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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
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 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 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 […]
Sea Pens Facts Sea Pens represent an order of marine cnidarians. There also remain 16 families within this order, and all live in all temperate and tropical oceans. Its name derives from its resemblance to ancient quill writing pens. Yet not all varieties of this creature bear this resemblance, however. It also represents an ancient […]
Sea Pig Facts First of all, the term Sea Pig serves as the common name for any of the three species of Echinoderms classified in the genus Scotoplanes. Quite understandably, the surprisingly strong resemblance to a type of small pig serves as the source of the attention-grabbing common name. However, not all member species in […]
Christmas Tree Worm Facts First of all, the Christmas Tree Worm really stands out from its many related species. The creature remains a particularly fascinating specimen of a tube-building polychaete worm, for a specific reason. Its common name derives from its obvious resemblance to a Christmas tree. Furthermore, while it holds no importance to commercial […]
The Panda Ant forms a rather surprising species of insect and actually is not even an ant. This actually represents a variety of wingless wasp. Their name derives from the obvious resemblance to a panda in its markings and they were first discovered in 1938. We still know very little about this species. They appear […]
Dakota Skipper Facts The adorable little Dakota Skipper remains a rather small species of butterfly that once inhabited a wide swathe of North America. In a rather large portion of its remaining endemic range, the lovely little Lepidoptera enjoys protection under the Endangered Species Act. Despite its rather small size, this surprising beauty remains a […]
Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle Facts First of all, the term Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle serves as the common name for a remarkable species of beetle. However, this magnificent insect has a particularly bad reputation. That’s because it remains considered as one of the most invasive species on the entire planet. For starters, unlike most invertebrates, […]
Tailless Whip Scorpion Facts Firstly, the collective term Tailless Whip Scorpion refers to any of the 155 known species of arachnids within an Order. Many have referred to members of the Order as the stuff of nightmares. However, it does play a sincerely vital role in controlling insect populations in its various habitats. Therefore, while […]
