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

Lior Levin — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:24:11 +0000

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 [...]

How Cockroaches Select Their Secret Hideaways

Asher Kade — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:54:49 +0000

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! read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see th...

Praying Mantis: The Shaolin Monk of the Insect World

ifaynshteyn — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 22:55:50 +0000

Allergic to pets with fur? Get a Praying Mantis instead! read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article

My husband is afraid of spiders

Jenny Milk — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 04:32:05 +0000

Spiders are gross.

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

Steve — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:00:29 +0000

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!

Create Your Own Butterfly Garden

TCKellett — Fri, 07 May 2010 15:41:57 +0000

Nothing adds to a relaxing summer day in the yard like watching butterflies. Here's how to get your garden ready for them. read more

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Bugging Out: 7 Amazing Extreme Insect Close-Ups

Delana — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 17:00:03 +0000

Whatever it is you’re thinking about at 3:00 am, it’s probably got nothing to do with insects. That’s not the case for Miroslaw Swietek, a Polish photographer who has made a habit of sneaking out in the middle of the night to catch candid photographs of bugs that look like sleepy, exotic jewels.Swietek is a [...]

‘Cybugs’ Are All the Buzz – D.A.R.P.A. Funds Spying Beetles

Michael Ricciardi — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:39:26 +0000

In what is being touted as the first time humans have remotely controlled insects, University of California at Berkeley engineers successfully implanted radio-equipped, “miniature neural stimulation” systems into flying beetles–most notably, the “elephant” beetle Megasoma elephas (pictured above), which can grow up to 20 cm (about 7 + inches) in length.

Bioluminescent Insects Glowing in the Darkness

Karl Fabricius — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:57:26 +0000

Bioluminescent insects certainly look like they have more fun than other bugs – but don’t most bright things bedazzle human eyes? To many, they’re poetic examples of nature’s spectacular qualities, though if you were a more humble critter you m...

7 Most Disgusting Insect Delicacies on Earth

Karl Fabricius — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:00:36 +0000

Now before we get started, let’s get one thing clear. Disgusting as defined by you and me might not be disgusting as defined by the next gourmand. What one abhors the next adores. So get those "yucks" and "eeews" out of your system. You’d eat this ...