Get to Know: The Butterflies of Section 12
Butterflies are important as indicator species, meaning they are among the most sensitive species to respond to diseases and pollution....
10 Bee Facts You Didn't Know
by Vanessa Ting UM Bee Day is happening on 11th of October 2014. Here is some trivia to get you going: 1. Not all bees sting. But they...
Butterfly? Or Moth?
by Vanessa Ting Hands down, butterflies and moths are easily recognised from beetles and flies, but trying to tell a butterfly from a...
Skippers: neither butterfly nor moth
by Vanessa Ting Above: A Skipper appears to captain a crew of ants aboard a flower ship! How do you tell Skippers apart from their moth...
Cycad Blue Butterfly
by Vanessa Ting The Cycad Blue Butterfly (Chilades pandava, also known as the Plains Cupid), is named for two things: the shimmering blue...
What's in a name?--Blowflies and Selangor
by T.G. Goh The etymology of the name of the Selangor state has been lost to time. But one of the many hypotheses proposed is that it is...
A Miagrammopes sp Dinner—Flies on the Side
by Vanessa Ting The stage is set for this Miagrammopes sp spider. With one end of its horizontal single-line web glued to a twig, it...
Backswimmers: Living Life Belly-up
by Vanessa Ting It takes a lot of skill to photograph a backswimmer (family: Notonectidae) before it swims away from you, using its long...
