Over the past few years the pine borer beetle has devastated the pine tree population of east Tennessee. Some entire forests have no pine trees left which changes the plant population.
spp.) resting on the outside wall near the entrance of my school. The males have HUGE mandibles (mouthparts), but they are harmless; the less threatening-looking females have a painful bite! Don't mess with female insects! Check out her cool-looking antennae!
, it had earlier been a nymph called a "hellgramite". The large, aquatic nymph is as scary looking as its name. (See next photo)
