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The survey was carried out under the ‘Tiger Beetle India Fest 2025’ organised for the first time by Tamil Nadu-based NGO, Rhopalocera and Odonata Association of Rajapalayam (ROAR).
A giant stick insect species found in Australia’s Wet Tropics named Acrophylla alta can reach 40 centimetres in length and ...
Crawling along the ground and in the trees are loads of Argentine ants (Linepithema humile). This small but highly successful ...
Microclimates—as opposed to large-scale regional or even global scale macroclimate models—may hold the key to offsetting the ...
Our local forests have far fewer oak trees than were present in the 1800s and yet, of all our native trees, the oak tree is ...
A new species of giant stick insect has been discovered living in the misty rainforests of Queensland, Australia.
Also called the pintail beetle, this creature is renowned for its tumbling, flipping, turning and jumping motions when it is ...
While similar in appearance to Japanese beetles, June bugs are a native species, unlike the invasive Japanese beetle. Clumsy, large and, perhaps, mysterious beetles are once again active in ...
Living in Maine, you know that summer means the return of the destructive Japanese beetles. Luckily, there are a few things ...
The new species, named the Acrophylla alta, was found in high-altitude trees in the wet tropics region of Queensland. Professor Angus Emmott from James Cook University, who helped identify the species ...
Ground Beetles (Family Carabidae) There are many, many species of ground beetle, and they tend to look alike, so we don’t need to get too specific about the different types.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is asking for the public's assistance in ...