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
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 […]
Coconut Crab
Coconut Crab Facts This astounding marvel of Nature and evolution most frequently goes by the informative common name of the Coconut Crab. It does have a few other, less often used titles, though. These include such intrigung terms as palm thief and robber crab. Within the scientific community, however, many individuals know it better by […]
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 […]
Deathstalker Scorpion
DeathStalker Scorpion Facts The Deathstalker Scorpion bears the scientific name of Leiurus quinquestriatus. It represents a truly impressive species of scorpion in the Buthidae family. This remarkable arachnid also ranks as an extremely dangerous variety of scorpion. To clarify, its venom contains an incredibly powerful combination of neurotoxins. It remains capable of delivering a lethal sting […]
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, […]
American Lobster
American Lobster Facts Firstly, the amazing American Lobster ranks as the heaviest of all known types of lobster. Not only that, but it also easily ranks as the largest of all known varieties of arthropod in the world. According to Guinness World Records, the heaviest crustacean on record is an American Lobster caught off Nova Scotia, Canada. […]
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 […]