One of my favorite insects from the United States that cannot be found anywhere else, besides in Canada, is the Luna moth (scientific name: Actias luna)! Their lifespan is around a week and some spare change. The wingspan of the Luna moth is about three to four inches wide, making them around the size of an iPhone. When they are in the caterpillar stage, they have a diet that consists of the leaves of walnut, hickory, sweet gum, and paper birch trees (National Geographic). After they start to make their cocoon to emerge as a moth, they lose their mouth and digestive system, since they do not eat anymore once they are a fully grown moth. Luna moths are prey insects, their predators are bats! To protect themselves from the bats, they grow their…show more content… These pink birds have a diet of crustaceans, aquatic insects, frogs, newts, and very small fish (“Animals of Guatemala”). These birds are considered carnivores (piscivores), which just means that their diets mainly consist of fish, basically the animal version of pescatarian. The main difference between male and female Roseate Spoonbills are their body and bill sizes. Male Roseate Spoonbills have a slightly larger anatomy which is accompanied by a longer bill (“Roseate Spoonbill - Ajaia Ajaja - NatureWorks”). Roseate Spoonbills are social birds, they live in large groups with other spoonbills, but they can even live with other birds in their species group. Some of the birds they will live with are ibises, storks, herons, egrets, and cormorants. When flying, Roseate Spoonbills fly diagonally with their legs and neck stretched out. In the 1800s, the Roseate Spoonbill population experienced some threatening number drops as they were being hunted for their feathers. Their feathers would be used for ladies' hats and fans, but their population was also threatened by pollution and habitat loss from drainage (“Roseate Spoonbill - Ajaia Ajaja -
