Bug Bytes

Bug Bytes

By Glenn MarangeloScienceNatural Sciences
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Bug Bytes episodes

  • Velvet Ants
    While some species are white, creamy, or black in color, most velvet ants are red or orange …a coloration that’s a warning.
    3 min
  • Blue Morpho Butterflies
    Found in tropical rainforests from Mexico to South America, Blue Morpho Butterflies have a wingspan of 5 to 8 inches. In regard to their appearance, they seem to have a split personality.
    3 min
  • Bug Bytes: Woodlice
    Pill bugs. Sow bugs. Doodle bugs. Roly-polies. From around the world, there are at least another dozen nicknames for these small animals that are more scientifically referred to as terrestrial isopods, or woodlice.
    3 min
  • Pack Hunting Spiders
    If you suffer from arachnophobia (the fear of spiders), then hold onto your seat. While the thought of one spider might be terrifying, what about spiders that hunt in packs of hundreds?
    3 min
  • Hissing Cockroach Hitchhikers
    The roaches are messy eaters, leaving bits of foo on their heads. The mites are like a tiny cleaning crew that eats any scraps of food left on the roach’s face.
    3 min
  • Hairstreak Butterflies
    Most Hairstreak Butterflies have hair-like tails looking like a pair of antennae and the colored marks looking like eyes. It appears that the butterfly has two heads!
    3 min
  • Termite Architects
    These six-legged architects regulate the mound’s internal temperature by opening and closing heating and cooling vents they constructed throughout their home, enabling them to adjust air currents to keep their insect skyscraper at the ideal temperature.
    3 min
  • Invisible Moths
    Instead of slipping on a cloak, two species of moths rely on the unique shape of the scales that cover their wings to go undetected by bats.
    3 min
  • Cicadas
    Male cicadas use their blaring sounds to communicate with other cicadas. Their songs are used as alarm calls, territorial calls, or ballads to woo the ladies.
    3 min

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As described by Edward O. Wilson — perhaps the best known American biologist, researcher, naturalist and author — invertebrates are "The Little Things That Run the World." And indeed they do, in so…