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Arachnacris corporalis, the giant Malaysian katydid, giant long-legged katydid or giant katydid (not to be confused with Stilpnochlora couloniana, a species native to the United States), is a large species of bush cricket or katydid that is native to Malaysia. [1]
The young can frequently be found on herbaceous shrubs and grasses, while the adults more often frequent hardwood tree species. Excess sap becomes concentrated as honeydew, which often attracts ants. Some species have a well-developed ant mutualism, and these species are normally gregarious as well, which attracts more ants.
The family Phylliidae (often misspelled Phyllidae) contains the extant true leaf insects or walking leaves, which include some of the most remarkably camouflaged leaf mimics (mimesis) in the entire animal kingdom. They occur from South Asia through Southeast Asia to Australia. Earlier sources treat Phylliidae as a much larger taxon, containing ...
Lacewings are insects in the Chrysopidae family. These insects are small, with a wingspan of 0.2-2.55 inches, but they have a unique, vibrant appearance! They are either crepuscular or nocturnal ...
However, some people may experience different reactions even to generally "benign" (albeit pesky) bug bites. Dr. Norman Ng, DO , of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Staten Island University ...
The house fly is found all over the world where humans live and so is the most widely distributed insect. [1]This is a list of common household pests – undesired animals that have a history of living, invading, causing damage, eating human foods, acting as disease vectors or causing other harms in human habitation.
Google Earth gives people the power to search remote areas of the globe, and those virtual treks have resulted in some rather intriguing discoveries. Here are 10 mysterious sites spotted via ...
Mecoptera (from the Greek: mecos = "long", ptera = "wings") is an order of insects in the superorder Holometabola with about six hundred species in nine families worldwide. . Mecopterans are sometimes called scorpionflies after their largest family, Panorpidae, in which the males have enlarged genitals raised over the body that look similar to the stingers of scorpions, and long beaklike