Guest Author • May 17, 2021 •
Steve Trewick She’s a scarlet, long-legged stunner with dainty white feet, and the male of the species is almost as impressive. Yet this stunning creature has rarely been seen and was only this year formally recognised. Hemiandrus jacinda is a ground wētā named this year for New Zealand’s Prime Minister … Read More
Peter Griffin • Apr 10, 2017 •
It was after closing time and the museum was quiet and empty, except for a small group of us who had been allowed into the Bug Lab exhibition after hours for a self-guided tour. In the hushed gloom of the exhibition I wandered among the exhibits and stopped in front of a screen explaining the reproductive habits of the … Read More
Peter Griffin • Dec 12, 2011 •
David Winter • Nov 14, 2010 •
Some of the cooler kids in bug-blog world post identification challenges from time to time (1,2,3). I seldom get very far on those challenges, in fact, they usually serve only to make me wonder if there is any obscure insect group Ted McRae can't ID fr... Read More
David Winter • Oct 03, 2010 •
Once upon a time, a green aphid lived on a plant somewhere. Like most of her kind, this particular green aphid didn't have wings so her whole life was going to be spent on this one plant, sucking away at the plant's sweet sap. You might be quite jealou... Read More
David Winter • Sep 26, 2010 •
I've been going at this Sunday Spinelessness thing for the best part of year now, in that time I've been able to cover a decent amount of the diversity among animals without spines. But up until today there was one clearing omission, so here is The Ata... Read More