NPR describes the joy of explorers finding “extinct” tree lobsters – the world’s largest known stick insects, once native only to Australia’s Lord Howe… Read the rest “Six-legged giant not extinct, found hiding on remote island.”
Science Daily dwells on a bizarre reversal of the usual order of things:
… Read the rest “Man bites dog; bug eats frog.”…[I]n an unprecedented predator-prey role reversal, a certain group of ground beetle larvae are able to lure
Because sometimes scuttling just isn’t enough. Wired gets up close and personal with the cockroach that, like its cricket cousins, jumps where it needs to go – and then some… Read the rest “Leaping cockroaches!”
As far as I can tell, the name of the volume from which this illustration came means “The Joy of Insects.”
I’m not making that up.
A.J. Rösel von Rosenhof… Read the rest “Science Art: Locusta Indica (from Insecten-Belustigang by A.J. Rösel von Rosenhof)”
Scientific American reveals the emotional life of bees. Yes, insects do have emotional lives:
… Read the rest “The birds and, uhhh….”Recently, studies by Geraldine Wright and her colleagues at Newcastle University in the
Mmm. Borer beetles. Or, more precisely, Wallace’s long-horn beetle.
Beetle-obsessed millionaire James Thomson’s book is on archive.org, but I found it via [Scientific… Read the rest “Science Art: Batocera Wallacei, from Archives entomologiques ou Recueil contenant des illustrations d’insectes nouveaux our rares by James Thomson, 1857”
Ants don’t actually spin webs.
This striking image is one of what will ultimately be more than 11,700 photographs – no, wait, multiply by three, 35,100 photographs… Read the rest “Science Art: CASENT0010677 (Cephalotes atratus), Antweb.”
National Geographic has some creepy new insights into one of nature’s creepiest reproductive strategies. The zombie ants – insects whose brains have been hijacked by the… Read the rest “The Soul of the Zombie Ant.”
Scientific American has a great guest post about a driven entomologist who discovered a new order of life… one that had eluded discovery by hanging around at South African truck stops… Read the rest “Truck stop life.”
From Insecten-Belustigung (Insect Amusements), a three-volume encyclopedia by 18th century German illustrator AJ Rösel von Rosenhof.
[via Bibliodyssey, via Keep… Read the rest “Helicoma spp + rhinoceros beetle, from Insecten-Belustigung, by AJ Rösel von Rosenhof, 1700s.”
It shouldn’t be surprising that The Optical Society likes getting a little flashy… but their beetle test subjects take things a little too far:
… Read the rest “Precious beetles.”Costa Rica was once regarded
Butterflies from the genus Euterpe, named for the muse of flute-playing and epic poetry known as the “giver of delight”… but also the name of a genus of South American… Read the rest “Science Art: Euterpe Teutamis &c. from Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies by William C. Hewitson, 1856”
Vladimir Nabokov. Modern literary genius. Darling of the New York Times. And now, certified brilliant entomological theorist:
… Read the rest “Nabokov knew his butterflies.”There were several plausible hypotheses for how the butterflies
Varroa mites, the BBC reminds us, are one of the worst enemies honeybees face in these difficult days. But now, there’s a genetic front opening in the war to save the hives:
… Read the rest “Gene weapon vs. bee killers”To tackle
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