by Rich Leighton | Mar 13, 2020 | Butterflies, Insects, Interesting Nature Facts, Invertebrates, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife
Butterflies taste with their feet and have a suction tube for a mouth. Their eyes are made of 6,000 lenses and can see ultraviolet light! MORE PHOTOS OF BUTTERFLIES MORE INTERESTING NATURE FACTS Interesting Nature Facts is a series about the flora, fauna and places...
by Rich Leighton | Oct 1, 2018 | bees, Insects, Interesting Nature Facts, Invertebrates, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife
Bees have two stomachs: one regular stomach and one stomach for storing nectar. When full, the bee doubles its weight. MORE PHOTOS OF INVERTEBRATES MORE INTERESTING NATURE FACTS Interesting Nature Facts is a series about the flora, fauna and places that make North...
by Rich Leighton | Apr 9, 2018 | Dragonflies, Insects, Interesting Nature Facts, Invertebrates, Natural History
One of the fastest and most maneuverable of the world’s winged insects, the dragonfly uses a method of catching prey called “hawking” where the dragonfly forms a basket with its hairy legs, scooping and eating up to 300 flying mosquitos every day of...
by Rich Leighton | Apr 4, 2018 | bees, Florida Nature Photography, Interesting Nature Facts, Invertebrates, Natural History
That distinct buzzing sound you hear from bumble bees isn’t the noise from the rapidly beating wings, it’s from the actual flight muscles. If you remove the wings on any bumblebee and it tries to fly, it will still make the same characteristic buzzing...
by Rich Leighton | Dec 7, 2016 | American Southwest, Arizona, Dragonflies, Insects, Invertebrates, NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Travel
This beautifully blue male Sierra Madre dancer (Argia lacrimans) was found and photographed on a rock sticking out of Sonoita Creek in Patagonia, Arizona on a mild spring morning. Like all damselflies in the dancer family (named so because of their jerky, erratic and...
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