Billions of Locusts Hatched in Southern Israel
Billions of newly hatched locusts are spreading throughout Israel's South. The young locusts identified in the Negev Desert area are the offspring of locust swarms that entered Israel from Egypt in March. (Photo by Eliahu Hershkovitz/Haaretz)...
Butterflies Are Released Into the Natural History Museum's Sensational Butterflies Exhibition
A boy poses with a butterfly on his face during a photocall to promote the [Sensational Butterflies] exhibition at the Natural History Museum in central London, on March 25, 2013. With around 400 live tropical butterflies and moths living in the temporary facility, visitors will get the chance to see them flying freely as well as looking for emerging butterflies at the hatchery window. Running from March 29 to September 15, 2013, the exhibition is housed in a structure in the museum grounds. (Photo by Leon Neal/AFP Photo)...
Israel Escapes Locust Plague
A menacing swarm of locusts that entered southern Israel earlier this week has been largely smitten, according to the Israeli government and local reports. But some of the insects' ilk may be back later this week. (Photo by Eliyahu Hershkovitz)...
Venezuelan Poodle Moth
The Venezuelan Poodle Moth is a possible new species of moth discovered in 2009 by Dr. Arthur Anker of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, in the Gran Sabana region of Venezuela. It bears similarities to the Diaphora mendica, the Muslin Moth, but most likely belongs to the lepidopteran family Artace....
[Bee Heads]
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Eugloss dilemma, male, Florida, Biscayne National Monument. (Photo and caption by Sam Droege/USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab)...
British Artist Unveils Giant Blu-Tack Sculpture
Artist Elizabeth Thompson poses next to her Blu-tack Spider sculpture at London Zoo on October 25, 2007 in London, England. The sculpture, known as [Blu-ey], is a model of a common house spider and is completely made out of blu-tack. It is on show at BUGS! at ZSL London Zoo. The sculpture is made from around four thousand packets of Blu-tack and weighs over 200kg. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images)...
Bugs Up Close
Belgian Photographer Boris Godfroid, a former biology student who recently graduated from film school, started shooting macro photography in 2008. Photo: Bee. (Photo by Boris Godfroid)...
[Spider Dew and Damself Reflection] by Photographer Uda Dennie
![[Spider Dew and Damself Reflection] by Photographer Uda Dennie](http://img.gagdaily.com/uploads/posts/app/2013/short/0000ef17_medium.jpg "[Spider Dew and Damself Reflection] by Photographer Uda Dennie")
The amazing images, which show the balls of water reflecting an array of colours and even other insects, were snapped by photographer Uda Dennie in his garden. One of the massive droplets even stayed in shape for about a minute before the spider scurried off. Dennie, 33, from Batam Island, Indonesia, said: [I was really surprised to get such amazing pictures – it was really wonderful. I have a real passion for macro photography and after lots of trial and error I'm now able to produce good images – perseverance really paid off]. (Photo by Uda Dennie)...
Simply: Mantis
An oversized, prehistoric praying mantis wreaks havoc in a freeway underpass as it overturns cars and trucks, in a film still from [The Deadly Mantis], directed by Nathan Juran, 1957. (Photo by Universal Pictures/Courtesy of Getty Images)...
Minimonsters of John Hallmén. Part III
Sleeping Anthidium. Female Anthidium punctatum; Size: 7 mm. (Photo by John Hallmén)...
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