[featured image] Metamorphosis is one of the keys to the success of the insects. Of all the insect orders it is the ones that go through a larval and pupal stage that are the most diverse. This way of life seems to be beset with all manner of pitfalls. Larvae …
[featured image] Mites have developed quite a niche for themselves in parasitising other arthropods, even other arachnids. Opiliones, the so-called harvestmen are often singled out by these haemolymph sucking varmints. The mites latch on to the gangly harvestman and search for chinks in its suit of chitinous armour – normally, …
[featured image] If you thought the fat innkeeper had a raw deal (see my last post), then consider the fish in the …