The Museum houses one of the largest collections of Hymenoptera in the world. The collection is of global cultural, scientific and historic significance and comprises of approximately 3.5 million ...

“Arthropleura has the body of a millipede, like for example, with two pairs of legs per [body] segment, but also the head of a centipede,” he says, noting that the mouthparts are particularly ...

Scans of the rock in which they were found revealed curved antennae, stalked eyes and mouthparts, known as mandibles, similar to those of centipedes. From this information, researchers could ...

Sawflies are a type of insect belonging to the order hymenoptera, which also comprises ... that includes eucalypts -- because they have mouthparts with which they can separate toxic oils or ...

The specimens each had 24 body segments and 44 pairs of legs - 88 legs in total. Based on its mouthparts and a body built for slow locomotion, the researchers concluded Arthropleura was a ...

(Fabrio Conte/Shutterstock) Based on its mouthparts and a body built for slow locomotion, the researchers suspect Arthropleura was a detritivore like modern millipedes, feeding on decaying plants ...

"They eat the leaves of Myrtaceae—a family of woody plants that includes eucalypts—because they have mouthparts with ...

While each order within the small order collection is not as species-rich as the four remaining insect orders (Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, Diptera and Lepidoptera), when combined ... Some species are ...

It has not yet been detected in Indiana, but has been in the surrounding area. Elm zigzag sawfly is a member of the insect order Hymenoptera, which includes bees, ants, and wasps. More specifically, ...

In the 2008 film “Twilight,” a vampire describes the scent of blood as being “like a drug.” While in the world of fantasy, vampires may crave blood for reasons that are tinged with the ...

Eusocial animals express complex behaviors, like group decision-making. Evolutionary biologists have asked how and why eusociality has evolved, and what we can learn from eusocial organisms.