This Bizarre Larva Has a Fake Face to Fool Termites
This rare blow fly species has larvae that fit right in with the termites down to copying their odor.
Tag: entomology
Sixty Years Ago, We Nearly Wiped Out Bed Bugs. Then, They Started Changing
Driven to the brink of extinction, bed bugs adapted—and now pesticides are almost useless against them.
These “Ants” Use Ultrablack to Warn Predators — and Stay Cool
Velvet ants, actually flightless wasps, boast an ultrablack exoskeleton thanks to dense nanostructures.
Couple donates their $10 million insect collection to Arizona University
A heartwarming story of two brilliant and passionate researchers.
Farmer ants draft parasite ants as mercenaries
Ants are absolutely fascinating creatures. Not only have they discovered farming and animal husbandry thousands of years before us (sometimes ...
Mysterious engineering insect builds white-picket fence to protect egg nest
While browsing reddit the other day, I came across a most peculiar finding. One of the users, Decapod73 or Tony Alexander in ...
