Debbie's Insects Blog March 2008 Archive

Photo: © www.harunyahya.com This image shows how the world looks through the eyes of a fly. I know what you are thinking - "How do they know that? You can't get ... Read More

I checked my calendar when I read this news item - "Military Creates Cyborg Insect Spies." It must be April Fools' Day, I thought. But no, the headline is true. ... Read More

Photo: © Getty Images/Justin Sullivan. Afraid of spiders? Of course you are - you've been brainwashed to fear them. That's (kind of) what researchers from the University of Queensland suggest. Past research ... Read More

A slightly musical conehead. Photo: © Tyler Christensen. Does anyone remember the slightly musical coneheads? I know what you're thinking. Yes! Dan Aykroyd and Jane Curtin were hilarious in those SNL ... Read More

Skunk cabbage in bloom. Photo: © Debbie Hadley, WILD Jersey March brings many good things: college basketball tournaments, St. Patty's parades, and best of all, skunk cabbage. As soon as crocuses ... Read More

Photo courtesy Lianne McLeod, About.com Guide to Exotic Pets Ever go to one of those bug exhibits at your local museum or science center? If you have, chances are the smiling ... Read More

Photo: © Stockbyte/Getty Images First Colony Collapse Disorder. Then honeybee heists by sneaky bee bandits. There's an expression that bad things come in three's, and for California honeybees that seems to ... Read More

And me without my camera. I debated bringing it along on a hike today, but decided to travel light for once. That pretty much guaranteed I would see something on ... Read More

Left image 2004, right image 2008.Image courtesy NASA Earth Observatory, by Robert Simmon and Daniel Slayback. That's a sound I hope to hear some day, when I check another one of ... Read More

Bees in California keep a watchful compound eye out for thieves. Photo: © Matt Cardy/Stringer/Getty Images Since the fall of 2006, honeybee hive boxes have stopped buzzing, and beekeepers have looked ... Read More

It's International Women's Day, a day to give a shout out to those courageous women in history who followed their passions, whether or not society approved. For women who loved ... Read More

Photo: © Compassionate Eye Foundation/Chris Ryan/OJO Images Ltd/Getty Images Remember those classroom jobs from elementary school - line leader, paper person, blackboard cleaner, and the like? One teacher in California created ... Read More

Photo: © Debbie Hadley, WILD Jersey Anyone who spends time observing caterpillars knows their habits. They eat, they poop, they eat some more, and they molt. Eventually, they morph into a ... Read More

Illustration: Alain Beneteau/www.paleospot.com Look around. See any dinosaurs? Nope, not a single dinosaur to be found. Insects, on the other hand, are everywhere and the species count tops one million. Somewhere ... Read More

Photo: © Debbie Hadley, WILD Jersey In childhood, I was taught certain truths about insects, often by my mother. "Bumblebees don't sting." That truth became fiction when I suffered a sting ... Read More

The University of Kentucky's Entomology Department offers a free downloadable lesson plan, Field Guide to Schoolyard Insects. Students get up close and personal with an insect in the schoolyard, ... Read More