by Rich Leighton | Mar 18, 2020 | Butterflies, Insects, Interesting Nature Facts, Invertebrates, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife
Most adult butterflies can’t bite or chew. They eat mainly liquids like nectar, sap, juices from fruits, and sometimes even fluids from carcasses. They have a long, tube-like tongue called a proboscis, which works like a straw to suck up liquid. When...
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 | Feb 12, 2020 | Florida Nature Photography, Interesting Nature Facts, Invertebrates, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife
Ghost crabs are found on many of the same beaches as sea turtle nests. They devour baby turtles while they hatching out in the sand, and drag the baby turtles into their burrows and eat them up. MORE PHOTOS OF INVERTEBRATES MORE INTERESTING NATURE FACTS Interesting...
by Rich Leighton | Jan 23, 2020 | Interesting Nature Facts, Invertebrates, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife
The ochre star actually has 5 eyes, each located at the tip of its rays. However, they have no vision. The eyes act as sensors and are sensitive to light. Although commonly called the ocher sea star, they may be yellow, orange, brown, reddish, or purple! MORE PHOTOS...
by Rich Leighton | Jan 18, 2020 | Interesting Nature Facts, Invertebrates, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife
Although they live side by side, clonemates from different groups are enemies. Warrior anemones with knoblike swellings packed with large stinging cells border each group. If a warrior comes in contact with an enemy warrior, they exchange a barrage of poison darts,...
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