Praying Mantis
My previous post was on one of the most powerful predators in the world of arthropods, the Jumping Spiders. This one is about another family of arthropods, that are as much, if not more, notorious… Read More »Praying Mantis
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Jumping Spiders – Master Predators
Jumping spiders are right up there as one of the top predators among arthropods. If at all a comparison of sorts is needed, I think it would be safe to say that they are the… Read More »Jumping Spiders – Master Predators
Whirligig Beetle
Came across this big group of individuals swimming around in a small stream in Coorg. They could easily have been mistaken for a school of fish and I did too. However, they seemed to be… Read More »Whirligig Beetle
Greater Banded Hornet
One evening, while playing with my daughter outside our house, she noticed something big come buzzing around. She started pulling me and said, ‘ It’s a bee, let’s get inside ……. ‘ I tried correcting… Read More »Greater Banded Hornet
Green Lynx Spider
Spiders are fascinating creatures to observe. Among all the arthropods, they, along with the praying mantises, seem to have an uncanny ability to, in a way, interact with their observer. When you look at them,… Read More »Green Lynx Spider
Orb-Weaver Spiders – a bridge to more opportunities
Sexual dimorphism is a concept where-in the males and the females of the same species show vast differences in terms of their size, color or behavior. One such unmistakable example of size based dimorphism is… Read More »Orb-Weaver Spiders – a bridge to more opportunities