A contender for Britain's largest insect could be the largest UK beetle, the stag beetle ( Lucanus cervus, measuring in at 35 ...

The scientific name of the largest cockroach is Megaloblatta longipennis, the world's biggest roach with an enormous wingspan ...

1. Insect body size is predicted to increase with decreasing latitude because time available for growth increases. In insects with changing voltinism (i.e. number of generations per season), sharp ...

The world’s fastest ant can run at almost a metre per second, covering more than 100 times its own body length in that time. The Saharan silver ant (Cataglyphis bombycina) has one of the most extreme ...

62.4-centimeter-long insect was originally mistaken for part of a tree 62.4-centimeter-long insect was originally mistaken for part of a tree "a dark shadow appeared in the distance" The specimen was ...

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