[featured image] Antony van Leeuwenhoek, a man of magnificent hair and considerable talent, was the pioneer of microscopy. Using a device he crafted himself he scrutinised all manner of unsavoury samples to see what miniature wonders they contained. Some of the first things he saw were the decidedly odd little …
[featured image] Well, it’s not much of a dragon, but it does live in mud. These animals, correctly known as kinorhynchs, are miniscule, usually much less than a millimetre long, but under the gaze of a microscope they are quite appealing little things. The specimen posing in the photo below …
[featured image] Flies are supremely successful animals, but they tend to get a lot of bad press and let’s be honest, the …
[featured image] Insect wings are right up there with metamorphosis in the adaptations that have allowed these animals to become as successful …
[featured image] Metamorphosis is one of the keys to the success of the insects. Of all the insect orders it is the …
[featured image] Mites have developed quite a niche for themselves in parasitising other arthropods, even other arachnids. Opiliones, the so-called harvestmen are …
[featured image] The last post about the hornet clearwing moth got me thinking about another incredible mimic, a photo of which I …
[featured image] Now is a good time to look for the fantastic hornet clearwing moth (Sesia apiformis), well it is if you …
[featured image] Social insects line up to die for the sake of their colony; however, few do it with as much gory …
[featured image] The trap ant, Allomerus decemarticulatus, is a small, unassuming South American insect, staying out of sight much of the time …