Insect Focus Group

Your Host:  Don Wales Topic:  Lepidoptera and miscellaneous orders. Lepidoptera - moths, butterflies. This is one of the most well known and easily recognizable orders of insects. The order Lepidoptera means 'scaly wings'. They have four large scale-covered wings that bear distinctive markings, and larvae that are caterpillars.  

Your Host:  Don Wales Topic:  Diptera order Diptera – true flies. The Diptera include flies, mosquitos, gnats, midges, and no-see-ums. There are about 120,000 known species of true flies alive today. Dipterans typically have sucking mouth-parts, and may feed on plant juices or on decaying organic matter. A number of dipterans feed on blood, and some […]

Your Host:  Don Wales Topic:  Diptera order and a healthy review of the Coleoptera order Diptera – true flies. The Diptera include flies, mosquitos, gnats, midges, and no-see-ums. There are about 120,000 known species of true flies alive today. Dipterans typically have sucking mouth-parts, and may feed on plant juices or on decaying organic matter. A number of dipterans […]

Your Host:  Don Wales Topic: Hymenoptera (Bees and wasps)  Hymenoptera is a large order of insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants. Over 150,000 living species of Hymenoptera have been described, in addition to over 2,000 extinct ones. They have four transparent wings and the females typically have a sting.

Your Host:  Don Wales Topic: Field Trip, weather permitting