Blanket Octopus Facts Related Articles The Blanket Octopus Physical Description Collectively, all of the known types of tremoctopus exhibit an extreme degree of sexual dimorphism. Indeed, females often reach 6.6 ft (2 m) in length, whereas the tiny males at most only reach a few centimeters in length. The coloring varies, of course. This genus, like […]Read More
Fig Wasp
Fig Wasp Facts Related Articles Fig Wasp Physical Description Firstly, the fascinating Fig Wasp displays an unusual form of sexual dimorphism. But, in itself, this fact remains unsurprising. However, in this particular species, it appears in an uncommon fashion. First of all, the females have the physical appearance common to wasps. In most species, however, […]
Green Bush Cricket
Green Bush Cricket Facts Green Bush Cricket Physical Description Like many insects, the genders of the Green Bush Cricket display a slight degree of sexual dimorphism. Females average around 1.7 in (4.3 cm) in length while males only reach about 1.4 in (3.6 cm). True to its name, the tiny invertebrate develops as primarily green in […]
Desert Locust
Desert Locust Facts Related Articles Desert Locust Physical Description Most notably, the seemingly unstoppable Desert Locust remains visually no different from countless related species. Furthermore, this insect, and related species, are simply grasshoppers with swarming patterns of behavior. In appearance, it actually remains rather ordinary. Further, its coloring consists of random patterns of green, brown, […]
Spanish Dancer
Spanish Dancer Facts Related Articles Spanish Dancer Physical Description Perhaps worthy of note is the fact that, like other forms of nudibranch, the stunning Spanish Dancer evolved as fully hermaphroditic in nature. The physiological principle of sexual dimorphism therefore does not apply to this particular animal. As a result, this marine gastropod mollusk must rely […]
Sea Pens
Sea Pens Facts Sea Pens Physical Description Sea Pens actually represent colonies of individual polyps and together they function as a single organism. Each polyp also possesses eight tentacles. Various polyps also have specialized to perform specific functions for the whole. One loses its tentacles and becomes rigid. This forms the central stalk of the […]
Sea Pig
Sea Pig Facts Related Articles Sea Pig Physical Description Given the fact that the term Sea Pig refers to any of three different species, physical appearances naturally exist among them. However, all three do share many characteristics. Physical size remains the most consistent, along with the fact that none of the varieties displays any noticeable […]
Christmas Tree Worm
Christmas Tree Worm Facts Related Articles Christmas Tree Worm Physical Description Most notably, while gorgeous, the marvelous Christmas Tree Worm nevertheless remains a very small creature. That holds true due to the fact that adults average roughly 1.5 in (3.8 cm) in width. Additionally, it displays no noticeable degree of sexual dimorphism. Furthermore, the radioles […]
Panda Ant
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
Dakota Skipper Facts Dakota Skipper Physical Description Like many related species, the Dakota Skipper displays a slight degree of sexual dimorphism. Females average slightly larger than the males. For that reason, an average wingspan measures roughly 0.55 in (1.4 cm) in the more diminutive males, and slightly more in females. The Dakota Skipper has relatively […]
Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle
Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle Facts Related Articles Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle Physical Description Though the impressive animal constitutes a rather small variety of insect, the Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle still stands out from the crowd. That’s because, the truly awesome arthropod actually measures slightly larger than other beetles of the type often colloquially known as […]