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
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 […]
Antlion
Antlion Facts Antlion forms the collective name applied to a remarkable family of insects containing more than 2,000 known species. Yet the term more commonly finds itself applied to the larval form. The many species of this genus remain best known for the extremely predatory nature of the larvae, more than the adults themselves. Mature […]
Bobbit Worm
Bobbit Worm Facts Perhaps most notably, the term Bobbit Worm now serves as the colloquially- based common name for a truly incredible animal with a complex scientific name. That name is the Eunice aphroditois. In point of fact, its name derives from a rather notorious event that occurred in the United States, in North America, […]
Regal Moth
Regal Moth Facts Notably, term of Regal Moth represents only one of the common names associated with this stunning Lepidoptera. That’s because it also goes by the alternate term of the royal walnut moth. Both names describe it well, just in different ways. The scientific name for it, however, remains that of the hard to […]
Barnacle
The Barnacle represents a type of arthropod in the subphylum Crustacea, and lists as a relative of both lobsters and crabs. We know of 1,220 extant varieties of Barnacle which inhabit virtually all warm water oceans. They live entirely as marine creatures and live predominantly in tidal and waters that stay rather shallow. They go through […]
Snake Caterpillar
Snake Caterpillar Facts Snake Caterpillar serves as the common name of the larval form of the Hemeroplanes Triptolemus. This unique insect has evolved a remarkable defensive strategy. The highly reclusive invertebrate also spends its time in the dense regions of jungle endemic to its native region. Therefore, encounters with it occur rarely. Once individuals of this rather […]
White Ermine
White Ermine Facts The gorgeous White Ermine also forms a bit of a puzzle. That’s because it presents a few challenges for entomologists. This holds true since it does not always display the same color patterns. This further sometimes makes it hard to identify. Like many species in its region, the first formal scientific recognition […]
Perdita Minima
Perdita Minima Facts The truly incredible Perdita Minima ranks as one of the most fascinating of bee on the planet. That’s understandable, given the fact that individuals of the arthropod remain so tiny that most people don’t even know the species exists. In point of fact, entomologists know this insect as the smallest species of […]
Turnip Moth
Turnip Moth Facts The simple term of Turnip Moth serves as the common name for a small but noteworthy Lepidoptera. Its scientific name, meanwhile, remains somewhat hard to pronounce. That’s because scientists know it by the official term of Agrotis segetum. Regardless of which term one uses to refer to it, however, most people have […]