Insect Week 2024 is here, and we’re celebrating all things insect with our pal, Dr. Isaà Madriz.
Dr. Madriz
Dr. Madriz, an entomologist, zoologist, National Geographic Explorer, and Fulbright Fellow, has devoted his career to exploring insect diversity through images and stories of exploration, science, and human connections.
During his expeditions, Isaà relies on Iridium to keep him connected with colleagues, friends, family, and help should it be needed—utilizing the Iridium GO!®, Iridium GO! exec®, and Iridium Extreme®.
What better way to celebrate Insect Week than with all the creepy, crawly (and sometimes cute!) creatures that play a critical role in our ecosystem. IsaĂ’s work is a testament to how little things make a big difference in the world around us.
Dr. Madriz explores the remote Bernard glacier at the southern end of the southern Patagonia Ice Field.
Learn more about some of the insects IsaĂ has found on his #IridiumConnected adventures:
Caterpillar & Wasps
The pale-colored oblong structures on top of this caterpillar are cocoons of minute parasitoid wasps. Once the adult wasp emerges, it flies away to repeat the cycle. The caterpillar continues its life in the Patagonian steppe, unaware that it will never reach adulthood.
Owl Butterfly
Resting on a Heliconia plant in Costa Rica are an owl butterfly (top left) and a blue morpho (bottom right). The owl butterfly exhibits the impressive ventral coloration of its wings, its forewing reveals a pattern mimicking a snake head and its hindwing coloration resembles an owl’s eye. On the other side of the plant, the blue morpho displays the blue iridescence of the dorsal side of its wings.
Moth Flies
For most of their lives, these moth flies feed on decaying wood inside southern beech tree trunks. The larva (center) searches for a safe place to begin its metamorphosis. The developing adult will break open the larval skin and turn into a pale-yellow pupa (left). The horn-like protrusions on its head are the respiratory structures which must remain unobstructed during the metamorphosis process to ensure survival. As it nears the final moments of transformation within the pupal skin, the adult develops its final coloration (right) to complete its life cycle.
Click Beetle
The largest click beetle in Patagonia is feeding on a golf ball-sized fungus that parasitizes southern beech trees.
Midge
In the splash zone of a remote waterfall in Patagonia, a solitary midge emerges from its pupal skin next to a leafy liverwort. This individual will continue the evolutionary cycle that has made this group successful colonizers of this unique microhabitat.
Diving Beetle Larva
In the clear and gelid waterways of Chilean Patagonia, a predaceous diving beetle larva remains motionless while waiting for its prey to swim by.
Weevil
Under the dense canopy cover of the temperate rainforest of Patagonia, this weevil feeds on the nutritious juices that flow under the exposed bark of a southern beech tree branch.
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MCLEAN, VA., June 13, 2024 – Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: IRDM) partner RuggON, a subdivision of Ubiqconn Technology – which is dedicated to delivering the world’s most durable computing solutions – recently launched the RuggON PX501 Iridium Connected™ tablet. Designed for a variety of applications and uses, this ruggedized tablet operates on Iridium’s truly global network in a military-graded housing build, making it one of the most reliable smart tablet solutions on the market.
PX501 deployed in agriculture
The PX501 is a Windows-based solution intended for professionals across several industries, such as oil and gas – including offshore rigs, merchant shipping, law enforcement, non-government organizations (NGOs), agriculture, military, automotive, manufacturing, logistics, and more. This ruggedized tablet can withstand tough environments, while providing workers in the field with two-way data delivery via satellite, messaging, emailing, web browsing, and more, even in adverse weather conditions.
PX501 deployed in field services
“As a leader in providing ruggedized tablets for extreme environments, RuggON continues to deliver cutting-edge solutions that provide best-in-class options for their customers,” said Bryan Hartin, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Iridium. “When it comes to extreme communications, redundancy is essential. With the Iridium Connected PX501, users can confidently venture to even the most remote and extreme locations knowing that if they lose 5G or WiFi 6E connectivity, they will stay reliably connected with Iridium.”
PX501 for manufacturing
The PX501 is embedded with Iridium Short Burst Data® (SBD®) capabilities, giving users a reliable hybrid network connectivity experience when roaming in and out of terrestrial LTE, 3G/4G/5G, or Wi-Fi coverage. Iridium’s constellation of crosslinked satellites, blanketing the earth with weather-resilient L-band coverage, connects directly to the PX501 from space, making it a unique, reliable and ruggedized tablet experience.
Learn more about the Iridium Connected RuggON PX501 Rugged Tablet
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