Stories about insects
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Stories about insects 〰️
The Mallee Looper is a native caterpillar that is eating its way through thousands of hectares of Mallee Woodlands in Victoria and South Australia. Here is what we learnt this year.
Dragonflies dragging each other around by the head, psychedelic Damselflies, and an epic battle with a Mudeye.
A rare plant called Boerhavia coccinea, the food plant for the Striped Hawk Moth caterpillar Yeperenye.
Flowering at night, a mystery, native bee pollinator and special twists to keep the flowers closed. Weird indeed.
If you’re a cicada, this is the last thing you’ll see before half of your head is ripped off. This Katydid is a unique example of “aggressive acoustic mimicry”.
A 67 year-old mystery has been solved by citizen science and social media, and a lost Jewel Beetle has been rediscovered on Raakajilm.