<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - insect</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/insect</link><description>Newsvine - insect</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 08:01:31 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 05:17:44 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Nature's time capsule: Museum unveils the incredible history of amber and how it is still helping us learn about the past  | Mail Online</title>
<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[manzil]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[manzil]]></source><link>http://manzil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/10/18164521-natures-time-capsule-museum-unveils-the-incredible-history-of-amber-and-how-it-is-still-helping-us-learn-about-the-past-mail-online</link><guid>http://manzil.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/10/18164521-natures-time-capsule-museum-unveils-the-incredible-history-of-amber-and-how-it-is-still-helping-us-learn-about-the-past-mail-online</guid><category>science</category><category>fossil</category><category>prehistoric</category><category>insect</category><pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 08:04:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=manzilFBB814CB-33D9-3105-BAC3-88B55B322221.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="185" width="308" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=manzilFBB814CB-33D9-3105-BAC3-88B55B322221.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Chameleon Captured Insect With Its Long Tongue -- Amazing Photos</title>
<description><![CDATA[
"This amazing sequence of pictures shows the colourful reptile grabbing an insect with its sticky appendage as he clings to a blade of grass."

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Though this Daily Mail article is a recent one, I think the photos were taken at least a few months ago.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[jameseg]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jameseg]]></source><link>http://jameseg.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/25/14696674-chameleon-captured-insect-with-its-long-tongue-amazing-photos</link><guid>http://jameseg.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/25/14696674-chameleon-captured-insect-with-its-long-tongue-amazing-photos</guid><category>lizard</category><category>odd-news</category><category>photos</category><category>insect</category><category>chameleon</category><category>long-tongue</category><category>commentid-odd-news</category><category>shikhei-goh</category><pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:35:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Changing Point of View</title>
<description><![CDATA[Today, on a lazy day that I stalked the garden, a Black Swallowtail Butterfly landed close enough for some fairly tight shots. But after a couple of standard 'looking down at' shots of the colorful critter I became bored.&nbsp; Something needed changing to add interest to the sho&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dubbya R]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Dubbya R]]></source><link>http://quinnwr.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/16/13899367-changing-point-of-view</link><guid>http://quinnwr.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/16/13899367-changing-point-of-view</guid><category>photography</category><category>butterfly</category><category>not-news</category><category>insect</category><category>point-of-view</category><category>black-swallowtail</category><pubDate>Sun, 16 Sep 2012 22:01:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=quinnwr5CB5B779-AD2E-CBE0-2AF0-BCA7018D4E3F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=quinnwr5CB5B779-AD2E-CBE0-2AF0-BCA7018D4E3F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;1) Better, but...&lt;br /&gt;
F 8, ISO 400, 250mm, 1/200 sec.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=quinnwr597312A4-B46A-DD58-F272-467EF3FD2C8D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="197" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=quinnwr597312A4-B46A-DD58-F272-467EF3FD2C8D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="59" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;2) Closer is even more interesting.&lt;br /&gt;
F-8, ISO 400, 250mm, 1/200 sec.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=quinnwrF7A955D9-9892-8803-ABC2-D99969B32A82.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=quinnwrF7A955D9-9892-8803-ABC2-D99969B32A82.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;3) While moving around feeding, he flattens his wings, giving another interesting view.&lt;br /&gt;
F-8, ISO 400, 250mm, 1/250sec.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=quinnwrA8D0CA0B-F914-0FBD-0FBB-3A191F87B911.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="162" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=quinnwrA8D0CA0B-F914-0FBD-0FBB-3A191F87B911.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="49" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;4) Staying with him, and he gives me another changed view.&lt;br /&gt;
F- 10, 250mm, ISO 400, 1/125 sec.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=quinnwrFF93B0C0-8A5C-5A6B-77B6-C2252F906FFD.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=quinnwrFF93B0C0-8A5C-5A6B-77B6-C2252F906FFD.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;5) Who needs wings when you can just walk from flower to flower.&lt;br /&gt;
F-11, ISO 400, 250mm, 1/200 sec.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=quinnwr0CA6A6F3-572A-AC40-A57B-097AB1945F4A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="580" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=quinnwr0CA6A6F3-572A-AC40-A57B-097AB1945F4A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="174" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;6) A leggy alien.&lt;br /&gt;
F-11, ISO 400, 250mm, 1/320 sec.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Foto-Friday, A Cute Moth...</title>
<description><![CDATA[AND A HORRIBLE SPIDER!!!
