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So when it's cloudy, they get nowhere lol

Amazing though :shock:


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They can still use the polarization -O-

All ball rollers use celestical cues: sun, moon or stars; I think, they are inactive when it is really overcast. They might miss than the dung pad of their lifetime lol


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Anthia ground beetle goes after a mouse, remarkable predators




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:shock:
:no: :no: :no:


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:shock:

Big beetle or small mouse?


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Lisbeth wrote: ↑Wed Apr 15, 2020 11:18 am :shock:

Big beetle or small mouse?
Both, Anthia is about 4 cm in size.


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\O


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A brilliant claymation video: The complete life cycle of an Aedes aegypti mosquito



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