Insects Exhibition of the Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve

This is a field guide to the Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve,which is located in La Jolla and Del Mar, California, north of San Diego. I'll be focusing on insects that often seen in Torrey Pines.

• All 10
• Distribution
• Atlantic to the Pacific 1
• Foraging behavior
• hot 1
• Ability
• destroy the entire crop 1
• Behavior
• jump from plant to plant 1
• loud 1
• move constantly 1
• Body weight
• fleas 1
• light 1
• Color
• green 1
• light black 2
• red 1
• yellow and black 1
• Diet
• herbivorous 1
• Distribution
• northern United States south into Texas and Mexico 1
• tropical and subtropical 1
• Eggs
• in fruits and leaves 1
• Facing predators
• The froth 1
• Female size
• wingless and about 5 millimetres (0.20 in) long 1
• Head
• mouthparts projecting forward or sometimes downturned 1
• Jumping skills
• at 4 1
• Looks
• large heads and identical wings 1
• mustache 1
• two pairs of wings and large compound eyes 1
• wings 1
• Male size
• 76 mm (3.0 in) in length 1
• Numbers of species
• over 350 1
• Products
• cottom 1
• Range in size
• small to large 1
• Seed dispersal
• seed predators or seed dispersal agents 1
• Sex determination
• number of chromosomes an individual possesses 1
• Size
• 3/8 in. (9.5 mm) 1
• as small as 0.3 mm to 15cm long 1
• medium to large 1
• small 2
• small and skinny 1
• Skin
• a hard exoskeleton 1
• Tags
• 000 described 1
• 000 m/s2 over 2mm 1
• dry conditions lose water 1
• time
• day flying insect 1
• Wing size
• 80 mm (3.1 in) 1

• Taxonomy
• 4 True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and Allies Order Hemiptera
• 1 Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies Order Hymenoptera
• 1 Butterflies and Moths Order Lepidoptera
• 1 Dragonflies and Damselflies Order Odonata