Beetle

In my everyday life, I am very fortunate to have everything I do. I have access to as much food as I want, the healthcare I need, modes of transportation, more than adequate shelter, and much more. In Mawi Asgedom’s memoir Of Beetles and Angels, he faces many struggles in the refugee camp that he lives in before he and his family moved to America, many of which I can’t even conceptualize having to deal with. Mawi struggles to have adequate food, transportation, and shelter in the refugee camp,…

first time checking the cups we got two common ground beetles which are know as pterostichus Broad prothorax with denticulate hind angles; crossed elytral epipleural; body length greater than 12 mm; basal fovea of the prothorax bistriata with a more or less pronounced tubercle in center and a strong lateral carinae. Last tarsal segment setose underneath; wings often full; body deep black with dark brown-black appendages. Common Black Ground Beetles breed in late Summer. The female lays eggs…

relationship between colonization and incest behaviors amongst populations of these beetles. Although the species is indicated to have strong relative, kin, and familial recognition, similar to the lemurs studied by Boulet, the difference of the environment and ecological barriers that were present in the beetle populations have major consequences on their mating choices. (Jordal, Beaver, and Kirkendall, 2001) The sociobiological theory approach to incest avoidance also takes into consideration…

Beetles, a group of insects are part of Coleopteran Order, they can be easily identified because of their dark colored body. Beetles mostly live in hot, cold, dry, or moist condition and because the Great Basin is the home of arid climate beetles can be easily found. Many of their food sources come from leaves, seeds, fruits, or dead wood. However, if beetles have good diets and potentially find other food sources they could benefit their population growth (Arbogast, et al. 2010). Beetles can…

Kishan Patel Section: 008 Pattern: Falling velocity and the dispersal ability of a glider seed varies with its surface area. • Hypothesis 1: Increase in surface area of the seeds decreases their falling velocity, due to greater air resistance o Prediction: Seeds with the higher surface area will have a decreased falling velocity. o Reasoning: The greater the surface area of a seed, the more air resistance it experiences and thereby slowing its fall.  Analytical Approach: scatterplot,…

experiment that would tell us something about the relative behavior of two variants of a beetle species Callosobruchus maculatus (SI – originating from South India & BF – originating from Burkina Faso). The specific question being asked in our experiment is: How does the availability of the preferred bean type affect the oviposition strategy (measured by the number of eggs on each bean) of female SI and BF beetles? Most of our group members actually arrived this question at first independently…

Its unique characteristics have inspired the minds of scientists who have developed water vapour harvesting technology and even self-filling water bottles modelled off the physical elements of the beetle. The findings have the potential to revolutionise countries suffering from droughts or even a lack of clean, accessible drinking water with the development of fog-harvesting mesh. Positive Impacts of Biomimicry on Australia Australia is a country…

allowing them to pass down that trait to a new generation. Natural selection could be an explanation as to how the frequency of beetles with spots decreased over a few generations. The decrease in frequency of spotted beetles spanning the generations, in the context of natural selection, could be due to the predators of the beetle population targeting the spotted beetles more often…

this population there will be some beetles with green colored as well as some with brown colored bodies. Due to the environment, not all beetles will be able to reach their full potential and reproduce themselves. In this case, birds prefer to hunt for the brown beetles, which makes their population decrease and as a result less of them can reproduce. This is also called differential reproduction. The final step is inheritance. Because of the lack of brown beetles, the next generation will tend…

It is commonly represented with outstretched wings such as the figure above. One of the most popular charms was the scarab beetle. This specific one was made into a Faience necklace. The subject of life after death has been a popular concept and they wanted to make sure they would have a safe passing and a safe stay in the afterlife. Egyptian amulets played a large role in their faith for the gods of the earth, sky, wind, and sun. Along with their beliefs the people of Egypt began creating their…