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5 Interesting Bugs you can find in Ohio!

1. Spiny Oak Slug

The Spiny Oak Slug is an otherworldly multicolored wonder! Despite is name, "Slug," the Spiny Oak Slug is not a slug at all! It is a moth. The bizarre creature pictured above is a caterpillar. Though it looks very cool, be sure to avoid handling this animal with your bare hands. Those spikes on top of its body cause a painful sting!

This animal usually grows up to an inch in length! They are not incredibly large, but also not unnoticeably small. Green spots of a wide variety of shapes and sizes are commonly seen in the center of the wings. 

2. Common Scorpionfly

The Common Scorpionfly is a natural oddity! This insect, belonging to order mecoptera, gets its name from the stinger-like body part on its abdomen. It is reminiscent of a scorpion stinger. Despite its name, this animal is harmless!

The Common Scorpionfly can grow up to an inch! It is a fairly small insect that is still easy to find if you know how to look! 

3. Wheel Bug

The wheel bug, despite its unique appearance, belongs to a large order of insects, hemiptera. This insect, also known as a true bug, sports quite an interesting look! The animal is named after the wheel-like structure sticking upward on its pronotum.

Although this insect is capable of biting, don't fret! They are commonly between 1 and 4 centimeters long and are not considered aggressive! Their bite is not venomous, just painful. 

4. American Dagger Moth

The American Dagger Moth is yet another wild looking caterpillar! This insect has some unique looking larvae. This caterpillar is covered in a dangerous bright yellow, with fuzzy black spikes jutting upward from its body. This insect is certainly one to maintain caution around, the long hairs sticking up from its body can cause a painful toxic sting!

The adult form of the insect takes on a much friendlier appearance. Colored brindle and tan, with white spots lining certain areas of the wings, this moth can be up to 2.6 inches long! 

5. Calico Pennant

The Calico Pennant is a wonderful species of dragonfly! Named after the calico cat due to their similar color patterns, this dragonfly belongs to the largest family of dragonflies, libellulidae.

For a dragonfly, the Calico Pennant is actually relatively small! They are typically up to 1.3 inches. 

Photographers:

Spiny Oak Slug larvae:

Kyle Brooks 

Spiny Oak Slug:

Self

Common Scorpionfly:

B. Newton 

Dan Mullen

Christian Alessandro Perez-Martinez 

Wheel Bug:

Brandon Woo 

Kevin Heffernan 

Donald Hall 

American Dagger Moth larvae:

Will Brown 

Henry Hartly 

American Dagger Moth:

Tom Middagh 

Jim Farrell 

Calico Pennant:

Kim Smith 

Mary Kay Rubey 

Michael Powell 

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The author, Angela Hovak Johnston.

Johnston and Marjorie Tungwenuk Tahbone, traditional tattoo artist.

Catherine Niptanatiak: "I designed my own, something that represents me and who I am, something that I would be proud to wear and show off, and something that would make me feel confident and beautiful. . . . I have daughters and I would like to teach them what I know. I would like for them to want to practice our traditions and keep our culture alive."

Cecile Nelvana Lyall: "On my hand tattoos, from the top down, the triangles represent the mountains. . . . The Ys are the tools used in seal hunting. . . . The dots are my ancestors. . . . I am so excited to be able to truly call myself and Inuk woman."

Colleen Nivingalok: "The tattoos on my face represent my family and me. The lines on my chin are my four children -- my two older boys on the outside protecting my daughters. The lines on my cheeks represent the two boys and the two girls on either side. The one on my forehead represents their father and me. Together, we live for our children."

Doreen Ayalikyoak Evyagotailak: "I have thought about getting traditional tattoos since I was a teenager. . . . When I asked the elders if I could have my own meaning for my tattoos, they said it wouldn't matter. My tattoos symbolize my kids."

Mary Angele Takletok: "I always wanted traditional tattoos like the women in the old days. I wanted them on my wrists and my fingers so I could show I'm Inuk."

Melissa MacDonald Hinanik: "As a part of celebrating my heritage and revitalizing important traditional customs that form my identity, I believe I have earned my tattoos. I am a beautiful, strong young woman. I am a mother, a wife, a daughter, a friend, and an active community member. I reclaim the traditional customs as mine, I re-own them as a part of who I am."

Star Westwood: "We still have some of our culture, but some things are slowly dying. Having tattoos helps us keep our culture alive. . . . . My tattoos represent my dad and my dad's dad. The ones closest to my wrists represent my sisters."

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National Tattoo Day

July 17 is National Tattoo Day. To celebrate, we present some images from Reawakening Our Ancestors' Lines: Revitalizing Inuit Traditional Tattooing, compiled by Angela Hovak Johnston, co-founder with Marjorie Tahbone of the Inuit Tattoo Revitalization Project, with photographs by Inuit photographer Cora DeVos, and published in Iqaluit, Nunavut by Inhabit Media Inc. in 2017.

For thousands of years, Inuit have practiced the traditional art of tattooing. Created the ancient way, with bone needles and caribou sinew soaked in seal oil, sod, or soot, these tattoos were an important tradition for many Inuit women, symbols etched on their skin that connected them to their families and communities. But with the rise of missionaries and residential schools in the North, the tradition of tattooing was almost lost. In 2005, when Angela Hovak Johnston heard that the last Inuk woman tattooed in the old way had died, she set out to tattoo herself in tribute to this ancient custom and learn how to tattoo others. What was at first a personal quest became a project to bring the art of traditional tattooing back to Inuit women across Nunavut.

Collected in this book are photos and stories from more than two dozen women who participated in Johnston's project. Together, these women have united to bring to life an ancient tradition, reawakening their ancestors' lines and sharing this knowledge with future generations. Hovak Johnston writes: "Never again will these Inuit traditions be close to extinction, or only a part of history you read about in books. This is my mission."

Reawakening Our Ancestors' Lines forms part of our Indigenous America Literature Collection.

Angela Hovak Johnston (right) with her cousin Janelle Angulalik and her aunt Millie Navalik Angulalik.

View other posts from our Indigenous America Literature Collection.

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