There are three beetles in Saskatchewan that transmit Dutch Elm Disease; the native Elm Bark Beetle, Hylurgopinus rufipes – for those who are interested – the smaller European Elm Bark Beetle, ...

Publication of new species-group names of 264 cuckoo wasps (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) recorded in Brazil since Linnaeus’ (1758) “Systema Naturae,” calculated as the number of new taxa described per ...

These black slip wasps, also known by their scientific name Pimpla rufipes, are completely harmless to humans and will not sting you at all. However, their sleek body shape with a bulbous end is ...

Lyme disease is a bacterial infection caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi. It is spread through the bite of infected ticks. Ticks are tiny, and their bites—which can occur anywhere on the ...

Daily rhythms of behavior and their synchronization in relevant social contexts are fundamental for the survival and reproductive success of all animal species. South American annual fish are adapted ...

Some are kinds of bugs cooked with bamboo shoots, as an accompanying dish. A concoction of ground-up black ants or Bothroponera rufipes, mixed in water can even relieve toothache. The ants are also ...

Aideen Loftus, Co Mayo Why not? It is Pimpla rufipes an ichneumon wasp that parasitizes the caterpillars of butterflies and moths, inserting the eggs through the long ovipositor at its backend.

"I said, 'I think I just saw an amazing record for Minnesota. Don't move!" And that was how the first Sphodros niger was documented in Minnesota. Another time, he and a student were looking for ...

The black purse-web spider, or sphodros niger, may look terrifying in photos with its distinctive protruding fangs, or chelicerae, but at the size of just a penny, it is considered harmless to humans ...

Did you know that there's a tarantula species residing right here in Toronto? The black purse-web spider is the only arachnid belonging to the tarantula group in Ontario, but despite its menacing ...