horreure:

A honeybee’s stinger is made of two barbed lancets. When the bee stings, it can’t pull the stinger back out. It leaves behind not only the stinger but also part of its digestive tract, plus muscles and nerves. This massive abdominal rupture is what kills the bee.

(Source: malformalady)

clusterpod:

Bulldog Ant, Myrmecia sp.

taochild:

Garden guardians

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Daaaaaang

things-that-are-not-okay:

“allcreatures” so you see a post you like that was reblogged by a blog you follow and instead of reblogging it you repost it? Don’t be lame :p

insectlove:

markhortonphotography: Speckled Bush Cricket (Leptophyes puctatissima) on Flickr. The antennae on this Leptophyes puctatissima are magnificent!

archiemcphee:

It’s time to pay a visit to the Department of Awesome Mimicry where we’ll meet the Lygodium Spider Moth (Siamusotima aranea). Discovered in Thailand in 2005, this clever creature evolved markings on its wings that give it the impressively convincing appearance of being a spindly, orange spider. The markings deter predators and, now that it’s been discovered by humans, probably many arachnophobes as well.

Photos by John Horstman

[via Geekologie]

wapiti3:

Sand Wasp, Dryudella sp, female on Flickr.

Sand wasp
The Bembicini, or Sand wasps, are a large tribe of crabronid wasps, comprising 20 genera. Bembicines are predators on various groups of insects. Wikipedia
Scientific name: Bembicini
Rank: Tribe
Higher classification: Bembicinae