Thursday 30 June 2016

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Fruit flies adjust to sudden drops in temperature, just keep buzzing about the fruit bowl

Fruit flies may seem simple, but these common visitors to the fruit bowl can drastically alter their...
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Wednesday 29 June 2016

Mountaineering ants use body heat to warm nests

Underground army ants can keep their nests – called bivouacs – warm with their body...
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khrysdiebee: lobo-de-luna: bees 5-25-16 I think the first two...

khrysdiebee: lobo-de-luna: bees 5-25-16 I think the first two are these weird Andrena with only...
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Sexual arms race drives range expansion in UK diving beetle species

Sexual conflict and relative mating success seems to be driving a dramatic shift in the distribution...
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Wordless Wednesday: Place in the Shade

On a hot day, sometimes you just need to find a place in the shade. Save Save from...
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Tuesday 28 June 2016

Biologists explain function of Pentagone

How do the cells in a human embryo know where they are located in the body and how they should...
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sinobug: Flatid Planthopper (Cerynia maria, Flatidae,...

sinobug: Flatid Planthopper (Cerynia maria, Flatidae, Hemiptera) by Sinobug (itchydogimages) on...
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Fungi can be used to control filth fly adults, reduce egg laying

Researchers have found that commercial formulations containing entomopathogenic fungi can not only...
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Monday 27 June 2016

Ladykiller: Artificial sweetener proves deadly for female flies

In testing multiple artificial sweeteners, a research team found that one was particularly deadly...
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thesummerofmoths: Hickory Tussock Moth

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Sunday 26 June 2016

Insects were already using camouflage 100 million years ago

Those who go to a masked ball consciously slip into a different role, in order to avoid being...
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Saturday 25 June 2016

Ties Between Human Agriculture and the Distribution of Squash Bees

The impact of human activity on bees is a hot topic right now, and often the news is negative. In a...
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Friday 24 June 2016

Sparrows with unfaithful 'wives' care less for their young

Sparrows form pair bonds that are normally monogamous, but many females are unfaithful to their...
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Chaining up to move a hefty meal

Researchers have documented the first known instance of insects moving prey by forming chains. In...
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Neonicotinoid pesticides cause harm to honeybees

One possible cause of the alarming bee mortality we are witnessing is the use of the very active...
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Thursday 23 June 2016

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Major review of Zika evidence highlights lack of understanding

A major review of the Zika virus has concluded that further research to understand the nature of the...
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Wednesday 22 June 2016

Rare moth in severe decline at its last English site

Numbers of a rare species of moth – found only in York in England – have tumbled in...
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50 Shades of WRONG: Disturbing Insect Sex

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Bees are more productive in the city than in surrounding regions

Bees pollinate plants more frequently in the city than in the country even though they are more...
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Barrier screens reduce damage from brown marmorated stink bug

Barrier screens with different mesh sizes were evaluated for their ability to exclude the brown...
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Tuesday 21 June 2016

Ants and Wild Parsnip

Looking for ants? Sometimes it is only a matter of finding the right plant. Most people know ants...
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Itchy inflammation of mosquito bites helps viruses replicate

University of Leeds study has found that inflammation where a mosquito has bitten not only helps a...
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Fighting experience makes beetles better mothers, study shows

Female beetles that are seasoned fighters put more effort into raising their offspring than mothers...
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How artists classified the animal kingdom

In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries artists were fascinated by how the animal kingdom was...
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briargeese: Busy night at the porch lights, newly emerged...

briargeese: Busy night at the porch lights, newly emerged moths, a wasp, and a poor beetle with a...
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Droppings activate the immune system in nestlings

Until now, it was believed that birds removed droppings from their nests to avoid the appearance of...
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Monday 20 June 2016

Rediscovering a wasp after 101 years

A species of wasp that is a natural enemy of a wood-boring beetle that kills black locust trees has...
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Sunday 19 June 2016

How is Honey Made by the Bee? Spoiler Alert: It isn't Vomit...

