Bee
Small insects, massive pollination power
Conservation Threats
Urbanization
Expansion of cities and human settlements into wildlife habitats
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Housefly
Small fly, big public-health impact.
Cricket
Small insect, big night song
Writing Spider
The garden's original "web writer."
Fruit Fly
The tiny fly that mapped our genes
Maggot
Nature's recyclers in larval form
Woodrat
Midden builders of the North American night
Gazelle
Born to sprint the open plains
Blue Belly Lizard
Blue-belly push-ups on every fence
Praying Mantis
Built to sit, see, and seize
Gnat
Tiny flies, huge diversity.
Worm
Many lineages, one wormy shape
River Otter
Built for rivers, born to slide
Song Thrush
Repeat the phrase-own the dawn.
Ambrosia Beetle
Farm fungi. Tunnel wood. Rule trees.
Jumping Spider
Big vision. Bold jumps.
Harris's Hawk
The hawk that hunts as a team
Bed Bugs
Flat, fast, and hard to spot
Firefly
Living lanterns with coded light
Tick
Small bite, big impact
Deathwatch Beetle
The beetle that built the deathwatch legend
Squash Beetle
A lady beetle with a taste for squash
Long-Tailed Tit
Long tail, tight flock, big personality
Eurasian Nuthatch
The headfirst trunk-climber