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Metamorphosis of the Damselfly
It is one of nature’s most fantastic transformations and a rebirth the like of which we can but dream. Yet faced with the magic of insect metamormorphosis, dream the human mind has tried to do - while struggling to avoid slipping into a nightmare. Kafka's famous story of the same name imagined what might happen if a man underwent metamorphosis, and we suspect the creators of Alien were inspired by an emergence sequence as amazing as that of this damselfly.
Continue reading...Insects Poke Fun at Photographers
Friday, January 15, 2010
Ascribing animals with human characteristics is nothing new, but mammals are one thing and insects are another. The evolutionary gap between us homo sapiens and the antennaed ones is just too wide to be attributing the little critters with faculties like emotions and imagination, let alone – heaven forbid – reason and understanding. Still, we can try, especially with bug-besotted mugshots like these. What are they saying to you?
Continue reading...Insects About to Kill Their Partners
Friday, September 18, 2009
“I love you to death” gets a whole new meaning with some of these insect pairs, which literally love to devour each other. Or to be precise, the female loves to consume the male before, during or after copulation. “Your Honour, he was so tasty, what could I do” is what she might say in her defense. We’ve picked five unusual insect mating styles, some of whose participants are true sexual cannibals…
Continue reading...10 Most Alien-like Insects on Earth
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
A common mistake when searching for alien life forms is to look up into the sky for something big. But alien life is right here, at our feet, in our backyards. Millions of tiny but frightening aliens, many just a few millimetres long. We’ve convinced the most cheerful of the lot to give us a tour…
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Thursday, February 4, 2010
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