandrae) the Largest Butterfly in the World" src="http://www.pharmasiana.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Queen-Alexandras-Birdwing-Ornithoptera-alexandrae-the-Largest-Butterfly-in-the-World_thumb.jpg" width="242" align="left" border="0" /></a> Here are pictures of <strong>Queen Alexandra&#8217;s Birdwing (Ornithoptera alexandrae) the largest butterfly in the world</strong>. This species was discovered by Albert Stewart Meek in 1906 from Papua New Guinea.&#160; <strong>Queen Alexandra&#8217;s Birdwing (Ornithoptera alexandrae) </strong>is classified in the order of Lepidoptera, family of Papilionidae and genus Ornithoptera. With wingspan&#160; of 31 cm (male butterfly can reach 20 cm but more usually about 16 cm), a body length of 8 cm (3.2 inches) and a body mass of up to 12 grams, makes this butterfly the&#160; largest butterfly in the world.&#160; Female are larger than males with markedly rounder, broader wings. </p>
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<p>The female has brown wings with white markings and a cream-coloured body with a small section of red fur on its thorax. Males are smaller than females with brown wings that have iridescent blue and green markings and a bright yellow abdomen.&#160; Larvae of this species feed on pipe vines of the genus Parasitolochia (family Aristolochiaceae), including <i>P. dielsiana</i> and <i>P. schlecteri</i>. They feed initially on fresh foliage of the hostplants and ultimately ringbark the vine before pupating.&#160; The larva is black with red tubercles and has a cream-colored band or saddle in the middle of its body.&#160; Male pupae may be distinguished by a faint charcoal patch on the wing cases; this becomes a band of special scales in the adult butterfly called a sex brand.The adults may live for three months or more and have few predators. The adults are powerful fliers most active in the early morning and again at dusk when they actively feed at flowers.</p>
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		<title>Lucilia sericata, the Greenbottle Flies</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 15:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lucilia sericata known as Green bottleflies or green blowfly is an insect order of Diptera and includ in family of Calliphoridae (Blow Flies).]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.pharmasiana.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Lucilia_sericata-the-greenbottle-flies3.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.pharmasiana.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/lucilia-sericata-the-greenbottle-flies.jpg"><img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin: 5px 15px 10px 10px; border-right-width: 0px" height="218" alt="lucilia sericata the greenbottle flies" src="http://www.pharmasiana.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/lucilia-sericata-the-greenbottle-flies_thumb.jpg" width="240" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.pharmasiana.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Lucilia_sericata-the-greenbottle-flies4.jpg"><img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 10px; border-right-width: 0px" height="211" alt="Lucilia_sericata the greenbottle flies" src="http://www.pharmasiana.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Lucilia_sericata-the-greenbottle-flies_thumb1.jpg" width="278" border="0" /></a></a>&#160; <strong>Lucilia sericata</strong> known as <strong>Green bottleflies</strong> or green blowfly is an insect order of Diptera and include in family of Calliphoridae (Blow Flies). Habitat of this fly is very common in a wide variety of habitats, including heavily urbanized areas. With the ridges and colorful rainbow iridescence on the wings due to thin-film interference makes this fly so beautyfull. The fly is green in common color. In order to identify Lucilia sericata, this fly has three postsutural acrostichal bristles. Other species in the genus with three are <i>L. thatuna</i>, <i>L. cuprina</i>, and <i>L. silvarum</i>.   </p>
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		<title>Chrysochus Auratus a Harmless Dogbane Leaf Beetle</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 06:33:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chrysochus Auratus is a harmless dogbane leaf beetle, Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles) family, and order of Coleoptera. Beetles in the family Chrysomelidae are commonly called leaf beetles.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a href="http://www.pharmasiana.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Chrysochus-Auratus-a-Harmless-Dogbane-Leaf-Beetle-1-.jpg"><img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin: 5px 10px 10px 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="240" alt="Chrysochus Auratus a Harmless Dogbane Leaf Beetle 1 " src="http://www.pharmasiana.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Chrysochus-Auratus-a-Harmless-Dogbane-Leaf-Beetle-1-_thumb.jpg" width="237" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.pharmasiana.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Chrysochus-Auratus-a-Harmless-Dogbane-Leaf-Beetle-.jpg"><img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 10px 20px; border-right-width: 0px" height="220" alt="Chrysochus Auratus a Harmless Dogbane Leaf Beetle " src="http://www.pharmasiana.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Chrysochus-Auratus-a-Harmless-Dogbane-Leaf-Beetle-_thumb.jpg" width="277" border="0" /></a> Chrysochus Auratus</strong> is a harmless <strong>dogbane leaf beetle</strong>, Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles) family, and order of Coleoptera. Beetles in the family Chrysomelidae are commonly called leaf beetles. Leaf beetles feed strictly on plant materials. The adults usually consume leaves, stems, flowers, and pollen. Most larvae are subterranean in habit, feeding on roots and rootlets, but others will consume foliage as well. Many chrysomelids are very specific to particular host plants, but most are able to live on a variety of plants; i.e. the so-called dogbane leaf beetle, <strong>Chrysochus auratus</strong>, which feeds on prairie plants such as milkweed (<i>Asclepias</i> sp.) and plants in the dogbane genus <i>Apocynum</i>. The dogbane beetle is fairly large, about 3/8-1/2 inch in length. With a brilliant metallic green in color makes Chrysochus Auratus&#160; a beautifull&#160; beetle.</p>
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		<title>Iphiclides Podalirius the Scarce Swallowtail Butterfly</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 05:50:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Above are pictures of Iphiclides podalirius known as Scarce Swallowtail butterfly. This amazing butterfly is a Palearctic swallowtail butterfly found in gardens, fields and open woodlands.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.pharmasiana.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Iphiclides-Podalirius-the-Scarce-Swallowtail.jpg"><img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="246" alt="Iphiclides Podalirius the Scarce Swallowtail" src="http://www.pharmasiana.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Iphiclides-Podalirius-the-Scarce-Swallowtail_thumb.jpg" width="559" border="0" /></a> Above are pictures of <i><strong>Iphiclides podalirius</strong> </i>known as Scarce Swallowtail butterfly. This amazing butterfly is a Palearctic swallowtail butterfly found in gardens, fields and open woodlands. The primary larval foodplants are Blackthorn, Bullace, Cherry and Wild Plum.&#160; <i><strong>Iphiclides podalirius</strong> </i>is a butterfly of the swallowtails, <em>Papilionidae</em> family, and order of <em>Lepidoptera</em>.&#160; It is widespread throughout Europe with the exception of the northern parts.&#160; </p>
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		<title>Life cycle of Colorado Potato Beetle (Leptinotarsa-decemlineata)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 06:32:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is life cycle of colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa-decemlineata) picture with brave explanation.
