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Sabino Canyon Volunteer Naturalists

Sabino Canyon Volunteer Naturalists

Appreciate the natural wonders of Sabino Canyon

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Insects

Arthropods are members of the phylum Arthropoda (from Greek árthron, “joint”, and pous (gen. podos), i.e. “foot” or “leg,” which together mean “jointed leg”).

Class distinctions include

  • insects (grasshoppers, butterflies, beetles, ants, etc. 1,000,000 described world species),
  • arachnids (spiders, scorpions, ticks, mites, etc. 65,000 described world species),
  • crustaceans (crabs, lobsters, barnacles, isopods etc. 44,000 described world species),
  • chilopods (centipedes. 2,800 described world species), and
  • diplopods (millipedes. 10,000 described world species)

Arthropods are highly diverse. It is the largest of all animal phyla and accounts for over three quarters of all currently known living and fossil organisms. The exact number of living arthropod species is unknown since many have yet to be identified, especially those inhabiting tropical rainforests.

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American Snout Butterfly grasping a Palo Verde leaflet

American Snout Butterfly

Black Widow Spider

Black Widow Spider

Flame Skimmer Dragonfly 1

Flame Skimmer Dragonfly

Funnel-Web Spider

Funnel-Web Spider

Great Purple Hairstreak 1

Great Purple Hairstreak

Green Lynx Spider

Green Lynx Spider

Iron-Cross Blister Beetle

Iron-Cross Blister Beetle

Monarch Butterfly chrysalis

Monarch Butterfly

Mydas Fly

Mydas Fly

Palo Verde Root Borer

Palo Verde Root Borer

Queen Butterfly

Queen Butterfly

Sara Orangetip 3

Sara Orangetip

Tarantula Hawk Wasp

Tarantula Hawk Wasp

Gneiss News November 2017 6

Veined Ctenucha

Yellow Paper Wasp 2

Yellow Paper Wasp

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Tucson, AZ 85750

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