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Do you call them fireflies or lightning bugs? Either way, here’s where you can spot them nearby this summer (and have more of them in your yard).
A squadron of ants can easily invade a hive, drain its food reserves, and pilfer the bee’s precious eggs. These smaller ants don’t fare well in hand-to-hand combat with bees, but the Japanese ...
The wasps, bees, and ants together make up the suborder (and clade) Apocrita, characterized by a constriction between the first and second abdominal segments called a wasp-waist , also involving the fusion of the first abdominal segment to the thorax. Also, the larvae of all Apocrita lack legs, prolegs, or ocelli.
Fireflies have featured in human culture around the world for centuries. [55] In Japan, the emergence of fireflies ( Japanese : hotaru ) signifies the anticipated changing of the seasons; [ 56 ] firefly viewing is a special aesthetic pleasure of midsummer, celebrated in parks that exist for that one purpose. [ 57 ]
Photinus pyralis contain steroid compounds called lucibufagins, which make them taste bad to potential predators, such as birds, bats, and other insects. However, some species of Photuris fireflies lack lucibufigins, and they prey on P. pyralis males in order to acquire the steroids for themselves. Although the lucibufagins are a defense ...
On the real, we don’t want either one around! Here’s everything you need to know.
Batesian mimicry of ants appears to have evolved in certain plants, as a visual anti-herbivory strategy, analogous to a herbivorous insect's mimicking a well-defended insect to deter predators. [30] Passiflora flowers of at least 22 species, such as P. incarnata , have dark dots and stripes on their flowers thought to serve this purpose.
The shape of the ant is pretty similar to that of the butterflies (minus the wings). So, to give those of you who haven't found it yet a hint: Look the upper right corner of the image.