Hello again from Eastern Michigan. Here are various insects and spiders that I had photographed in my area from two summers ago. My last post left us at a very productive park near where I work, and this post starts with some things that I’d found during that same outing. We start wi...
However, Latrodectus mactans black widows have been known to live as long as three years in the wild and up to four years in captivity, according to the University of Michigan's Animal Diversity Web. How toxic is the black widow's bite? Because female black widows are so much bigger than...
sensationalism, errors), we re-assessed news for most articles in English (N = 1719; 80%) and some of the other most common languages based on the availability of native speakers (French, 53%; Italian, 88%; Spanish, 48%). The column...
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South Florida is home to numerous species of spiders. Each of these spiders is unique and easily identifiable. Whether you reside in southern Florida or are just visiting, finding and recognizing these creatures is a good way to learn more about the regi
I don't think there are a lot of legit prides of lions prowling around southeast Michigan, but theDetroit Lionsget along just fine. There used to be cougars in Michigan (and they might be back!) and they are sometimes called mountain lions. There aren't any tigers either, but Tigers is...
Michigan and was planted in the year of its dedication, 1879. The oldest is the 150-year-old specimen in the Minster graveyard of St Mary’s Butts in the English town of Reading in Berkshire, although this is soon to be replaced, passing the claim to Rochester’s 140-year-old Catalpa ...
The Joro spider is one of a group of spiders called orb-weavers, named for their wheel-shaped webs. They’re native to East Asia, have bright yellow and black coloring and can grow as long as three inches (8 cm) when their legs are fully extended. ...
tests by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group showed that they are correctly classified in the family Adoxaceae. Native throughout the temperate northern hemisphere, a few species extend into mountainous regions in South America and southeast Asia. In Africa, the genus is confined to the Atlas Mountains...