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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
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 […]
European Mantis Facts First of all. the term of European Mantis serves as one of the common names of a particularly large variety of the amazing mantis. However, this extremely fascinating insect also goes by the other frequently used common name of the praying mantis. It’s perhaps also of interest that many people often employ […]
Palau Nautilus Facts Perhaps most notably, the term of Palau Nautilus serves as the only generally recognized common name for a truly remarkable mollusk. Furthermore, this supremely impressive marine creature also bears a somewhat cumbersome scientific name. More precisely, though, this hard to pronounce term consists of the name Nautilus belauensis. However, regardless of which […]
Schaus Swallowtail Facts The term of Schaus Swallowtail serves as one of the common names for a particularly rare species of Lepidoptera. Furthermore, one of the other common names applied to this beautiful insect includes that of the island swallowtail. However, the gorgeous creature also goes by other, less frequently used names. Among these is […]
Violet Carpenter Bee Facts Notably, the term Violet Carpenter Bee serves as the common name for a particular species of bee that truly stands out visually. However, this fabulous invertebrate also goes by the hard to pronounce scientific name of the Xylocopa violacea. Regardless of the name one uses for it, though, the magnificent insect […]
