pictures of cool bugs
http://naturescrusaders.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/walk-stick.jpg
― dayo, Friday, 5 November 2010 23:45 (thirteen years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/Knights.weta.750pix.jpg
http://cipm.ncsu.edu/ent/ncentsoc/07Wagner1.jpg
― dayo, Friday, 5 November 2010 23:46 (thirteen years ago) link
wow! The flower bug is purdy!
I like Christmas beetles a lot
― That is the stench of tyranny (VegemiteGrrrl), Friday, 5 November 2010 23:48 (thirteen years ago) link
http://i55.tinypic.com/opz9e9.jpg
cross posted from the WASP thread
― .\ /. (dayo), Thursday, 2 December 2010 03:26 (thirteen years ago) link
v apt DN
― gospermaban sim gishel (acoleuthic), Thursday, 2 December 2010 03:29 (thirteen years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Treehopper.jpg/800px-Treehopper.jpg
~just chillin~
― .\ /. (dayo), Thursday, 2 December 2010 03:29 (thirteen years ago) link
h8 most of these <3 high latitudes
― nakhchivan, Thursday, 2 December 2010 03:32 (thirteen years ago) link
http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_9254000/9254445.stm
http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/50278000/jpg/_50278928_mattipaavola.jpg
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.The discovery helps explain why these hornets have a large yellow stripe across their body and why they become more active as the day gets hotter.
― the nagl is the nagl (dayo), Thursday, 9 December 2010 07:52 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkr0VYcZ-eY
― dayo, Friday, 17 December 2010 00:19 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.naturephoto-cz.com/photos/mraz/stag-beetle-08d240.jpg
http://www.members.shaw.ca/mswerdlyk/kevin8.gif
― you ain't my son, you my motherfucking flopson (dayo), Friday, 13 May 2011 01:03 (twelve years ago) link
http://vogueyogi.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/palmetto.jpg
http://www.wingsoftherainforest.com/large_images/P8090356.JPG
― you ain't my son, you my motherfucking flopson (dayo), Friday, 13 May 2011 01:05 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.marcofolio.net/images/stories/art/inspiration/colourful_insects/assassin_bug.jpg
― you ain't my son, you my motherfucking flopson (dayo), Friday, 13 May 2011 01:07 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.neoseeker.com/v_fanart.php?faid=1874
― funperson (Lamp), Friday, 13 May 2011 01:09 (twelve years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bee_Squirt.gif
― you ain't my son, you my motherfucking flopson (dayo), Friday, 13 May 2011 01:10 (twelve years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Hoverflies_mating_midair.jpg/800px-Hoverflies_mating_midair.jpg
http://www.oddee.com/_media/imgs/articles/a421_dasychirapudibunda.jpg
― you ain't my son, you my motherfucking flopson (dayo), Friday, 13 May 2011 01:13 (twelve years ago) link
i saw a black grasshopper with orange highlights in florida a few weeks ago
http://i.imgur.com/JdRZO.jpg
like this
― Princess TamTam, Friday, 13 May 2011 01:13 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.animalwebguide.com/Praying-Mantis-3.jpg
― you ain't my son, you my motherfucking flopson (dayo), Friday, 13 May 2011 01:14 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.wormspit.com/calletaspin1.jpg
― you ain't my son, you my motherfucking flopson (dayo), Friday, 13 May 2011 01:15 (twelve years ago) link
New favorite thread!
― Leee, Monday, 2 January 2012 20:55 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02107/The-Scaptia-_2107965b.jpg
The Scaptia beyonceae horse fly.
― lEEE (Leee), Saturday, 28 January 2012 17:34 (twelve years ago) link
hah! I was talking to a friend about that fly, wondering why they didn't name it the scaptia jloae or the scaptia kardashae
― dayo, Saturday, 28 January 2012 17:41 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOBMfNJOVrM
― dayo, Friday, 3 February 2012 00:49 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEnEebe3Iqc
― flagp∞st (dayo), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 03:34 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/M3JNq.jpg
― flagp∞st (dayo), Thursday, 1 March 2012 12:50 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/5GWW4.jpg
― flagp∞st (dayo), Thursday, 1 March 2012 12:52 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/O81mqh.jpg
― Tom Crucifictorious (Leee), Sunday, 8 July 2012 23:16 (eleven years ago) link
And sorry for sullying the insect thread with a different kind of arthropod but:
http://static.neatorama.com/images/2012-06/ladybird-mimic-spider.jpg
― Tom Crucifictorious (Leee), Sunday, 8 July 2012 23:21 (eleven years ago) link
― Tom Crucifictorious (Leee), Sunday, July 8, 2012 7:16 PM (2 hours ago)
whoa this dude seems v chill
― k3vin k., Monday, 9 July 2012 01:56 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/o1RD9ms.jpg
― 乒乓, Friday, 8 February 2013 12:26 (eleven years ago) link
WTF evolution.
