Preparatory to a subsequent toot, I share this excellent chart of a Comprehensive Guide to Yellow Stripey things that I wish I could attribute, but I cannot. Possibly via @rosemarymosco who is very informative about bugs, birds, nature.
An international research team including the University of Göttingen has described seven previously unknown species of leaf insects, also known as walking leaves. The insects belong to the stick and leaf insect order, which are known for their unusual appearance: they look confusingly similar to parts of plants such as twigs,...
I just accidently picked up a house centipede with my bare hands. Please send a firetruck and priest as I will be burning the house down and need an exorcism for the heebie jeebies. #bugs#bugstodon#housekeeping
Longhorn Bees have been gathering in groups in our Tucson, AZ, USA yard to sleep on the dried-out flower stems of our Brittlebush. We’ve seen up to 40 of these each night recently so I drew a few of them for my Perpetual Journal this week.
Do fruit flies remember their larval lives? To find out, scientists made the neurons inside larvae glow, then tracked how they reshuffled as they formed adult brains.
A beautiful faux stained glass dragonfly flitting in the grasses and cattails of a wetlands pond. These little creatures are also called Mosquito Hawks because they love to feast on those pesky mosquitos. Hope you enjoy this latest creation.
Set of insects and spiders stamps released from the US in 1999. Interesting choices here as they included some less appealing ones, which is cool. Cant believe a bee wasnt included though! Props for including a Hemiptera and scorpionfly, which I don't see in media ever. #stamps#insects#bugs#entomology
Interesting fact*, green bottle flies only get their shiny green and golden bodies after extensive decorative work. They start off the same red as their eyes.
Today on #wildlife (and yes, 'urban' wildlife is wildlife too) which share our homes with us, are actually beneficial, but which we are blissfully oblivious about, we meet the painted meal #moth (Pyralis pictalis) - finger-tip for size comparision in pic. no. 2.
These tiny moths (15-34 mm.) complete their entire life-cycle inside of our homes, with their caterpillars feeding on the eggs of #bedbugs - that's right! Free pest control!
Photographed this little Cloudless Sulphur Butterfly sipping nectar from a purple Morning Glory on one of our visits to Western North Carolina. Isn’t Nature wonderful to give us so many beautiful things to see?
Another reminder that as far as I can tell, the wonderful @Buglife are the only UK conservation charity with an active presence on mastodon, and they're great! Give them a follow #insectodon#invertebrates#bugs#bugstodon
Curious and cryptic: New leaf insects discovered (phys.org)
An international research team including the University of Göttingen has described seven previously unknown species of leaf insects, also known as walking leaves. The insects belong to the stick and leaf insect order, which are known for their unusual appearance: they look confusingly similar to parts of plants such as twigs,...
How Insect Brains Melt and Rewire During Metamorphosis (www.wired.com)
Do fruit flies remember their larval lives? To find out, scientists made the neurons inside larvae glow, then tracked how they reshuffled as they formed adult brains.