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@primonatura@mstdn.social
2026-05-18 12:00:17

"Don’t reach for the bug spray: scientists find insects may feel pain after crickets nurse sore antennae"
#Bugs #Insects

Don’t reach for the bug spray: scientists find insects may feel pain after crickets nurse sore antennae
The behavioural cue of ‘flexible self-protection’ is a way to establish whether an animal feels pain, scientists say

@shaun@mastodon.xyz
2026-05-28 18:33:05

Visitor to a #hydrangea. Some type of wood #borer, I think.
#garden #bug

A bug is perched on a hydrangea blossom made up of a cluster of small white flowers. The insect is either black or dark brown, with eight golden spots on its back and very long antennae.
@colinpurrington@flipping.rocks
2026-06-07 15:54:47

We need more articles in nature and conservation magazines about the evils of bug zappers. Americans still think they work and seem to be OK with the billions of innocent insects that are killed each year. Moth people, I'm looking at you. #BugZappers #moths #lepidoptera #insects #mothing #entomology