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
Cabbage White Butterfly
Cabbage White Butterfly Facts Just look at the rather delicate, lacy wings of the Cabbage White Butterfly. These little beauties also often bear the name of flying balls of cotton. This butterfly is a small species of Lepidoptera in the family Pieridae. Due to its voracious appetite, the caterpillar form of this insect is considered […]
Lichen Spider
Lichen Spider Facts Firstly, like many related arachnids, the Lichen Spider does not construct webs. Therefore, it depends upon its incredible camouflage and ability to squeeze into very small spaces to conceal itself. Also like most spiders, it hunts as an ambush predator, attacking prey by ambush. In fact, this remarkable invertebrate ranks among the […]
Bulldog Ant
Bulldog Ant Facts Firstly, Bulldog Ant serves as the collective name applied to a genus of roughly 90 species of ants, inhabiting various parts of the world. This rather fascinating genus derives its name from its reputation for aggressiveness and unparalleled instinctive tenacity. This occurs partly due to the fact that if this insect gets […]
Ladybird Spider
Ladybird Spider Facts Firstly, the amazing Ladybird Spider remains a small but sincerely fascinating variety of arachnid. Also, like others in its genus, the species derives its common name from the coloring of the male. Most noteworthy remains the fact that most scientists thought the fascinating species to be extinct for nearly 70 years, in […]
California Sea Hare
California Sea Hare Facts Perhaps most notably, the informative term of California Sea Hare serves as the common name of a remarkable variety of sea slug. Not only that, but the scientific name of the animal also provides a clue to where the species lives. However, though, this remains the somewhat difficult to pronounce term […]
Cuckoo Wasp
Cuckoo Wasp Facts Firstly, the term Cuckoo Wasp serves as the common name for any member of a rather extensive group of parasitic wasps. Furthermore, more than 3,000 species exist within this impressive group. Additionally, most of the varieties possess brilliantly colored bodies, with metallic sheens. Therefore, individuals sometimes refer to various species by another […]
Fig Wasp
Fig Wasp Facts Firstly, the term Fig Wasp refers to any member species of a specific polyphyletic group of wasps. Furthermore, these display a rather remarkable form of complete coevolution with the fig tree. Most notably, the survival of each species in this group remains completely dependent upon the fig tree. This occurs because the […]
Green Bush Cricket
Green Bush Cricket Facts The Green Bush Cricket represents a rather remarkable species of katydid cricket. The fascinating invertebrate has a quite broad zone of habitation. Although the typically placid creature remains essentially harmless to humans, it does have the ability to deliver a painful bite if handled. Fortunately, its numbers appear to continue to […]
Desert Locust
Desert Locust Facts Firstly, the Desert Locust remains a particularly dangerous variety of insect. That’s because enormous swarms of this invertebrate have periodically threatened agriculture in certain areas for centuries. Further, when a multitude of individuals swarm, as happens periodically, they are truly voracious. Given the vast numbers and voraciousness, these swarms have a terrifying […]
Spanish Dancer
Spanish Dancer Facts The truly visually stunning Spanish Dancer ranks as a comparatively large and brilliantly colored species of beautiful nudibranch. The remarkable creature also goes by the tongue-twisting scientific name of the Hexabranchus sanguineus. The distinctive swirling motion that the fascinating animal uses to swim serves as the source of the vividly descriptive common […]