The Secret Electrostatic World of Insects | WIRED

#science #biology #insects #electricity #entomology

https://www.wired.com/story/the-secret-electrostatic-world-of-insects/

The Secret Electrostatic World of Insects

Invisibly to us, insects and other tiny creatures use static electricity to travel, avoid predators, collect pollen, and more. New experiments explore how evolution may have influenced this phenomenon.

Mothbox Watches Bugs, So You — Or Your Grad Students — Don’t Have To

#greenhacks #machinelearning #arducam #computervision #ecology #entomology #insects #moths #wildlife #hackaday
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Mothbox Watches Bugs, So You — Or Your Grad Students — Don’t Have To

To the extent that one has strong feelings about insects, they tend toward the extremes of a spectrum that runs from a complete fascination with their diversity and the specializations they’v…

https://mastodon.green/@hastingsmothman/113044033605078787 hastingsmothman@mastodon.green - #Summer on the turn to #Autumn in the world of moths. Fewer visitors to the moth box and species are quickly changing.

Today, I had the first 2024 sightings of:

1)  Dusky Thorn - like a crisp autumn leaf

2) Delicate - a creamy migrant moth from #Europe

3) Cypress Pug (a little tatty)

4) Portland Ribbon Wave

#moths #MothsMatter #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #naturephotography  #lepidoptera #conservation #entomology #garden #alttext

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Attached: 4 images #Summer on the turn to #Autumn in the world of moths. Fewer visitors to the moth box and species are quickly changing. Today, I had the first 2024 sightings of: 1) Dusky Thorn - like a crisp autumn leaf 2) Delicate - a...

Seen today in #Ottawa...hmm...

#caterpillar #insects #entomology

Anybody know what this #bug is? It is about 4cm long or a golf ball for you Americans #question #entomology

I saw this handsome fellow on the side of my dad's house. A Prepops atripennis if my Google sleuthing is correct.
#entomology #bugs

#Bumblebee #species able to survive #underwater for up to a week | #Bees | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/17/bumblebee-species-common-eastern-survive-underwater-hibernating

#Science #Biology #Zoology #Entomology #Nature #Wildlife

speechless...

#entomology #etymology #bugs #speechless

https://mastodon.green/@plazi_species/112059998547671324 plazi_species@mastodon.green - #NewSpecies
New many-plumed moth from #cameroon just landed:

Alucita sokolovi

Treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/3D9F4858-D646-4A23-9620-E3C883642BD0
Publication: http://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1193.111544
#ZooKeys

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #entomology #insects #lepidoptera #butterflies #moths #mothsmatter #savebutterflies

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Attached: 1 image #NewSpecies New many-plumed moth from #cameroon just landed: Alucita sokolovi Treatment: http://treatment.plazi.org/id/3D9F4858-D646-4A23-9620-E3C883642BD0 Publication: http://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1193.111544 #ZooKeys...

#cicadas #bugs #insect #entomology #animals #northamerica

Meanwhile.... Something to look forward to in the U.S. Southeast this spring!

And Oklahoma too. (The best of a few articles I saw about this coming visitation.)

Two Broods of More Than a Trillion Cicadas Will Emerge in the U.S. This Year

For The First Time In 221 Years, A Rare Double Emergence Of Cicadas Is Expected In 2024 In Oklahoma

#cicadas #entomology

For The First Time In 221 Years, A Rare Double Emergence Of Cicadas Is Expected In 2024 In Oklahoma

They are coming mid-May to late June of 2024 in Oklahoma.

Ant mega-colony takes over world

A single mega-colony of ants has colonised much of the world, scientists have discovered.

Argentine ants living in vast numbers across Europe, the US and Japan belong to the same inter-related colony, and will refuse to fight one another.

The colony may be the largest of its type ever known for any insect species, and could rival humans in the scale of its world domination.

What's more, people are unwittingly helping the mega-colony stick together.

Argentine ants (Linepithema humile) were once native to South America. But people have unintentionally introduced the ants to all continents except Antarctica.

. . .

#ants #antColony #megaColony #entomology #science #BBC #BBCNaturalHistoryUnit #EarthNews

#Insects in peril in microscopic detail – in #pictures | #Environment | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2022/dec/08/insects-in-peril-in-pictures-levon-biss-american-museum-of-natural-history

#Photography #Science #Biology #Zoology #Entomology #Ecology

E.O. Wilson, naturalist dubbed a modern-day Darwin, dies at 92

Edward O. Wilson, a U.S. naturalist dubbed the "modern-day Darwin" died on Sunday at the age of 92 in Massachusetts, his foundation said in a statement.

Alongside British naturalist David Attenborough, Wilson was considered one of the world's leading authorities on natural history and conservation.

Wilson's Half-Earth Project calls for protecting half the planet's land and sea so there are enough diverse and well-connected ecosystems to reverse the course of species extinction, which is happening at a rate not seen in 10 million years....

https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/obituary-modern-day-darwin-eo-wilson-dies-92-2021-12-27/

#EOWilson #EdwardOWilson #Obituary #Consilience #Evolution #Ants #Entomology

OBITUARY E.O. Wilson, naturalist dubbed a modern-day Darwin, dies at 92

Edward O. Wilson, a U.S. naturalist dubbed the "modern-day Darwin" died on Sunday at the age of 92 in Massachusetts, his foundation said in a statement.

The #insect apocalypse: ‘Our world will grind to a halt without them’ | #Insects | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jul/25/the-insect-apocalypse-our-world-will-grind-to-a-halt-without-them

#Environment #Biology #Entomology #Wildlife #Ecology #Biodiversity #Agriculture #Economy