Neatorama Posts Tagged "insect"
Why Aren't Insects as Big as Humans?

The short answer is because it would scare...  ...here are several hypotheses as to why insects and other arthropods don't get bigger...  ...her arthropods don't get bigger, said insect physiologist Jon Harrison, at Arizona State...  ...in Tempe. The first hypothesis...

https://www.neatorama.com/2012/10/21/Why-Arent-Insects-as-Big-as-Humans/
Photosynthetic Aphids...

Image: Shipher Wu and Gee-way Lin/National Taiwan University - via Wikipedia Photosynthesis, the process of by which light energy is captured from the sun and turned into chemical energy, as any school c...

https://www.neatorama.com/2012/08/18/Photosynthetic-Aphids/
Insect Smaller than an Amoeba

How tiny can tiny insects be? Ed Yong of Not Exactly Rocket Science,...  ...than an amoeba! Thrips are tiny insects , typically just a millimetre in length....  ...must be. Now, consider that there are insects that lay their eggs insi...

https://www.neatorama.com/2012/07/09/insect-smaller-than-an-amoeba/
What Killed Giant Insects That Ruled The Skies of Ancient Earth?

A fossilized insect wing from the species Stephanotypus schneideri...  ...g), substantially smaller than the largest fossil insect (Meganeuropsis permiana, about 33 cm lo...  ...il is a drawing of the largest Cenozoic insect (it's about 12 million yea...

https://www.neatorama.com/2012/06/06/what-killed-giant-insects-that-ruled-the-skies-of-ancient-earth/
World's Deepest Land Bug...

Scientists went to the Krubera Cav...  ...planet, to discover the world's deepest insects . They found these creepy-crawlies livin...

https://www.neatorama.com/2012/02/26/worlds-deepest-land-bug/
15 Incredible Flower Praying Mantis Pictures...

This fetching praying mantis looks like she is flirting with the camera! But the orchid mantis may be a male. An orchid mantis is one of the many flower mantis species that have camouflage to match the type of flower...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/11/17/15-incredible-flower-praying-mantis-pictures/
The Most Surreal Insect on Earth

This photo shows a replica of Bocydium globula...  ...globulare, the Brazilian Treehopper. It's a real insect -scout's honor! See more pictures of this treehop...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/10/06/the-most-surreal-insect-on-earth/
Cloned Fathers Carried Inside Insect Daughters

An insect called the cottony cushion scale has developed a...  ...nds to die out. Gardner clarified that the female insects are not truly hermaphroditic, as much as they are...  ...tic, as much as they are two different individual insects

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/18/cloned-fathers-carried-inside-insect-daughters/
The Gnat-ogre...

The gnat-ogre, Holcocephalus fuscus, is a tiny insect that eats even tiner insects . You've got to look really close to ever see them...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/08/02/the-gnat-ogre/
The Namibian Fog Basking Beetle...

This beetle is named Onymacris unguicularis, or the ‘tok-tokkie’ beetle. Why does he look as if he's trying to stand on his head? He’s developed a rather nifty way of getting a drink. As a sea fog rolls in of a mo...

https://www.neatorama.com/2011/02/10/the-namibian-fog-basking-beetle/
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