<3
― SOPA Middleton (Leee), Friday, 8 February 2013 17:25 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/02/science/dragonflies-natures-deadly-drone-but-prettier.html
― 乒乓, Tuesday, 2 April 2013 16:27 (eleven years ago) link
^^^ Super-rad!
― Leeena Dunham (Leee), Sunday, 7 April 2013 22:13 (eleven years ago) link
Like, giant prehistoric dragonflies with beaks, omg.
Sorry for posting a spider to an entomology thread but
http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/wiredscience/2013/05/TinySpider1.jpg
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/05/tiny-spiders-found-in-china/
― llama del rey (Leee), Saturday, 25 May 2013 23:48 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/sT5LxqF.jpg
― 乒乓, Friday, 7 June 2013 13:09 (ten years ago) link
bug say hi to me
― nagl dude dude dude (ledge), Friday, 7 June 2013 13:11 (ten years ago) link
What are this pastel colored, ribbon-like soft candies that are hella sour? I guess they come from that moth.
― Ou sont les Sonneywolferines d'antan? (Leee), Friday, 7 June 2013 15:44 (ten years ago) link
http://ucresearch.tumblr.com/post/52397364590/this-photo-taken-by-bug-squads-kathy-keatley
― 乒乓, Saturday, 8 June 2013 12:27 (ten years ago) link
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3490/3187579894_22758204d5_z.jpg
― Lynyrd Cohen (Leee), Sunday, 16 June 2013 18:01 (ten years ago) link
^^ http://membracid.wordpress.com/2013/06/13/the-mad-hatterpillar/
link at the end is awesome too http://www.flickr.com/photos/itchydogimages/8607611517/
― 乒乓, Sunday, 16 June 2013 18:32 (ten years ago) link
Caterpillar infantry rising up against army ants!
― Lynyrd Cohen (Leee), Sunday, 16 June 2013 21:50 (ten years ago) link
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8091/8419407107_dc640e81a3.jpgHarris' Three-spot - Harrisimemna trisignata by Colin Hutton Photography, on Flickr
― 乒乓, Friday, 19 July 2013 01:11 (ten years ago) link
Woah, what is that? More caterpillar wearing molted exoskeleton action?
― Louie Althusser (Leee), Friday, 19 July 2013 01:32 (ten years ago) link
yeah, it's from the bug girl blog
― 乒乓, Friday, 19 July 2013 01:35 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MY-6G3zYYtk
― Shannon Leeedles (Leee), Saturday, 31 August 2013 23:33 (ten years ago) link
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/running-ponies/files/2013/09/frog-legged-leaf-beetle-sagra.jpg
― Shannon Leeedles (Leee), Friday, 11 October 2013 23:06 (ten years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/CAIdNMh.gif
Fucking terrifying
I hate moths because their bodies are so big and squishy and soft-looking
― 乒乓, Saturday, 9 November 2013 18:17 (ten years ago) link
but yeah, not living up to my username here, sorry
― i'm elf-ein lusophonic (imago), Tuesday, 19 August 2014 20:39 (nine years ago) link
You're more of a chrysalis atm
― 龜, Tuesday, 19 August 2014 20:45 (nine years ago) link
I can't do the thing where it sheds its outer layer by letting go of the branch and catching itself again after a split-second in which it casts off the unwanted matter, which has always struck me as nature's most incredible feat of dexterity
― i'm elf-ein lusophonic (imago), Tuesday, 19 August 2014 20:53 (nine years ago) link
Maybe the exoskeleton was cast off after molting?
― OH MY GOD HE'S OOGLEEE (Leee), Tuesday, 19 August 2014 20:54 (nine years ago) link
what's weird to me is that they were paired together when whatever happened happened and stayed paired together when i found them later. i have a lot of experience w/ cicadas and cicada exoskeletons. i've just never seen anything like this.
