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First of all, there are no vampire bats in Florida! And bats are not rodents. They are in their own order, Chiroptera, which translates to „hand-wing,“ and most people are surprised to learn that the bone structure of a bat wing is nearly identical to a human hand. Bats are also the only mammals tha
They eat a lot of moths, flies, dragonflies, beetles
I know what you are going to say: “Moths have no blood.” That’s splitting hairs though—moths have liquid called hemolymph that performs similar function as our blood; it’s not red because there is no hemoglobin. In moths, lymph delivers nutrients throughout the body, while oxygen is delivered via th
The biting midges ectoparasitic on blister beetles.
Mezcal is a distilled alcohol made from the boiled and fermented sap of agave plants. Most mezcal beverages — including all brands of tequila — are sold as pure distillates, but a few have an added stowaway bottled inside: worms. Called gusanos de maguey (Spanish for agave worms), these odd organ
scientists to interpret oceans’ past Life on Earth Tiger beetles
Skunkvine, Paederia foetida, is an aggressive, twining vine in the coffee family, or Rubiaceae. Plants produce multiple stems up to 35 feet long, which grow across the ground, over trees and shrubbery, or around and over artificial structures like fences and lamp posts. In northern parts of t
biological control agents, similar to how air potato beetles
University of Florida Affiliate Faculty Edward Braun Invertebrate Zoology Affiliate Associate Professor of Biology Contact: ebraun68@ufl.edu Office: Carr Hall, 514 Interests: molecular biology, genetics, evolutionary biology, systematics, bioinformatics Research Gate Google Scholar E. C
Hall, 361 Interests: ambrosia symbiotic complex – beetles
A group of Florida Museum of Natural History scientists has issued a “call to action” to use big data to tackle longstanding questions about plant diversity and evolution and forecast how plant life will fare on an increasingly human-dominated planet. In a commentary published today in Nature Pla
these plants spread and diversified, so did ants, beetles
Skunkvine, Paederia foetida, is an aggressive, twining vine in the coffee family, or Rubiaceae. Plants produce multiple stems up to 35 feet long, which grow across the ground, over trees and shrubbery, or around and over artificial structures like fences and lamp posts. In northern parts of t
biological control agents, similar to how air potato beetles
Specimens in the Florida Museum of Natural History’s Division of Ichthyology are collected, fixed, preserved, accessioned, and maintained according to prevailing international collection standards. Collection Fishes for deposit in the division are collected in accordance with all applicable la
procedures and/or through the controlled use of dermestid beetles
A group of Florida Museum of Natural History scientists has issued a “call to action” to use big data to tackle longstanding questions about plant diversity and evolution and forecast how plant life will fare on an increasingly human-dominated planet. In a commentary published today in Nature Pla
these plants spread and diversified, so did ants, beetles