entomology – Kettinki

2024-11-07 @ 11.29.34 ∈ In English

Are these tiny insects the world’s laziest bugs?

I was puzzled to discover that some group members appear to do nothing. Not helping out, not breeding, nothing. Few animal societies are known where group members help no one, not even themselves.

2024-10-02 @ 16.54.14 ∈ In English

(From the ”Nature is metal” dept.)

This Mite-y Beetle Buries the Dead to Start a Family | Deep Look

Insects called burying beetles haul mouse carcasses down into the dirt and prep them to feed their future offspring. Also known as carrion beetles, they have some stiff competition … and some help from tiny traveling mites.

2024-10-02 @ 16.50.06 ∈ In English

Clearwing tropical moths travel 4,500 miles from Guyana to Port Talbot

[The moths] were spotted on a windowsill in the winter by ecologist Daisy Cadet and her mother Ashleigh in what scientists have described as an "improbable event" that "defies rational explanation". Through DNA analysis, the scientists confirmed the moths were not only a non-UK species, they were also previously unknown to science.

2024-09-15 @ 15.01.39 ∈ Suomeksi

Lämmin sää on saanut hyönteiset vaeltamaan Suomeen ennätysmäärin

Syksyn lämmin sää on saanut aikaan yhden kaikkien aikojen suurimmista hyönteisten syysvaelluksista Suomeen, kertoo STT:lle Oulun yliopiston professori Marko Mutanen. Mutasen mukaan Suomeen on tullut lämpimän ilman mukana hyvin eksoottisia hyönteislajeja, joita täällä ei yleensä esiinny.

2024-09-11 @ 10.26.35 ∈ In English

Assassin Bug Interrupts a Moth Date - Observation of the Week, 9/10/24 · iNaturalist

Our Observation of the Week is this remarkable scene captured in India by @santosh-vithura: an Assassin Bug (potentially Euagoras plagiatus) feeding on a mating Footman Moth (Nepita conferta)!

2024-09-05 @ 11.51.36 ∈ Suomeksi

Turusta löytyi uusi heinäsirkkalaji – piennarheinäsirkka Suomen lajistoon

Jorma Lankinen kuvasi lajin yksilön 16. elokuuta ja lähetti otoksen Facebookin Suomen ötökät -palstalle kysyen, mikä kuvassa on.

2024-08-23 @ 11.15.44 ∈ In English

Mosquitoes sense infrared from body heat to help track humans down, study shows

Infrared radiation from a source roughly the temperature of human skin doubled the insects' overall host-seeking behavior when combined with CO2 and human odor. […] It's only in the context of other cues, such as elevated CO2 and human odor that IR makes a [difference;] infrared alone has no impact.

2024-07-05 @ 10.06.59 ∈ Suomeksi

Rauhoitettu kuoriainen löytyi Perämeren saarelta – lisää harvinaisuuksia odottaa löytäjäänsä

Luontopalvelujen meribiologit löysivät Perämeren Satakarilta harvakseltaan esiintyvän meriuposkuoriaislajin. Lajia on etsitty systemaattisesti vain mantereelta, saarten kartoitus todennäköisesti laajentaisi lajin levinneisyysaluetta.

2024-07-05 @ 9.59.36 ∈ In English

(From last week)

Butterflies cross Atlantic ocean on 2,600-mile non-stop flight never recorded in any insect before

Painted lady butterflies discovered in French Guiana — thousands of miles from their usual habitats — got there through a Herculean transoceanic flight.

2024-05-23 @ 6.32.40 ∈ In English

Community science volunteers can set scientific world abuzz with new bumble bee sightings

Community science volunteers—laypeople with an interest in bees and conservation—significantly contribute to the scientific knowledge of native bumble bees across Canada and the United States, finds a new study by York University.