At the Carter Center on Saturday at the Butterfly Trail Discovery Day, I had to field questions over...
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Insects

The insects are one of the most successful types of living organism, with roughly half of all...
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coolbugs: Bug of the Day Love this Maple Looper (Parallelia...

coolbugs: Bug of the Day Love this Maple Looper (Parallelia bistriaris) that was on my window...
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Saturday 18 June 2016

Mrs. Rosalynn Carter Becomes a Beekeeper and I was THERE!

Today at the Carter Center in Atlanta, Rosalyn Carter had an event to encourage the perpetuation of...
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sinobug: Damselfly (Calicnemia erythromelas, Platycnemididae),...

sinobug: Damselfly (Calicnemia erythromelas, Platycnemididae), female by Sinobug (itchydogimages)...
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Friday 17 June 2016

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Mosquito saliva increases disease severity following dengue virus infection

Insects transmit diseases when, probing for blood vessels, they inject saliva together with viral,...
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Thursday 16 June 2016

candyfog: Weird stuff happens when I’m bored… One time I put...

candyfog: Weird stuff happens when I’m bored… One time I put mine in a mouse-sized exercise...
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Wednesday 15 June 2016

Bee McBeeface and Beeyoncé win internet poll to name university's bees

A Swedish university conducted a web poll to name the queens of the campus’ two new honey bee...
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khrysdiebee: riddlesolved: speakingofnature: The bumble bees...

khrysdiebee: riddlesolved: speakingofnature: The bumble bees found the Wild Lupines (Lupinus...
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Bee vampire picks the right host to suck

New insights into the reproductive secrets of one of the world’s tiniest and most destructive...
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How the butterfly got its spots

By tweaking just one or two genes, Cornell University researchers have altered the patterns on a...
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Tuesday 14 June 2016

buggirl: I still haven’t posted all my photos from my last trip...

buggirl: I still haven’t posted all my photos from my last trip to the Amazon.  I should get on...
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Sunflower pollen protects bees from parasites

Solitary mason bees specializing on sunflower pollen were not attacked by a common brood-parasitic...
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New discovery may improve future mosquito control

Major rainfall across most of Texas triggering hordes of mosquitoes coupled with seemingly constant...
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Monday 13 June 2016

nprbooks: Top image courtesy Justin Schmidt. Horrified shivers...

nprbooks: Top image courtesy Justin Schmidt. Horrified shivers all your own. If you think your job...
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New insights on how bees battle deadly varroa mite by grooming

Scientists have compared the ability of two strains of honey bees to defend themselves against the...
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Sunday 12 June 2016

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Saturday 11 June 2016

petcockroaches: This is “Boyfriend”, named for being the first...

petcockroaches: This is “Boyfriend”, named for being the first of my roaches to do the hissing...
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X-ray snapshot of butterfly wings reveals underlying physics of color

A team of physicists that visualized the internal nanostructure of an intact butterfly wing has...
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Native Olympia oysters more resilient to ocean acidification, study finds

Native Olympia oysters, which once thrived along the Pacific Northwest coast until over-harvesting...
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Friday 10 June 2016

animaltoday: Black Beauty Stick Insect (Peruphasma...

animaltoday: Black Beauty Stick Insect (Peruphasma schultei) - Discovered just 7 years ago, this...
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Filarial nematodes taking a fancy to Austria

In Austria, the parasitic roundworms Dirofilaria repens and Dirofilaria immitis are usually...
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Thursday 9 June 2016

New Website launched to Help People Take a Better Look at the Variety of Nature and Insect Kits Available in the Market Today | Press Releases

A new unique website NaturesIncredible com was recently launched to help people take a better look...
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Bookmarks from Sourpop | Bookmark4You

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Conversation - The Top Link

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Conversation - The Top Link

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businessprofile1 is Checklist of Nature's Incredible! Pages http://ift.tt/20IAn4d - #l3bcrz - Plurk

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samullary's SiteJot

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Conversation - The Top Link

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joetiserre's SiteJot

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Bookmarks from Marthamusalik | Bookmark4You

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Insect Lore's Butterfly Kit Contents - a review - YouTube

How did we got on with this kit? - http://ift.tt/1WWXHNR Looking to raise your own butterflies at...
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sinobug: Hawk Moth Caterpillar (Sphingidae) Whereas many...

