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URI:
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being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves
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Zelus longipes (Linnaeus 1767) (Milkweed Assassin Bug)
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Conidiobolus coronatus (Costantin) A. Batko 1964
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Synema parvulum (Hentz 1847)
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Zelus longipes (Linnaeus 1767) (Milkweed Assassin Bug)
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Zelus longipes (Linnaeus 1767) (Milkweed Assassin Bug)
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Zelus longipes (Linnaeus 1767) (Milkweed Assassin Bug)
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Zelus longipes (Linnaeus 1767) (Milkweed Assassin Bug)
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animal behavior characterized by activity during the day, with a period of inactivity at night.
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bilaterally symmetric
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being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves
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A cellularity quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting of more than one cell. [ PATOC:GVG ]
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Development of insects with complete metamorphosis which involves a pupal stage.
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phyllomes not associated with a reproductive structure
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A microgametophyte that develops from a microspore, located in a pollen sac in a flower
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nectar
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A sweet liquid that is secreted by the nectaries of a plant and is the chief raw material of honey
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Mikania scandens (L.) Willd. (climbing hempvine)
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Daucus carota L. (Queen Anne's lace)
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Bidens alba (L.) DC. (romerillo)
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Spiraea virginiana Britt. (Virginia Meadowsweet)
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Ilex vomitoria Soland. ex Ait. (Cassina)
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sucking mouthparts
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Definition:
Mouthparts adapted for the take-up of liquids via suction through a tubular proboscis.
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United States
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North Atlantic
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Mexico
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Costa Rica
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China
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organic material
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Environmental material characteristic of, pertaining to, or derived from living organisms.
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grassland
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000177
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A grassland biome is a terrestrial biome which includes, across its entire spatial extent, an unbroken layer of grasses (Gramineae), sedges (Cyperaceae) or rushes (Juncaceae).
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boreal forests (taiga)
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http://eol.org/schema/terms/boreal_forests_taiga
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https://www.worldwildlife.org/biomes/boreal-forests-taiga
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female larger
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Fairbairn
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Packera glabella (Poir.) C. Jeffrey (butterweed)
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Sabal palmetto (Walter) Lodd. ex Schult. & Schult. fil. (Cabbage Palm)
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Tolypocladium cylindrosporum W. Gams 1971
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The Nearctic
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https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q737742
Definition:
one of the eight terrestrial ecozones constituting the Earth's land surface
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ecozone_Nearctic.svg
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locomotion
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self-propelled movement of an organism from one location to another through the air, usually by means of active wing movement
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uses self-propelled locomotion to change location on a regular basis
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The Neotropics
URI:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q217151
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one of the eight terrestrial ecozones constituting the Earth's land surface
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ecozone_Neotropic.svg
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parental care
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female provides care
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http://eol.org/schema/terms/parentalCareFemale
Definition:
the female feeds and nurtures offspring
Attribution:
Richard M. Sibly, Christopher C. Witt, Natalie A. Wright, Chris Venditti, Walter Jetz, and James H. Brown. 2012. Energetics, lifestyle, and reproduction in birds. PNAS 109(27):10937-10941, doi:10.1073/pnas.1206512109
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provisioning
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supplying materials, especially food
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protection
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action or precaution against a threat against an uncertainty or possible unpleasant events
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nectarivore
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http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q120880
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organism that consumes sugar-rich nectar produced by flowering plants
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herbivore
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animal anatomically and physiologically adapted to eating plant material
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folivore
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http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q617573
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herbivore animal that specializes in eating leaves.
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GBIF national node type records UK
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Mikania scandens (L.) Willd. (climbing hempvine)
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Triadenum virginicum (L.) Raf. (Virginia St. John's-Wort)
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Packera glabella (Poir.) C. Jeffrey (butterweed)
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Eupatorium serotinum Michx. (lateflowering thoroughwort)
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Eupatorium serotinum Michx. (lateflowering thoroughwort)
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Lantana involucrata L. (buttonsage)
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Asclepias variegata L. (redring milkweed)
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Packera glabella (Poir.) C. Jeffrey (butterweed)
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Eupatorium serotinum Michx. (lateflowering thoroughwort)
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Licania michauxii Prance (gopher apple)