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[naughtynumbernine]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[naughtynumbernine]]></source><link>http://naughtynumbernine.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/03/13098947-foto-friday-a-cute-moth</link><guid>http://naughtynumbernine.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/03/13098947-foto-friday-a-cute-moth</guid><category>bug</category><category>not-news</category><category>spider</category><category>insect</category><category>moth</category><category>arachnid</category><category>foto-friday</category><category>smurf-lovin</category><category>samovar-punch</category><pubDate>Fri, 3 Aug 2012 08:31:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=naughtynumbernine43DA2510-3DBB-F75D-01EA-403B725A8EE8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=naughtynumbernine43DA2510-3DBB-F75D-01EA-403B725A8EE8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;It wasn't very hard to get uncomfortably close to her. Lately though she's been less tolerant of my approach and scurries behind Shiva to avoid me.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=naughtynumbernineBB38FB77-3BF4-36EA-E4D5-39C625B64726.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=naughtynumbernineBB38FB77-3BF4-36EA-E4D5-39C625B64726.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Augh, that would have been such a cool shot if it was in focus...and then it flew away...such is life.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=naughtynumbernine2B3DA93E-0054-68E5-F85A-7F8F18516A1B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=naughtynumbernine2B3DA93E-0054-68E5-F85A-7F8F18516A1B.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Oh look...a moth!&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=naughtynumbernine6073A9F3-E3D7-939D-A297-2CCFA96C0D52.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="655" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=naughtynumbernine6073A9F3-E3D7-939D-A297-2CCFA96C0D52.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="197" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;I'm wondering why I have a Shiva just outside my door. I think one of my friends may have put it there. I'd really like to get a shot of the spider with Shiva's face behind her slightly off to one side and barely out of focus but the spider's web is too close to the ground.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=naughtynumbernine8A476D8B-3ED3-D817-581B-824BA1604D24.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="370" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=naughtynumbernine8A476D8B-3ED3-D817-581B-824BA1604D24.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="111" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Moths really don't get their due. Probably because most are ugly but this little critter is adorable.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=naughtynumbernineE66C1DA8-FDE7-C717-8F14-7867FAF2A07E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="217" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=naughtynumbernineE66C1DA8-FDE7-C717-8F14-7867FAF2A07E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="65" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;My security guard.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Humble bug plugs gap in fossil record  &amp;rsaquo; News in Science (ABC Science)</title>
<description><![CDATA[
A tiny larva came to a sticky end, 370 million years ago, when it plunged into a shrimp-infested swamp and drowned.
Unearthed in modern-day Belgium, the humble bug now looks set to plug a giant gap in the fossil record.
Named Strudiella devonica, the eight-millimetre inverteb&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[smithichie]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[smithichie]]></source><link>http://smithichie.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/02/13091894-humble-bug-plugs-gap-in-fossil-record-rsaquo-news-in-science-abc-science</link><guid>http://smithichie.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/02/13091894-humble-bug-plugs-gap-in-fossil-record-rsaquo-news-in-science-abc-science</guid><category>evolution</category><category>science</category><category>insect</category><category>shrimp-infested</category><pubDate>Thu, 2 Aug 2012 23:16:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=smithichieDCED445D-FFF3-C33D-4C3D-A84CFFDB7F1E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="191" width="285" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=smithichieDCED445D-FFF3-C33D-4C3D-A84CFFDB7F1E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Six-Legged Giant 'Tree Lobster' Rediscovered - NPR</title>
<description><![CDATA[Dryococelus australis, was presumed extinct.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Twaddle]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Twaddle]]></source><link>http://twaddle.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/09/10622255-six-legged-giant-tree-lobster-rediscovered-npr</link><guid>http://twaddle.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/09/10622255-six-legged-giant-tree-lobster-rediscovered-npr</guid><category>environment</category><category>tree</category><category>not-news</category><category>extinct</category><category>lobster</category><category>insect</category><category>tree-lobster</category><category>walking-sticks</category><pubDate>Fri, 9 Mar 2012 14:54:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=twaddle17EB4F87-2DE5-D303-ED8A-245885FB9222.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=twaddle17EB4F87-2DE5-D303-ED8A-245885FB9222.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>World's largest insect Found!</title>
<description><![CDATA[
AN EXPLORER has found the biggest insect ever on record - so large it can  scoff a carrot...
