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Did you notice all the white spots sticking out from boat surfaces and sea walls at harbors? Those are animals known as barnacles. They...

If the majority of insect groups are unknown to most people; for instance have you ever heard about Cecidomyiidae, Curculionidae, or...

If the taste of tobacco is addictive to some, then you may learn that it can be as well for some insect species🚬. The species...

Have you seen tiny black insects crawling or flying around in your house during summer? The first thought that comes to mind is a...

Insects are the most successful organisms on Earth in terms of sheer diversity, representing more than half of the world's Eukaryotic...

Beetles (order Coleoptera) are the most diverse organisms on Earth (besides maybe for microorganisms), with one in every five known...

Some organisms get an unfair reputation, in particular within groups like insects. The beetle 𝘖𝘤𝘺𝘱𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘴 (O.F.Müller, 1764)...

In the 1960s and 70s, there was a common insect found under street lamps and drains of Hong Kong, and sold by many street vendors as...

Have you ever heard a hissing sound in the wild when dusk falls, or witnessed a dark-coloured, slowly crawling shadow resting on a tree...

In a head-turning competition, no doubt that owls🦉, able to rotate their heads by 270°, would definitely have a serious advantage. But...

When it comes to flies, many of us immediately associate them, often wrongly, with annoyance and diseases. However, not all flies fit...

There are over 6000 species of biting midge, small flies in the family Ceratopogonidae (Newman, 1834) - more than all mammal species -...

When we hear the term “true bugs”, we may immediately connect it to those stink bugs (the Pentatomidae family) which are well-known for...

The spittlebug is the nymph (juvenile) of the froghopper, an insect that can jump 100 times its body length to escape threats thanks to a...

Have you noticed the sound of #cicadas in spring and summer? 🤔It is probably from the #Spotted_Black_Cicada (𝘎𝘢𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘢...

In the insect world, there is a type of clown wearing colourful clothes with green 🟢, yellow 🟡 and red colours 🔴. They are called...

Encounters with new animals often represent enjoyable experiences, but in some cases, they can be very unpleasant to our noses. Indeed,...

If you are an avid reader of our posts, you may have realized that at the HKBM, we like to bring your attention to organisms that may go...

Nature is full of sounds, especially during the hot season. Some, however, are more distinct to our ears and you are probably familiar...

You may have noticed bedbugs have made the news as of late with terms like “infestation” “outbreak” or “out-of-control” regularly in the...