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How Do Insects, Spiders React to a Partial Solar Eclipse?

The sky darkens. The temperature drops several degrees. A breeze rustles the leaves of the African...
Not a Good Day for the Jumping Spider

Sometimes you get lucky. Sometimes you go hungry. Take the case of the huge jumping spider (a...
The Monarch and the Mantis

If you're rearing monarchs or offering them a “way station” of nectar-producing flowers...
To Kill a Monarch

It's a sin to kill a mockingbird, wrote Pulitzer Prize-winning author Harper Lee in her classic...
Prey for Me

Whenever folks post photos of praying mantids, their readers expect to see prey. You know, the...