The beak of a bug
by What makes any bug a true bug? Insects in the order Hemiptera evolved from a common ancestor with a unique feature that all “true bugs” share today: …
Category: Entomology
Hatching
Many animals hatch from eggs, including most insects. As you might expect, the size of the eggs an animal lays depends on who big the …
Bug or true bug?
If you’re talking about insects, when is it okay to call one a “bug”? People in everyday life call almost anything a bug, including spiders, centipedes, roly-polies and snails (none of …
What’s polyphenism?
Most animals grow to a relatively consistent adult size and shape. For example, people have a range of heights that falls across a roughly bell-shaped …