Saturday, January 22, 2011
Friday, January 21, 2011
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Indian stick insect hatchlings
From the video's description: My first two hatchlings. These were laid about 3 and a half months ago by my rescued Indian stick insects (they were being kept in poor conditions).
Dont worry about the small paint brush! Im not hurting them - just tiny pokes to show them moving. Since they are so small and delicate you cant handle them yet, so moving them from/to enclosures must be done by getting them to climb onto something to be transferred (like this small artists brush).
Hatched on 18/01/2011.
Dont worry about the small paint brush! Im not hurting them - just tiny pokes to show them moving. Since they are so small and delicate you cant handle them yet, so moving them from/to enclosures must be done by getting them to climb onto something to be transferred (like this small artists brush).
Hatched on 18/01/2011.
MACRO WITH CANON POWERSHOT SX30 IS IN MANUAL FOCUS
Mother Nature gave this bug the appearance of a leaf.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Dutch Scientists Predict Insects Could Be Future Food
If you mash up mealworms into a paste, they can be formed into patties and served as filets or burgers.
Monday, January 17, 2011
Sawfly Larvae on a eucalyptus
From the video's description: They look like caterpillars, but they are sawfly larvae on a gum tree. They are sometimes called 'spitfires' as they secrete an irritating or distasteful liquid from their mouths. Just before video-taping them, I saw a tachina fly trying to lay its eggs on the larvae. Their dance seemed to scare off the fly, although I didn't see the 'spit'.
Orchard Swallowtail Pupation
From the video's description: This is the Orchard Swallowtail caterpillar's (Papilio Aegeus) pupation process. More info can be found here: http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisba... or simply google it.
This was incredibly tedius to film... I stayed up from 10:40pm and watched this caterpillar until around 12:20am JUST so I could find the right moment to start recording. Extremely boring and tiring, but was very rewarding in the end.
These look so damn similar to Metapods...
Music used: Nabucco - Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves, by Giuseppe Verdi
This was incredibly tedius to film... I stayed up from 10:40pm and watched this caterpillar until around 12:20am JUST so I could find the right moment to start recording. Extremely boring and tiring, but was very rewarding in the end.
These look so damn similar to Metapods...
Music used: Nabucco - Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves, by Giuseppe Verdi
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