I found this article, and it caught my interest about how a certain moth sucks a human blood..

A previously unknown population of vampire moths has been found in Siberia. And in a twist worthy of a Halloween horror movie, entomologists say the bloodsuckers may have evolved from a purely fruit-eating species.

Only slight variations in wing patterns distinguish the Russian population from a widely distributed moth species, Calyptra thalictri, in central and southern Europe known to feed only on fruit.

When the Russian moths were experimentally offered human hands this summer, the insects drilled their hook-and-barb-lined tongues under the skin and sucked blood.

Entomologist Jennifer Zaspel at the University of Florida in Gainesville said the discovery suggests the moth population could be on an "evolutionary trajectory" away from other C. thalictri populations. This is the second population of vampire moths Zaspel and her team have found. They discovered the first in Russia in 2006.

Next January, she will compare the Russian population’s DNA to that of other populations and other species to confirm her suspicions.

"Based on geography, based on behavior, and based on a phenotypic variation we saw in the wing pattern, we can speculate that this represents something different, something new," Zaspel said.

"But it is really difficult to say without knowing genetic differences between individuals in that population, and among individuals from other populations, how different this group is going to be."

(Zaspel’s research is funded in part by a grant from the National Geographic Society’s Committee for Research and Exploration. National Geographic owns National Geographic News.)

Blood Feeding

If it turns out that Zaspel has indeed caught a fruit-eating moth evolving blood-feeding behavior, it could provide clues as to how some moths develop a taste for blood.

credits: nationalgeographic.com

comments: guys, if you will see the video in the site, it really sucks blood.. yay..i hope i will not encounter that moth, scary..

           I’m a huge one tree hill fan, and nathan (James Lafferty), brooke (Sophia Bush) are one of my favorite actors in the show, happy for them, i hope we’ll hear it directly from them in the coming days. keep posted.

          Here is a picture of them together at the LAX airport, Sophia was under James (with a white cap) right shoulder.

               photo credit from justjared

  This is the current live ranking of the New7Wonders of Nature nominees. Please support the wonders of the Philippines. Especially my favorite spot which is the Chocolate Hills..

1.

Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park                 PHILIPPINES - Asia

2.

Ha Long Bay                                                              VIET NAM - Asia

3.

Cox’s Bazar, Beach                                                                 BANGLADESH - Asia

4.

Chocolate Hills                                                                       PHILIPPINES - Asia

5.

Tubbataha Reef                                                                       PHILIPPINES - Asia

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Al-hasa Oasis                                                              SAUDI ARABIA - Asia

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Ganges, River                                                             BANGLADESH/ INDIA - Asia

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Ali Sadr Cave                                                             IRAN - Asia

9.

Sundarbans, Forest                                                                 BANGLADESH/ INDIA - Asia

10.

Phong Nha - Ke Bang, National Park                         VIET NAM - Asia

11.

Fansipan, Mountain                                                                VIET NAM - Asia

12.

Mayon Volcano                                                                      PHILIPPINES - Asia

13.

Lake Saiful Maluk                                                                  PAKISTAN - Asia

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Mount Everest                                                                        CHINA/ NEPAL - Asia

15.

Mount Damavand                                                                   IRAN - Asia

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Liwa Oasis and Empty Quarter                                  OMAN/ SAUDI ARABIA/ UNITED ARAB EMIRATES/ YEMEN - Asia

17.

Red Sea Reef                                                              EGYPT/ ISRAEL/ JORDAN/ OMAN/ SAUDI ARABIA/ SUDAN/ UNITED ARAB EMIRATES/ YEMEN - Africa

18.

Dead Sea, Lake                                                           ISRAEL/ JORDAN/ PALESTINE - Asia

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Amazon, River/Forest                                                 BOLIVIA/ BRAZIL/ COLOMBIA/ ECUADOR/ FRENCH GUIANA/ GUYANA/ PERU/ SURINAME/ VENEZUELA - South America

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Mount Fuji                                                                              JAPAN - Asia

Apple said Friday it will replace power adapters sold with its popular iPhone 3G mobile telephones because of a risk prongs will snap and cause people to be jolted by electricity.

"We have received reports of detached blades involving a very small percentage of the adapters sold, but no injuries have been reported," the California company said on a Web page providing adapter exchange details.

The part Apple is offering to replace is an "Ultracompact USB power adapter" reportedly included with iPhone 3G models sold in Japan, Canada, Mexico, the United States and a half dozen South American countries.

"Customer safety is always Apple’s top priority, and therefore we have voluntarily decided to exchange every Ultracompact power adapter for a new, redesigned adapter, free of charge," Apple said.

Apple advises iPhone 3G owners to charge their handsets by plugging them into computers or with a standard-sized Apple power adapter until the potentially problematic part is replaced.

Instructions for getting Apple adapters replaced were posted online at www.apple.com/support/usbadapter/exchangeprogram/.

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Friday said that new job opportunities are opening up for Filipino workers in six countries with a high demand for workers. Labor Department Secretary Marianito Roque told members of the Committee on Appropriations that the government is discussing with a number of countries for the entry of Filipino workers in France, Norway, Finland, Canada, Australia and Saudi Arabia.

France needs nurses, information technology professionals and engineers while Norway and Finland need more health workers.

The DOLE secretary meanwhile, said that the Philippines will increase its deployment of Filipino workers to Canada, later on in Alberta which is an oil-rich province, that can generate 40,000 jobs a year for highly-skilled workers. He said the government is also having discussions with the Australian Deputy Prime Minister for the entry of 30,000 professionals over the next 10 years especially in the southern part of Australia, in Adelaide.

Roque said engineers and IT professionals are in demand. He told representatives that Saudi Arabia continues to increase its demand for Filipino workers because of the rise of megacities in the country. Roque said Filipino workers continue to attract overseas foreign employers because of their technical and language ability.

About 200,000 new jobs overseas are expected to be created, an increase of 20% to the current number of more than a million overseas Filipino workers who send in $1.4-B in remittances.

An unexpectedly steep 84,000 US jobs were lost in August and the national unemployment rate hit a five-year high of 6.1 percent, fanning worry ahead of November’s presidential vote about rising recession risks.