She's called a Weta Bug and has a huge wing span of SEVEN inches  and weighs as much as three mice.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[krishna-167929]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[krishna-167929]]></source><link>http://krishna109.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/02/9155764-worlds-largest-insect-found</link><guid>http://krishna109.newsvine.com/_news/2011/12/02/9155764-worlds-largest-insect-found</guid><category>new-zealand</category><category>world-news</category><category>insect</category><category>carrot</category><category>weta</category><category>little-barrier-island</category><category>mark-moffett</category><category>worlds-largest-insect</category><pubDate>Fri, 2 Dec 2011 05:22:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=krishna109B7F80B7A-8D0E-852F-0FE3-2B5D2892F22D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="95" width="120" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=krishna109B7F80B7A-8D0E-852F-0FE3-2B5D2892F22D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="95" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Monsanto Corn Falls to Illinois Bugs as Resistance Probe Widens</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Monsanto Co.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[CuriousG]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[CuriousG]]></source><link>http://curiousg.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/03/7588654-monsanto-corn-falls-to-illinois-bugs-as-resistance-probe-widens</link><guid>http://curiousg.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/03/7588654-monsanto-corn-falls-to-illinois-bugs-as-resistance-probe-widens</guid><category>iowa</category><category>environment</category><category>monsanto</category><category>farming</category><category>corn</category><category>university-of-illinois</category><category>not-news</category><category>insect</category><category>gmo</category><category>bacillus-thuringiensis</category><category>smartstax</category><category>michael-gray</category><category>bt-corn</category><category>rootworm</category><pubDate>Sat, 3 Sep 2011 17:10:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=curiousg12E4CDA3-B371-9FC8-0A94-0D61430E6349.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=curiousg12E4CDA3-B371-9FC8-0A94-0D61430E6349.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Bug Vomit Killing Florida's Palm Trees</title>
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - An insect with a disgusting habit is killing palm trees in the Tampa Bay area and experts are worried the disease transmitted by the bugs will affect trees around the state.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[maddad]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[maddad]]></source><link>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/29/7516132-bug-vomit-killing-floridas-palm-trees</link><guid>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/29/7516132-bug-vomit-killing-floridas-palm-trees</guid><category>state</category><category>disease</category><category>killing</category><category>odd-news</category><category>tampa-bay</category><category>bacteria</category><category>insect</category><category>habit</category><category>around</category><category>experts</category><category>concerned</category><category>transmitted</category><category>affect</category><category>palm-trees</category><category>texas-phoenix-palm</category><category>planthopper</category><pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 00:30:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=maddad0467D9157935-9CA4-369C-02A0-B9416CC2E0F8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="240" width="320" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=maddad0467D9157935-9CA4-369C-02A0-B9416CC2E0F8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>One of the world's 'most feared' pests found in Chicago</title>
<description><![CDATA[
One of the world's "most feared" pests was discovered on American soil. The Khapra beetle, in larva stage, was identified by customs officials last week in a 10-pound bag of rice that came from India.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[newsguru]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[newsguru]]></source><link>http://newsguru.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/24/7465530-one-of-the-worlds-most-feared-pests-found-in-chicago</link><guid>http://newsguru.newsvine.com/_news/2011/08/24/7465530-one-of-the-worlds-most-feared-pests-found-in-chicago</guid><category>india</category><category>rice</category><category>food</category><category>customs</category><category>us-news</category><category>grain</category><category>beetle</category><category>food-supply</category><category>pests</category><category>insect</category><category>khapra-beetle</category><category>most-feared</category><pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 01:55:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Does Anyone Know What This Insect Is?</title>
<description><![CDATA[
It came walking across the grass a few minutes ago. It's a big bug, probably 2.5 to 3 inches or so. Beautiful though!]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[HollyKl]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[HollyKl]]></source><link>http://hollykl.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/28/7189208-does-anyone-know-what-this-insect-is</link><guid>http://hollykl.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/28/7189208-does-anyone-know-what-this-insect-is</guid><category>florida</category><category>photography</category><category>not-news</category><category>insect</category><category>newsvine-photographers</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 18:11:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=hollykl078D1F9C-FBD4-E361-1B8C-8F486BEE02D9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=hollykl078D1F9C-FBD4-E361-1B8C-8F486BEE02D9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;&amp;copy;2011 HollyKL&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=hollyklD9246A7A-7F73-2FC0-A9A1-A2AF283DD3B2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=hollyklD9246A7A-7F73-2FC0-A9A1-A2AF283DD3B2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;&amp;copy;2011 HollyKL&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=hollykl202736E1-09C1-E358-939D-EDE008B2176B.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=hollykl202736E1-09C1-E358-939D-EDE008B2176B.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;&amp;copy;2011 HollyKL&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=hollyklDE1332E9-8415-494C-6415-FBC99B13540F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=hollyklDE1332E9-8415-494C-6415-FBC99B13540F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;&amp;copy;2011 HollyKL&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Singing penis sets noise record for water insect</title>
