You have reached Bill D's Florida Insect page. I hope to see this page used
for science, so please bookmark it. If you have any questions or want to
talk about insects or know of an insect collecting club in Orlando, please e-mail me.
Photos of insects that I have collected off the net.
A Luna Moth, a favorite
among collectors. It is easy to tell the difference between the male and the female, the male has wide feather like antennae, and the female has thin thread-like antennae, with very short feathering.
Here is an interesting website
about Luna Moths.
Luna Moth female.
The Giant Swallowtail Butterfly, which is great to collect.
QUESTION MARK (Polygonia interrogationis).
This is one of the largest butterflies in the world, The Birdwing Butterfly.
This is the largest butterfly in the World and it's scientific name
is Ornithoptera alexandrae.
Buckeye Butterfly.
Green Darner male.
The difference between male and female is, the abdomen is mostly blue, with green on segment 1 in males and greenish-brown or reddish-brown throughout in females.
Green Darner Female.
Here is one of my favorite insects, the Paper Wasp. The scientific name is Polistes
annularis. This species of paper wasp is my favorite of all paper wasps.
Here is another photo of a Paper Wasp, Polistes annularis . Here is the website
I got this photo from. Here is one more website,
where there is a photo of a queen.
And one more Polistes annularis.
Here is another species of paper wasp and the scientific name for this wasp is
Polistes exclamans.
of insects that might interest you.
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