Class Insecta News Today

‘To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven.”

We are constantly bombarded by news about “species” – Endangered Species, Threatened Species, Vanishing Species, Loss of Species such as “Researchers estimate that the current rate of species loss varies between 100 and 10,000 times the background extinction rate” [ source:  Britannica Feb 15, 2024 ].   Let me clarify that:  Britannica says that the Earth…

From mouthparts and antennae to legs, wings, and even ovipositors—insects taste with a host of body parts that far outpaces mere tongues.

Have you heard of snow fleas? When I first heard of them, I thought I was being set up for a joke. But they are for real! Snow fleas are small, about a tenth of an inch long. And because they are small and dull colored, they are seldom observed even though they are active over much of the year. But it is around this time of year that they are perhaps the easiest to spot.

Habitat: Notes: Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) Class Insecta (Insects) Order Neuroptera (Antlions, Lacewings, and Allies) Suborder Hemerobiiformia (Lacewings and Allies) Family Chrysopidae (Green Lacewings) Subfamily Chrysopinae (Typical Green Lacewings) Tribe Chrysopini Genus Chrysoperla (Common Green Lacewings) No Taxon (pudica-group) Species rufilabris (Red-lipped Green Lacewing) Species ID Suggestions