Convolvulaceae, known commonly as the bindweed or morning glory family, is a family of about 60 genera and more than 1,650 species of mostly herbaceous vines, but also trees, shrubs and herbs, and also including the sweet potato and a few other food tubers.
"Sardine" and "pilchard" are common names used to refer to various small, oily fish in the herring family Clupeidae. The term "sardine" was first used in English during the early 15th century and may come from the Mediterranean island of Sardinia, around which sardines were once abundant.
Papaver dahlianum, commonly called the Svalbard poppy, is a poppy species common on Svalbard, north-eastern Greenland and a small area of northern Norway. It is the symbolic flower of Svalbard. Some sources regard this species as part of Papaver radicatum.
Sardinops is a monotypic genus of sardines of the family Clupeidae. The only member of the genus is Sardinops sagax. It is found in the Indo-Pacific and East Pacific oceans. Its length is up to 40 cm (16 in). It has numerous common or vernacular names, some of which more appropriately refer to subspecies, including blue pilchard, Australian pilchard, blue-bait, Californian pilchard, Peruvian Pacific sardine(S. s. sagax), South American pilchard, Chilean sardine, Japanese pilchard, Pacific sardine, and Southern African pilchard.
The Peruvian Pacific sardine is a subspecies of the South American pilchard found in Peru. Related species of international importance include Sardinops caeruleus (USA), S. melanosticta (Japan), and Sardina pilchardus (Spain). Its geographical distribution extends from the Gulf of Guayaquil (Ecuador) up to Talcahuano (Chile). The most important location of the fish in Peru is Paita, Parachique, Santa Rosa, and Chimbote.
Papaver radicatum is a species of poppy known by the common names Arctic poppy, rooted poppy, and yellow poppy.
Silphinae is a subfamily of burying beetles or carrion beetles. There are 113 extant species of this subfamily, in two tribus and in 14 genera.
Not to be confused with Michoacan deer mouse.
Palmodes is a genus of thread-waisted wasps in the family Sphecidae. There are more than 20 described species in Palmodes.
Vanonus is a genus of ant-like leaf beetles in the family Aderidae. There are about 16 described species in Vanonus.
Thanatophilus lapponicus, the northern carrion beetle, is a species of carrion beetle in the family Silphidae. It is found in Europe & Northern Asia, Central America, and North America.
Thanatophilus is a genus of carrion beetles in the family Silphidae. There are about 12 described species in Thanatophilus.
Tabanus sagax is a species of horse fly in the family Tabanidae.
Proteides mercurius, the mercurial skipper, is a species of dicot skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, Central America, North America, and South America.
Marpesia chiron, the many-banded daggerwing, is a species of daggerwings, map butterflies in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Central America, North America, and South America.
Vanonus sagax is a species of ant-like leaf beetle in the family Aderidae. It is found in North America.
Thanatophilus truncatus is a species of carrion beetle in the family Silphidae. It is found in Central America and North America.
Gonia sagax is a species of bristle fly in the family Tachinidae. It is found in North America.
Thanatophilus coloradensis is a species of carrion beetle in the family Silphidae. It is found in North America.
Thanatophilus trituberculatus is a species of carrion beetle in the family Silphidae. It is found in North America.
