#bugapalooza

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Done... For now!

So I learned yesterday that this extra credit blog got a full 25 out of 25 possible extra credit points. I'm so proud! Since I don't need this blog anymore, I don't think I'll come on any more. I won't delete it. I'm hoping it will be used as an example for future Ento 301 students. If I happen to come across any interesting posts about bugs I might jump on and reblog it. I still kind of want to fill out my collection list and make one or two comics, but since there's no more deadline to pressure me, I'll do it on my own time if I'm bored enough. Thanks for joining me on Bugapalooza!

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I've done it! No more videos! I'll try to squeeze in a few more comics, though!

Families covered:

SIPHINOPTERA

Pulicidae

THYSANURA

Lepismatidae

TRICOPTERA

Hydropsychidae

Uenoidae

Philopotamidae

CADDISFLY JEWELERY

MORE CADDISFLY JEWELERY

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LEPIDOPTERA

Families covered:

Nymphalidae

Pieridae

Papilionidae

Noctuidae

Sphingidae

Saturniidae

Tortricidae (only mentioned)

Music is from the reading rainbow opening

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I spent over an hour making the opening for this video.

DIPTERA

Families Covered:

Asilidae

Chironomidae

Culicidae

Empididae

Pionilidae

Stratiomyidae

Tephritidae

Tipulidae

Sarcophagidae

Sciaridae

Calliforidae

Syrphidae

Special shout out to my roommate who gave her two sense on Diptera in the background.

Music is a disney version of Shoo Fly Don't Bother Me

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THIS JUST IN! I HAVE ACHIEVED 70 OF 70 FAMILIES REQUIRED FOR THE COLLECTION!

Order count is 16 out of 20, but I don't think I'm going to get anymore seeing as today is the last day to work on it. Only one person I know got 20 orders and 70+ families. I'm just gonna cut and pin labels and be happy with it. Pictures to follow soon~

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HYMENOPTERA

Families covered:

Apidae

Formicidae

Ichneumonidae

Mutillidae

Vespidae (only mentioned)

Tenthredinidae (only mentioned)

Something important I forgot to mention! There are two suborders in hymenoptera! Here, have a wikipedia copy-paste description of them below!

Symphyta

The suborder Symphyta includes the sawflies, horntails, and parasitic wood wasps. The group may be paraphyletic, as it has been suggested that the family Orussidae may be the group from which the Apocrita arose. They have an unconstricted junction between the thorax and abdomen. The larvae are herbivorous free-living eruciforms, with three pairs of true legs, prolegs (on every segment, unlike Lepidoptera) and ocelli. The prolegs do not have crochet hooks at the ends unlike the larvae of the Lepidoptera.

Apocrita

The wasps, bees, and ants together make up the suborder Apocrita, characterized by a constriction between the first and second abdominal segments called a wasp-waist (petiole), also involving the fusion of the first abdominal segment to the thorax. Also, the larvae of all Apocrita do not have legs, prolegs, or ocelli.

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Families covered:

EPHEMEROPTERA

Ephemeridae

ODONATA

Coenagrionidae

Labellulidae

NEUROPTERA

Chrysopidae

Hemerobiidae (mentioned)

Ascalaphidae (mentioned)

Myrmeleontidae (mentioned)

Mantispidae (mentioned)

I'm too lazy to type of facts, so have some cool videos!

Dragonfly Larvae Hunting

Antlion Hunting

Lacewings

An Owlfly doing its silly butt thing

Wasp mimic mantispid