Weta, the world's largest insect

Something I ran across on The Huffington Post today.

New York City hosts new bee species

A newly described bee species has turned up, in New York City of all places!

World's Largest Bee

I looked up the largest bee from the last post, and it turns out Alfred Wallace discovered it in the 1800s in a Malaysian archipelago. It has a wingspan of 2.5 inches!

Animal Extremes

Go big or go home! Some big insects in here.

P.S. Not sure of this sources accuracy...

Carabidae eats Amphibians

Voracious larvae of two recently discovered beetles can latch onto frogs, toads, and other amphibians many times their size, then devour them. How the bugs entice their prey and survive their attacks, however, wasn’t known until now.

Death from above: Parasite wasps attacking ants from the air filmed for the first time

Death from above: Parasite wasps attacking ants from the air filmed for the first time

Monarchs Faced With Barren Texas Passage Through 'Hell'

Short article for interested folks.

Zombie ants!

Check out this story on zombie ants!
http://www.usnews.com/science/articles/2011/05/17/daytime-bites-for-zombie-ants