Of Cockroach Kicks and Jewel Wasp Kids
by In the last several posts, we’ve focused on insects that feature some pretty grisly ways of attacking and using their prey. But in recent news, …
Author: Josh Steele
Brain-munching maggots and ant-decapitating flies, oh my!!!
Just in time for Halloween, I’d like to share a chilling tale of strange nature. While there are a multitude of relationships in the natural …
Zombie Puppet Masters
When you think of zombies, shambling, flesh-hungry creeps may come to mind. As we’ve been taught by shows like The Walking Dead, zombies often travel …
Love Vines on the Attack!
Imagine your safe in your home one evening, binging on your favorite entertainment. Suddenly the walls of your house crumple outward with violent force. Before …
Fantastic Phasmids
In the natural world, going unnoticed can have a great advantage. In fact, stick and leaf insects, or phasmids, survive being eaten by camouflaging themselves …
Tiger Beetles: The Quick and The Dead
Summer is well on its way and the beautiful weather has everyone wanting to stretch their legs. And as a runner and insect enthusiast, I …
Arthropods / Biodiversity / Ecology / Entomology / Fun Fact
Case for curiosity: Long live the social queens!
Take a momentary journey with me: Imagine a tight-knit, underground society of humans, working away their entire lives, never seeing the light of day. These …
Searching For Stink
During the last stretches of winter, one can become desperate for any sign of spring. In fact, I’ve been spending a fair bit of time …
A Ghost Story
In the spirit(s) of the season, I wanted to share a ghost story from the lab with you all… Here in the bug lab, mysteries …
Mimics and Mystery Flyers
Have you ever seen an animal that looks somehow like a completely different one? There are actually quite a lot of these mimics out there, …