• Adaptation: an alteration in the structure or function of an organism to become better fitted to survive & multiply in its environment
  • Aesthetic: having a sense of the beautiful
  • Aphids: tiny soft-bodied insects of the family Aphididae that suck the sap from stems and leaves of various plants
  • Beneficial Insects: insects that provide valuable services to plants such as pollination and preying upon pest insects
  • Biodiversity: diversity among and within plant and animal species within an environment
  • Biodiversity Index: a measure that reflects how many different types of species are in a dataset
  • Brood: a number of young produced or hatched at one time
  • Caterpillar: the wormlike larva of a butterfly or moth
  • Chrysalis: the hard-shelled pupa of a moth or butterfly
  • Circulation: the act of moving in a circle or circuit, or flowing
  • Conservation: to carefully utilize or preserve utilize natural resources in order to prevent depletion
  • Ecosystem: a system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms within their environment
  • Exoskeleton: an external covering of crustaceans or insects
  • Garden pests: insects which harm crops, humans, and ecosystems
  • Green roof: a roof covered with vegetation; designed for its aesthetic value and to optimize energy conservation
  • Habitat: the natural environment of an organism
  • Hemolymph: a fluid in the body cavities and tissues of invertebrates (animals that lack a backbone)
  • Host Plants: plants that provide food and shelter for butterfly eggs and larvae
  • Integrated Pest Management: an approach to controlling pests which considers all available pest control techniques
  • Larva: the immature, wingless, feeding stage of an insect undergoing complete metamorphosis
  • Lepidoptery: the branch of zoology dealing with butterflies and moths
  • Marauders: those who raid for plunder
  • Metamorphosis: a profound change in form from one stage to the next in the life cycle of an organism
  • Migration: the process of moving from one place to another
  • Native plants: plants that are indigenous to an area
  • Plot Sampling: a method for measuring a large forested area without having to measure each individual tree
  • Pollination: to transfer pollen from the anthers to the stigma of a flower
  • Proboscis: the elongate, protruding mouth parts of certain insects
  • Pupa: an insect in the non-feeding stage of metamorphosis
  • Roofing Paper: a heavy paper infused with tar used to waterproof a roof
  • Species: the major subdivision of a genus or subgenus, composed of related individuals that resemble one another
  • Syrphid Fly: also known as Hoverflies, a beneficial insect which only feeds on other insects during its larval stage
  • Thorax: part of the body between the head and the abdomen