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The mystery creature didn’t stump anyone in this crowd. It is a blind or thread snake, genus Leptotyphlops. I didn’t take many photographs, because I know blind snakes are fragile. These snakes are sometimes called “worm snakes” as they are pink or brown, thin and look like earthworms. This one was dark enough to be mistaken for [...] People usually notice antlions when they see their pits in the soil. The cone-shaped holes are fascinating. Kids big and small like to put objects into the pit to elicit a response from the larva buried at the bottom. You have to wonder how the larvae flip the soil with such accuracy when they are buried [...] This oogpister beetle steals its chemical defenses from ants. This segment is from the BBC version of the TV show Life. Love the name! |
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