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Category Archives: Behavior
How Would One Go About Raising Cicadas in Captivity?
Written by Joe Ballenger Today’s question comes from Trevor Knight, via our Facebook page. He wants to know if it’s possible to rear cicadas in captivity. It’s a good question, and one I’ve been curious about myself. Insect rearing is … Continue reading
Posted in Behavior, Ecology, Education, Physiology, Research
Tagged Cicadas, Cicadidae, Insect Rearing, Physiology
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What Do Bugs Do When It Rains?
Written by Nancy Miorelli It’s been raining here for the past week and a half. I feel like I should have invested in an ark instead of a new computer. And if you think I’m exaggerating (okay, but only slightly) we’ve gotten … Continue reading
Posted in Behavior, Physiology
Tagged ants, Bugs, Butterflies, Mosquitoes, Rain, rain beetles, Weather
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The perfect April Fool’s day post: What’s going on in this video?
In our email on Monday, we received a message from Mike Menefee with a link to this video: I witnessed (and videoed) an interesting interaction today between a wasp and a fly. They seemed to be working together in some … Continue reading
Posted in Behavior, Ecology, Physiology
Tagged Butterflies, Butterflies and Moths, Butterfly, Chemical ecology, Diptera, Flies, Hymenoptera, Kleptoparasitism, Parasites, Spiders, Wasps
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The Last of the March Mantids: High School Steroptypes!
Written by Nancy Miorelli and Joe Ballenger It’s the end of the month, and our March Mantids theme month seems to have been a pretty big success. It was a lot of fun for us, because we got to talk … Continue reading
Posted in Behavior, Culture, Ecology
Tagged If Mantises Were in High School, March Mantid Madness
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The Daily Catch: Patience and Spring Traps
Written by Nancy Miorelli The other day I received an email from a former student about the persistence and strength demonstrated by praying mantises. Yes, she did say birds. It is pretty amazing when you think about how mantises can capture … Continue reading
Posted in Behavior, Ecology, Physiology
Tagged ambush predator, biomechanics, camouflage, hunting, Mantis, March Mantid Madness, Predator
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Why Do Insects Lay Their Eggs In Patterns?
Written by Joe Ballenger We get a lot of identification requests on our Facebook page, and we do what we can to identify them. Sometimes, these turn into interesting conversations…which in turn lead to good questions like this: The moth … Continue reading
Posted in Behavior, Ecology, Physiology
Tagged egg patterms, eggs, Insects, March Mantid Madness
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Why do insect bites transmit disease?
Written by Joe Ballenger @Stylopidae As a layman I know nothing about regular mosquitoes & how they bite etc. Be good to establish that. — Jude Adamson (@smalljude) January 31, 2015 While writing my post about GMO mosquitoes, Jude Adamson … Continue reading
Cough it Up – Fly Vomit
Written by Nancy Miorelli You’ve probably noticed an intrepid fly boldly navigating your pizza, lapping up oils and pizza sauce. Shortly after enjoying some of your meal, the fly, assuming it’s the kind with the lapping mouth parts, will have … Continue reading
Posted in Behavior, Physiology
Tagged Blood Splatter, Extra Oral Digestion, Flies, Fly, Forensic Entomology, Vomit
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