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
Harlequin Shrimp
Harlequin Shrimp Facts Fascinatingly, the awesome Harlequin Shrimp remains a creature that not even the scientists can agree about. That’s because only some experts divide it into two distinct species. The majority, nevertheless, do consider it as only one species. This debate occurs due to an unusual fact, though. That’s the fact that specimens from […]
Purple Emperor
Purple Emperor Facts Firstly, the Purple Emperor serves as the name for a gorgeous Eurasian butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. Quite confusingly, however, another butterfly native to another region bears the same common name. Unfortunately, throughout its habitat range, its numbers have declined sharply since the early 20th century. The principal reason for this appears to be […]
Ocean Quahog
Ocean Quahog Facts Ocean Quahog serves as the common name for the Arctica islandica. It represents a rather small species of bivalve mollusk. This ocean-dwelling creature also qualifies as the longest-lived animal species known to man. Evidence indicates that this species possesses an average lifespan of roughly 225 years. However, individual specimens have lived even far longer […]
Happy Face Spider
Happy Face Spider Facts Firstly, Happy Face Spider serves as the common English name for the Theridion grallator. In the native Hawaiian language, it is called the nananana makaki’i, which translates literally as face-painted spider. But, the precise evolutionary purpose of this particular pattern remains unknown. Scientists theorize that it may serve as camouflage for […]
Giant Camel Spider
Giant Camel Spider Facts Most notably, the Giant Camel Spider does indeed represent a larger than average species of arachnid. However, it most certainly does not attain the gargantuan sizes often claimed by some. Further, individuals are naturally, given its environment, drawn to any source of shade. Therefore, if a person or animal, such as […]
Rasberry Crazy Ant
Rasberry Crazy Ant Facts Firstly, the term Rasberry Crazy Ant names a highly invasive and destructive species of ant native to a tropical environment. Also popular as the tawny crazy ant or Nylanderia fulva, this incredible species, unlike most others, has multiple queens in a single nest. In addition, this invertebrate appears to displace other […]
Argentine Ant
The Argentine Ant is a dark ant endemic to South America and has become an invasive species in many parts of the world. The native range of the Argentine Ant was very small – around major waterways in the lowland areas of the Paraná River. However, through international trade, the insect is now present in […]
Elephant Beetle
Elephant Beetle Facts First of all, Elephant Beetle forms the common name of a particular species of the scarab beetle. Furthermore, only 3 known subspecies of this rather impressive and extremely large and powerful insect currently exist. In addition, all currently known varieties of the remarkable invertebrate appear to have evolved as Neotropical creatures. The […]
Elephant Hawk Moth
Elephant Hawk Moth Facts The unusual term of Elephant Hawk Moth serves as only one of the common names applied to this magnificent Lepidoptera. The other term often used for it’s actually very similar in nature. That’s the redundant term of Large Elephant Hawk Moth. Its formal scientific name, meanwhile, remains that of the hard […]
Bee Fly
Bee Fly serves as the collective term for a unique family of insects. The name derives from their resemblance to various bees. Currently, we know of more than 4,500 types of Bee Fly. Additionally, entomologists suspect that thousands of related species remain unidentified. However, scientists actually know very little about most of these species. Their […]