insects

Skin-crawling moment camper’s tent is covered in blood-sucking insects

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A hiker shared shared skin-crawling footage showing the ‘worst swarm of midges he has seen in 20 years’. Dr Alan Mackie, from Edinburgh, was camping at Gleann an t-Slugain, Aberdeenshire, when he was set upon by the mass of midges. The footage, taken on Friday morning shows Alan’s tent besieged by thousands of the blood-sucking mites. … Read more

A bug’s life! Amazing macro pictures of tiny insects in Indonesia captured on a MOBILE PHONE camera

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A bug’s life! Amazing macro pictures of tiny insects in Indonesia captured on a MOBILE PHONE camera Series of incredible macro photographs were captured by photographer Andi Sriyadi in West Java, Indonesia   They feature a lizard crawling up a branch, a praying mantis and a damselfly poking its head through a leaf  Andi used a … Read more

Water-repellent surfaces that mimic insects’ wings could be used to develop PPE

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Water-repellent surfaces that mimic insects’ wings could be used to develop PPE that is resistant to coronavirus-laden saliva droplets Analysis of insect structures reveals a previously undiscovered nanostructure  Scientists hope this could be used to create water repellent coatings  Would be useful in developing PPE which is impervious to saliva droplets    By Joe Pinkstone For Mailonline … Read more

China faces ‘DISASTER’ with the insects already invading southern city, officials warn 

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Locust plague heads towards China: Country faces ‘DISASTER’ between now and September with the insects already invading southern city, officials warn Chinese authorities said the pests had ravaged nearly 26 square miles of fields  Armies of the bamboo-feeding bugs were spotted in a region bordering the Laos Footage shows large swarms of the insects flying … Read more

Study finds killer bees’ aggression comes from genetics of European insects

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Why are killer bees so angry? Study finds insects’ aggression comes from genetics of European insects which mixed with African honey bees Killer bees get their aggression from Western European bee genetics  Researchers measured the defense response of 116 colonies with these bees They found that the most defensive were related to South African honey bees … Read more

Indian man lets 60,000 bees cover his FACE and says the insects are ‘like his best friends’

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Indian man lets 60,000 bees cover his FACE and says the insects are ‘like his best friends’ 24-year-old Nature M.S. says the thousands of bees do not see him as a threat Nature has been keeping bees on his face since he was a young child in Kerala  He also holds a Guinness World Record … Read more

Boy’s pet lizard tries to catch flies on a game on his phone after mistaking them for real insects 

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Bug-eyed! Moment boy’s pet lizard tries to catch flies on a game on his phone after mistaking them for real insects  Pet lizard Luna plays a bug-splatting game on her owner Tyler’s mobile phone  The small reptile virtually splats nearly all the creepy crawlies on the screen  Tyler put his phone inside the lizard’s tank … Read more

Insects are gorging themselves on ‘junk’ as rising CO2 levels make plants less nutritious 

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Grasshoppers are gorging themselves on the equivalent of ‘junk food’ as rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere make plants less nutritious, a study has found.  Experts studying a grassland preserve in Kansas discovered that its grasshopper numbers have fallen by more than 30 per cent over the last two decades. Increasing levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide … Read more

The insects making a comeback in our lakes and rivers as mayflies surpass 1970s levels

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The insects making a comeback in our lakes and rivers as mayflies, dragonflies and caddisflies surpass 1970s levels in remarkable recovery Water-loving insects including dragonflies and mayflies make a comeback Researchers find distribution of freshwater insects has surpassed 1970s levels But spiders, centipedes and millipede population have all declined since 1970 By Colin Fernandez Environment Correspondent … Read more

Cyborg LOCUSTS could be used to sniff out bombs after scientists ‘hijacked’ insects’ sense of smell

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Cyborg LOCUSTS could be used to sniff out bombs after scientists ‘hijacked’ insects’ sense of smell by implanting electrodes into their brains Experts revealed in 2016 a project to may bomb sniffing cyborg locust Now, the technology has been implanted in to the bugs that can sniff out bombs Scientists implanted electrodes in the insect’s brain … Read more