A study suggests that pitcher plants tailor the smells they produce to woo particular kinds of insects.
Tag: Insects
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Killer Candy Striper Spiders Prowl Before the Sun Rises
A study of candy-striped spiders feasting on sleeping insects suggests there are many surprising arachnid behaviors still waiting to be discovered.
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Justin O. Schmidt, Entomologist Known as ‘King of Sting,’ Dies at 75
Studying the venom of bees, wasps and ants, he was stung hundreds of times and famously ranked the stings in a colorful pain scale index.
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‘What Is This Thing?’: How a Jurassic-Era Insect Was Rediscovered
A giant lacewing found at a Walmart in 2012 is being heralded as the first specimen of its kind seen in eastern North America in more than 50 years.
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What’s the Correct Color of Bees? In Austria, It’s a Toxic Topic.
In the Austrian state of Carinthia, where the law favors light-colored local bees, those honey producers judged “too dark” risk eradication.