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Category Archives: Ecology
Why Do Zipper / Writing Spiders Make “Zippers? / Writings” in Their Web?
Spiders that have the Stabilimenta are active during the day and tend to have their webs just hanging out in the open. Furthermore – they don’t build their web anew every day like other spiders. Continue reading
Do Wasp Nest Decoys Work?
Do wasp nest decoys actually work? No. Mostly likely not. Learn about why! Continue reading
What’s putting bugs in pots on my windowsill?
Written by Joe Ballenger Does anyone know what kind of worms these are? They were in this mudlike ball stuck to the screen (second pic after it burst open) and when I flicked it to remove it, it busted apart … Continue reading
Is This Asian Lady Beetle Meme True?
Written by Nancy Miorelli This meme – floating around FB. Fact? Fiction? Mix? I’m starting to feel like we’re the Snopes of Entomology. The answer? Mostly False. Like 98% False. And lots of misleading information.
Posted in Ecology, Identification, Pest Management
Tagged asian lady beetle, asian ladybug, infographic, Invasive Species, Lady Beetle, Ladybird, Ladybug, ladybug infographic, ladybug meme, meme
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Healthy Insect Relationships: How Insects Court Each Other
Written by Nancy Miorelli A while back I wrote an article about how insect relationships are a bit … non consensual. And these kinds of articles flood the internet because it’s all the hype and drama that you’d want to … Continue reading
Posted in Behavior, Ecology, Physiology
Tagged beetle, bug love, bug mating, cicada, gift, insect courtship, insect love, insect mating rituals, insect sex, katydid, mating, sperm packet
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Which of these arthropods is an ant?
Here is a video I did a while back on ant mimics. In the video I say that you can type “MIMIC” to recieve the free PDF; however, that only works on facebook. You can also download the PDF from here: Ant … Continue reading
Posted in Behavior, Ecology
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Do we need to bring back DDT?
Written by Joe Ballenger I’ve had a number of friends ask me to tackle the topic of possibly bringing back DDT. These requests go back months, and I’ve been hesitant to tackle the topic because of the politics surrounding this … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Ecology, History, Pest Management, Uncategorized
Tagged Environment, History, Malaria, Mosquito control, Science Politics
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Changing Times: How Will Climate Change Affect Insects?
Written by Nancy Miorelli During my week curating Real Scientists, a twitter account with rotating scientists, communicators, and artists, I had some really great questions about insects come in. One I thought was particularly insightful was about climate change and … Continue reading
Posted in Ecology, Evolution
Tagged Bugs, climate change, global climate change, global warming, Insects
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Is oxygen the reason insects were so big way back when?
Written by Joe Ballenger I read a few things on the size of insects and the decrease of size from there ancestors to now are related to the oxygen levels from then to now. I was wondering if anyone has … Continue reading
Tough Shell – Is the Beetle Shell Related to Beetles’ Evolutionary Success?
Written by: Nancy Miorelli Last week, March 5 – 11, 2017 I had the most wonderful opportunity to tweet from the Real Scientists Twitter Account. Every week they pick a different scientist, science communicator, or artist to curate the account. And … Continue reading
Posted in Ecology, Evolution
Tagged beetle, beetle shell, Beetles, coleoptera, elytra, Evolution, evolutionary success, shell
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