― Mordy, Tuesday, 19 August 2014 20:56 (nine years ago) link
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2014/08/22/cyborg-moths-living-drones/
― OH MY GOD HE'S OOGLEEE (Leee), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 17:55 (nine years ago) link
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/11058396/Giant-wasps-nest-invades-spare-bedroom.html
http://i.imgur.com/ZAL1FmV.jpg
― 龜, Wednesday, 27 August 2014 17:57 (nine years ago) link
Good god.
I once found a small wasp's nest in the lip of my car trunk and I freaked out, can't imagine how badly I'd react to this huge discovery.
― OH MY GOD HE'S OOGLEEE (Leee), Wednesday, 27 August 2014 18:08 (nine years ago) link
http://io9.com/cross-section-of-an-active-wasp-nest-reveals-ordered-la-1634371927/+rtgonzalez
― 龜, Saturday, 13 September 2014 23:19 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/3E7FirD.jpg
If aero reads this thread this one's for you
― 龜, Wednesday, 1 October 2014 12:46 (nine years ago) link
that one's for all of us tbf
― Ƹ༑Ʒ (imago), Wednesday, 1 October 2014 12:46 (nine years ago) link
lead us, moth, unto endless night
― Ƹ༑Ʒ (imago), Wednesday, 1 October 2014 12:47 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/KCScXqI.gif
― 龜, Friday, 24 October 2014 12:02 (nine years ago) link
Infinite caterpillar!
― My Life with the Thrillho Kult (Leee), Friday, 24 October 2014 16:41 (nine years ago) link
Now not only will the termite queen soon become too fat to move – ever again – she’ll also start sweating profusely, thanks to all that hard baby-making work. While she’s still capable of producing eggs, her children will keep her clean by constantly licking the sweat from her body as an army of worker termites stack egg after freshly laid egg into neat little piles for hatching. Once their queen is so old she can no longer produce eggs, the tables will turn rather sharply, Moffett told the Kitchen Sisters. Instead of licking her gently, the termite queen’s many children will eat her alive, growing strong on her nutritious juices.
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/running-ponies/2014/11/05/long-live-the-morbidly-obese-termite-queen-and-her-terrifying-army-of-sweat-licking-babies/
― In Which Doctor Who Listens to Classic Rock Classics for the First Time (Leee), Wednesday, 19 November 2014 23:04 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-gLxOanrfI
― 龜, Thursday, 20 November 2014 12:02 (nine years ago) link
I wonder about who has ever ate a termite queen and what they felt it was like xp
http://www.wired.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/9609823425_93aa676480_k.jpg
More here: http://www.wired.com/2014/12/absurd-creature-of-the-week-treehopper/
― TAKING SIDES: HUMANS VS. GUACAMOLEEE (Leee), Monday, 8 December 2014 20:45 (nine years ago) link
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2014/12/23/when-a-female-mantis-is-hungry-she-fakes-fertility-to-snack-on-duped-mates/
Same
― 龜, Thursday, 25 December 2014 00:37 (nine years ago) link
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2015/05/13/watch-trap-jaw-ants-use-their-chops-to-backflip-out-of-danger/#.VVu03FnBzRY
Sometimes I wonder if I should've become a myrmecologist.
― Madison Dumbbarfer (Leee), Tuesday, 19 May 2015 22:14 (eight years ago) link
https://vine.co/v/eKqtW7Z6nEX
― 龜, Thursday, 21 May 2015 11:52 (eight years ago) link
Awesome headline: http://www.wired.com/2015/06/silent-deadly-fatal-farts-immobilize-prey/
― Falconetti Pot (Leee), Monday, 29 June 2015 16:45 (eight years ago) link
nice. arthropods are the best killers
― rahrah avis (imago), Monday, 29 June 2015 16:52 (eight years ago) link
There is a fairly deep literature on insect farting
― Falconetti Pot (Leee), Monday, 29 June 2015 17:11 (eight years ago) link
This caterpillar:
http://i.imgur.com/tEhupnd.jpg
I lost the name, unfortunately - it's from this awesome caterpillar search engine: http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?guide=Caterpillars
― Chuck_Tatum, Monday, 29 June 2015 20:54 (eight years ago) link
A Hyphantria cunea apparently
― Chuck_Tatum, Monday, 29 June 2015 20:57 (eight years ago) link
Ridiculous
http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20p?act=zoom&img=/home/IM/I_JP/1039/640/Hyphantria_cunea,_Fall_Webworm,I_JP103948.jpg
― Chuck_Tatum, Monday, 29 June 2015 20:59 (eight years ago) link
Whoops
http://i.imgur.com/ZXxRaHr.jpg
― Chuck_Tatum, Monday, 29 June 2015 21:06 (eight years ago) link
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/02/160201-arachnids-harvestman-penis-amber-fossil-animals-science/
― 龜, Wednesday, 3 February 2016 13:30 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/lpWIsWV.jpg
― 龜, Wednesday, 3 February 2016 13:31 (eight years ago) link
The arachnids' long track record excites scientists
― Sofialo Ren (Leee), Wednesday, 3 February 2016 23:34 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/eowXaK0.jpg
― 龜, Monday, 28 March 2016 12:03 (eight years ago) link
http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-thing?.out=jpg&size=l&tid=115778830
― Star Wars ate shiitake (latebloomer), Monday, 28 March 2016 16:10 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6AB7EZflDE
― 龜, Thursday, 21 April 2016 00:02 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Om2KxzD.png
― 龜, Sunday, 1 May 2016 12:44 (seven years ago) link
http://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-autopilot-knocked-out-by-moth-2016-5
let me reiterate: fuck moths
http://i.imgur.com/KhFiDgZ.jpg
― 龜, Wednesday, 11 May 2016 18:26 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/4nP5c5K.jpg
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/the-biology-of-the-translucent-jewel-caterpillar-the-nudibranch-of-the-forest/
― 龜, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 12:44 (seven years ago) link
oh wow those are striking
― Mordy, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 13:00 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/9L5zJVU.jpg
― 龜, Wednesday, 6 July 2016 13:01 (seven years ago) link
want a slo-mo of it springing into flight
― imago, Wednesday, 6 July 2016 13:12 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/2ymAThf.jpg
― 龜, Friday, 15 July 2016 12:48 (seven years ago) link
http://oddity-txt.tumblr.com/post/149239939651/oddity-txt-oddity-txt-oddity-txt
― 龜, Tuesday, 23 August 2016 12:29 (seven years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/ix6Fhnc.jpg
― 龜, Sunday, 21 May 2017 02:14 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nr8SYrJ53g
― 龜, Sunday, 21 May 2017 02:16 (six years ago) link
It is not fully known what the adults feed on, but it could be flowers. These beetles have a unique life cycle. The female will lay her eggs near the base of various flowers. When the eggs hatch the newly born larvae must climb up the stalks to the blooming flowers. Then the young larvae will cluster together and form a shape that very much resembles a female solitary ground bee. To make the ruse even more complete they even emit a pheromone that very much smells like the female bee....in fact it is so good that male bees are often fooled and come to "mate" with the cluster of larvae. By the time he realizes his mistake the little larvae have climbed on board. The male bee will carry his stowaways along with him as he locates a "real female" to mate with. During mating the larvae transfer to the female who will then carry them to her underground nest. The little interlopers will remain behind in the burrow and feed on the bees offspring and the honey stores she provided to feed them. The beetle larvae will remain in the burrow to pupate and later will emerge as the wingless prodigy of their parents. Mother Nature offers no limitations on deceit.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 8 November 2017 01:56 (six years ago) link
Giant mesquite bug nymphs. pic.twitter.com/LYy8ihmmxU— Strange Animals (@Strange_Animals) January 15, 2018
― Mordy, Tuesday, 16 January 2018 14:36 (six years ago) link
Any recommendations for a good popsci book on ants? I'm guessing something by EO Wilson?
― Chard Michaels (Leee), Sunday, 18 February 2018 01:48 (six years ago) link
https://gizmodo.com/i-do-not-like-this-new-wasp-species-whose-giant-stinger-1827395696
― 龜, Saturday, 7 July 2018 13:47 (five years ago) link
Still reading this https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/sep/18/a-giant-crawling-brain-the-jaw-dropping-world-of-termites but here's an interesting nugget:
Christine Nalepa, Theo Evans and Michael Lenz have written that termite parents bite off the ends of their antennae, which may make them better at raising their young. Antennae give termites lots of sensory information, and biting off the segments toward the ends could reduce that stimulation, making it easier to live in a tiny burrow with a few million children.
― Nag Reddit (Leee), Wednesday, 19 September 2018 19:16 (five years ago) link
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aha_hahttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eubetia_bigaulae (Pronounced you betcha by golly)
― Choice Errol Quotes (Leee), Thursday, 10 February 2022 04:50 (two years ago) link