bugs

Inter-species Insect Threesomes!

July 7, 2011

Two’s company but three’s not always a crowd when it comes the mating habits of insects. We’ve scoured the web to bring you some titillating pics of insect threesomes!

Wool Carder Bee (Anthidium manicatum) – Canvey Island

June 5, 2011

The black horehound (Ballota nigra) at Canvey Point, Essex was the first time I had witness what many of my friends had called the ‘important plant’ for rare bees. There was one bee I had no idea what it was hovering and zipping around in f…

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Wool Carder Bee (Anthidium manicatum) – Canvey Island

June 5, 2011

The black horehound (Ballota nigra) at Canvey Point, Essex was the first time I had witness what many of my friends had called the ‘important plant’ for rare bees. There was one bee I had no idea what it was hovering and zipping around in f…

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The Skipper (Thymelicus lineola) of Canvey Point

June 5, 2011

A patch of Black horehound (Ballota nigra) at Canvey Point when watch closely was a minor paradise of bug life. Essex Skippers danced around the patch, chasing one another, feeding and resting, and fought the various bees for the best place at the ho…

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The Skipper (Thymelicus lineola) of Canvey Point

June 5, 2011

A patch of Black horehound (Ballota nigra) at Canvey Point when watch closely was a minor paradise of bug life. Essex Skippers danced around the patch, chasing one another, feeding and resting, and fought the various bees for the best place at the ho…

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So Will It Be Porterhouse Steak or Deep-Fried Locust for Dinner?

August 13, 2010

Editor’s note: This story’s really caught on around the green blogosphere… and it’s just coincidence that I also wrote about eating insects at SUNfiltered this week. Enjoy Lior Levin’s take on the subject… he works with a couple of Internet start-ups such as Producteev, a task management company in New York, and a nursing wear [...]

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How Cockroaches Select Their Secret Hideaways

July 29, 2010

The unique factors that influence cockroaches in making decisions have only recently been discovered – with this knowledge we can keep these pests out of our homes!

Praying Mantis: The Shaolin Monk of the Insect World

July 9, 2010

Allergic to pets with fur? Get a Praying Mantis instead!

My husband is afraid of spiders

June 17, 2010

Spiders are gross.

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Buzz Killers: 10 Of The World’s Biggest, Baddest Bugs

June 15, 2010

Bugs… though most are small, even tiny, the ancient order of Arthropods boasts over a million species and includes more than half the world’s living organisms. With such variety and diversity, insects, spiders, and their exoskeletoned ilk push the envelope on a number of fronts including size, so put away that fly-swatter – you definitely do not want to make these guys mad!

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