Desert Insects
Insects & Spiders in the Desert Biome
Desert Animals: Mammals | Birds | Fish | Reptiles | Amphibians | Insects, Spiders, Invertebrates
Desert Animal Survival: How animals adapt to the desert.
Classification: How desert plants and animals are classified.
Below is a list of insects that live in the desert with links to more information on each one.
Learn how they survive in the desert biome.
INSECTS & SPIDERS
Ants
Bees
Beetles
Butterflies
Moths
Spiders
- Black Widow
Spiders
- Brown Recluse Spider
- Brown Widow Spider
- Garden Spider
- Solpugids, Camel Spiders - Wind Scorpions
- Tarantulas
- Wolf Spider
Flying Insects
Miscellaneous
- Aphid
- Bed Bugs
- Centipedes
- Leeches
- Cochineal Scale
on Cactus
- Fairy Shrimp
- Scorpions
- Stinkbugs
- Ticks
- Termites
- Walking Stick
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Books & Stuff
General Information
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- Desert Food Chain: An Introduction
- Insect Diversity
- Discover the World of Insects
- Debunking Myths About Rattlesnakes, Scorpions and Tartantulas.
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