Snow fleas aren’t really fleas
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January 20, 2021
Text written on April 4, 2018 Snow fleas are neither fleas nor insects. In fact they’re springtails , little arthropods that are close cousins of...Read more
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A sheep in wolf’s clothing: Batesian mimicry in insects
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January 13, 2021
Defense mechanisms and aposematic signals To prevent being eaten by their many predators, insects resort to a host of defense mechanisms. The monarch...Read more
Insect gems
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January 6, 2021
Written on December 4, 2014 For the longest time, the beauty and magnificence of insects have been a source of inspiration for painters, sculptors,...Read more
Time to get at your milkweed seeds!
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October 14, 2020
The days are growing increasingly shorter and the nights cooler and cooler: autumn is really and truly here. For some people, that means beautiful...Read more
A 114-year-old mystery in the leaf insect world has now been solved
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October 6, 2020
Whereas we thought we were looking at two different species, now the Insectarium team discovers that the specimens belong to one and the same species...Read more
Warm up to insects and get close to nature
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September 9, 2020
Bright colors, extravagant shapes, unusual behaviors… Insects teem with mysteries, and have intrigued humans for the longest time. Nevertheless, not...Read more
Getting a better understanding of the monarch’s spring migration
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August 19, 2020
A number of people have contacted us over the summer to ask how the monarch population is doing. Some of them mention that they’ve come across very...Read more
Have your heard of the unicorn katydid?
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August 11, 2020
Katydids belong to the order of Orthopterans and number more than 6,400 species around the world, 17 of them in Québec! They have powerful hindlegs...Read more
Conserving pollinators: a North American concern
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August 5, 2020
This past February, in Oaxaca, Mexico, the Commission for Environmental Cooperation held its first workshop on pollinator conservation. The...Read more
Syrphid flies and bee flies: two pretty flies that are pretty useful!
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July 29, 2020
When we think of pollinating insects, honeybees and bumblebees are the first things that come to mind. Nevertheless, other insects, including some...Read more
