That diving beetle's been through some rough times.
In reply to Kate. Agreed. The family all yelled "what's that!?" as i...
Jerusalem beetles are upsetting enough without missing abdomens.
Two thoughts one this; First, the imagery presented in the first paragraph is the stuff nightmares are made of. Second, you definitely need to draw a cartoon of a young child, desperately clingin...
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Does the spider know it has been boarded, or try to shake/brush off the mantispid?
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a very interesting and equally entertaining read!
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Nice example of the butterfly excreting the water back out. This weevil is not as adorable as the previous specimens.
Who knew weevils were so cute?
In reply to Jimmy. I think that the biocontrol efforts for weed...
I wonder why non-target risk rules are more established in weed bio control. Greater presumed ecological impact? Humans care more about plants than bugs?