Category: bugs

How the Christmas Beetle Plans to Stay Cool During This Hot Holiday Season

December 18, 2022
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Researchers from Melbourne University have discovered how Australia’s Christmas beetles moderate their body temperature through the use of their colourful carapaces. There are approximately 36 species of Christmas beetle in Australia and the colour of different species’ “elytra” or hard shell can vary widely. The body temperature of some small animals like insects is directly…

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A Unique Feature of the Aussie Christmas May Be in Decline

December 14, 2022
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Researchers from the University of Sydney suspect that the iconic Australian Christmas beetle is in decline and are imploring Aussies to assist scientists in a country-wide beetle population count. In an email to The Epoch Times, Assoc. Prof. Tanya Latty, from Sydney University, said that it’s not known for sure that Christmas beetles have declined, as long-term…

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Would You Eat Bugs?

November 1, 2022
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Many of the world’s most powerful people and institutions want us to eat the bugs (bite the beetle, chew the cricket, nosh on the night crawler, and so on and so forth.) But will the American people get with the programming? An employee of the factory “L’Atelier a pates” (“The pasta shop”) empties a basket…

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Came to Supper (1942)

August 12, 2022
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Elmer Fudd and his dogs are hunting for Bugs Bunny in the woods. As Fudd is about to shoot Bugs, he receives a telegram telling him that his uncle is leaving him $3 million on the condition he doesn’t harm any animals. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: http://epochcinema.com Epoch Original content:…

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Let the Bugs Do the Legwork: Before You Reach for Insecticide, Consider Mother Nature’s Built-In Pest Control

June 26, 2022
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How many times have you reached for a spray bottle to kill off an irritating bug? Have you spent time and money mixing powders and potions in buckets of water to dowse the creepy-crawlies that feast on your favorite flowers? Have you ever gone “Full Metal Jacket” on all things arthropod, fueled with an uncontrollable…

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Letting Nature Do Its Thing: Balancing the Birds and Bugs in Our Gardens

April 7, 2022
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Something is happening in our gardens. Little by little, a very unsettling silence is falling upon them. During my childhood, our garden was a blur of color as a multitude of brightly patterned insects busied themselves amongst the flowers. The number of bee species on the lavender bushes was a sight to behold and butterflies…

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