Tag: insects

How Termites and Ants Built the Tropics’ Best Soil

This is like discovering that the pyramids weren’t built by natural erosion, but by ancient engineers

Dung beetle billion-star navigation applied to drones

Dung beetle star navigation applied to drones

Giant water bug makes its way to Cyprus

Armed with piercing mouthparts, they ambush and capture a variety of prey, including small fish, amphibians, and even other insects.

Beetle private parts shaped like a bottle-opener: time to open a Carlsberg?

Museum scientists find a beetle in the basement that has a penis that looks like a better bottle opener. So they made one.

Insect radar monitors the web of life

To help understand insect populations, a new insect radar, the first for Israel, has been installed near the Hula Valley nature reserve. The area is a major rest stop for millions of migratory birds moving between Africa and Europe each year. 

Ticks bite humans for warming the planet

A small rise in temperatures and ticks prefer human legs over our dogs.

Butterflies “invade” Israel in a rare migratory swarm

Unusual winter rains in Israel give fuel to plants which feed millions of new "painted lady" butterflies They keep coming,...

Dead Sea tourism more tolerable with fly-eating trashcans?

Two designers devised a lid design for trash cans that lures in fruit flies, trapping them in a tiny...

Israel’s Iconic Sabra Cactus Endangered by Invading Aphids

Israel, being on the "land bridge" that links it with Africa and Asia Minor, has always been well known...

Middle East and Swiss Researchers: Bugs Not Gay

We have to laugh at this research, given the latest news that there is a gay test being developed...

Look “Fly” in Hubert Duprat’s Jewelry Made by Insects

Duprat collects larvae from their natural habitat and brings them to his studio lab where he gently removes their own natural cases and places them in special tanks filled with various semi-precious and precious stones including turquoise, coral and lapis lazuli, as well as sapphires, pearls, rubies, and diamonds. They immediately tuck in constructing new protective cases, creating natural art in a scientific setting.

Dung beetles navigate by the stars

This is the first time celestial navigation has been seen in insects but the scientists believe it is common.