insects

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related: biodiversity, wildlife, food editing: [|Insects]


 * Insects** are a class of invertebrates within the arthropod phylum that have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body (head, thorax and abdomen), three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes and one pair of antennae. They are among the most diverse groups of animals on the planet, including more than a million described species and representing more than half of all known living organisms. - [|Wikipedia]

Headlines
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-19/insects-may-have-evolved-consciousness-during-cambrian-period/7338032 https://theconversation.com/handcuffs-bear-traps-and-spikes-lift-the-lid-on-some-unique-insect-sexual-habits-26425 http://www.foodnavigator.com/Science-Nutrition/Insect-protein-similar-to-conventional-meat

Wiki
ants grasshoppers

Twitter
https://twitter.com/insectweek [|@RoyEntSoc] https://twitter.com/MonarchsJV https://twitter.com/BritishSpiders

Recommended Listening
[|Sex, flies, and fairytales] - There are times when one needs to go low in the thicket to see things more clearly.

[|You can hear the ants breathing] - In Western Australia we learn about Noongar people's beliefs and their enduring relationship with their country.

[|Mosquitoes] - Medical entomologist Dr Cameron Webb on everything you ever needed to know about mosquitoes—and more!

[|self-medicating-monarchs]

Recommended Viewing
[|Eating insects]

Wikipedia
[|Insect] [|Dragonfly]

Buzzword Bingo
Ants - Biodiversity - Bugs - Butterflies - Cicada - Crickets - Dragonfly - Grasshoppers - Habitat - **Insects** - Monarch Butterflies - Mosquitoes - Moth - Repellant - Spiders - Witchetty Grub

Butterflies
[|Butterflies of America] Monarch Butterflies

Cicada
http://ganaderiamexico.blogspot.mx/2013/05/count-on-cicada-to-soon-be-part-of-your.html http://www.radiolab.org/blogs/radiolab-blog/2013/may/14/septendecennial-sing-along

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Mosquitoes
http://theweek.com/article/index/246861/5-things-that-make-you-irresistible-to-mosquitoes http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2013/08/06/heres-what-happens-inside-you-when-a-mosquito-bites

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FEATURES
Wildlife

[|Monarch Reserve - Ron Mader]

 [|Mexico on the Web: Insects]

FLICKR
 [|Insect Photography]

 [|London Wasps]

ANTS
 [|Myrmecology - The Scientific Study of Ants]

 [|Gordon's Ant Page]

BEES
 [|International Bee Research Association]

 [|Beehive - Wikipedia]

 [|Colony Collapse Disorder - Wikipedia]

BEETLES
<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> [|Coleopterists Society]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> [|Tiger Beetle World]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS
<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> Mexico - [|Living with Monarchs - David Bray]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> Mexico - [|Monarchs, Mountains and Michoacán - Gerardo Osornio]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> Honduras - [|Butterfly Museum - Robert Lehman]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> Honduras - [|Butterfly and Insect Museum]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> Costa Rica - [|The Butterfly Farm]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> North America - [|Monarch Watch]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> North America - [|Moths of North America]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> North America - [|Butterflies of North America]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> North America - [|North America Butterfly Association]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> International - [|Lepidopterists' Society]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">EDIBLE BUGS
<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> [|Bugfood!]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> [|Edible Insects]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> [|Food Insects Newsletter]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> [|Food Insects.com]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">GRASSHOPPERS
<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> [|Oaxaca's Grasshoppers]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> [|Grasshoppers - Recurring Key Species]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">SPOTLIGHT ON COCHINEAL
<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> [|Cochineal Information Center]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> [|Cochineal - Economic Botany]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">GENERAL
<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> [|Entomology - Smithsonian Institution]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> [|Entomological Society of America]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> [|International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE)]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> [|Insects on the Web]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> [|Insects - Yahoo.com]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> [|Insectarium]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> [|Division of Etomology - Nebraska]