<description><![CDATA[Scientists from France and Scotland recorded the aquatic animal  "singing" at up to 99.2 decibels, the equivalent of listening to a loud  orchestra play while sitting in the front row.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[MacInsanity]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[MacInsanity]]></source><link>http://macinsanity.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/01/6990025-singing-penis-sets-noise-record-for-water-insect</link><guid>http://macinsanity.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/01/6990025-singing-penis-sets-noise-record-for-water-insect</guid><category>science</category><category>insect</category><pubDate>Fri, 1 Jul 2011 09:39:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=macinsanityC5B605A5-7966-396C-AF30-7AD736166A9C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="81" width="144" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=macinsanityC5B605A5-7966-396C-AF30-7AD736166A9C.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Health Department Bans San Franciso's Popular Grasshopper Tacos </title>
<description><![CDATA[(NewsCore) - San Franciscans with a hankering for grasshopper tacos will have to learn how to make them at home after the city's health department forced a popular restaurant to take them off the menu, FOXNews.com reported Wednesday, citing KGO-TV.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[maddad]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[maddad]]></source><link>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/10/6827370-health-department-bans-san-francisos-popular-grasshopper-tacos</link><guid>http://maddad0467.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/10/6827370-health-department-bans-san-francisos-popular-grasshopper-tacos</guid><category>not</category><category>food</category><category>banned</category><category>odd-news</category><category>crime</category><category>restaurant</category><category>health-department</category><category>containing</category><category>sell</category><category>insect</category><category>ingredients</category><category>forced</category><category>tacos</category><category>cannot</category><category>grasshopper</category><category>fda-approved</category><category>off-menu</category><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 12:02:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Giant Ant Fossil Found In Wyoming</title>
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Almost 50 million years ago, ants the size of hummingbirds roamed what is now Wyoming, a new fossil discovery reveals. These giant bugs may have crossed an Arctic land bridge between Europe and North America during a particularly warm period in Earth's history]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[TestAnxiety]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[TestAnxiety]]></source><link>http://testanxiety.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/12/6630229-giant-ant-fossil-found-in-wyoming</link><guid>http://testanxiety.newsvine.com/_news/2011/05/12/6630229-giant-ant-fossil-found-in-wyoming</guid><category>science</category><category>fossil</category><category>jurassic-park</category><category>ant</category><category>archeology</category><category>insect</category><category>paleantology</category><pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 13:14:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Uh Oh: Pollen Can Spread Viruses From Domesticated Bees to Wild Ones</title>
<description><![CDATA[More trouble for bees: A study out in the open-access journal PLoS One finds that viruses that previously had been the bane of domesticated honeybees have spread to wild pollinators.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[LogicalAbsurdity]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[LogicalAbsurdity]]></source><link>http://logicalabsurdity.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/28/5724570-uh-oh-pollen-can-spread-viruses-from-domesticated-bees-to-wild-ones</link><guid>http://logicalabsurdity.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/28/5724570-uh-oh-pollen-can-spread-viruses-from-domesticated-bees-to-wild-ones</guid><category>environment</category><category>bee</category><category>viruses</category><category>insect</category><category>pollen</category><category>domesticated-bees</category><pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2010 12:19:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Solar-Powered Hornet Found; Turns Light Into Electricity</title>
<description><![CDATA[The oriental hornet has built-in "solar cells" that generate electricity from sunlight—a first in the animal kingdom, according to a new study.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[LogicalAbsurdity]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[LogicalAbsurdity]]></source><link>http://logicalabsurdity.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/27/5719639-solar-powered-hornet-found-turns-light-into-electricity</link><guid>http://logicalabsurdity.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/27/5719639-solar-powered-hornet-found-turns-light-into-electricity</guid><category>science</category><category>electricity</category><category>solar-power</category><category>insect</category><category>hornet</category><pubDate>Mon, 27 Dec 2010 13:40:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Solar-Powered Hornet</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Oriental hornet has a unique ability to harvest solar energy, scientists have discovered.

