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1. As we sit outside on a summer evening in the gloaming, a natural light display occurs courtesy of a winged flying insect. What is NOT a common name for these lovely creatures and their larvae?
2. When the sun sets, an endangered species in the American Midwest emerges to hunt. They sport large broad wings, a big heart-shaped white face and are monogamous. What are they called?
3. The Zika virus is passed by which insect, that typically appears in the twilight time around water?
4. I'm a solitary and nomadic nocturnal animal. I have a unique survival tactic - I pretend to be dead. I close my eyes, salivate and release a bad smell from my bottom. I also go stiff for as long as four hours. What am I?
5. I moved into a new apartment in the Midwest US state of Nebraska. I put my belongings away and went to bed. I woke up in the night and went into the kitchen for a drink. When I turned on the light, I discovered unwelcome insect roomies. Which would NOT be one of these?
6. As the gloaming melds into evening hours, other animals enter the world's environment. Which is NOT one that would typically appear at this time?
7. Bruce Wayne would love this evening occurrence in New Mexico. Each night around sunset, many creatures emerge from Carlsbad Cavern. What are they?
8. I am a large nocturnal mammal who lives in Africa. My name refers to a sweet natural substance. Interestingly, I have a "suffocating smell" from an anterior gland that I use to calm bees when I raid their hives. Who am I?
9. I emerge in the evening and feed on the blood of living animals. I am known as a "true mammalian parasite." Found in the New World Tropics (Argentina to New Mexico), I gently use my sharp fangs to obtain my blood meal on a sleeping victim. Who am I?
10. In the evening, fluttery insects appear around our outside lights. They are lovely but tend to fly too close to the hot bulbs, sometimes with tragic results. Which is the largest member of this nocturnal family?
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