The Arisaema plant is a demise lure for the fungus gnats that pollinate it Archive…
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Red imported fire ants with painful bites have taken hold in Europe
Red imported hearth ants are an invasive species in lots of elements of the world…
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Animal motion-capture studio tracks bird flocks and insect swarms
Starlings perched in a motion-capture lab constructed inside a transformed barn Christian Zeigler An animal…
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Flies riding on a carousel suggest that insects like to play
A fruit fly driving on a spinning carousel in a lab experiment Tilman Triphan and…
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Female stick insect clones itself despite having sex with males
Females of the Japanese supermodel Ramulus mikado appear to clone themselves to supply new females,…
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Bees miss out on sleep if they are exposed to light at night
Loss of sleep could have an effect on bees’ capacity to pollinate flowers Azur13/Getty Images…
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Male moths make their own perfume from flowers to attract females
A male tobacco budworm moth (under) makes use of an appendage referred to as a…
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Rare flower makes fake bee blood to lure pollinating insects
A jackal fly feeding on “fake blood” secreted by a Ceropegia gerrardii flower Annemarie Heiduk…
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Endangered butterflies are being sold for high prices on eBay
Many butterfly collectors buy specimens on eBay Leo Bild/Alamy Tens of hundreds of butterflies are…
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Male flies are better at mating after fighting off a robotic rival
A Mediterranean fruit fly (backside) assembly a robot-controlled, 3D-printed duplicate Donato Romano Male fruit flies…