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Climate change threatens to cause mass extinctions – but how, exactly? New research suggests male fertility may be the weakest link.
In fact, it’s not even the moths eating your clothes.
Flickr/Vlad Proklov
If you see moths and their larvae near your clothes, it’s a sign that it’s time to wash all your clothes and air them out in the sun.
Lacewings are fantastic predators and are easy to rear and release.
Dan Papacek & Tony Meredith (Bugs for Bugs)
Not all bugs are bad! Put down the pesticides and get to know the predators and parasites hidden around you.
They might get even bigger.
Melbourne Museum
The chance discovery of an enormous stick insect has led to a breeding program that might lead to a world record for Australia.
Mating pair of Meconema bushcrickets, female to the left, with male’s genital tongs highlighted in purple.
C. Roesti
The Conversation organised a public question-and-answer session on Reddit in which James Gilbert, postdoctoral researcher at the University of Sussex, explained weird and stunning insect reproductive strategies…