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  • Dragonfly nymphs can be powerful mosquito hunters underwater. One scientific review found that a…
  • Dragonflies maneuver like fighter pilots
  • ‘Fearless and quietly astonishing’: the dragonfly that migrates further than any other insect

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unbelievablefactsblog.com /1 month ago

Dragonfly nymphs can be powerful mosquito hunters underwater. One scientific review found that a…

Dragonfly nymphs can be powerful mosquito hunters underwater. One scientific review found that a...

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arstechnica.com /1 month ago

Dragonflies maneuver like fighter pilots

Male dragonflies' dramatic aerial combat maneuvers emerge from relatively simple vision-based rules.

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theguardian.com /2 weeks ago

‘Fearless and quietly astonishing’: the dragonfly that migrates further than any other insect

Wandering gliders are descended from some of the earliest known insects – and breed as one global populationRevealed: the top 10 invertebrates of the yearAll hail the wandering gli...

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mentalfloss.com /1 month ago

The Spiritual Meaning of Dragonflies

If a dragonfly lands on you, it's easy to feel like you've received a message. But what are these creatures trying to say? Cultures around the world have ascribed many meanings to...

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theguardian.com /1 week ago

‘If only people knew’: the fascinating lives of flies

Most people associate the insects with filth, but they are vital to the food cycle and sometimes even prettyVote for your favourite invertebrateEvery spring, billions of flies comm...

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danielharper.org /1 month ago

Close up

Using my cell phone, I managed to get a fairly clear close-up photo of a dragonfly. You can get a sense of the scale of this insect from the blueberries in the background. It’s qui...

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refractor.io /1 month ago

Daddy longlegs seen catching and eating frogs in astonishing first

Daddy longlegs, also called harvestmen, have been documented catching and consuming living frogs larger than themselves in South American rainforests. All without the use of venom....

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haaretz.com /3 days ago

A peeping damselfly beats all in ecology photo competition

The carnivorous insect peering through a leaf triumphed over battling cuttlefish exchanging violent displays of color, a bridge between islands and a baby turtle in this year's BMC...

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oregonflyfishingblog.com /1 month ago

Jigged Western Green Drake Nymph

Green Drakes are one of the most famed mayflies in the world. Here in the US, the insects can be broken into two broad categories: Eastern and Western Green Drakes. Although both a...

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newatlas.com /1 month ago

Daddy longlegs seen catching and eating frogs in astonishing first

Daddy longlegs, also called harvestmen, have been documented catching and consuming living frogs larger than themselves in South American rainforests. All without the use of venom....

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cholseywildlife.blogspot.com /1 month ago

Garden

Sunny spells, 23°, breezy SW. A Sparrowhawk hit the garden this morning. Nearly caught one of the Great-spotted Woodpeckers that frequent the garden. Also a Migrant Hawker Dragonfl...

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phsc.ca /1 month ago

butterfly

Toronto. Butterflies are fascinating, colourful creatures flitting through the summer skies. At left is a black and white butterfly about the size and shape of the more colourful M...

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cholseywildlife.blogspot.com /1 month ago

A Dragon, a Bird and a Fire

Sunny, 31°, breezy SW. A quietish day birdwise but a large fire and a new Dragonfly for Cholsey. Just after 14:00, I was just leaving the hill when I noticed a large plume of smok...

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journals.plos.org /1 month ago

Dipteran flight diversity is shaped by aerodynamic constraints, scaling, and evolutionary trade-offs

by Camille Le Roy, Ilam Bharathi, Thomas Engels, Florian T. Muijres Flight has been a key innovation in insect evolution, yet the selective and mechanistic pressures shaping their...

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oregonflyfishingblog.com /1 month ago

Summer Fly Spotlight: Fulling Mill’s Tactical Light Cahill Parachute

There are a few insects that are synonymous with summer dry fly fishing in the west. If we narrow it down to the insect order of Ephemeroptera, which envelops our beloved mayflies,...

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audubon.org /3 days ago

Double Take: Why Hummingbird Moths Look and Act Just Like Hummingbirds

A tiny creature flits from plant to plant under the summer sun. It moves fast, then stops abruptly at a flower’s lip; it sips, then darts aside, its minute body humming red and gre...

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survivefrance.com /1 month ago

Stingers and how to recognise them

I’m amazed you managed to catch one. They just seemed to appear at night, fly frantically around the outside light for a minute or two and then leave. I share the anxiety around ho...

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cholseywildlife.blogspot.com /1 week ago

Jersey Tigers plus

Sunny, 32°, light SE. A couple of pics from Geoff Wyatt today of a Jersey Tiger Moth (red form) and a Hummingbird Hawkmoth. I had a Jersey Tiger (yellow form) in the garden today a...

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phys.org /6 days ago

Amber fossil reveals firefly relative with unprecedented antennae

Insects rely on a wide range of strategies to sense their surroundings and communicate with their peers. Fireflies (Lampyridae) and some related beetles are known for their ability...

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huntinglife.com /1 week ago

Insect Crossbreeds with Urchin

Dropshotting is entering a new era. The Flutter GIZMO brings Japanese design innovation to North American bass anglers, combining an intricate insect profile with multi-appendage a...

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timesofindia.indiatimes.com /4 weeks ago

Scientists stunned as African lake fly larvae defy deep-sea survival limits

Lake fly larvae in Lake Malawi exhibit a remarkable daily vertical migration. These Chaoborus edulis larvae possess specialized air sacs for buoyancy control. A unique pH-powered...

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peteralfreybirdingnotebook.blogspot.com /1 month ago

Moth Mig

The heatwave continues and there has been a noticeable increase in the number of migrant moths. Isaac woke me up again so I was out in the garden at 430am again, early enough to po...

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scitechdaily.com /3 weeks ago

Tiny Divers Challenge a Major Theory About Ocean Insects

Pressure-resistant air sacs allow lake fly larvae to dive hundreds of meters and complicate a long-standing theory about ocean insects. Each day, billions of lake fly larvae vanish...

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cholseywildlife.blogspot.com /3 weeks ago

Clouded Yellows

Sunny, 24°, light WNW. A walk out to the Lees and an unprecedented number of Clouded Yellow butterflies (7) seen. They were present in a field of Lucerne along with c8 Painted Lady...

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