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animalplanet: omg those eyes!
Mitchell’s Diurnal, or Painted Trilobite Cockroach, (em>Polyzosteria mitchelli)
Thanks Animalworld for the ID!
Hospital Rocks, Western Australia.
One of the more colorful roach species! I’ve seen photos of green ones like this, and some that are red/maroon. Not sure if the two are actually different species, or just different color morphs they come in. I’d love to see these available someday, but I highly doubt anyone in the US is keeping them. Many of these Australian species will never be available due to the strict wildlife exportation laws they have.
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clusterpod: The unlikely colour-scheme of an unknown Cup-moth larva. Snake Hill above Lake Ballard, Western Australia.
トラツリアブ、、、いつか本物と戯れてみたい。。
フワフワの可愛い昆虫。
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It’s rare insects in Japan. They only live a narrow area
in OKAYAMA pref.
female is so pretty face :)
called Anastoechus nitidulus in English.
YOU ARE TOO CUTE TO EXIST
I really want one of these as a pet…O.o;
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Promiscuous Queens Make Healthy Hives
A reputation for chastity may have worked for Elizabeth I of England, but queen bees who start their reign with a royal orgy end up with healthier hives.
When queens mate with multiple males their hives end up with greater genetic diversity and more robust communities of symbiotic bacteria living in the bee’s guts. Heather Mattila, an ecologist at Wellesley College, found significantly more gut bacteria in bees from hives where the queens partnered with multiple males than in more sexually deprived hives.
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neil-gaiman: I think the Melbourne Valentine’s Day Surprise is going to work. This is actually a gif of me pouring out bees, but you can pretend it is a happy dance.
