Post Views: 1,689 Threatened, the bombardier beetles spray from their abdomen an irritating defensive liquid by a succession of very fast jets. This phenomenon begins
Author: Benoît GILLES
Weta: giant insects from New Zealand
Post Views: 3,867 Regions of the world, geographically isolated from other continents for millions of years, have allowed the appearance of unique, rare and incredible
How strong does an ant develop?
Post Views: 1,756 We have all seen ants at work: they have the ability to lift and carry mass loads several times their own. The
Publication in the journal Nature/Heredity of some of my results on Heliconius butterflies
Post Views: 1,656 Heliconius within the “Institute of Systematics, Evolution and Biodiversity” of Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle de Paris (UMR 7205-CNRS) and on the Gamboa
Insect size records!
Post Views: 2,807 For most people, insects are very small animals that run, fly or swim around us. Or, some species have sizes far exceeding
Insect wings are also gyroscopes!
Post Views: 1,188 Insects have flying capabilities far beyond what robotics engineers can produce. However, the control of manoeuvres and posture during the flight remains
Sensory receptors in insects: mechanoreceptors – Part 1: cuticular mechanoreceptors
Post Views: 3,917 First part : cuticular mechanoreceptors Alike all arthropods, insects have an external skeleton, the exoskeleton, consisting of chitin and forming the cuticle
Revision of lepidopteran (butterfly) phylogeny
Post Views: 2,515 The discovery of a new lepidopteran family, unpublished since the 1970s, was made with the capture of a small butterfly on “Kangaroo
New evolutionary history of the European cicadas
Post Views: 2,764 The international team led by the Swiss Professor Peter Nagel and the doctoral student Thomas Hertach have just published in the journal
Presentation of my ant colonies
Post Views: 1,985 As you can read in my various articles, I have been breeding several species of insects for many years, including colonies of
