[featured image] Insect wings are right up there with metamorphosis in the adaptations that have allowed these animals to become as successful as they are. Insects are pioneers of the sky and they took to the wing at least 350 million years ago in the steamy forests of the Carboniferous …
[featured image] Metamorphosis is one of the keys to the success of the insects. Of all the insect orders it is the ones that go through a larval and pupal stage that are the most diverse. This way of life seems to be beset with all manner of pitfalls. Larvae …
[featured image] Mites have developed quite a niche for themselves in parasitising other arthropods, even other arachnids. Opiliones, the so-called harvestmen are …
[featured image] The last post about the hornet clearwing moth got me thinking about another incredible mimic, a photo of which I …
[featured image] Now is a good time to look for the fantastic hornet clearwing moth (Sesia apiformis), well it is if you …
[featured image] Social insects line up to die for the sake of their colony; however, few do it with as much gory …
[featured image] The trap ant, Allomerus decemarticulatus, is a small, unassuming South American insect, staying out of sight much of the time …
[featured image] Among the huge diversity of insect life there are some bewildering complex life cycles, but there are few that can …
[featured image] A while ago I posted this. No one managed to correctly guess the identity of this mystery creature, so in …
[featured image] I’ve been spell-bound by the thought of Borneo for many years. In my addled mind the very mention of the …