Food Pests
This rice targeting insect is brown with an olive grey spotting pattern with dark areas on the thorax and elytra (remininscent of Mr. Snuffleupagus).
What is the name of this RICE targeting species?
Rice water weevil
This order contains insects such as the praying mantis
Mantodea
This term translates to "Change in form" and refers to the process of the physical transformation of arthropods
Metamorphosis
An insect with a short beak that is segmented into 3 parts and fits in a groove under the thorax. The edges of the abdomen look to be extended laterally beyond the wing.
What species is it?
Assassin Bug
In 2024, Arkansas experienced a rare double emergence of these loud insects, as both 13-year and 17-year broods came out at the same time. They leave behind their empty shells on trees and make a buzzing sound in the summer.
Cicada
These social insects are capable of digesting cellulose with the help of symbiotic protozoa and bacteria in their guts, allowing them to break down wood and cause structural damage over time.
Termites
This order contains multiple species of cockroaches and termites
Blattodea
This term referes to segments on an arthopod body
Tagmata
This insect is aquatic in its immature stage but flies when mature. Commonly found while fishing and often used as a fly lure.
What species is it?
Mayfly
Named for the tree it prefers, the Emerald Ash Borer is an Arkansas insect notorious for killing large numbers of ash trees by burrowing into their trunks.
What ORDER does this species belong to?
Coleoptera (Beetle)
These insects are very small with slender bodies and sharply pointed shoulder spines directed outward similar to sholder pads. They distinctly go after kernals.
What insect is this?
Rice Stink Bug
This order includes species like bed bugs, assassin bugs, and stink bugs
Hemiptera
This type of mouthparts are exhibited by grasshoppers, beetles, and many larval insects
Chewing Mouthparts
This venomous arachnid is known for its glossy black body and a distinctive red hourglass marking on the underside of its abdomen. Females are the most recognizable, while males are smaller and less conspicuous.
Black Widow
Honeybee
The Hessian fly (Order Dipteria) is a small black fly that looks very similar to mosquitoes. It feeds on the stem of what agriculture crop?
Wheat
This order includes species of dragonfly and damselfly
Odonata
This type of metamorphosis begins at a nymph stage before maturing and changing appearence into an adult but remain in the same habitat
Hemimetabolous
This insect has an oval and fairly "hard" body with wings that only seem to have 4-5 veins on its membrane.
What species is it?
Seed Bug
The Boll Weevil has historically been the most destructive insect in Arkansas by economic impact. It devistated one particular crop thoughout the 20th century and led to billions of dollars in losses before being significantly culled.
What crop di the Boll Weevil target?
Cotton
The Flea beetle (Order Coleoptera) is a dark, oval and blue/bronze/green beetle. What crop does it damage AND what PART of this crop does it specifically target
Corn Leaves (Foliage0
This order includes species of silverfish
Thysanura
The 3rd and englarged segment of the grasshopper leg
Femur
This insect is known for its ability to jump long distances and feeds on plant sap. They often resemble froghoppers but have more elongated bodies
What is this insect?
Leafhoppers
By our estimates, what group of insects are the most POPULOUS insects in the state of Arkansas
Ants