insects

Get to know the Winter Butterfly

This beautiful creature has colorful rear wings, and surprisingly, its front wings are almost transparent. No other butterfly in Israel has transparent-like wings except the Apollo.

By ITSIK MAROM
25/02/2024

Repeated sexual failures cause social stress in fruit flies, study shows

Rejected males experience frustration that impairs their ability to cope with other stresses, new Bar-Ilan University study finds

Can you spot the praying mantis hiding in this picture?

A viral puzzle has been making the rounds on social media recently. Can you solve it?

Pseudoscorpions of Israel: Two new family records discovered by Hebrew University entomologists

Pseudoscorpions aren't harmful to humans, and are even beneficial because they feed on caterpillars, flies, ants, beetle larvae, and carpet- and book-lice larvae.

Are our decisions made automatically in the brain? - study

A new study puts a decades-old theory into practice, showing how rewards, and the likelihood of receiving those awards, affect choice-making.

Alien species are invading countries, endangering biodiversity

A new report alarmingly reveals that over 37,000 alien species are rapidly spreading across the globe due to human activities.

Cockroach takes a plane ride: Uninvited guest gets attention and amuses passengers

A passenger on a flight in China discovered a cockroach on the window beside her for almost three hours at an altitude of 32,808 feet.

The incredible anti-inflammatory properties of black soldier fly larvae

Promising anti-inflammatory properties of oil from the larvae of black soldier flies have implications to treat conditions like ulcerative colitis.

This wasp can paralyze its victims for 8 months - TikTok biologist

Biologist Andrew Legan collected a tarantula that had been paralyzed by a hawk wasp to study the effects of the wasp’s venom on the arachnid.

Insects in danger: Air pollution harms bugs' ability to find food, reproduce - study

The report provides evidence that tiny particles originating from air pollution, especially from human-related sources, adhere to the sensory organs of insects.

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