Biology
Assassins specialize in hunting maggots
Experts have discovered the unprecedented points of a maggot insect in Central and South America.
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Biology
Extremely beautiful assassin
Part of the wing of Hebomoia glaucippe, the name of a butterfly in Asia, covered in dark orange. The presence of orange on the wings makes them more beautiful, but also…
Biology
Insects also know how to choose high quality foods
Although initially very fond of sweet food, fruit flies quickly learned to choose less sweet food sources with higher nutritional value and calories.
Biology
Strange insects attack sweet potatoes
Many sweet potato growing areas of farmers in Vinh Long province are being attacked by strange insects. This insect is as small as a toothpick, about 4cm long, its body…
Biology
Accidental discovery of new insects through Flickr
The entomologist Shaun Winterton could see it but didn't notice the difference between the blue and black markings on its wing. He sent the photo to his colleague but th…
Biology
Spotted spiders have strange legs in America
'This is the first time scientists have discovered a new endemic spider family in North America since 1890,' said Charles Grisworld, a researcher at the California Acade…
Biology
Strange insects know photosynthesis like trees
A tiny insect commonly known as aphid may be one of the few animals that can turn sunlight into energy like a tree.
Biology
Sunbathing insects to prevent disease
Paul Boxelder often concentrates in groups to sunbathe in the province of British Columbia, Canada. Given that this phenomenon is unusual, biologists from Simon Fraser U…
Biology
Discover the oldest insect in the world
The chronology of three insect corpses is about 230 million years old, meaning that they were born in the Three Gorges and at the same time as dinosaurs. They consist of…
Biology
Cockroaches glow to fool enemies
This new insect named scientifically Lucihormetica luckae lives in tropical South America. One of its representatives has been found since 1939 in Ecuador but has not be…
Biology
Blood-sucking bugs are constantly appearing in people's homes
These stink bugs have long, hard and pointed jets, after thin wings on the back, there are yellow-brown horizontal stripes, the abdomen is flat and large, the abdomen ha…
Biology
Grasshoppers are anxious in Africa
Grasshoppers, insects have the ability to fly far away in the herd and destroy trees on a large scale, appearing for the first time in years in southwestern Libya and so…
Biology
Genetically modified insects threaten genetically modified plants
The situation of genetically modified insects to adapt to genetically modified crops in the field is more complicated in the laboratory, a new study has said.
Biology
What would life be without ... cockroaches?
Cockroaches are insects with behavior that live in every dirty place, is an intermediary that transmits a number of diseases such as diarrhea, cholera ... is the culprit…