When he investigate further, he found that they were honey bees and had built a hive:
*Previously: An even creepier beehive.
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Showing posts with label Bug. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bug. Show all posts
Now I'm going to be afraid every time I pull the cover off my barbecue
A Reddit user realized he had a bee problem and set off a smoke bomb near his barbecue.
When he investigate further, he found that they were honey bees and had built a hive:
*Previously: An even creepier beehive.
When he investigate further, he found that they were honey bees and had built a hive:
*Previously: An even creepier beehive.
Disturbing spider attack
Watch as a spider plays possum to lure an ant close, and then ties him up with a freakish burst of speed. And then something more disturbing happens. There's more spider videos at Vimeo, and spider photos at DeviantArt. Via.
*Previously: David Lynch's Spider-Man.
Video shows how difficult it is to sink a raft of fire ants
Horrifying video shows how difficult it is to sink a raft of fire ants.
Image roundup
A few gems from Reddit:
Dust storm in Kuwait March 25, 2011 (might want to watch with the sound off).
"My only professional ambition is to get a desk where no one can see my computer monitor other than me" from Some eCards.
Ant pushing a drop of water.
Ermine, I think.
Anyone can put a fairy door on an upright surface. How about a door convincingly placed on the ground?
*Previously: Move over fairy doors. Here's tiny elevators.
Dust storm in Kuwait March 25, 2011 (might want to watch with the sound off).
"My only professional ambition is to get a desk where no one can see my computer monitor other than me" from Some eCards.
Ant pushing a drop of water.
Ermine, I think.
Anyone can put a fairy door on an upright surface. How about a door convincingly placed on the ground?
*Previously: Move over fairy doors. Here's tiny elevators.
Here's what happens when you fill an ant colony with concrete
Here's what happens when you fill an ant colony with concrete and then excavate the results. Apparently the segments is from this longer film about ants:
Via.
*Buy ant farms at Amazon.
Micromachina - - if we drove around in giant bugs
Some of Scott Bain's Micromachina sculptures:
MICROMACHINA examines what makes the insect world tick, and considers our attempts to control nature and the consequences. Humanity’s blatant disregard for nature, where profit comes before life, will ultimately be our undoing. Pesticides, herbicides, genetic modification and massive urban expansion push the fine balance of life toward disaster. There has to be a point, when mother nature will say ‘too far’, and rid the earth of its biggest pest... us.Via.
Once the stuff of science fiction, today flying and crawling insects are used by the military, fitted with audio and video devices. This exhibition experiments using real taxidermy beetles as mechanised shells, to show how we mistreat our fellow inhabitants, forcing them to do our will.
*Buy insects in amber at Amazon.
Antigone poster by Sam Weber (and more)
Some of Sam Weber's posters for Soulpepper theater, on sale for $25 each here.
He also created the front and back covers for the latest edition of American Illustration (#29):
The jacket unfolds into a poster:
*Buy American Illustration collections at Amazon.
Video of a praying mantis plucking a much larger hummingbird out of the air
Praying mantis vs. hummingbird. Via.
*Previously: Sword-billed hummingbird.
*Buy praying mantis toys at Amazon.
Beautiful spider
Beautiful spider. Here's a short video of it crawling around. And in the same gallery, a short, beautiful video of a paper lantern. Here's the photographers design blog.
*Buy Spiders of North America: An Identification Manual at Amazon.
Eight weird animals
Eight weird creatures. The first is adorable. It becomes nightmare-inducing after that.
This is an elephant shrew, or Sengi. It's actually related to elephants, and not a shrew at all. The video features the best high speed chase you'll see all day. Via these sites.
Giant centipedes can grow a foot long, and have venomous fangs. In this video, a centipede plucks a flying bat out of the air. Via.
Tripod fish typically rest on the ocean bottom on their stalk-like fins, wait for a crustacean to bump into their fins, and then push the creatures into their mouths. Via.
This ugly fellow is the Asian sheepshead wrasse. The video describes him as the "Shrek fish," but I don't see the resemblance. Via.
Female whale sharks are believed to be able to mate once, store the sperm and fertilize their own eggs as they're produced. Via these sites.
Sometimes ants start following one another in a circular path, known as a death spiral or circular mill. Essentially, they follow each other in a circle until they either die of exhaustion, or stumble upon a path out of the madness. Via these sites.
Termite mounds are designed to circulate the hot air generated by the termites below ground - - the walls are filled with tiny holes which admit fresh air. How many termites? Over 100,000 per square meter. Via.
The Darwin bark spiders of Madagascar create webs spanning 30 feet with with anchor lines up to 82 feet. Their silk is over ten times stronger than a similarly-sized piece of Kevlar. They're unique in that they can stretch their webs over flowing bodies of water. Via these fine sites.
*The Life DVD set is 37% off at Amazon.
This is an elephant shrew, or Sengi. It's actually related to elephants, and not a shrew at all. The video features the best high speed chase you'll see all day. Via these sites.
Giant centipedes can grow a foot long, and have venomous fangs. In this video, a centipede plucks a flying bat out of the air. Via.
Tripod fish typically rest on the ocean bottom on their stalk-like fins, wait for a crustacean to bump into their fins, and then push the creatures into their mouths. Via.
This ugly fellow is the Asian sheepshead wrasse. The video describes him as the "Shrek fish," but I don't see the resemblance. Via.
Female whale sharks are believed to be able to mate once, store the sperm and fertilize their own eggs as they're produced. Via these sites.
Sometimes ants start following one another in a circular path, known as a death spiral or circular mill. Essentially, they follow each other in a circle until they either die of exhaustion, or stumble upon a path out of the madness. Via these sites.
Termite mounds are designed to circulate the hot air generated by the termites below ground - - the walls are filled with tiny holes which admit fresh air. How many termites? Over 100,000 per square meter. Via.
The Darwin bark spiders of Madagascar create webs spanning 30 feet with with anchor lines up to 82 feet. Their silk is over ten times stronger than a similarly-sized piece of Kevlar. They're unique in that they can stretch their webs over flowing bodies of water. Via these fine sites.
*The Life DVD set is 37% off at Amazon.
Link roundup
1. The cost of helium to skyrocket?
2. A few great scans from Spider-Man manga by Ryoichi Ikegami. Via.
3. Bees turn a glass jar into a honeycomb. Via.
*Buy Spider-Man manga ta Amazon.
2. A few great scans from Spider-Man manga by Ryoichi Ikegami. Via.
3. Bees turn a glass jar into a honeycomb. Via.
*Buy Spider-Man manga ta Amazon.
What a Bug
A sap-sucking pentatomid bug sits on a leaf in the Khao Chong Forest Reserve in southern Thailand. The markings on its back resemble a human face with eyes, mouth, upturned nose, and pompadour hairdo.
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