#Cicada creeps out CNN’s Manu Raju during live shot

#Cicada creeps out CNN’s Manu Raju during live shot

“#Cicada creeps out CNN’s Manu Raju during live shot” A cicada crawled onto a reporter’s head during a live shot in Washington, as the insect’s once-in-a-generation coming out party continues to make headlines. CNN reporter Manu Raju tweeted a clip of him being bugged by the unwanted visitor — which appears to be almost the…

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#Virginia chef serves up tasty cicada tacos

#Virginia chef serves up tasty cicada tacos

“#Virginia chef serves up tasty cicada tacos” For many Washington-area residents, the coming of the 17-year cicadas is a dreaded nuisance, but for chef Tobias Padovano it is a rare culinary opportunity. In their few weeks on the Earth’s surface, the many billions of 1-1/2 inch-long (3.8 centimeter) black and orange insects will make life…

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#What bug recipes taste like

#What bug recipes taste like

“#What bug recipes taste like” They are the gateway bug into the intoxicatingly crunchy world of insect eating. After lying dormant for nearly 20 years, the cacophonous Brood X cicadas have finally emerged on the East Coast. But this time around, the most adventurous among us won’t be satisfied merely hearing the deafening critters —…

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#Brood X cicadas force businesses, homeowners to take precautions

#Brood X cicadas force businesses, homeowners to take precautions

“#Brood X cicadas force businesses, homeowners to take precautions” Brood X, a classification of the trillions of periodical cicadas that have descended in states across the eastern and southern U.S., has emerged after a 17-year hiatus — and already closed one restaurant. The District of Columbia and the surrounding states of Maryland and Virginia are cicada ground zero, reporting sightings earlier than most other states.  More…

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#New type of ant given first-ever gender-neutral name

#New type of ant given first-ever gender-neutral name

“#New type of ant given first-ever gender-neutral name” Even the bugs are nonbinary now. A newly discovered ant is now the first animal species to be given a scientific name ending in “they” to honor gender diversity. Researchers named the miniature trap-jaw ant from the luscious tropical forests of Ecuador “Strumigenys ayersthey.” Typically, when species…

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#Giant moth so chunky it struggles to fly discovered

#Giant moth so chunky it struggles to fly discovered

“#Giant moth so chunky it struggles to fly discovered” Mothra surfaces in Australia. An Australian worker realized every entomophobe’s worst nightmare after encountering a moth so huge that it struggled to fly. The Mount Cotton State School in Queensland, where Mothra was discovered, shared a Facebook photo Sunday of the behemoth bug on the end…

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#Genetically modified mosquitoes being released in Florida

#Genetically modified mosquitoes being released in Florida

“#Genetically modified mosquitoes being released in Florida” Thousands of genetically modified mosquitoes have begun to be released in Florida this week as part of an effort to combat a disease-spreading species of the insect. The buzzy project, from British biotech company Oxitec, aims to curb the population of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which can spread diseases…

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#Murder hornets could resurface in US this spring

#Murder hornets could resurface in US this spring

“#Murder hornets could resurface in US this spring” Murder hornets buzzed off this winter in the US — but they may soon be back.  The jumbo stingers from Asia could wreak havoc this spring as the weather warms and their queen bees emerge from underground — to start popping out babies, experts told The Post. …

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#Cockroaches nibble each other’s wings after sex: study

#Cockroaches nibble each other’s wings after sex: study

“#Cockroaches nibble each other’s wings after sex: study” Like an entomological Armie Hammer? They say cockroaches will inherit the earth. However, it’s a wonder they reproduce at all: Japanese researchers revealed that these household pests have a penchant for biting their mate’s wings while getting jiggy with it. “Within mating pairs of a wood‐feeding cockroach,…

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