Hawk Moth Caterpillar (Sphingidae) Hawk Moth Caterpillar (Sphingidae)sinobug: Hawk Moth...
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The Texas butterfly effect

How can scientists better understand summer monarch butterfly populations in the Midwest? Check...
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Weak bees make strong colonies

Colonies of the Eastern honey bee, the original host of parasitic Varroa destructor mites, survive...
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Researchers map mosquitoes that transmit Zika, Dengue by county

A new article features maps of counties in the United States where the mosquitoes known as Aedes...
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Ancient ants leaving a modern trail

It is thought that ants evolved about 150 million years ago and have risen to dominance in the past...
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Wednesday 8 June 2016

coolbugs: Bug of the Day I LOVE LAMP! (First Spring Fishfly...

coolbugs: Bug of the Day I LOVE LAMP! (First Spring Fishfly [Chauliodes rastricornis] of the year,...
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Marine invertebrate larvae actively respond to their surroundings

Using larvae of sea urchins as test examples, scientists have found that these little creatures...
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Bees in Bedford

I’m at a professional conference in Bedford, Pennsylvania at the Omni Bedford Springs resort....
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Tuesday 7 June 2016

How honeybees do without males

An isolated population of honeybees, the Cape bees, living in South Africa has evolved a strategy to...
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Monday 6 June 2016

queenhedorah: Well, this is certainly new for me. This is the...

queenhedorah: Well, this is certainly new for me. This is the first time I’ve ever seen courtship...
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More than just hippos and crocs: The hidden biodiversity of the iSimangaliso Wetland Park

Lake St. Lucia, South Africa, may be the famous tourist drawcard in the iSimangaliso Wetland Park,...
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Residents concerned about use of genetically modified mosquitoes to curb insect population

A small survey of residents of a Florida Keys neighborhood where officials hope to release...
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One of eight new endemic polyester bees from Chile bears the name of a draconic Pokemon

Among the eight new bee species that Ph.D. student Spencer Monckton has discovered as part of his...
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New Cretaceous fossils shed light on the early evolution of ants

Researchers in China describe a new bizarre ant, Ceratomyrmex ellenbergeri, from 99-million-year-old...
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Sunday 5 June 2016

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Lion

Lions are the only truly cats, with related females living together in prides overseen by male...
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Saturday 4 June 2016

sinobug: Shield-backed Jewel Bug (perhaps Poecilocoris sp.,...

Shield-backed Jewel Bug (perhaps Poecilocoris sp., Scutelleridae) Shield-backed Jewel Bug (perhaps...
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Sparrows with unfaithful 'wives' care less for their young

A new study shows that male sparrows can judge if a spouse is prone to infidelity, providing less...
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Friday 3 June 2016

markunsan: Damselfly

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Rivers and streams

Rivers and streams, burns, brooks and springs – the names are varied but the flora and fauna all...
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Kevin Pate (panyin)'s status on Saturday, 21-Mar-15 03:17:10 PDT - The Top Link

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Thursday 2 June 2016

mcveezor: ‘Sup human.

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Wednesday 1 June 2016

'Jumping gene' took peppered moths to the dark side in Industrial Revolution

Researchers have identified and dated the genetic mutation that gave rise to the black form of the...
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sinobug: Cicada (Tosena paviei, Cicadidae) by Sinobug...

Cicada (Tosena paviei, Cicadidae) Cicada (Tosena paviei, Cicadidae)sinobug: Cicada (Tosena paviei,...
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Genetic switch that turned moths black also colors butterflies

The same gene that enables tropical butterflies to mimic each other’s bright and colorful...
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Scientists pioneer new method to classify praying mantises

Scientists have pioneered a new method to identify praying mantises. They described a new species of...
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