Egg Stage. The insect overwinters in the adult stage a few inches beneath the soil surface. In the spring the one-half inch beetle emerges from the soil and searches for a suitable host.]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://www.pharmasiana.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/lifecyle-of-colorado-potato-beetle-Leptinotarsa-decemlineata.jpg"><img style="border-top-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="265" alt="lifecyle of colorado potato beetle Leptinotarsa-decemlineata" src="http://www.pharmasiana.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/lifecyle-of-colorado-potato-beetle-Leptinotarsa-decemlineata_thumb.jpg" width="337" align="left" border="0" /></a>Here is life cycle of colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa-decemlineata) picture with brave explanation.</p>
<p><strong>Egg Stage</strong>. The insect overwinters in the adult stage a few inches beneath the soil surface. In the spring the one-half inch beetle emerges from the soil and searches for a suitable host. Once a suitable host has been located, the beetles feed, mate and lay their eggs on these plants. The yellowish-orange eggs (Figure No 1) are deposited on the undersides of leaves of host plants and nearby weeds. Each egg is about 1.8 mm long. Over a 4 &#8211; 5 week period, each female beetle lays eggs in batches of 20 &#8211; 35. A total of 400 &#8211; 600 eggs may be deposited by one female. </p>
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<p><strong>Larva Stage</strong>. Red at first, this soft grub has a black head and black legs. As it matures, the larva turns yellowish-red or orange and develops two rows of black spots along each side of the body. It reaches a length of about 10 mm. It feed for 2 &#8211; 3 weeks before crawling down the plant and onto the soil; they then construct a small chamber in the soil and pupate. (Figure No 2)</p>
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<p><strong>Pupa Stage</strong>. Generally resembling the adult in shape, the pupa is approximately 13 mm long. The insect spends 5 &#8211; 10 days in the pupal stage. (Figure No 3)</p>
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<p><strong>Adult Stage</strong>. This oval, convex beetle is yellowish-brown and about 9 to 14 mm long. It has five longitudinal black stripes on each wing cover and a variable number of black spots on the pronotum (area just behind the head). (Figure No 4)</p>
<p>The Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa-decemlineata), a yellow insect with ten black stripes down its back. This insect is among to coleoptera order. This insect was first discovered in the Rocky Mountains feeding on a common weed called buffalo bur (Solanum rostratum). However, as pioneers settled the area and started planting new crops, especially potatoes, the insect migrated to this new and much more available food source. </p>
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		<title>Illustrated Picture of Lily Beetle (Lilioceris lilii) Life Cycle</title>
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Eggs Stage. The eggs of red Lily Beetle are lain in rows of about 2-15 eggs on underside of leaves. The size of these eggs are about 1.0 x 0.5 mm and orange in coloration with a sticky orange-red secretion, which help the eggs stick to leaves. This stage usually occur in late spring-summer.]]></description>
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<li><strong>Eggs Stage</strong>. The eggs of red Lily Beetle are lain in rows of about 2-15 eggs on underside of leaves. The size of these eggs are about 1.0 x 0.5 mm and orange in coloration with a sticky orange-red secretion, which help the eggs stick to leaves. This stage usually occur in late spring-summer.
<li><strong>Larval Stage</strong>.&nbsp; Red Lily Beetle larvae consist of four larval instars, developmental stages between each moult within larval stage.&nbsp; Larva are deep orange. The stage last about 10-11 days.&nbsp; This stage usually occur summer.
<li><strong>Pupal Stage</strong>. After changing colour from yellow to orange, the pre-pupal larvae bury themselves in the soil and construct well camouflaged cocoon from which the beetle emerges as young adult after 20-22 days of pupation. This stage usually occur in summer-autumn.
<li><strong>Adult Stage</strong>. The adult over winter in the litter, reemerging in the spring from their hibernation sites and feeds on lilies and fritillaria. This stage usually occur in winter-spring.&nbsp; </li>
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		<title>Trithemis kirbyi, The Orange-winged Dropwing</title>
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