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Unwanted Guests - Gypsy Moth Caterpillars

14 Jun 2021 4 minute read 0 comments tych0_21

The European Gypsy Moth (Lymantria dispar dispar) is a species of moth introduced to North America in the 1860s and has since become one of the most notorious pest species in the deciduous forests of Northeastern North America. Unfortunately, the sp...

Insects

8 Jun 2021 1 minute read 1 comment Farah ikram

Many of us spend our lives watching the things that are most appearer but we never pay heed to these insects,and sometimes knowingly or unknowingly we kill them.There are millions of species of organisism,but we know nothing about them.They have segm...

Winged Beauties - Early Summer Insects by the River

2 Jun 2021 1 minute read 2 comments tych0_21

Over the last couple of days, I had the chance to take a few hikes along the banks of a local river. On the way, I came across a variety of fascinating and colorful insects. I've done my best to offer identifications for each species I was able to ph...

Allegheny Mound Ants (Formica exsectoides) - Terraforming the Forest

23 May 2021 2 minute read 5 comments tych0_21

Today, I thought that I might introduce you all to a permanent resident of one of my favorite local forests: the Allegheny mound ant (Formica exsectoides). Allegheny mound ants are a species of field ant native to Eastern North America ranging from...

Green Grasshopper #Macrophotography

17 Feb 2021 1 minute read 1 comment Blogiwank

Green grasshopper stayed on a rose's branch. You could not see it with naked eyes. But it was there. Grasshopper (Family: Acrididae) is a plant-eating insect with long hind legs which are used for jumping and for producing a chirping sound. (Concise...

Ÿnsect, which received $ 139 million in debt and $ 65 million in equity investments

7 Oct 2020 1 minute read 0 comments VadimIT

Ÿnsect, which received $ 139 million in debt and $ 65 million in equity investments, will spend the money to build the world's largest insect farm. The factory will open in the city of Amiens in northern France in early 2022, the newspaper notes. The...

Macro Photography (Part 1)

19 Sep 2020 1 minute read 5 comments Buttercuppyyy

I am fond of taking photographs of tiny creatures I see. And I just want to share my favorite macro photographies. I know I am not that good because first is I am just a newbie wit this field and two, I only use cellphone for my photography but I hop...

Mason Bee Compilation 2020

10 Aug 2020 2 minute read 0 comments Solominer

Finishing off my "A Closer Look at Solitary Bees" series I had a few short clips of the Bees I assembled into a compilation. They were recorded at 60 FPS, so I slowed down the video by half and added some ambient music. The video starts off with the...

A closer look at Solitary Bees Part 8: Final thoughts for the season

9 Jul 2020 2 minute read 1 comment Solominer

The adult bees are done with their seasonal work, being out only from February through April. I look at their homes and discuss how it all went and what to expect next. We look at both the bee cubbies and the bee house. No signs of adult Mason Bees...

A closer look at Solitary Bees Part 6: Working with mud

4 Jul 2020 2 minute read 0 comments Solominer

Watching the bees work on building their homes is entertaining to me. I watch them as they finish off a tunnel capping it off with a final cell of mud. In the first part of the video a bee can be seen laying down mud to seal off the larva they will...