Saving a Species of Stick Bug
Keepers at a British zoo are celebrating the appearance of five eggs that suggest an attempt to save one of the world’s rarest creatures – the Lord Howe Island stick insect – is working.
How Bugs Deal with Forest Fires
...lots of insects which are currently threatened by fire can pretty easily fly away and find a new home without much of an issue. Those which die during the fire are often survived by members of the same species living outside the burnt area, and can re-invade once the situation cools off a bit. Make no mistake: a lot of bugs do die during wildfires.
Butterflies and Dinosaurs
Apparently, way back when Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth, a group of insects called lacewings produced butterflies. Not the butterflies we see flitting around today from the Order Lepidoptera, but floating, flapping, nectar-sucking flibbertigibbits nonetheless, with wings adorned with eyespots, veins, and scales...
The Butterfly Whisperer
Cute little Rebecca with her butterfly farm has captured our hearts.
Insect Die-Offs Killing Bats
...He says flying insects have disappeared from the immediate area, leaving bats with no food source.
Cricket Mothers Imprint Eggs Instilling Spider Avoidance
When the baby crickets hatched, researchers discovered major behavioral differences between the crickets whose mothers had faced stalking spiders and those from the spider-free enclosure.
The Smithsonian’s O. Orkin Insect Zoo
The original title of this video does not apply to the Ento Nation.
