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Insects
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We Can Thank An Obsessed Insect Hunter For Daylight Savings
11 Mar 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Not one to let his insect-hunting be curtailed by working hours, Hudson proposed a solution: shift the clocks back two hours during summer months.
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“No One Is Safe” – Paris Is Battling A Really Bad Bedbug Problem
02 Oct 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
One of the most idealised cities in the world is being overrun by blood-sucking insects.
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Nightmare Scenes Down Under As Swarm Of Mozzies Descends [Video]
22 Nov 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
We do not know what suffering is compared to the folks living in eastern Australia, where a surging mosquito population has been wreaking havoc.
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Just For Fun: Guess How Many Ants There Are On Earth
22 Sep 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A new scientific paper has shed light on some staggering ant facts, like the total population on Earth and how that compares to other species.
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Bees, Beetles, And Mozzies – Fantastic Insect Facts For A Rainy Day
02 Mar 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
Besides making up almost half of the animal kingdom and being an integral part of the ecosystem, insects are also fascinatingly dynamic and bizarre.
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This Bug Gun (With Laser) Is Real And They’re Selling In South Africa [Video]
13 Sep 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Sharks with frickin’ laser beams are out, and bug guns with lasers are in. Laugh all you want, but the Bug-A-Salt has made Lorenzo Maggiore a very wealthy man.
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Crazy Footage Of Locust Outbreaks On SA Farms [Videos]
08 Dec 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
Swarms of locusts have invaded three provinces in South Africa, with farmers fighting to save their crops.
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The Most Beautiful Bug Photos You’ll See This Year
23 Oct 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
The Luminar Bug Photographer of the Year 2020 competition shows these little critters in a rather refreshing light.
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Bug’s Life: So They Put A Tiny Camera On A Beetle And Captured This Footage [Video]
23 Jul 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Researchers have developed a tiny wireless steerable camera that can be fitted to an insect – in this case, a beetle – which then streams video to a smartphone.
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Experts Weigh In On How To Reverse The ‘Insect Apocalypse’
07 Jan 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
More than 40% of insect species around the world are declining, and a third are classed as endangered. That might not sound too terrifying, but the effects will be widespread.
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New Cape Town Restaurant Only Serves Insects
09 Jul 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
If black-fly-larvae croquettes and Mopane worm polenta sound good, then I have the perfect restaurant for you.
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We’re Now In The Middle Of The Insect Apocalypse
12 Feb 2019 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Insects outweigh all the humans on earth by a factor of 17, but they’re currently losing the battle against habitat loss, pollution and other man-made factors.
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Butterfly Lands On Flutist’s Nose During Performance – She Carries On [Video]
17 Sep 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Not being one for insects or creepy crawlies, I am amazed at how composed this woman stays during what I can only call an emotional ordeal. But she rocks it…
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This Is Why You Can Never Catch That Mozzie Flying Around Your Room At Night
12 Aug 2014 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
There is possibly nothing more annoying than a fly or mozzie cruising around your bedroom when you’re trying to fall asleep. And do you know why it is so hard for you to kill that f*cker?
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That ‘Spider Bite’ Of Yours Is Probably Not From An Actual Spider
08 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Arachnologist Chris Buddle explains that your ‘spider bite’ is more likely to be from other insects or due to an infection.
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Frozen In Time – 100-Million-Year-Old Spider Eating A Wasp Caught In Amber
09 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Ever since the first screening of Jurassic Park, everyone has dreamt of finding that elusive chunk of amber that contains an intact specimen of some prehistoric insect that would hold the key to bringing dinosaurs back. Although they haven’t found quite that, a team of researchers has found something nearly as fascinating.
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THE ONLY COCKROACHES YOU SEE ARE THE ONES WITH ATTITUDE
14 Sep 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
A study published in scientific journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B suggests comes right out and claims that each and every bug on this planet (insects, arachnids and otherwise) enjoys its own individual personality. This from Discovery News:
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