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Howdy, BugFans,
As usual, the BugLady’s “Bugs in the News” folder runneth over, so here’s a collection of articles to chew on. Many come from the wonderful Smithsonian Daily Newsletter, which not only posts a lot of good stuff, but it doesn’t put articles behind a paywall. Support your Smithsonian!
THANKS, POLLINATORS –
8 Reasons to ‘Bee’ in Awe of Pollinators by Donna Stockton
SMALL BUT MIGHTY (get in line, Ben Franklin) –
Honeybee Swarms Can Produce as Much Electric Charge as a Storm Cloud by Sarah Kuta
JUST MIGHTY –
This Ancient, Nine-Foot-Long, 100-Pound Millipede Could Be the Largest Invertebrate to Ever Live by Rasha Aridi
HOW SPRINGTAILS SPRING –
Springtails Are Nature’s Tiny Gymnasts, Videos Reveal by Sarah Kuta
SPIDERWEBS TRAP SOUND –
Orb-weaver spider uses web to capture sounds by Krishna Ramanujan
ANTS MAKE MILK –
Scientists Just Discovered That Ants Make Milk by Will Sullivan
AND THEY SERIOUSLY OUTNUMBER US –
The number of ants on Earth has a mass greater than all birds and mammals combined by Ayanna Archie
BUMBLE BEES PLAY –
If bumblebees can play, does it mean they have feelings? This study suggests yes by Vanessa Romo
MOTH NAVIGATION (AND ain’t technology grand!) –
How Migrating Death’s-Head Hawkmoths Fly Along a Straight Path by Margaret Osborne
The BugLady