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Blanket Octopus Facts The Blanket Octopus, or Tremoctopus, forms a genus of pelagic cephalopods. Also, the genus contains four currently known species that occupy surface to mid-waters in subtropical and tropical oceans. The common name of the breathtaking creature, understandably, occurs due to the long transparent webs it develops. Further, these connect the dorsal and […]Read More
Flamingo Tongue Snail Facts The descriptive term of Flamingo Tongue Snail serves as the accepted common name for a remarkable variety of sea snail. This marvel of Nature also goes by another name, however. Among researchers, it’s known by the name Cyphoma gibbosum. Regardless of which name one uses, it remains a most fascinating creature. […]Read More
Mitchell’s Satyr Butterfly Facts The Mitchell’s Satyr Butterfly represents a highly endangered species of insect. It originally evolved as endemic to a very restricted region comprising four states in the United States. These consisted of Ohio, New Jersey, Michigan, and Indiana. The beautiful Lepidoptera also remains one of the rarest known butterflies on the planet. Only […]Read More
Frog Legged Beetle Facts First of all, the awesome Frog Legged Beetle remains a most unusual species of beetle. Its common name derives from the rather striking resemblance of its hind legs to those of a frog. But, these remarkable appendages are no evolutionary quirk, because they serve an important function. To begin with, unlike […]
Giant Lubber Grasshopper Facts The brilliantly colorful Giant Lubber Grasshopper represents a species of very large grasshopper. Furthermore, the gorgeous insect evolved as native to a rather restricted portion on North America. In the past few years, this rather impressive insect has also expanded its territory into other portions of the region. Yet, despite studies, […]
Golden Tortoise Beetle Facts Perhaps most notably, the Golden Tortoise Beetle represents a rather incredible looking insect. Further, entomologists presently classify it as a member of the leaf beetle family. Also, this gorgeous natural marvel of Nature remains native to a specific portion of the Northern Hemisphere. Fascinatingly, it also developed a very special relationship […]
Himalayan Honey Bee Facts The comparatively enormous, and thankfully primarily docile, Himalayan Honey Bee easily ranks as the largest known type of honey bee. This highly remarkable invertebrate also produces a most unusual variety of honey, with unique properties. This uniqueness occurs partly due to various factors of its most unusual habitat range. The fascinating […]
Queen Conch Facts The term of Queen Conch perfectly serves as the currently accepted common name of a particularly beautiful variety of sea snail. The name of the animal itself, however, remains a source of some confusion, and even a small amount of controversy. That’s due to the fact that the mollusk has gone by […]
Horsehead Grasshopper Facts Firstly, to call the amazing Horsehead Grasshopper distinctive looking would be putting it quite mildly. Further, this seemingly comical couple represents a male and female of the species. Much about the fabulous invertebrate may surprise you. Strangely enough, it rather closely resembles a type of stick insect. Yet despite the appearance, it […]
Sea Swallow Facts First of all, the short and appealing term of Sea Swallow serves as one of several common names for a truly remarkable form of sea slug. This fabulous variety of marine gastropod also goes by numerous other names, however. These alternate terms include such names as the blue angel, blue glaucus, blue […]
Lone Star Tick Facts Firstly, the rather tiny yet Lone Star Tick remains surprisingly dangerous. Furthermore, it represents a species of tick endemic to a restricted portion of the Northern Hemisphere. Over the past three decades, the invertebrate also appears to be spreading outside its endemic range. Further, the species goes through three life cycle […]
Peacock Spider Facts Firstly, the descriptive term Peacock Spider serves as the common name for the rainbow-colored Maratus volans. This represents a surprisingly lovely and fascinating small variety of arachnid. Secondly, scientists know very little about this remarkably colorful type of arachnid. But, its common name, quite understandably, comes from the brilliant colors the arachnid […]
The Velvet Ant is the collective term for of any of the more than 3000 species of this insect. Interestingly, they are actually wasps, so neither bees nor ants. Males and females remain distinctly different in appearance. So great is the difference that the genders are often mistaken for entirely separate species. Nature is amazing. The […]
