A pair of natural scientists at Macquarie University in Australia, has found an example of tool use by an insect in Australian assassin bugs. In their paper published in the journal Biology Letters, ...

The fossil of Aphelicophontes danjuddi, a new genus and species of assassin bug, accompanied by the fossil of a small beetle Palaeontological Association The fossil record is a lot more than just ...

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The broken parts of a tiny, Eocene insect's minuscule genitals were recently put back together after spending more than a decade apart. Researchers have described a new species of assassin bug from a ...

I’ve read that the milkweed assassin bug will kill unwanted insects like aphids, but I am concerned that it may actually prey on monarch caterpillars when they are on milkweed plants. Can you please ...

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Animals can defend themselves against their natural enemies in various ways. Well-defended species often share conspicuous body colors with other well-defended or undefended species, forming mimetic ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The fossilized insect is tiny and its genital capsule, called a pygophore, is roughly the length of a grain of rice. It is remarkable, scientists say, because the bug's physical ...

Insect Assassins The assassin bug injects other insects with a venomous saliva that paralyzes them and dissolves their tissues. The assassin then drinks its predigested meal and may live on it for ...

In the mountainous cacao farms of Colombia, a new species mimics another animal. Gamboa J, Gil-Santana HR, Gamboa-Tabares A, Martínez-Viuche E, Serna F (2024) ZooKeys When identifying animals, the ...

The fossilized insect is tiny and its genital capsule, called a pygophore, is roughly the length of a grain of rice. It is remarkable, scientists say, because the bug's physical characteristics -- ...