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?)
Tortoise Beetle and Mealybug Destroyer (with a name like that, it probably wouldn't like me saying what a cute fuzzy butt it is!)
Unknown One, Unknown Two (Alien pod landed, begin transmission...)
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!)
Ambush Bug Nymph and possible Anthelid Caterpillar
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