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Aphids and mosaic virus

Aphids feed through their mouth parts, the labium and proboscis. The labium is is a long tubular organ housing the stylets within a...

The bizarre Wood Wasp

Unlike other wasp species, the Wood Wasp or Giant Horntail has no clear abdominal segmentation and instead has a long circular body. This...

Neonicotinoids

The impact of pesticides has been a hot topic of debate, after various studies a couple of years ago concluded noenicitinoids use...

True flies and their interesting flying adaptability

Cranefly or Tipulidae, are from the true flies order of Diptera, and not to be mistaken for their 8 legged arachnid friends as captured...

Dragonfly wings

The dragonfly from the family Odonata has veiny wings which are corrugated, making them robust and inflexible, resulting in a high...

Bumblebee

The spectacular common pollinator, The buff tailed Bumblebee ‘Bombus terrestris’ taking off from a Giant artichoke ‘Cynara scolymus’

Arachnids or Spiders

The class Arachnida consists over 100,000 species, including Ticks, Mites, King crabs, Scorpions, and Spiders, with the majority of...

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