Sunday, November 6, 2011

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Phylum Platyhelminthes
Flatworm

They are small flat slimy worms that live in moist soil. They can be from 1mm-600mm of length. Flatworms are single sex and the females can lay up to 10,000-100,000 eggs. The flatworms have difficult life cycle because after the become adults, they live as parasites inside a fish. Since the live in fish or land creatures, those are its predators.
Interesting facts:
Flatworms are known to survive without oxygen for a long amount of time
Flatworms do not have anuses, so they have to regurgitate any food material that has not be digested.


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Spodoptera frugiperda



Armyworm







It turns into a moth when fully grown. A mature caterpillar can be around 1/2" to 2" long. Known to be bad around crops because they will eat everything and anything in an area. Once it's all gone, the armyworms move out and go to another place to find food. Their diet is varieties of grasses and small crops of grains. Armyworms are pest because they can do great amount of damage to crops.

Interesting Facts:

In Tanzania on December 31, around 1,400 acres of grain was destored by armyworms.

A caterpillars infestation is hard to spot due to the fact that the move during the cool nights.

It is known that when a caterpillar is mature, the can go through a whole crop in just a few days.















Hedera helix




Thorndale Ivy


A forest green plant with whitish veins. It has a glossy look to them. They are clinging plants that likes to climb with its tiny "sticky suckers".

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