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BUGS!

You Should See the Other Guy — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:08:46 -0800

Thomas Shahan's Photostream - Macro Insect Photography

I'm eating up a baby bumblebee

ThePinkSuperhero — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:07:48 -0800

Insects, spiders and other arthropods by Kimberly Hosey, co-starring her young son David. My favorite- it almost looks like a little puppy (to my creative mind)!

Everybody says bugs taste good even if they taste them only once

caddis — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:06:36 -0800

Insect Sushi Shoichi Uchiyama makes sushi of a different kind. Academic studies have shown insects are rich in nutrition and many are even more nutritionally balanced than meat or fish... In addition, they grow much faster and require less feed than animals and fish, and leftover vegetables are enough to farm many kinds of bugs. They grow in small spaces and don't compete with human beings over food... Recipes inside. (via Scribal Terror) Yellow Hornet Larvae Blanch the larvae in boiling water for 30 seconds, cool them off and serve with soy sauce and wasabi (Japanese horseradish). Mr Uchiyama says: "The larvae need to be fresh and the best ones are those that you have just taken from a nest, still moving. Then they are sweet and creamy." Argentine Cockroach Cut open shell, scoop out meat and fry with butter. Replace in shell to serve on top of salad. "It has no smell at all, but the texture of tender fish," says Mr Uchiyama. Hornet or Silkworm Pupae Fry at a high temperature for a very short time and serve wrapped in slices of "kamaboko" fish paste.

Bites of Passage

sloweducation — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 06:20:16 -0800

"The old distinction between mosquito territory and human territory – and the idea that the one can be reclaimed from the other – has collapsed. Now humans come first and mosquitoes follow." How the Asian tiger mosquito left the jungles of Southeast Asia to take over the world, one used tire at a time.

Eewww. Oh no! Ack. Omg.

nickyskye — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 04:21:00 -0800

Top 10 Disgusting Websites to Share With Friends: Bloody-Disgusting l The Internet Pathology Library for Medical Education and so much more.

I, Ron Butterfly

zamboni — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:15:30 -0800

Handcrafted praying mantis sculptures, in brass and silver.

Insex.

gman — Wed, 27 May 2009 19:09:27 -0800

Photos of various insects mating.

3D macro photography

Upton O'Good — Wed, 06 May 2009 11:27:22 -0800

Brian Valentine takes 3D macro images of flowers and insects. (How do I view them?) He discusses his macro methods here; a more general guide for making your own (not necessarily macro) 3D images can be found here. More 3D goodness at the Flickr Stereophotography (and stereovideography!) pools. Via EMRJKC'94. Also, here's a bug in spinning 3D.

I can even see his legs

baphomet — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:29:39 -0800

THE BUGS ARE CRAWLING UNDER MY SKIN

Treehoppers

dhruva — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:31:35 -0800

Treehoppers (a flickr set)

The Hellstrom Chronicle

dhruva — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:38:47 -0800

The Hellstrom Chronicle "The film posits a theory any science fiction buff would glom onto in a second—that dominion over the world will come down to a battle between two classes of Kingdom Animalia, Man and insects, and that insects will win." Watch on youtube, 11 parts.

Close-ups of insects

Kattullus — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:31:55 -0800

The Insect Close-ups Flickr Pool is full of fascinating pictures. There are all kinds of wonderful images to be found, of spiders, ladybugs, hornets, aphids, grasshoppers, worms, water striders and those superstars of the insect world, bees and butterflies. You can also search a map for pictures by location. If you want to take your own bug photographer Mark Plonsky has written a short how-to guide. He has taken some pretty great photographs of insects himself.

Gross Beauty

Brandon Blatcher — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 20:05:45 -0800

Up close and personal with insects.

Paintings of Mutated Insects

Rumple — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:45:24 -0800

Cornelia Hesse-Honegger paints watercolours of mutated insects from radioactively contaminated areas in Ukraine, Switzerland, the United States, and Europe. She has recently published a scientific article incorporating these paintings (5 MB PDF). site also available in German

Termite Mounds

homunculus — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:11:34 -0800

Busy Bugs: Termite Mounds vs. the Burj Dubai Tower.

buggy barbarity

madamjujujive — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:58:51 -0800

Violent death in the insect world - grisly yet compelling macro photographs of bug-against-bug carnage.

fotoopa and his Amazing Flying Insects

spock — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:18:14 -0800

Who is this Belgian man "fotoopa"? A nerd's nerd (and I say that with extreme admiration). Photopainting, Macro photography, 2004: Let's start with the simple stuff, moths (mostly at rest). Now, can you think of anything more difficult to photograph than insects in flight? 2005, 2006 (the 2006 equipment), 2008 (2008 equipment & more equipment). Images of the man working with the equipment. His Flickr photostream and new YouTube channel bears watching. (Previously)

My eyes!

owhydididoit — Thu, 29 May 2008 07:29:55 -0800

Paul Nylander's home page is garish and busy, but full of interesting tidbits about fractals, insects, physics, and other things.

Argus eyes

Kronos_to_Earth — Tue, 27 May 2008 11:54:36 -0800

The day has a thousand eyes, as well.... (via)

The Crazy Raspberry Ants are coming! The Crazy Raspberry Ants are coming!

Kronos_to_Earth — Fri, 16 May 2008 18:18:01 -0800

“They’re the ant of all ants...and are moving about half a mile a year.” Crazy Raspberry Ants! (And you might want to check your computer....)

Insect mating ritual porn

stbalbach — Tue, 06 May 2008 20:22:02 -0800

Green Porno, Sundance Channel's new series of short films. Isabella Rossellini singlehandedly re-enacts mating rituals of the dragonfly, spider, bee, praying mantis, worm, snail and housefly by getting it on with cardboard cut-outs. Wired video interview.

Awful, Awful Insects

monju_bosatsu — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:08:38 -0800

The 5 Most Horrifying Bugs in the World. In order to get this out of my head, I must share it with you.

Ballistic Jaw Propulsion of Trap-Jaw Ants

dhammond — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 21:57:21 -0800

The trap-jaw ant, best known for its powerful jaws which hold the land speed record for movement at 145 miles per hour, is brilliantly captured in a short film shot at 100,000 frames per second. [via]

Bejeweled beauties

madamjujujive — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:40:52 -0800

Form and Pheromone - truly lovely beetle mosaics and insect art. (via recogedor) Previously: Living Jewels.

No, no mothra. No tuck in penis dance. Just regular kinda cool looking moths.

Smedleyman — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 12:33:29 -0800

An Identification Guide of Japanese Moths Compiled by Everyone. Well, not everyone, but a lot of people and a lot of moths.