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Stenopelmatini. Genera. Ammopelmatus. Stenopelmatus. Jerusalem crickets (or potato bugs) [1] are a group of large, flightless insects in the genera Ammopelmatus and Stenopelmatus, together comprising the tribe Stenopelmatini. The former genus is native to the western United States and parts of Mexico, while the latter genus is from Central America.
Johanna Sybilla Heyne. Maria Sibylla Merian (2 April 1647 – 13 January 1717 [1]) was a German entomologist, naturalist and scientific illustrator. She was one of the earliest European naturalists to document observations about insects directly. Merian was a descendant of the Frankfurt branch of the Swiss Merian family .
War in heaven and earth Tāne adorned Ranginui with stars. And so the children of Ranginui and Papatūanuku see light and have space to move for the first time. While the other children have agreed to the separation, Tāwhirimātea, the god of storms and winds, is angered that the parents have been torn apart. He cannot bear to hear the cries ...
Children of This Earth, a 1930 novel. Earth's Children, a series of historical fiction novels by Jean M. Auel. Děti Země, also known as Children of the Earth (COE), a Czech non-governmental organization. Jerusalem cricket, a North American insect with a name in Spanish that translates as "child of the earth". Category: Disambiguation pages.
Print (hardback & paperback) Earth's Children is a series of epic [1] historical fiction (or more precisely, prehistorical fiction) novels [2] [3] written by Jean M. Auel set circa 30,000 years before the present day. There are six novels in the series. Although Auel had previously mentioned in interviews that there would be a seventh novel, [4 ...
Among children, it is common to place the ladybird on their hand or blow it from their clothing and make a wish while reciting the rhyme. A literary variation on the rhyme was written by Mrs Southey early in the 19th century and appeared in an 1827 issue of Blackwood's Magazine. This was a poem beginning Lady-bird, Lady-bird, fly away home,
Jean Henri Fabre by Nadar. Fabre was a popular teacher, physicist, chemist and botanist. However, he is probably best known for his findings in the field of entomology, the study of insects, and is considered by many to be the father of modern entomology. Much of his enduring popularity is due to his marvellous teaching ability and his manner ...
Ymir. Ymir sucks at the udder of Auðumbla as she licks Búri out of the ice in a painting by Nicolai Abildgaard, 1790. In Norse mythology, Ymir [1] ( / ˈiːmɪər / ), [2] also called Aurgelmir, Brimir, or Bláinn, is the ancestor of all jötnar. Ymir is attested in the Poetic Edda, compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional ...