A BugMan's Life

24/02/2023

Do you like Dragonflies and Damselflies?
Then you should definitely read this!

We continuously hear and read about the effects of disturbances, invasive species and pollution on environments, habitats, and ecological processes. The question that then comes up is how can we easily, simply, and quickly determine the health of a habitat, ecosystem, or environment? One of the best...

12/12/2022

This one went out a bit earlier than usual!

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to....

12/12/2022

Minute, Impressive and potentially something very exciting!

Ask, and it will be given to you: seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened for you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. – Matthew 7:7-8

12/11/2022

My observation of this Tiny shocking orange jumping spider from the genus Tanzania was the Observation of the Day on iNaturalist!😁😁😁
How epic is that?

This tiny spider will be doing some travel for a proper identification!

This jumping spider is in the genus Tanzania, but it was found in South Africa by abugmanslife. It's the Observation of the Day!

More details: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/141681784

17/10/2022

Have you ever wondered how insects invade other countries to the point where they become a problem?

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone? And though a man might pr...

12/10/2022

Bugs and light! In more ways than you can think!

You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. IN the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father...

27/09/2022

If you didn't know, you're sharing earth with 20 quadrillion ants... But can we see an ant as an induvial or not?

https://www.getrevue.co/profile/abugmanslife/issues/ants-individuals-or-not-issue-48-1357451

For the body does not consist of one member but of many. If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body. And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make ...

02/09/2022

This Droptail ant is busy opening the seed of this flower before it ripens to access the moisture inside!

02/09/2022

A Natal Droptail ant busy cleaning is antennae! Ants clean their antennae often, because just as we humans struggle to smell with a blocked and stuffy nose so ants struggle to smell with dirty antennae.

02/09/2022

Myrmicaria natalensis - The Natal Droptail ant! What a cool looking species of ants!

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30/08/2022

Euponera brunoi has the ability to defend itself with its stinger!

30/08/2022

Euponera brunoi loves in small colonies

30/08/2022

Euponera brunoi! What an epic ant species!
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