Ed Koday
Web Archive: Asian Longhorned Beetle
The Asian longhorned beetle, Anoplophora glabripennis, shown above on a cross-section of a tree it has damaged, creates large holes that damage the vascular system and ultimately kill the tree.
Ed Koday
Web Archive: Ceropia Moth
With a wingspan of 5 to 6 inches, the cecropia moth (Hyalophora cecropia) is the largest North American moth. It is a member of the family Saturniidae. Cecropia moths are often referred to as silkworm moths.Although these moths are...
Ed Koday
Web Archive: Gypsy Moths
Lean more information about Gypsy Moths by reading this reference material.
Ed Koday
Web Archive: Green June Beetle
The adult green June beetle (family Scarabaeidae) is usually 3/4" to 1" long, and 1/2" wide. The top side is forest green, with or without lengthwise tan stripes on the wings. The underside is metallic bright green or gold, and has legs...
Ed Koday
Web Archive: Io Moth
The Io moth, named for a character in Greek mythology, has a very obvious black eyespot on each hindwing. Males are golden yellow in color, but females are more brown. It has a wingspan of 2.5-3.5 inches. In Canada and northern states,...
Ed Koday
Web Archive: Spittle Bug
There are 23,000 species of spittle bugs, but you may not have ever seen one because of the unusual way that they protect themselves. They actually produce a liquid that they whip up into a mass of bubbles, and then they hide in it! This...
Ed Koday
Web Archive: Milkweed Bugs
Adults are 9/16 to 10/16 inch long, black, and colorfully marked with reddish-orange on the head, sides of the pronotum (part of the thorax), and the wing covers. They have a Y-shaped head marking and two wide crossing orange bands...
Ed Koday
Web Archive: Red Admiral
The upperside of the red admiral butterfly is black with white spots near the wing tips. The forewing has a red band across the middle, and the hindwing has a red band along the edge. The red admirals that are born during the winter are...
Ed Koday
Web Archive: Mourningcloak
Mourningcloaks are a fairly large butterfly with a wing span of 6-10 cm, or 2 1/2 to 4 inches. Their upperside is purple-black, or brown-black, with a wide, bright yellow border on outer edges.There is a row of iridescent blue spots at...
Ed Koday
Web Archive: Painted Lady
The upperside of the wings is orange-brown with darker wing bases. The forewing has a black patch and white bar on leading edge, and the hindwing has a row of 5 small black spots and sometimes has blue scales. The underside has a black,...
Ed Koday
Web Archive: Buckeye Butterfly
The buckeye is a medium-sized butterfly with two large multicolored eyespots on hindwings and one large eyespot on forewings. The background color of the buckeye is mostly brown. Its forewing has 2 orange cell bars and 1 large eyespot...
Ed Koday
Web Archive: Beetles
Beetles might be the most successful creatures on earth! Their incredible ability to adapt to any environment makes sure that they will exist, probably long after humans have disappeared from earth. One of the most important features of...
Ed Koday
Web Archive: Viceroy Butterfly
The upperside of the viceroy is orange and black, and looks a lot like the monarch butterfly, except the viceroy has a black line across the hindwing and a single row of white dots in the black band on the edges of their wings. Where...
Ed Koday
Web Archive: Scarab Beetles
Dung, rhinoceros, Hercules, sacred scarab: These are the names of some of the most well known beetles in the scarab beetle family. This large family of more than 30,000 species has some of the most awesome beetles in the insect...
Ed Koday
Web Archive: Goliath Beetles
Not only is the Goliath beetle one of the largest of all scarab beetles, it is one of the the largest insects in the world! There are a few insects that may be longer, but the Goliath is probably larger and heavier. The Goliath beetle...
Ed Koday
Ivy Hall: Insect Facts and Information
General information about insects is available. Identify an insect's anatomy, understand metamorphosis and the identification system.
Ed Koday
Web Archive: Antlion
Have you ever heard of a "doodlebug"? Well, you're looking at one right up above! It is actually an insect called an antlion. The antlion gets its name because it is a voracious predator of ants and other insects. Actually, it's only the...
Ed Koday
Ivy Hall: Grasshopper
Hop to it! See several images and facts of grasshoppers. Click on the images for more information.
Ed Koday
Koday's Kids Amazing Insects: Monarch
Learn all about the Monarch butterfly with this interesting fact page and pictures.
Ed Koday
Koday's Kids Amazing Insects: Housefly
Learn all about the housefly with this interesting fact page and pictures.
Ed Koday
Koday's Kids Amazing Insects: Assassin Bug
Learn all about assassin bugs with this interesting fact page and pictures.
Ed Koday
Koday's Kids Amazing Insects: Giraffe Weevil
Learn all about giraffe weevil with this interesting fact page and pictures.
Ed Koday
Koday's Kids Amazing Insects: Boll Weevil
Learn all about Boll weevil with this interesting fact page and pictures.