By Nancy Schellhorn, Spatial Ecology Team Leader; Sarina Macfadyen, Research Scientist and Anna Renwick, Research Ecologist at University of Queensland More than […]
By Andrea Wild Legend has it that Titanus giganteus – a longhorn beetle from the Amazon – can snap pencils […]
We've used our 3D printers to recreate minuscule insects, like weevils and Christmas beetles and scaled them right up to almost 40 times their original size.
By Kim Pullen – Australian National Insect Collection In 1720, a J. Strype wrote in Stow’s Survey of London that […]
The Gooniyandi people of the Fitzroy Valley in the tropical Kimberley region of Western Australia know that the appearance of red dragonflies is a much better indicator of the march of seasons than a glance at the old wall calendar.
By Owain Edwards and Raphael Didham. We have just returned from a month collecting insects in the National Heritage-listed Kimberley […]
There are about 400 species of March fly in Australia. Some of these feed on flower nectar and pollen but the majority prefer a helping of blood.
On Balls Pyramid, a sheer rocky island off the coast of mainland New South Wales, the Lord Howe Island stick […]
By Kim Pullen – Australian National Insect Collection Insects hide their enormous diversity well. We may hear that several thousand […]
The secret life of the scribbly gum moth has been revealed, including how and where these moths develop and how they make their scribbles.
By Kim Pullen – Australian National Insect Collection To look at a Pink Underwing moth (Phyllodes imperialis) resting you would […]
It's still a mystery why the green and yellow Plague Soldier Beetle, found in temperate southeastern Australia, occasionally builds up to massive numbers.
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