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Flower Mantis Natural History
Evolution has produced some creatures with extraordinary abilities. One of those abilities commonly seen in the animal kingdom is mimicry. Insects and other animals will evolve to look like other creatures as a means of survival. One of the most impressive examples of mimicry in the animal kingdom is the […]
Entomophagy
Entomophagy refers to the human consumption of insects and arthropods as food. Entomophagy is an old practice as humans have been eating insects ever since we evolutionary emerged. In fact, on a geological timescale, the human move to non-insect animal sources of food is somewhat a new development. It is […]
Insect Courtship: The Real-Life Love Bug
Insects basically have two programmed instinctual drives: find some food and find some mate. While insects have devised fascinating ways to get food, that is not the focus of this article. Today, we want to talk about all the crazy and flirtatious courtship rituals insects perform when looking for mates. […]
Cicada Natural History
Credit: Pixabay Walk outside on a warm summer day and you will probably hear the gentle buzz of cicadas all around. These buzzy boys are one of the most well-known insects and have some extremely interesting features and behaviors that make them an object of cultural […]
The Study Оf Butterflies Hearing Thrоugh Thеіr Wings
Thіѕ study focuses оn thе functional organization оf а morphologically unusual tympanal membrane fоund іn thе tropical butterfly Morpho peleides. Althоugh butterflies wеrе оnсе thought tо bе deaf, increasing literature shows thаt thе presence оf а tympanal ear іѕ nоt оnlу widespread аmоng ѕоmе taxa but аlѕо morphologically diverse. Thіѕ […]
Sunset Moth Natural History
Credit: B Dupont via WikiCommons CC-BY-SA 2.0 Did you know that an estimated 90% of species in Madagascar are endemic and not found anywhere else in the world? Island regions like Madagascar are often subject to unique selection pressures, which results in all kinds of fantastical […]
Zombie Ants and the Cordyceps Fungus
Zombies are one of the most popular pop culture horror tropes and have been gracing the silver screen, TV, and video games for a generation. While mostly given a supernatural explanation, some works of fiction try to give a more-or-less scientific explanation for their walking dead, whether it’s a virus, […]