On Thursday, the inaugural Luminar Bug Photography Awards announced its winners. The winning images, which render insects in exquisite detail, bring a whole new meaning to the term “close-up.” Mofeed Shalwa,...
Facts about insects
Love them or hate them we need them! Insects provide are useful to mankind and the environment. They control pests and pollinate our food crops. As sanitation experts, they are responsible for cleaning up waste and keeping our environment safe from slurry! I have collected a few articles here on the different types of common insects.
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Army ants form colonies of millions yet have no permanent home. They march through the jungle each night in search of new foraging ground. Along the …
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Bulgarian photographer Georgi Georgiev combines his love for photography with his background studying ecology to take eye-catching images of nature. His macro photography explores the small world of insects...
A new study suggests that 40 percent of insect species are in decline, a sobering finding that has jarred researchers worldwide. Rocky Mountain locusts once gathered in such large numbers that they blotted...
Beetle-mania. Beetles are the largest group in the Animal Kingdom, representing about a fourth of all animals. Currently, more than 350,000 beetle …
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Arriving on the scene around 300 million years ago, dragonflies were one of the first insects to inhabit this planet. They've had a long time to …
Do you want to know all about the kind of insects that might be crawling around in your home? Are you curious about the different types of insects …
Ants are common insects, but they have some unique capabilities. More than 10,000 known ant species occur around the world. They are especially prevalent in tropical forests, where they may be up to half...
• House centipedes are known for killing pests, like roaches, moths, flies, and termites that might otherwise lurk under your furniture.• The 15-legged critter uses the two legs near its head to carry...
Clade: Anthophila Status: Not Listed Classification: Invertebrate Like all insects, a bee’s body is divided into three parts: a head with two antennae, …
Spiders are arachnids, a class of arthropods that also includes scorpions, mites, and ticks. There are more than 45,000 known species of spiders, found in habitats all over the world. There’s a spider...
Wasps get a bad rap. And sometimes, they deserve it. Bumblebees don’t swarm your barbecue the moment you pour the lemonade. Butterflies won’t nest by the hundreds in your rafters, then sting you for the...
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