Tag: Bugs
In the Pine Barrens of New Jersey, a wooded land somewhere between New York City and Philadelphia, scientists confirmed the existence of a previously undiscovered species of leafhopper, a type of colorful sap-eating bug that lives in a threatened grass called pinebarren smokegrass, EurekAlert reports. The study, published in the peer-reviewed journal ZooKeys, was led […]
Ants that live in Manhattan have developed a taste for human food — more so than ants found in forests and parks, a new study has found. Researchers from NC State say that the Pavement ant, the most common ant in New York City, eats junk food that we toss out. Several of the 21 […]
A new study about New York’s abundant wildlife has found that bugs are competing with rats for scraps of our food. It’s the “half glass full” scenario for any New Yorker, offering promising news if you hate rats, or, if you’re cynical, confirming the belief that the city is filthy and overrun by more critters […]
Humans seem to have a thing against bugs, spiders, centipedes, insects. Some people may argue we should eat them, but in the meantime, the only bug I want to see near my food is a bee on the side of a honey jar. And that’s where we exactly where we begin: HALLUCINOGENIC OR MAD HONEY […]
From the YouTube channel that brought us gloriously swinging scrotum and BHQF’s “how to” art, here’s a “Bugz” from Berlin-based Low Concept. MOCAtv explains that Low Concept is a joint Ville Haimala (Renaissance Man, Millennium) and Daniel Fisher (Physical Therapy) “attempt to make literally low concept, functional music for the dancefloor.” What’s the roaches? Why is one of […]
In a post about the manifold functions of trichomes in plant life, Anna Tiley at Science Says reveals this nugget of information: Some of the best known examples of trichomes are found on cannabis plants. The function of these was recently explained in a talk at the Society of Biology by GW Pharmaceuticals’ Director of Botanical Research […]
A new species of wasp discovered in Thailand in 2008 were finally given a name: Ampulex dementor, a tribute to J.K. Rowling’s Dementors, the most depressing monsters of all time. The wasps have been called “soul sucking,” as their preferred method of reproduction involves stinging a cockroach to place it in a “docile” state while […]
Possibly more relevant to your life than the Starbucks map: a regularly updated cockroach map of NYC’s zip codes first launched in 2010, based on how many roaches are turned up by restaurant inspectors in a given week. This week, 10473, encompassing Clason Point, Shore Haven, and Castle Hill in the Bronx is the worst, and […]
Say you’re a hawk moth, quietly minding your own business, doing whatever it is hawk moths do, when you hear a sound. To your finely-tuned ear, it sounds like a bat, ready to swoop in and make an attack; you don’t have enough time to get away, and the flying predator is getting closer by […]
Where were you during the Great Cicada Swarmageddon of 2013? Locking your doors and sealing your windows to keep the hordes away? Battling your way to the corner bodega with a baseball bat, swatting away all of the filthy creatures in your path? Or putting your entomologist hat on, carefully studying the wealth of new specimens […]
