I've seen some strange looking bugs before, but these definitely take the cake. I suppose, though, if they were as common to me as your everyday housefly or carpenter ant, they wouldn't be as weird, but they would still be beautiful (or a little scary, as is the case of one of the bugs to follow!). And to the bugs: weird is good, don't let anyone tell you it isn't!
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Cotton Harlequin Bug and unknown (doesn't it look like it's getting its boogie on?)
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Tortoise Beetle and Mealybug Destroyer (with a name like that, it probably wouldn't like me saying what a cute fuzzy butt it is!)
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Unknown One, Unknown Two (Alien pod landed, begin transmission...)
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Unknown (doesn't it look like it's going to suck your brains out of your skull or something?) and Spicebush Swallowtail Caterpillar (those aren't its eyes!)
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Ambush Bug Nymph and possible Anthelid Caterpillar
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Unknown and Saddleback Caterpillar
Image credits to aussiegall, chinosart, CW_Ye, educatingfire, epicurus11, gossamer1013, greenputty, moonpiedigit, pixieslayer, play4smee, tanakawho, viewmaker












September 10th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
Bugs are pretty creepy, I really hate spiders and roaches, but since I live around a lot of trees we get a lot of those. I must say however that the bugs you have pictured here are quite inruiging and beautiful.
September 10th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
Very beautiful site layout! I'm not a big fan of bugs myself but those are some nice and interesting pictures. As long as they stay out of my house...I'm good!
September 10th, 2008 at 4:58 pm
Very cool pictures, we saw some CRAZY looking bugs when my wife and I visited Nicarauga. Wish I took pix!
Tre
September 10th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
Gorgeous little bugs, great photos! My favorite is the colorful #5!
September 11th, 2008 at 12:36 am
Weird but cute nature..
September 11th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
I have never given insects any further thoughts. But with your pictures, that has changed. The photos are just beautiful.
September 12th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
It's like insects have a whole different world than us. Look at the one with the sucker face on it. That is by far the craziest!
I look at these photos and imagine them all talking to one another, and or being neighbors! Like the movie Ants! I bet bugs do talk! Great photos there! Please tell us what camera brand/type you used.
September 12th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
Rockstar, bugs don't normally bother me, but we get brown recluse spiders, which are pretty poisonous. Now I freak out a little when I see a spider.
B.M. Garrett, I'm not a big fan either, but they have their purpose! And ladybugs and bumble bees are cute
Tre, yeah, you definitely should have taken pictures!!!
Heidi, #5 is beautiful, isn't it?
Abhinav, that they are
Verner, glad you enjoyed the post!
Pete, lol yeah the one with the sucky looking thing is the one that creeped me out a little. Bugs do talk, in a way. Ants, for example, know when one of their kind has been killed and come to the area. The killed ant gives off some scent, if I remember correctly, which is why, when you're trying to get rid of ants, the worst thing you can do is kill them. I actually didn't take the photos (see credits beneath the pictures).
September 15th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
That sort of seems stupid for the ants to come running to the danger! Maybe they think they are going to protect their family. I will say this I would like to know more about that sucker faced bug! Now I've gotta go dig on Google! lol
Thanks for the response!
September 15th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
Pete, it does seem stupid, doesn't it? I don't remember if I read of it, but I'm sure there's a reason they do that!
I wish I knew what the bug was to tell you...
September 28th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
Wow those are great pictures of little creatures that most people cant stand. Keep up the good work!
September 30th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
Thanks Stefanie for this great post, some great and amazing pictures, thanks for sharing.
October 3rd, 2008 at 12:56 pm
They are nice, aren't they? Make bugs interesting
March 24th, 2009 at 10:39 am
Those are amazing photos. Great stuff!
June 25th, 2009 at 10:53 pm
The 8th, 10th,12th are indeed so” weird” beauty. No, I can not say I see beauty on them. I was hurt by the 12th one, so painful, trust in me!
July 1st, 2009 at 2:00 pm
i like the bug that you said this about it(doesn't it look like it's going to suck your brains out of your skull or something?) that bug looks funny