(photo by a2works)
Look out, Florida. Monster mosquitoes are coming your way this summer:
“Gallinippers are 20 times the size of normal skeeters and their bite feels like you’re being stabbed.”
“Stabbed,” they said.
STABBED.
3 months ago
Silver and gold varieties of The Tortoise Beetle - Amazing Metallic Arthropods.
Casper’s favorite bug, hands down. I had to remove two of them from his mouth this morning. He throws up when he eats crickets, so I can’t imagine what one of these would do to his digestive system.
(Source: reddit.com)
Stunned cicada, having just been pried out of Casper’s mouth.
(I knew something was up when he wasn’t panting. It’s HOT and we’d been out for an hour. I looked closer and saw some wings sticking out the side of his jaw.)
Ghost ants, scientifically known as tapinoma melanocephalum feed on sweets. Their abdomens are transparent, therefore you can see the the food they eat in full color.
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