Tag: Philippines

Spanish Traders Shipped Tropical Fire Ants Worldwide Nearly 500 Years Ago

There’s a lot of talk today about foreign insect species being introduced to new regions through international trade and travel, but this is nothing new. One of the best-known cases […]

Entomology Today February 19, 2015 1 Comment

New Stink Bug Species Discovered in Taiwan and the Philippines

A new species of stink bug called Amblycara innocens has been found in Taiwan and on an island called Palawan in the Philippines. Before its discovery, it was believed that […]

New Beetle Discovered in the Big City

Manila, the world’s 10th largest megacity and 6th largest conurbation, based on official statistics, is not a place one would normally expect to discover new species, even in a country […]