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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

@UP8@mastodon.social
2026-03-15 16:23:33

🐞 Mirror image pheromones help beetles 'swipe right' to find mates
#bugs

Mirror image pheromones help beetles 'swipe right' to find mates
There are many ways to communicate with prospective romantic partners. If you are a Japanese scarab beetle, it's a matter of distinguishing left from right. New work from U.S. and Chinese scientists, published this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, shows how these beetles use mirror-image pheromones to find a mate. The work could lead to better monitoring and control of significant agricultural pests.

@colinpurrington@flipping.rocks
2026-04-02 12:41:51

If you write about entomology, Haberski and Silva 2026 have compiled a downloadable dictionary that you can import into your spellchecker. I successfully loaded it into my Mac's dictionary (active upon restart). This link has instructions for using in Microsoft Word. #entomology #insects #spelling #science #bugs github.com/ahaberski/SpellingB