Piotr Naskrecki got an interesting photo of an unusual fly.


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A link worth following


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Gwen Pearson on Adorable Bees That Live Inside Snail Shells

Osmia bicolor is one of the first bees of spring, emerging as early as February in their native range of South England and Wales. As solitary bees, there are no queens and workers; females build their nests alone. Males emerge, mate, and then die.

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Sabethes cyaneus


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Five million years ago, protohuman hominids were stumbling around South Africa, and around their feet the industrious dung beetles rolled their precious balls of shit. I'll give you three guesses which one was paying more attention to the wider universe.

Marie Dacke of Lund University in Sweden has proven in a series of elegant experiments that ( Read more... )

An awesome blog post about PREDATORY SNAILS politely tapping LANTERN BUGS for honeydew and calcium, and then being mugged by ANTS for the honeydew before they can drink it. This is possibly the most awesome bit of insect-farming and kleptoparasitism I've seen in EVER.

And the photos are just gorgeous!

A Rather Interesting article on the insane adaptations achieved by the Trichogrammatids

"Thrips are tiny insects, typically just a millimetre in length. Some are barely half that size. If that’s how big the adults are, imagine how small a thrips’ egg must be. Now, consider that there are insects that lay their eggs inside the egg of a thrips."

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