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August 5, 2016

Flying Ant or Termite?

August 3, 2016

Tarantula Venom Being Studied For Painkilling Effects

Feeling the sting of a tarantula bite must rank as a particularly stressful experience in life when simply seeing a tarantula is enough to make me run in complete fear. However, as terrible as it must be, there are benefits…

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August 2, 2016

The Insect Food Trend Could Save Our Bodies, the Planet, and Decrease Poverty

While Americans clearly need to be wooed into jumping on the insect food bandwagon…or shall say bugwagon…many people in the U.S. are welcoming the trend as the benefits it has for the entire planet keep increasing in number and this…

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August 1, 2016

Fossil Shows Insect Jumping Out Of Its Skin

A stick insect and a mushroom were both found encased within a chunk of amber near the Baltic region of Europe recently. Although this find may not sound too exciting, entomologists are fascinated with it because the fossil reveals a…

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July 29, 2016

The Loudest Insect On Earth

Cicadas are known be extremely loud, and their sounds tend to annoy most people. So it should be of no surprise that Cicada’s are on record as being the loudest insects in existence. The European Mole Cricket was previously believed…

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July 28, 2016

Why The Oldest Insect Fossil Is Baffling

The oldest insect fossil ever found is three hundred and ten million years old. The insect is most likely a type of Mayfly. What is interesting about this fossil is the fact that there are no insect prints leading to…

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July 27, 2016

Which Bugs Bites You Should Worry About

For the most part bug bites are just an annoying nuisance. They itch like crazy, and you might get a swollen red bump, but you’re not going to die. However, there are some insect bites you do want to avoid,…

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July 26, 2016

The Strange Circulatory System Of Insects

Humans possess what is referred to as a “closed circulatory system,” which means that our blood is contained within veins, arteries, capillaries and the heart. Insects, on the other hand, are quite different, as they do not have all these…

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July 25, 2016

Cheating is Severely Punished in the Paper Wasp Society

Humans are great liars. We practically depend on our ability to lie when it comes to the survival of our species. Both men and women lie and deceive in order to improve their chances of finding a good mate, getting…

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July 21, 2016

High Flying Bugs

Have you ever wondered what altitude insects reach when flying in the sky? Although there is much to be learned about insect physiology and how it handles high altitudes, scientists have developed a few techniques that help determine the height…

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