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
Aporia crataegi
Aporia crataegi Facts Firstly, the remarkably beautiful Aporia crataegi represents a large Lepidoptera. Secondly, scientists place it in the family Pieridae. This beautiful and unique insect is also one of 30 butterfly species in its genus. Further, this species remains by far the most common of those in its genus. It also seems to have […]
Cuckoo Bee
Cuckoo Bee Facts Perhaps most notably, the term Cuckoo Bee serves as the name collectively used to refer to any of large variety of bees. More specifically, though, the somewhat interesting term refers to those bee species that have developed a highly fascinating pattern. That pattern is the astonishing practice of actually laying their eggs […]
Devil’s Flower Mantis
Source: http://bit.ly/2GEsEnx Photographer: Juan Emilio CC License: http://bit.ly/2xLZ0ap Devils Flower Mantis Facts Firstly, the amazing Devil’s Flower Mantis remains one of the largest of all the roughly 2,400 known praying mantis varieties. Also, of those mantises that mimic flowers, this rather impressive species actually represents the largest known. In addition, the remarkable and relatively large insect is the […]
Bullet Ant
Bullet Ant Facts The Bullet Ant forms a rather remarkable species of fairly large ant, commonly popular as the lesser giant hunting ant or conga ant. Further, its name, unfortunately, derives from reports concerning its rather powerful and quite potent sting. Interestingly, among the local inhabitants of its native range, the insect’s name also remains […]
Goliath Beetle
Goliath Beetle Facts Most notably, the truly phenomenal Goliath Beetle truly earns its attention-grabbing common name. That’s because this fabulous arthropod easily ranks as one of the largest and heaviest insects currently known to man. However, the highly descriptive term applies to a total of five separate, but quite similar, species contained in the […]
Cape Honey Bee
Cape Honey Bee Facts The term Cape Honey Bee refers to a particularly remarkable subspecies of the Western honey bee. It also goes by the difficult to pronounce scientific name of the Apis mellifera capensis. By either name, however, it stand out from related species for a unique reason. In fact, due to this trait, […]
Plume Moth
Plume Moth Facts Plume Moth serves as the collective name for any of the approximately 1,000 Lepidoptera species within a uniquely evolved Family. Its common name derives from the extremely deep cleft divisions in its wings. We also think the white ones look like little ghosts but that’s material for another story. Typically, these insects […]
Fire Ant
Fire Ant Facts Firstly, Fire Ant serves as the common name for several species of ants in the genus Solenopsis, all of which sting. Furthermore, these tiny but surprisingly powerful and dangerous invertebrates often attack small animals and can kill them. Most notably, other species of ant just bite and then spray acid on the […]
Rhinoceros Cockroach
Rhinoceros Cockroach Facts The Rhinoceros Cockroach ranks as the heaviest species of cockroach known to man. This insect also bears the popular name of the giant burrowing cockroach. The name remains rather appropriate as the insect has a tendency to construct extensive burrows roughly 3.1 ft (1 m) beneath the surface. Differentiating it from most other […]
Titan Beetle
Titan Beetle Facts First of all, the astonishing Titan Beetle truly lives up to its common name. That holds true due to the fact that it ranks as the largest known variety of beetle on earth. Though many people believe it resembles a large cockroach, the invertebrate nevertheless remains a true beetle. Furthermore, this amazing […]