The giant dinosaurs that roamed the world some 150 million years ago shared the planet with equally daunting parasites: blood-gobbling fleas that were up two centimetres long. This according to a recent article in Nature, the international weekly journal of science. (Long, serrated piercing tubes and grasping claws suggest adaptation to feed on hairy animals or feathered [...]
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When Blood-Sucking Mega-Fleas Stalked the Earth!
Posted in Animals, Archaeology, Entomology, Environment, History, Insects, Life, Musings, Nature, Research, Science, Thoughts, Zoology, tagged Animals, archaeology, Entomology, Environment, History, Insects, Life, Nature, Research, science, Thoughts, Zoology on April 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Plants mimic scent of pollinating beetles
Posted in Animals, Botany, Environment, Gardening, Insects, Life, Musings, Nature, Research, Science, Thoughts, Zoology, tagged Animals, Botany, Environment, Gardening, Insects, Life, Musings, Nature, Research, science, Thoughts, Zoology on April 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
How about this for sneaky-boots behaviour!? Plants mimic scent of pollinating beetles This conclusion, reported both in ScienceDaily.com and PhysOrg.com, really caught my eye. How could a flower pull a fast one on an insect? It is a generally accepted belief that the colour and scent of flowers and their perception by pollinator insects evolved [...]
Sex-starved fruit flies driven to drink more alcohol!
Posted in Animals, Culture, Entomology, Environment, Health, Insects, Life, Lifestyle, Love, Modern Culture, Musings, My Life, People, Personal, Personal Observations, Psychology, Relationships, Research, Science, Sex, Thoughts, Zoology, tagged Animals, Culture, Entomology, Environment, Health, Insects, Life, Modern Culture, Musings, Nature, Opinion, Psychology, Relationships, Research, science, Sex, Thoughts on March 19, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Let’s file this under the “Yew jus’ cain’t make this $#!t up!” category, shall we? Apparently… and I am NOT making this stuff up… sexually deprived male fruit flies exhibit a pattern of behavior that seems ripped from the pages of modern man’s ‘That’s the Story of My Life!’ When female fruit flies reject their [...]
Bees Use Sign Language to Give Hornets the Finger!
Posted in Animals, Bees, Education, Entomology, Environment, Insects, Life, Musings, Nature, Science, Thoughts, tagged Animals, Bees, Culture, Education, Entomology, Environment, Insects, Life, Nature, Research, science, Society, Thoughts, Wildlife on February 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
We all know that bees do the most amazing things. They set up intricate societies. They wage war on other bee colonies. They clear their beehives of debris and dead bee bodies. But perhaps one of their most famous talents is the ability to communicate with other bees by means of a ‘wiggle dance’ by [...]
Cricket Fossil Reveals Jurassic Love Song!
Posted in Archaeology, Education, Entomology, Environment, History, Insects, Love, Musings, My Life, Nature, Relationships, Research, Science, Thoughts, tagged Entomology, Insects, love, Opinions, Relationships, Research, science, Thoughts on February 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Just in time for Valentine’s Day… Fossil Cricket Reveals Jurassic Love Song Yes, those love-besotted geeks over at ScienceDaily.com have spared every expense in bringing us this heart-warming tale of prehistoric passion. [Present day Katydid (Tettigonia viridissima)] The nerdlings gush, “The love song of an extinct cricket that lived 165 million years ago has been [...]
Zombie-like Honeybees Infested by Fly Parasite!
Posted in Bees, Culture, Education, Entomology, Fun, Insects, Life, Lifestyle, Modern Culture, Musings, News/Current Events, Personal Observations, Research, Science, Thoughts, Zombies, tagged Bees, Culture, Current Events, Entomology, Insects, Life, Lifestyle, Research, science, Thoughts, zombies on January 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
As if Honeybee Hive Collapse Disorder alone wasn’t enough. Now we have to contend with… ZOMBIE HONEY BEES!! (OK… OK… maybe they don’t actually literally say “Brains!”) A fly parasite that latches onto honeybees causing them to abandon their hives and die after a bout of disoriented zombie-like behaviour could be a potential threat to [...]
Brainy Spiders!
Posted in Arachnology, Education, Entomology, Environment, Fun, Humour, Insects, Kids, Life, Musings, Nature, Research, Science, Spiders, Thoughts, tagged Arachnology, Education, Environment, Fun, Insects, Life, Nature, Research, science, Spiders on January 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
OK… there I was, minding my own business, browsing through the Boxing Day edition of the New York Times, if you will… when all of a sudden, my eyes fell on this little article… Tiniest of Spiders Are Loaded With Brains! (Nephila clavipes… one bright little bug!) I ask you… how could I NOT read [...]
Science Headlines that Tickle Me!
Posted in Arachnology, Astronomy, Blogging, Culture, Design, Education, Entertainment, Entomology, Family, Fun, Future, Health, Humour, Insects, Inspiration, Life, Modern Culture, Musings, My Life, Nature, Opinion, Personal, Personal Observations, Philosophy, Psychology, Rants, Relationships, Research, Reviews, Science, Science Fiction, Sex, Silly, Space, Spiders, Style, Thoughts, tagged Astronomy, Culture, Education, Entertainment, Family, Fun, Humor, Insects, Inspiration, Life, Lifestyle, Nature, Relationships, Research, science, Space, Thoughts on December 23, 2011 | 2 Comments »
While packing to go off on a bit of a Festivus vacation and spend some time with my dear SigOth, SG, I kept browsing the science sites. Here is a small sampling of some of the more amusing titles out there today, all of them legit! Scientists Discover Deep-Fried Planets! Whole New Meaning for Thinking [...]
Our Readers Write: Year End Thoughts
Posted in Arachnology, Blogging, Chiropterology, Culture, Design, Education, Entomology, Environment, Fun, Humour, Insects, Life, Modern Culture, Musings, My Life, Nature, Opinion, Parody, Personal, Personal Observations, Research, Reviews, Science, Silly, Spiders, Style, Thoughts, tagged Arachnology, Chiropterology, Culture, Education, Entomology, Environment, Fun, Humor, Insects, Life, Musings, Nature, Opinion, Parody, science, Spiders, Style, Thoughts on December 19, 2011 | 1 Comment »
A year-end sampling of some of the responses, comments and opinions received from our readers… (translated from the original Chiropteran, various Hexapodan languages and dialects, Arachnidan, Anuran and Zombese). (A gallery of familiar faces) Dear Kosher Samurai… A close friend recommended I read your blog, saying that I would most likely enjoy your views on [...]
Bigger, Scarier Weapons Help Spiders Get the Girl!
Posted in Arachnology, Education, Environment, Fun, Insects, Life, Love, Modern Culture, Musings, My Life, Nature, Opinion, Personal, Personal Observations, Psychology, Relationships, Research, Science, Spiders, Thoughts, tagged Arachnology, Culture, Education, Environment, Insects, Life, love, Musings, Opinion, Personal, Psychology, Relationships, Research, science, Spiders, Thoughts on December 14, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Wandering, as I am wont to do, through the pages of ScienceDaily.com, I thought… how about checking out the latest studies in arachnid sex!? Which brought me in pretty quick order to their recent article… Bigger, Scarier Weapons Help Spiders Get the Girl! Yes, boys and girls, size matters… at least to male jumping spiders… at [...]
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