Stings are the specialty of scorpions and Hymenoptera; however, one species of beetle – a longhorn (Onychocerus albitarsis) appears to be muscling in on the act. What’s really interesting is that this beetle stings with its antennae, both of which bear sharp points that are jabbed into an unsuspecting enemy. …
I don’t really ‘do’ Lepidoptera, but back in my undergraduate days when I took a Blood Sucking Insects module taught by Mike Lehane I learned about the existence of some very interesting moths that had turned to sucking blood from large mammals. These insects (Calyptra spp.) are especially interesting because …
Dung beetles don’t just eat dung you know. There are species that feed on fungi and rotting fruit, not to mention the …
Described in 1996 from a single specimen found in the window of a forest cabin on the western slopes of Sikhote-Alin …
The extraordinary treehoppers (Membracidae). Much of the extraordinary diversity in form we see in these animals is down to the ‘helmet’, which …
*A shorter version of this article was published as The Spice of Life in BBC Wildlife Magazine (Issue 435, February 2018)* Futurists who …
A version of this article was originally published in the December 2017 issue of BBC Wildlife Magazine A subterranean city, a …
Los Amigos, a field station in southern Peru, run by the ACA is bristling with life. The lowland forest that surrounds the station is home to 11 species of monkey, jaguars, tapirs, hundreds of bird species … → May 17, 2017
During our Myanmar expedition, the forest of Tamanthi provided many rich pickings and a number of the specimens I collected there are …
During our BBC/Smithsonian expedition to Myanmar our final destination was the fabled Tamanthi Wildlife Reserve, a 2,500 km2 forest in the north …