The large wasp species has a special structure in its abdomen that traps the sun's rays, and a special pigment that harvests the energy they contain.

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<dc:creator><![CDATA[JCAtom]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[JCAtom]]></source><link>http://jcatom.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/07/5605412-solar-powered-hornet</link><guid>http://jcatom.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/07/5605412-solar-powered-hornet</guid><category>energy</category><category>israel</category><category>plant</category><category>animal</category><category>nature</category><category>science</category><category>wildlife</category><category>earth</category><category>sunlight</category><category>uk</category><category>biology</category><category>wasp</category><category>solar-energy</category><category>metabolism</category><category>insect</category><category>hornet</category><category>tel-aviv-university</category><category>biosphere</category><category>molecular</category><category>transform</category><category>melanin</category><category>pigment</category><category>chitin</category><category>exoskeleton</category><category>electrical-energy</category><category>cuticle</category><category>fat-body</category><category>naturwissenschaften</category><category>xanthopterin</category><category>oriental-hornet</category><category>vespa-orientalis</category><category>photo-biochemical</category><pubDate>Tue, 7 Dec 2010 15:04:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Walk in the park yields biological treasure</title>
<description><![CDATA[Scientists trying to get a grip on the arms race between plant-eating insects and the defenses put up by their hosts just got a boost from new research by a University of Arizona entomologist published in the early view edition of Molecular Ecology.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[lepidoptera]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[lepidoptera]]></source><link>http://lepidoptera.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/20/5500066-walk-in-the-park-yields-biological-treasure</link><guid>http://lepidoptera.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/20/5500066-walk-in-the-park-yields-biological-treasure</guid><category>plant</category><category>evolution</category><category>defense</category><category>science</category><category>chemical</category><category>knockout</category><category>gene</category><category>biology</category><category>protein</category><category>molecule</category><category>parasite</category><category>insect</category><category>arms-race</category><category>drosophila</category><category>toxicity</category><category>arabidopsis</category><category>larva</category><category>scaptomyza</category><pubDate>Sat, 20 Nov 2010 15:11:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Spider vs Millipede Battle: Guess who wins? (Photo essay)</title>
<description><![CDATA[I've been asked: why the interest in insects and spiders? The answer is the same as Edmund Hillary's comment on climbing Mt. Everest: because they're there. We live in the suburbs of Boston.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carloz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Carloz]]></source><link>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/18/5309114-spider-vs-millipede-battle-guess-who-wins-photo-essay</link><guid>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/18/5309114-spider-vs-millipede-battle-guess-who-wins-photo-essay</guid><category>bug</category><category>nature</category><category>science</category><category>photos</category><category>spiders</category><category>photography</category><category>photo</category><category>insects</category><category>biology</category><category>nature-photography</category><category>bugs</category><category>spider</category><category>insect</category><category>zoology</category><category>arachnid</category><category>photo-essay</category><category>entomology</category><category>millipede</category><category>arthropod</category><category>entomologist</category><category>nature-photos</category><category>arachnids</category><category>millipedes</category><category>arthropods</category><category>agelenidae</category><category>dungeon-monster-poison-death-match-drama</category><category>tegenaria</category><category>amateur-entomology</category><category>arthropodology</category><category>amateur-entomologist</category><pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 10:30:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Amazing Photos of Insect Eggs</title>
<description><![CDATA[The eggs in this story range in diameter from 0.7 to 2 millimeters. The images were made with a scanning electron microscope, which uses beams of electrons to trace the surfaces of objects.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[cartooncat]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[cartooncat]]></source><link>http://cartooncat.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/11/5092053-amazing-photos-of-insect-eggs</link><guid>http://cartooncat.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/11/5092053-amazing-photos-of-insect-eggs</guid><category>eggs</category><category>science</category><category>photography</category><category>national-geographic</category><category>insect</category><pubDate>Sat, 11 Sep 2010 17:41:28 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The beetle with bifocal eyes</title>
