The Red-headed Woodpeckers stand out in the avian world. Its red head resembles a ripe apple, and black upperparts and white underparts contrast its medium-sized frame. 

This species is found in the eastern and central United States, extending west to the Rockies. They live in open woodlands, orchards, parks, and residential areas. 

Moreover, dead trees are a preferred nesting and food storage location, which makes them vulnerable to habitat loss.

The Red-headed Woodpecker has a diverse diet, consuming a variety of insects, seeds, berries, nuts, fruits, and even bird eggs. It can catch insects in mid-flight, similar to a flycatcher.

Lewis's Woodpecker has a green-black upper body, while its face and chest have a pinkish-red blush, setting it apart from other woodpeckers. They also fly like a crow.

The Lewis's Woodpecker lives in the western regions of North America. Its habitat ranges from the open pine woods of British Columbia and Alberta in Canada to the fragmented forests of Arizona and New Mexico in the United States. 

This type of woodpecker has a unique way of catching insects mid-flight, similar to a flycatcher. When it doesn't want insects, it eats berries and nuts.

Acorn Woodpeckers feature a black-and-white pattern with a red cap, while their faces have a detailed black, white, and red pattern. Their unique facial features, which include striking white eyes surrounded by black, white, and red patterns, have earned them the title of jesters of the bird world.

Living in the Western United States oak woodlands, Acorn Woodpeckers are known to hoard and eat acorns, similar to squirrels. They drill precise holes in trees to store each acorn, sometimes resulting in thousands of acorns stored in a single tree. 

Likewise, these woodpeckers have a diverse diet that includes insects, sap, fruits, and sometimes even bird eggs or small animals.

The Gila Woodpecker has a red cap and shades of brown and gray. Males have red caps, a defining characteristic of this medium-sized bird. 

It is named after the Gila River Basin and is vital in the local ecosystem, living among the Saguaro cactus forests in Southern Arizona and western Mexico.

They are active during the early morning and late afternoon, often near the saguaro cactus, which provides habitat, food, shelter, and water for the birds. 

Likewise, this bird feeds mainly on insects found on the cacti, but they also consume fruits, berries, and cactus flowers. 

They are loyal to their nesting sites and often reuse the same hole for breeding. During the breeding season, the Gila Woodpecker becomes territorial and will defend its space with aggressive displays.

The Great Spotted Woodpecker is a bird species in Europe and northern Asia. It has black and white plumage, with males having a red dash on the back of their heads. This bird has a stout beak and a long, sticky tongue, perfectly adapted for drilling into tree trunks and catching insects. 

Its diet consists mainly of insects, including seeds, nuts, and bird eggs. Moreover, the Great Spotted Woodpecker is adaptable, making its home in various environments, including forests, parks, and gardens.

The Golden-fronted Woodpecker is easily recognizable thanks to the golden patch on its forehead. This bird is on the larger side, standing at 8.7 to 10.2 inches. 

Males have a vibrant red cap, while females have a black one. Their bodies are primarily grey, with barred back and wings, white underparts, and a yellow nape. 

These types of woodpeckers live in Central and North America, ranging from the southern regions of the United States to Nicaragua. Their preferred habitats include open woodlands, savannas, scrublands, and palm groves. They also adapt to residential areas and perch on utility poles. 

The Golden-fronted Woodpeckers eat insects, fruits, seeds, and small reptiles or mammals. They have a unique way of foraging where they peck at the ground like a flicker and use their long tongue to extract insects from crevices.

The Ladder-backed Woodpecker is a bird species with a distinctive black and white "ladder" pattern. This pattern helps it blend seamlessly into its preferred arid habitats, such as open woodlands, scrublands, and deserts. 

This bird typically inhabits the southwestern United States and Mexico, particularly in areas with mesquite, yucca, and cacti.

The Ladder-backed Woodpecker prefers particular habitats that attract insects such as beetles and ants. During the winter, insect populations decrease, so it adapts its diet to fruits and seeds. 

Additionally, they can thrive in natural and artificial environments, making it a common sight in urban and suburban areas. Despite its prevalence, it often lives in the shadow of its well-known counterparts, the Downy and Hairy Woodpeckers.

Tucked away in the pine-oak woodlands of Southeastern Arizona and Southwestern New Mexico is the Arizona Woodpecker. It is the only woodpecker in North America with a brown back. 

While its scientific name suggests that it lives only in Arizona, it can also be found in the Sierra Madre Occidental of Western Mexico.

This type of woodpecker has white "ladder" markings on its brown plumage that sets it apart from other woodpeckers. Males have a red cap at the back of their heads, whereas females don't. 

It primarily feeds on insects such as beetles and ants that it skillfully extracts from bark crevices or wood. Likewise, it occasionally eats fruits and berries when they're available. 

The Arizona Woodpecker is about 7-8 inches long and probes around tree trunks and branches for food. Unlike other woodpeckers, it communicates with calls and body signals rather than drumming on trees.

Beetles, belonging to the order Coleoptera, are incredibly diverse insects that comprise a quarter of all known living organisms! There are an estimated 400,000 identified species of beetles, with so many species yet to be discovered1. Among them, there are size variations that would make your jaw drop.

On one end of the scale, we have the almost invisible feather-winged beetles, no larger than 0.01 inches. The Fringed Ant Beetle (Nymphister Kronaueri) is the smallest known beetle and measures around 0.25 millimeters in length. On the other end, the Goliath Beetle, which can grow to 6.7 inches and weigh 1.8 ounces, is one of the longest and heaviest insects in the world.

Furthermore, beetles live in almost every habitat except the extreme polar regions. They live in the driest deserts and the wettest tropical rainforests!

One interesting fact about beetles is that they use a form of pollination known as "mess and soil" pollination. Unlike bees and butterflies, these insects can eat all parts of a plant, from pollen and other floral tissues to even the bark of trees. They even poop within the flowers.

They are the primary pollinators of primitive flowering plants like cycads, magnolias, and water lilies. These plants often have large, bowl-shaped, or cup-shaped flowers that are more open and accessible to beetles than those targeted by bees or butterflies.