[featured image] The Stenus rove beetles have featured in a couple of other posts, but the photos below are worthy of revisiting these fascinating little insects. I had these images done by a chap who has a SEM in his converted garage. These are only small versions of the original …
[featured image] The Stenus rove beetles are truly blessed in bizarre adaptations. If telescopic mouthparts weren’t enough (see last post), they also have one of the most impressive defences in the animal kingdom. Often, these beetles are found in waterside habitats, where they wander about on the ground and in …
[featured image] Catching prey is far from easy, that’s why predators have evolved a host of means of catching and subduing their …
[featured image] You’d think that transvestism might be a uniquely human trait, but the animal kingdom is not without other species where …