Insects and Arachnids

For decades scientists assumed these insects looked so much like orchids as a form of camouflage. But they were wrong. They look this way because they're deceptive predators.

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Creating an insect hotel gives local bugs and pollinators a place to live and people of all ages a super cool garden project.

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The Atlas moth is one of the largest moths out there, with a wingspan of up to 12 inches, but the 'cobra' faces on its wings are even more frightening to predators than its size.

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A bullet ant's sting will hurt for a long time, but it probably won't kill you.

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Joro Spider原产于东亚，已经适应了美国南部的生活，据我们所知，这是对生态系统的有益补充。

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They love your lawn and, in 2021, they're everywhere. Here's what to do about armyworms and how to spot the little critters.

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The invasive spotted lanternfly is spreading across the Eastern U.S. Here's what you need to know about this voracious pest.

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蜘蛛没有翅膀，因此从技术上讲无法飞行。但是，有些蜘蛛可以最轻松地在空中飙升。

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Most of us think all bees live in colonies, or hives, but there are far more species that don't produce honey, don't sting and live mostly solitary lives underground.

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And we mean really loud. Like up to 100 decibels loud. Get all the buzz on what's making these bug-eyed bugs return.

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The praying mantis is a powerful predator, and not as robotic (or as romantic!) as it seems.

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Black widow spider venom can be deadly but how likely are you to be bitten? It might surprise you that these arachnids are on the shy side.

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尽管Luna飞蛾并不是很罕见，但很难找到，因此每次相遇似乎都特别。

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That's right – daddy longlegs isn't an actual kind of spider, but a colloquial name that's been applied to a wide range of spiders and non-spiders, insects and non-insects.

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Bees get a lot of credit for pollinating important food crops, but they get a lot of secret help from their nocturnal friends, the moths.

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大象鹰蛾以成年人而令人叹为观止的美丽，但作为一个婴儿……不是那么多。

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Born pregnant?你敢打赌。It's a survival instinct but could also explain how these garden pests spread like wildfire.

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The deadly Asian giant hornet, the largest hornet in the world, was spotted in the U.S. for the first time in late 2019. You'll want to stay far away from this creature. Its nickname? The "murder hornet."

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Mayflies have the shortest adult life span of any animal, but swarms of them can still be seen on weather radar.

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有些蝉是年度繁殖者，有些是每17年大约一次大声露面，但是所有蝉都会产生一首“歌曲”，可以达到120分贝 - 非常接近可能损坏人耳鼓的水平。

经过Robert Valdes

Work by volunteers and nonprofit organizations, such as butterfly waystations and increased education efforts, has turned around long-term population decline for some butterfly species.

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Fruit flies are annoying, but we also owe them a huge debt of scientific gratitude.

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Locusts are just mild-mannered grasshoppers until they swarm up and become monstrous. In parts of the world, locust plagues are becoming a way of life.

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If you've never seen a botfly, it looks rather harmless — like a basic bumblebee even. Until it lays its eggs inside a living host, and that's when things get really gross.

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Dragonflies are fast, powerful and unbelievably aggressive, using a rudimentary form of 'trigonometry' to calculate distance and move in for the kill.

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