<description><![CDATA[Bifocal glasses allow wearers to focus on both far and near objects by looking through different parts of the lens. It's commonly said that Benjamin Franklin invented these lenses, but they have actually been around for millions of years.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[LogicalAbsurdity]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[LogicalAbsurdity]]></source><link>http://logicalabsurdity.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/30/4999988-the-beetle-with-bifocal-eyes</link><guid>http://logicalabsurdity.newsvine.com/_news/2010/08/30/4999988-the-beetle-with-bifocal-eyes</guid><category>animals</category><category>bug</category><category>science</category><category>vision</category><category>beetle</category><category>eye</category><category>sight</category><category>retina</category><category>insect</category><category>lenses</category><category>bifocal</category><category>larva</category><category>near-sighted</category><category>far-sighted</category><pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:08:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The Case For Eating Insects</title>
<description><![CDATA[In the next 40 years, the world is going to need a 70 percent increase in food production to feed a population that will be billions larger and considerably wealthier than it is today.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[JCAtom]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[JCAtom]]></source><link>http://jcatom.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/15/4682752-the-case-for-eating-insects</link><guid>http://jcatom.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/15/4682752-the-case-for-eating-insects</guid><category>plant</category><category>food</category><category>production</category><category>animal</category><category>health</category><category>hunger</category><category>bug</category><category>odd</category><category>caterpillar</category><category>nutrition</category><category>earth</category><category>world-hunger</category><category>bee</category><category>beef</category><category>bugs</category><category>ted</category><category>world-health</category><category>insect</category><category>fruit-fly</category><category>livestock</category><category>biosphere</category><category>peanut-butter</category><category>food-production</category><category>locust</category><category>larvae</category><category>pupae</category><category>ted-global-conference</category><category>marcel-dicke</category><category>critter-fritter</category><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:17:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Why Praying Mantis (Males) Pray</title>
<description><![CDATA['''Sexual cannibalism is common among mantises in captivity, and under some circumstances may also be observed in the field.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[redshadowwithgreenbackground]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[redshadowwithgreenbackground]]></source><link>http://redshadowwithgreenbackground.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/30/4591329-why-praying-mantis-males-pray</link><guid>http://redshadowwithgreenbackground.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/30/4591329-why-praying-mantis-males-pray</guid><category>sex</category><category>bug</category><category>nature</category><category>odd-news</category><category>cannibal</category><category>insect</category><category>mantis</category><category>man-female</category><category>reproductioin</category><pubDate>Thu, 1 Jul 2010 01:26:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Amazing Little Ladybugs (PICS)</title>
<description><![CDATA[''''Ladybugs--also called ladybirds and lady beetles--are small insects, usually between 0.04 to 0.4 inches, with black dots on their wing covers. It's a myth that the number of dots is at all relative to the bugs age.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[redshadowwithgreenbackground]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[redshadowwithgreenbackground]]></source><link>http://redshadowwithgreenbackground.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/27/4572087-amazing-little-ladybugs-pics</link><guid>http://redshadowwithgreenbackground.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/27/4572087-amazing-little-ladybugs-pics</guid><category>environment</category><category>beetle</category><category>ladybug</category><category>insect</category><category>nature-picures</category><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 22:37:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Busy Bees Use Flower Petals For Nest Wallpaper</title>
<description><![CDATA[When we think of bee nests, we often think of a giant hive, buzzing with social activity, worker bees and honey. But scientists recently discovered a rare, solitary type of bee that makes tiny nests by plastering together flower petals.

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<dc:creator><![CDATA[JCAtom]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[JCAtom]]></source><link>http://jcatom.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/05/4469469-busy-bees-use-flower-petals-for-nest-wallpaper</link><guid>http://jcatom.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/05/4469469-busy-bees-use-flower-petals-for-nest-wallpaper</guid><category>evolution</category><category>animal</category><category>nature</category><category>science</category><category>shell</category><category>bee</category><category>biology</category><category>flower</category><category>wallpaper</category><category>insect</category><category>ecosystem</category><category>evolve</category><category>hive</category><category>nest</category><category>thumbelina</category><category>larvae</category><category>pollen</category><category>nectar</category><category>cocoon</category><category>petal</category><category>larva</category><category>burrow</category><category>pollinator</category><category>museum-of-natural-history</category><category>flower-petal</category><category>ozbekosima</category><category>osmia-avoseta</category><category>o-avoseta</category><category>onobrychis-viciifolia</category><category>american-museum-novitates</category><category>larval</category><pubDate>Sun, 6 Jun 2010 03:06:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>