11 posts tagged with nature and insects (View popular tags)
Violent death in the insect world - grisly yet compelling macro photographs of bug-against-bug carnage.
posted on Sep 8, 2008 - View this thread
Form and Pheromone - truly lovely beetle mosaics and insect art. (via recogedor) Previously: Living Jewels.
posted on Dec 3, 2007 - View this thread
Bee eaters and lesser kestrels.
posted on Mar 3, 2007 - View this thread
Do not cuddle with the Giant Amazonian Centipede, no matter how strong the temptation may be. Fully grown they are as long as an adult human's forearm, and gleefully feed on small critters (youtube), going so far as to snag bats out of the air (google video) & devour them on the spot.
posted on Nov 21, 2006 - View this thread
EEEK! (YouTube) [more]
posted on Jul 31, 2006 - View this thread
Nature is so fucking horrible.
posted on Jun 4, 2006 - View this thread
Meet punk, Don, Kawaii, Satan's Little Helper, and the incredibly colorful cast of characters that populate photographer Igor Siwanowicz's world. (via Mira y Calla)
posted on Apr 4, 2006 - View this thread
Mating Leopard Slugs entwine - one of the untold wonders of the animal kingdom captured on video....
The BBC gets up close and personal with Life in the Undergrowth in their new wildlife documentary. A must see for any animal, insect or David Attenborough fan...
(If the main vid link doesn't work for you try it from here - realplayer needed)
posted on Nov 23, 2005 - View this thread
If a young worker attempts to reproduce, she is spreadeagled by her fellows and kept immobilized for hours or even days. At the end of her sentence, the best she can hope for is a reduction in rank and loss of reproductive capability. Often she is mutilated or killed.Fascinating article about police-state behavior in insects, complete with information on mutant anarchist worker bees, ant-led coups, and parasitic self-cloning bees. (via BoingBoing.)
How would it be to be a bee? Einstein has been quoted as saying that if the bee were to suddenly disappear, mankind would survive only another four years. So, make a bow to your insect overlords, and visit this site by a neuroscientist researching bee vision to experience first-hand how a bee sees. The B-EYE software allows you to set various parameters to see how a bee would view selected images, including Einstein himself. Or test your bee communication skills at Nova's "Dances with Bees" page, where you watch the dance of a hive mate and then try to locate the nectar source that he's mapping out. If you're still not impressed, consider that bees possess higher cognitive functions, including the ability for abstract thought. Finally, find out why nice bees don't always finish last in a look at the guerrilla tactics wielded against the dreaded "killer bee" by mild-mannered Cape honeybees.
