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It shows the whole process of transformation of a giant beetle
Instead of spitting out silk and wrapping itself in cocoons, the Hercules beetle builds itself into the capsule with its own droppings and changes its morphology.
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Mutants can kill mosquitoes 6 miles away just by 'farting'
Recently, a man in Ukraine claimed that he could kill mosquitoes at a distance of 6 miles just because of his flatulence.
Archeology
Ancient lice trapped in amber 100 million years
Scientists have discovered that a very small lice-like insect today is stuck in amber masses with an intact dinosaur fur.
Biology
How garden will attract more insects?
The alarm is sounding about the global decline in insects! Recent studies show that the number of insects is plummeting, due to habitat loss and pesticides.
Archeology
Strangely, the plants 'rain' are both sweet and fragrant
In particular, this 'rainwater' is both sweet and fragrant, inviting insects and birds to enjoy, thereby supporting the pollination process.
Biology
Electric lights kill insects
According to the Guardian newspaper on November 22, according to the most comprehensive assessment from the available scientific evidence, light pollution is an importan…
Biology
Are there insects in the figs we eat?
Are insects really dead in figs? You can hear rumors, and it turns out that (sometimes) it's true. But when you learn about the whole relationship between figs and insec…
Biology
Insect farming makes ... junk food
A farmer in Thailand has developed large-scale insect farming to make junk food, bringing high revenue to the family.
Biology
Why do insects have such a small size? Why do cockroaches lose their heads and still live?
Surely everyone used to kill insects once and when they were young, there must have been some people who were curious about the substances of white or yellow released in…
Biology
Insects have the ability to copy 99.99% of the shape and movement of the leaf
Having to pretend to be a leaf even though it looks like 99.99% is not as easy as you think, because it also requires the ability to act very cleverly, flexible incarnat…
Archeology
Early detection of fossil insect pollination
The 99 million-year-old beetle fossils excavated in Myanmar are the earliest evidence of insect pollination.
Animal world
Lizards change their eating habits when the climate rises 2 degrees Celsius
Lizards usually live on an insect diet, including insects that eat plants like crickets, as well as carnivorous insects like spiders and beetles. T
Biology
How do insects keep their bodies warm?
Over millions of years of Earth's formation and development, insects have invaded and existed everywhere. They gradually evolved with their hard shells and bones to prot…
Biology
Hard to believe but true: Ants specialize in 'kidnapping children' to survive
Kidnapping ', which seems to exist only in humans, also appears in insects, particularly ants.