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Evenin', all! It'z high time for another one a #LottiezLezzonz! Az per y'all'z vote in mah lazt poll, tonight'z lezzon iz about Monarch Flutterbugz! Firzt off, remember when you were schoolfeedin' age and you and your hatchmatez would compare y'all'z exact agez like it mattered a lick? Well, now imagine if all that DID matter! Ya see, flutterbugz born in the spring / summer uzually live 2-6 wipez, whereaz onez hatched towardz the end of the summer tend to live EIGHT OR NINE PERIGEEZ!! It'z cuzz of the timin' of everythin'; the flutterbugz hatched towardz the end a the seazon tend to stick around long...Read more
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Hi, y'all, it'z Lottie! I been seein' a lot of theze pretty ladiez out lately, so tonight'z subject iz... Dragonfliez! Did y'all know that dragonfliez are THE mozt succezzful predatorz on Alternia? For example, sharkz? I reckon they only get the target about half the time. Lionz are a little better with a succezz rate clozer to 75%. But dragonfliez? NINETY-FIVE PERCENT SUCCEZZ RATE! Ain't that somethin'? They're so good at what they do, that the Emprezz' military scientermagantz are takin' notez from 'em! No kidding! Dragonfliez alzo have what'z called True Omnidirectional Flight. They got four ...Read more
So uh, on THAT note, tonight'z subject will be bumblebeez! I'm sure all y'all have heard that snappy line about how "accordin' to all known lawz of aviation, the bee should not be able to fly." Well, I'm happy to report that that'z completely true! It waz throwin' scientermagantz for a real loop for a while, but it turnz out their wingz move so fazt that they lift their bodiez off the ground like a little whirlcraft! They flap 130-240 timez a SECOND. The strength and speed really iz somethin'! Did y'all know you can't juzt mix and match any old bee? There'z flowerz honeybeez can reach that bumblebeez ...Read more
Hey y'all! It'z Lottie again, with another bug show-and-tell! Today I wanna share with y'all the Praying Mantiz! In my perzonal opinion, thiz one'z all regal-like. I'm sure thiz ain't too much of a surprize, but my favorite color iz green, and theze ladiez tend to come in some beautiful shadez! The firzt fun fact about mantizez iz that they actually have a specific detection method for flapbeaztz! If they senze the ultrazound frequenciez a flapbeazt makez when it echolocatez, it INZTANTLY goez into defenze mode so they don't get snatched up! Alzo, when it'z mating seazon, it'z cuztomary for the fem...Read more
Hey y'all! Today I wanted to show all y'all one of my favorite inzectz, the Blue Morpho Flutterbug! Ain't she a beaut? I almozt like the outzide a the wingz az much az the inzide! Thiz iz gonna blow some a y'all'z panz, but did you know they AIN'T actually blue? Ya see, they got microzcopic scalez on their wingz that MAKE 'em look blue when the light hitz 'em juzt right! Alzo, they get drunk! No, I ain't pulling yer frond, it'z true! If they eat rotting fruitz, they get a bit tipzy, which iz great newz for scientermagantz or predatorz! Well, I'll see y'all next time a got a new bug to share! ::.)...Read more