Insect Picture and Article

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. With wingspan  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  largest butterfly in the world.  Female are larger than males with markedly rounder, broader wings.

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  Lucilia sericata known as Green bottleflies 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 L. thatuna, L. cuprina, and L. silvarum.

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. 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, Chrysochus auratus, which feeds on prairie plants such as milkweed (Asclepias sp.) and plants in the dogbane genus Apocynum. The dogbane beetle is fairly large, about 3/8-1/2 inch in length. With a brilliant metallic green in color makes Chrysochus Auratus  a beautifull  beetle.