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Time for ticks: Lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum, Blacklegged ticks, Ixodes spp., and American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis https://t.co/MrQv3qq0Di

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Death of a stink bug, Part 1: A curious reunion between the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, Haylomorpha halys, and the Chinese Praying Mantis, Tenodera sinensis https://t.co/2f0iZZ9C1t

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Death of a stink bug, Part 2: Bug vs. Bug - Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, <i>Halyomorpha halys</i>, meets the wheel bug, <i>Arilus cristatus</i> https://t.co/dY2sr0SZ6t

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Bugs in Orange and Black, Part II: Halloween Lady Beetle - the Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle, Harmonia axyridis https://t.co/tYIipb5vEU

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Beware of zesty drinks: Yellow Jackets, Vespula, bumble bees, Bombus, and honey bees, Apis, can really spice up soft drinks https://t.co/u3Kep9scKJ

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Nettles and poop on the menu for the Eastern Comma butterfly, Polygonia comma https://t.co/Fxw30KK3PI New Post Title Eastern Comma Butterfly

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Swallowtail soiree: Eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly, Papilio glaucus https://t.co/OAOFrscOoS New Post Title Swallowtail Soiree

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Beetles that go bump in the night: Asiatic Garden Beetles, Maladera Castanea https://t.co/cKVQpgauPP Asiatic garden beetles

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Soggy death to friendly soldiers: Soldier beetles, Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus, and their deadly fungus, Entomophthora lampyridarum https://t.co/Zv1VCHqcjT

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Just in time for the 4th of July: Firefly fireworks - Lampyridae https://t.co/wK0azXc156 Fireflies

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A season of silk moths continues with Cecropia moth, Hyalophora cecropia https://t.co/6XMQzic7cd Cecropia silk moths

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Blossom busters: Oriental beetle, Anomala orientalis https://t.co/U6dbsYw1q8 Oriental beetle

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Spring’s first mosquitoes and what we might expect this year with Zika Virus and the Yellow Fever Mosquito, <i>Aedes aegypti</i> https://t.co/tVpcZjWWYR

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Chikungunya virus in the United States and its vectors: Yellow Fever Mosquitoes, <i>Aedes aegypti</i>, and Asian tiger mosquito, <i>Aedes albopictus</i> https://t.co/NSrGeNCPgl

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Coffee and long-legged flies, Dolichopodidae https://t.co/mZHMDQK4sy Long-legged flies, Dolichopodids

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Spitting image: Meadow spittle bug, Philaenus spumarius https://t.co/F93RMlg4hX Spittle bugs

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Eater of eaters of thistles and other plants: Spined soldier bug, Podisus maculiventris https://t.co/WG249dfSeb Spined soldier bug

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Eaters of thistles: Thistle tortoise beetle, Cassida rubiginosa, and Canada thistle bud weevil, Larinus planus https://t.co/4SU535vn39 Thistle eating insects

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Tiny red spots before my eyes: Clover mites, Bryobia praetiosa https://t.co/tg5p4MXQQ6 Clover mites

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Be on the lookout for Lunas: Luna moths, Actias luna https://t.co/3iKOTpsUD4 Luna moths