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how does the bloodthirsty spider choose moof?
Biology

how does the bloodthirsty spider choose moof?

A recent scientific study shows that blood-thirsty jumping spiders in eastern Africa detect primitive mosquitoes by observing their antennae. The BBC said the team of sc…

December 17, 2018
Why mantis female sexual cannibalism?
Biology

Why mantis female sexual cannibalism?

The cannibalism after mating is common in mantis and some other animals such as spiders, scorpions, crickets, grasshoppers, beetles. This is a problem that evolutionary…

December 17, 2018
Parasitic flies turn bees into zombies
Biology

Parasitic flies turn bees into zombies

In addition to the threat of poisonous viruses and fungi, North American honey bees also met the crystal carving that turned them into flying corpses.

December 17, 2018
Spider eating mates is a reason
Biology

Spider eating mates is a reason

The habit of re-mate your partner right after satisfying the love of the female spider is determined to be a necessary action to produce a healthy descendant.

December 17, 2018
Spiders also practice
Biology

Spiders also practice

Hundred or not used by hand, that is the lesson that every leg spider has absorbed to the heart: The young spiders will

December 17, 2018
'Change gifts for sex' in insects
Biology

'Change gifts for sex' in insects

The male Nursery-Web spider (belonging to the family Pisaura mirabilis) prepares silk-wrapped gifts carefully to give the spider what they like. Most of the gifts contai…

December 17, 2018
Found bumblebees have huge teeth
Biology

Found bumblebees have huge teeth

A bumblebee was a male with huge teeth that, when opened, were even longer than its front legs, newly discovered on Sulawesi Island (Indonesia).

December 17, 2018
Spider 'sniffs' to identify 'safe' partner
Biology

Spider 'sniffs' to identify 'safe' partner

New research shows that male spiders can identify a 'safe' mate by sniffing spider silk. According to the BBC news agency, males may have used this skill to avoid starvi…

December 17, 2018
'Incest' insects
Biology

'Incest' insects

Scientists have discovered that cotton mealybug (Icerya purchasi) has a very special sex life related to bloodline. Females are able to fertilize their eggs without mati…

December 17, 2018
Dragonfly species change color as adults
Biology

Dragonfly species change color as adults

Wild Animal Protection (WAR) announced the discovery of a new species of dragonfly for Vietnam, Melaleuca dragonfly (Aethriamanta aethra).

December 17, 2018