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Blanket Octopus Facts The Blanket Octopus, or Tremoctopus, forms a genus of pelagic cephalopods. Also, the genus contains four currently known species that occupy surface to mid-waters in subtropical and tropical oceans. The common name of the breathtaking creature, understandably, occurs due to the long transparent webs it develops. Further, these connect the dorsal and […]Read More
Flamingo Tongue Snail Facts The descriptive term of Flamingo Tongue Snail serves as the accepted common name for a remarkable variety of sea snail. This marvel of Nature also goes by another name, however. Among researchers, it’s known by the name Cyphoma gibbosum. Regardless of which name one uses, it remains a most fascinating creature. […]Read More
Mitchell’s Satyr Butterfly Facts The Mitchell’s Satyr Butterfly represents a highly endangered species of insect. It originally evolved as endemic to a very restricted region comprising four states in the United States. These consisted of Ohio, New Jersey, Michigan, and Indiana. The beautiful Lepidoptera also remains one of the rarest known butterflies on the planet. Only […]Read More
Skeleton Shrimp Facts It must be pointed out that the descriptive term of Skeleton Shrimp actually serves as the collective common name for an entire Family of arthropods. All members of the group, as the name suggest, evolved as purely marine species. It’s also a relatively large group, containing hundreds of separate species. The first […]
Giant Water Bug Facts The highly evocative term of Giant Water Bug quite accurately serves as one of the common names for this relatively large insect. This behemoth of its kind also goes by the humorous, though equally accurate, common name of the toe-biter. Its official scientific name, meanwhile, remains that of the somewhat informative, […]
Brown Widow Spider Facts The term of Brown Widow Spider serves as only one of many common names for this lesser-known cousin of the dreaded Black Widow. Some of the others, though, include such terms as the grey widow, brown button spider, and brown black widow. The scientific name, however, for this remarkable arachnid remains […]
Giant Ichneumon Wasp Facts The attention-grabbing term of Giant Ichneumon Wasp perfectly serves as the most accepted common name for a distinctive insect. It does possess an alternate common name, though. That’s the comical, but accurate, term of the stump stabber. As difficult as the most often used term may seem, it’s somewhat easier to […]
Hood Coral Facts The unusual name of Hood Coral serves as one of the common names for one of the best known varieties of coral. Yet that’s not the only term it’s known by. In point of fact, it also goes by the other common name of the smooth cauliflower coral. Among scientists, though, it’s […]
Grizzled Mantis Facts The highly descriptive term of Grizzled Mantis serves as generally used common name for a most unusual variety of mantid. But that’s not its only name. Professional researchers likely know it better by the scientific name of the Gonatista grisea. Regardless of the name used for this mantis, it remains a most […]
Brown Recluse Spider Facts This seemingly harmless arachnid remains best known as the Brown Recluse Spider. The surprising arthropod also goes by several other common names, though. These terms include the brown fiddler, the violin spider, and the fiddleback spider. Among professional researchers, however, it’s generally referred to by the difficult to pronounce scientific name […]
Red Pierrot Facts The perfectly descriptive term of the Red Pierrot serves as the accepted common name for a beautiful variety of Lepidoptera. This small marvel of Nature remains better known to researchers by its scientific name, however. That term, remains that of the somewhat hard to pronounce Talicada nyseus. Regardless of which of these […]
Spiny Flower Mantis Facts As is easy to see, the descriptive term of the Spiny Flower Mantis forms the generally accepted common name of a most unusual species of mantis. Its much less pronounceable scientific name remains that of the Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii. But, regardless of which term one employs to refer to this magnificent creature, […]
Leona’s Little Blue Facts Delightfully, the lighthearted term of Leona’s Little Blue serves as the generally accepted common name for a stunning variety of Lepidoptera. However, this truly marvelous, and rarely photographed, little invertebrate also bears another name. That’s due to the fact that it also has the somewhat difficult to pronounce scientific name of […]
