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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
The Flamingo Tongue Snail is a brilliantly colored, small species of sea snail. They represent a marine gastropod mollusk and remain the most common of the numerous types of sea snail native to their habitat range. The Flamingo Tongue Snail primarily lives in the warmer waters of the western Atlantic Ocean. This extends from the […]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 five 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
Lange’s Metalmark Butterfly Facts First of all, for all of its many special and fascinating qualities, the magnificent Lange’s Metalmark Butterfly remains best known for a very sad reason. That’s because this beautiful little Lepidoptera currently holds a most lamentable position among the many similar insects. It ranks as the fourth rarest of all known […]
Bagheera kiplingi Facts First of all, the seemingly unassuming small arachnid known as the Bagheera kiplingi remains distinctive for a wide variety of reasons. However, the creature has no common name at this point, just the scientific term. The name of the species, and its genus itself, derives from the character of Bagheera, in the […]
Achrioptera manga Facts First of all, the amazing invertebrate known as the Achrioptera manga has no common name as of this time. This occurs due to the fact that the fascinating invertebrate represents a completely newly recognized species. Furthermore, scientists first collected specimens of the truly stunning creature as early as the year 2007. However, […]
Fried Egg Jellyfish Facts Most notably, several different species of jellyfish, in various parts of the world, go by the common name of Fried Egg Jellyfish. The species referred to in this article, however, bears the cumbersome scientific name of the Cotylorhiza tuberculata. But, the amazing creature also possesses yet another common name. That holds […]
Green Orchid Bee Facts Most notably, the dazzling Green Orchid Bee distinguishes itself from related species in a manner that has nothing to do with its appearance. That’s because, as it evolved, this marvelous insect developed a case of mutualism with neotropical orchids. Furthermore, in its case, both the insect and the flower benefit from […]
Isabella Tiger Moth Facts First of all, the term Isabella Tiger Moth serves as the much more pronounceable common name for the Pyrrharctia isabella. This beautiful Lepidoptera also goes by several other common names. These different names include the banded woolly bear, the woolly bear, and the woolly worm. The first scientific recognition of this […]
Palos Verdes blue Facts Without doubt, the most notable fact about the beautiful little butterfly named the Palos Verdes blue remains its status. That’s because, truly sadly, this small Lepidoptera now ranks as the third rarest butterfly on earth. This holds true despite ongoing efforts to preserve the species. In 2009, one such program came […]
Creatonotos gangis Facts Perhaps most notably, the truly astonishing Creatonotos gangis remains one of the most visually distinctive Lepidoptera known to man. Unfortunately, the remarkable insect also has no generally accepted common name. While it may be unknown to many, the incredible moth inhabits a moderately extensive range. Due to this unfortunate fact, along with […]
Island Marble Facts Most notably, the magnificent Island Marble remains an extremely rare species of Lepidoptera. Furthermore, it also happens to only inhabit an extremely limited portion of the world. In addition, entomologists actually previously believed it to be extinct in the wild, since 1908. That changed as the result of a survey undertaken in […]
Giant Huntsman Spider Facts Most notably, the astounding Giant Huntsman Spider truly lives up to the common name. That’s because this gigantic arachnid remains one of the two largest spiders on earth, in terms of legspan. Only the Goliath Birdeater equals it. The impressive invertebrate was first described in 2001, by P. Jäger. Rather fortunately […]
