The Golden Tortoise Beetle (Charidotella sexpunctata bicolor) is a small, common North American beetle. Most of the time it's an iridescent gold, but when it is disturbed, the beetle alters the reflectivity of its exoskeleton and changes color from gold to red, with ladybug-like markings ( Read more... )

I'm surprised this hasn't turned up here yet. First post; if I did anything wrong, please let me know.

Every now and then, especially in insects, evolution leads to some very unpleasant mating strategies. The world's many seed beetles (Callosobruchus genus, many species worldwide) are good examples. If you're a male seed beetle , the longer the ( Read more... )

A rather fascinating page on parasites.

ETA HURRRR, I posted the 1,337th entry!

I was trying to find an image of a giraffe and found these lovely guys!


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http://www.cracked.com/article_15926_15-most-bizarre-animal-mating-rituals.html

Some are more common knowledge, but there's a few of what I'd consider more obscure facts tossed in.

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