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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...

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...

You may think that dancing is an activity reserved to humans, but if you read our posts for long enough, you already suspect that we will...

Wasps🐝are often represented as social insects living with their sisters and mother within a large carton-made nest; ready to fly and...

🐜 𝘛𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘮 (Fabricius, 1793) is a species of ant. The name comes from the Greek for “low” (because...

Having a wasp nest near our home or workplace is not exactly reassuring😱, but do you know that it is kind of safe to have it nearby?🤯...

Welcome back to the amazing world of ants 🐜! Many ant species around the world have independently evolved towards a particular type of...

In the boundless meadows of Southern and Eastern Asia, a small but captivating creature takes the centre stage. Today we explore the...