Insects

Israeli scientists: Stressed plants emit ultrasonic sounds influencing insect behavior

Female moths avoid plants emitting distress sounds, Israeli scientists find.

 Israeli scientists: Stressed plants emit ultrasonic sounds influencing insect behavior.
 Migratory insects

Invisible 'sky highway': 700 million migratory insects navigate across Israel each year

 Ancient 'zombie' fungi found in amber reveal earliest parasitic relationships with insects.

Ancient 'zombie' fungi found in amber reveal earliest parasitic relationships with insects

 Meet 'Subject 33': The person mosquitoes can't resist. Illustration.

Meet 'Subject 33': The person mosquitoes can't resist


With transition to springtime, Israel can expect to see more of the fiery copper butterfly

Springtime brings blossoms to Israel, and these attract butterflies. One of the most common species that we can find almost everywhere is the little Fiery Copper butterfly.

 With transition to springtime, Israel can expect to see more of the fiery copper butterfly.

Antarctica’s only native insect’s unique survival mechanism

Before the second winter, the larvae reach their final stage but don't pupate. Instead, they enter obligatory diapause, a natural dormancy phase in their life cycle.

 The Antarctic midge is the only known insect native to Antarctica.

Russia bracing for possible mass locust invasion in the summer

To combat the potential locust invasion, 85.8 million rubles will be allocated for creating special squads and purchasing ground sprayers.

 Russia bracing for possible mass locust invasion in the summer.

The 'unsung heroes': Life-sustaining roles of pollinators and parasitoids

“By studying them, we’re not just learning about their world; we’re finding ways to make our own world more sustainable," Prof. Segoli said.

 PROF. SEGOLI’S TEAM during fieldwork.

The real-life horror of cordyceps: nature's zombie-making fungi

Entomophthora muscae infects flies and manipulates their behavior to spread spores.

 Cordyceps.

Brazilian girl killed by South America's most dangerous scorpion

The Brazilian yellow scorpion, or by its scientific name Tityus serrulatus, is considered the most venomous scorpion in South America.

 The Brazilian yellow scorpion, or the Tityus serrulatus.

A 99-million-year-old bug that lived in Myanmar discovered by Israeli researchers

Compared to the species already known to science, the new features of the bug include unique colors and shapes that the researchers believe were used as a deterrent against predators.

A 99-million-year-old bug that lived in Myanmar discovered by Israeli researchers.

Get to know the Winter Butterfly

This beautiful creature has colorful rear wings, and surprisingly, its front wings are almost transparent. No other butterfly in Israel has transparent-like wings except the Apollo.

 Winter Butterfly

Repeated sexual failures cause social stress in fruit flies, study shows

Rejected males experience frustration that impairs their ability to cope with other stresses, new Bar-Ilan University study finds

 Repeated sexual failures cause social stress in fruit flies, study shows

Can you spot the praying mantis hiding in this picture?

A viral puzzle has been making the rounds on social media recently. Can you solve it?

 Where is the mantis?

Pseudoscorpions of Israel: Two new family records discovered by Hebrew University entomologists 

Pseudoscorpions aren't harmful to humans, and are even beneficial because they feed on caterpillars, flies, ants, beetle larvae, and carpet- and book-lice larvae.

Pseudoscorpion from Israel: Lasiochernes turcicus (Chernetidae)