Insects in winter
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December 11, 2019
Written on January 17, 2014 Winter’s coming on fast. The trees are losing their leaves, the temperatures are dropping, and then there’s the daily...Read more
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Stag beetles: Coleoptera that wouldn’t be able to feed without fungus
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October 23, 2019
If Noah’s Ark was home to two examples from every animal species on Earth, one-quarter of its passengers would have been beetles: Coleoptera . The...Read more
One, two, three: ¡Fiesta!
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August 21, 2019
On August 24 and 25, the Insectarium team invites the entire family to an exceptionnal event. Get out the drums and the trumpets, coz it’s party time...Read more
Detritivorous insects: recycling pros!
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July 24, 2019
Decomposing organisms are essential for the functioning of our ecosystems, because they make the energy and nutrients immobilized in dead matter...Read more
Eat and be eaten: the fundamental role of insects in the food chain
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July 15, 2019
We’re talking about it and seeing it more and more: insect populations are collapsing. The thing is, in being eaten and feeding other organisms,...Read more
Insects: invaluable allies we have to worry about fast!
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June 5, 2019
Without our being aware of it, insects and other arthropods regulate our environment on a daily basis. Some visit flowers for nectar or pollen, while...Read more
2019: International Year of the Fly!
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April 29, 2019
The idea was floated by a specialist in flies, a South African dipterist who was tired of how little understanding there was of these unloved insects...Read more
Butterflies… as adapted as can be!
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March 20, 2019
Butterflies have existed on Earth for more than 200 million years. In the beginning they would have lived in the shadow of the dinosaurs, with a...Read more
City butterflies…
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March 27, 2018
Butterflies Go Free isn’t the only place in town to get a good look at butterflies. Were you aware that many of Québec’s butterfly species can be...Read more
When insects make themselves at home
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September 5, 2017
Love it or loathe it, summer’s coming to an end. Soon the trees will be bursting into color, and some birds will be taking off for the south...Read more
