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🐛 Hidden insect diversity in grass shoots threatened by mowing
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Hidden insect diversity in grass shoots threatened by mowing
When it comes to biodiversity, researchers and the public tend to focus on large-scale patterns. This overlooks a hidden but precious diversity: small, inconspicuous wasps, midges, flies, beetles and other insects that live in plants. These tiny creatures are actually very common, as shown by a team of researchers at the University of Göttingen and the Hungarian HUN-REN Center for Ecological Research.

In yard-work mode today but getting distracted by insects that are just begging to be photographed. E.g., gorgeous rafts of mosquito eggs floating around in the mini pond. #insects #mosquitoes #photography #ponds

"In Mexican Forests, Monarch Butterflies Halt Their Decline"
#Mexico #Butterflies #Insects

In Mexican Forests, Monarch Butterflies Halt Their Decline

🪰 New technology solves production bottleneck for black soldier fly larvae
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New technology solves production bottleneck for black soldier fly larvae
Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists have developed a patented breakthrough system that marks a major step forward in insect biomanufacturing, waste reduction and sustainable protein production.

"Numbers of Rare Butterfly Eggs are Best on Record After Hedges are Allowed to Grow Wild"
#Butterflies #Insects #Animals

Numbers of Rare Butterfly Eggs are Best on Record After Hedges are Allowed to Grow Wild
Numbers of rare butterfly eggs have skyrocketed in Wales after landowners let their hedgerows grow wild to help the Brown Hairstreak survive.

"Stop mowing the lawn – and five more ways to save Britain’s ‘charming’ and ‘polite’ gatekeeper butterflies"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Environment

🐞 New species of ladybird beetle discovered on university campus in Japan
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New species of ladybird beetle discovered on university campus in Japan
University campuses are often places of learning and discovery, but rarely do researchers find a new species living right on their doorstep. However, that is exactly what happened when a research team from Kyushu University discovered a new species of ladybird beetle, Parastethorus pinicola, on a pine tree at Kyushu University's Hakozaki Satellite.

“Explaining Belgium’s ‘wedding flight’ of 1,000 queen bees and how it is reviving Europe’s endangered dark bee”
#Belgium #Bees #Insects

Explaining Belgium’s ‘wedding flight’ of 1,000 queen bees and how it is reviving Europe’s endangered dark bee | The Optimist Daily
Each summer in Belgium, 1,000 virgin queen bees take flight to help restore Europe’s native dark bee and protect sustainable beekeeping.

"Stingless bees from the Amazon granted legal rights in world first"
#Amazon #Bees #Insects

"How Rare Butterfly Conservation Success in the UK Shows Recovery is Achievable"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Butterflies #Insects

"Stingless bees win historic legal rights in Peru’s Amazon rainforest"
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Stingless bees win historic legal rights in Peru’s Amazon rainforest | The Optimist Daily

"Citizen science rediscovers rare South African moth"
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Citizen science rediscovers rare South African moth
A strikingly handsome emerald-green moth, lost to science for nearly one-and-a-half centuries, has been rediscovered in South Africa by citizen scientists who posted photographs of it online. The moth, Drepanogynis insciata, whose body and wing margins look as though they’ve been stained with red wine, was thought to be extinct. The species hadn’t been recorded […]

"Large tortoiseshell butterfly confirmed no longer extinct in UK"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Butterflies #Insects