A newly identified pest is raising concerns for North Carolina’s blueberry industry. What began as a mystery beneath North Carolina’s blueberry fields has now been traced to a surprising culprit: a giant root-feeding beetle never before confirmed attacking blueberries anywhere else in the United States. Researchers at North Carolina State University have identified the insect [...]
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Great Lakes region, USA. May 2026.
A rather cool looking beetle. Those antenna are glorious.
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After some difficulty I finally got some decent shots! I even had a Karen come and demand to know what I was doing. These are uncropped and shot handheld. I’m surprised their wings froze so well. This first one is 1/800s and the second 1/1250s.
I saw a decent amount of these green…
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Great Lakes region, USA. May 2026.
I believe this is in the Toxomerus genus (Calligrapher flies). I could be completely wrong so feel free to correct me. I can’t tell what species specifically it is, but it looks cool perched on this leaf.
Taken with my OM1 + 60mm macro.
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> Great Lakes region, USA. May 2026.
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> Still more butterflies.
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> Great Lakes region, USA. May 2026.
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> Another beautiful butterfly I saw yesterday.
A newly identified nematode species may have entered Europe by hitchhiking on invasive beetles, revealing an unexpected ecological partnership hidden inside rotting fruit. In 2025, researchers in Konstanz studying rotting fruit in local orchards spotted a behavior never before documented in nature. Hundreds of worms were seen stretching upward together into writhing structures called “towers.”…
Scientists have discovered a previously unknown species of true bug that has claws. Amber from Myanmar’s Kachin region has preserved many fossils that reveal the animal diversity of a Cretaceous forest ecosystem from about 100 million years ago. The deposit continues to produce species that were previously unknown to science. LMU researchers have now identified [...]
Tiny cone ants in Arizona have been seen cleaning much larger harvester ants, even inside their open jaws. The unusual behavior may benefit both species and has never been recorded before. In the deserts of southeastern Arizona, researchers have observed an unusual interaction between two very different ants. Large harvester ants gather outside the nests [...]
A cemetery hosts millions of vital pollinator bees, showing their ecological importance and the need to preserve their habitats. To cut costs, Rachel Fordyce used to park for free at Ithaca’s East Hill Plaza and walk through East Lawn Cemetery to her job as a technician in an entomology lab at Cornell University. One day [...]
A newly discovered beetle on campus has led to the first major update in Japanese ladybird classification in 50 years. A routine look at a campus pine tree has led to an unexpected scientific discovery. At Kyushu University in Japan, researchers have identified a previously unknown species of ladybird beetle living in plain sight, underscoring [...]
These mantises are increasingly posing a threat to local biodiversity through intense predation and competition for reproduction. Few insects capture attention quite like the mantis. Across cultures and history, these distinctive predators have appeared in folklore as both guiding spirits and ominous figures, reflecting the fascination they continue to inspire today. They also play an [...]
Snow flies beat the cold by acting like a mashup of Arctic fish and polar bears. Snow flies may seem like ordinary insects, but their survival strategy is anything but typical. In a new study, researchers at Northwestern University examined how these tiny, wingless insects, which crawl across snowy surfaces to mate and lay eggs, [...]
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https://bugwomanlondon.com/2023/08/21/ant-agriculture/
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https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2026-02-10/velvetry-tree-ant-rove-beetle-evolution-new-study-caltech
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