SearchMonthly Archives: June 2015
Houseflies
Watch the video as a housefly lands inside a venus fly trap. It starts to feed and then quick as a flash … Web Links Get the BuzzFind out all you need to know about the common housefly. Did you … Continue reading
A New Octopus
This may look like an alien creature but it is in fact a newly discovered kind of octopus. Stephanie Bush, one of the scientists at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute found this creature while collecting squids and octopuses for … Continue reading
Burrowing Bugs
The trapdoor spider’s underground burrow has a hinged lid. It lies in wait and ambushes its prey. Web Links Feeding a trapdoor spiderThe trapdoor spider’s specialty is in ambushing prey. Hidden down in the ground, it then jumps out and … Continue reading
Cockroaches
In Madagascar there’s a cockroach as big as a mouse. It’s defense mechanism is to hiss at you. Web Links Natural History MuseumCockroaches exist all over the world except in the polar regions. Read about some of the cockroach record … Continue reading
Bug Careers
Check out this video describing the job of an entomologist. Web Links Entomology Outreach in Schools“Spending time talking to kids about Entomology is ALWAYS worth it.” So starts the blog Kids Like Bugs written by two entomologists at McGill University … Continue reading
