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E’ arrivato in Italia alla fine degli anni ottanta per essere allevato e servito nei ristoranti come piatto prelibato...
Hanno fiori fragili e bellissimi. Ma sono anche piante specializzate, che intessono relazioni intime con gli insetti e gli ambienti dove vivono... 
Raramente le è concessa grande attenzione anche se è una presenza costante nei nostri campi e nei giardini. Infatti, più di molti altri animali, la chiocciola...
Amphibians are disappearing around the globe. They are under pressure because of habitat loss, climate change and the deadly Chitrid fungus...
Just a few rays of sun invade the cave entrance. But after a few meters all light is gone. This is the kingdom of dark and silence. Few creatures manage to survive here...
Spiders belong to the class Arachnida, together with scorpions, acari and other minor groups. They are the most diverse and exciting group...
Each spring new alarm calls warn about the danger of Arthopods bites and spiders and their kin are the most targeted...
From the fabolous orchid mantis to the impressive devil’s flower mantis, here is a pictures gallery of praying mantids with amazing forms and colours...
Considered one of the biggest insects in Europe, if not the biggest, Saga pedo is one of the rarest too. Although counted in many southern Europe...
Quando un organismo viene trasportato lontano dal suo luogo di origine può espandersi senza controllo, favorito dall'assenza di nemici
Each year at the beginning of Spring thousands of frogs mate in a single pond. A closer look at one of the most spectacular breeding...
Army ants have numbers, cohesion and aggressiveness. Bullet ants have strength and size. The clash between the two insect species that rule the Amazon...
Frogs have difficult lives in South American rainforests. Many of them are preyed by Snakes and by Artropods, especially by spiders which are big and particularly...
Invertebrates eating vertebrates. Recent studies show that big spiders, mantids and centipedes have a broader diet than expected...
An invading ant is expanding in all the world damaging local ecosystem and harming people. This is the story of a battle still to be won...
Potamon fluviatile is one of the less known macro-invertebrates in Europe. It can be found from Italy to Balkans and Greece in small lowland streams covered...
The famous european tarantula (genus Lycosa) is one of the biggest spider in our continent. They are called with the same vulgar name...
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News
17-02-2010 Four new small photo stories in Strange but true section 16-01-2010 New reportage on Quirimbas National Park in Mozambico New exhibit at Bergamo, Italy - Predatori del Microcosmo (05/12/2009 - 31/01/2010) 12-09-2009 More invading species pictures added
02-04-2009 New photo story on entomophagy: Insect as food 20-03-2009 Updated Caves life gallery, a look at biospeleology. New exhibit at Genoa, Italy - Predatori del Microcosmo (28/3 - 5/7/2009)
22-02-2009 Isopoda.net, third generation online. Some sections still under construction 18-01-2009 Travel galleries in Yemen and Azores Islands added 03-12-2008 Gallery on invading species and on Louisiana crayfish added. Updated Survival of the fittest with many new pictures from South America and Africa |
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