Finishing off night set

[guppiecat]

These are the last highlights from the set that I posted yesterday.




Shhh, lizards are sleeping


OK, not all of them.




The question was asked, "What, we're taking pictures of slugs now?" The answer is "Yes, yes we are."




This is some sort of tick thing that is stuck to the neck of a walking stick insect. Did you know that bugs got bugs?


Elderly stick insect disapproves of your happy-go-lucky modern life style.


These things were big. No, bigger than that. They always talk about how large bugs grow in the tropics. They're really not exaggerating.


Evil grasshopper emerges to make you an offer that you should, but likely won't, refuse.

Comments

[dd-b.livejournal.com]

Great fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite 'em, And little fleas have lesser fleas, and so ad infinitum.

(1872 A. De morgan Budget of Paradoxes 377)

[pameladean]

Raphael's got an amazing photo of a beetle with mites on it. I'm not sure if it's online, but I can check.

I particularly like the very flat sleeping lizard, but most of these, and the other sets too, are really splendid.

P.

[lizzibabe.livejournal.com]

There are also plants/molds that parasitize insects. One of the creepiest shows I ever saw was an episode of "Earth" that showed how these fungus infected insects, killed them, and devoured them. And the other healthy insects quickly recognized the infected insects and put them far away from the hive/nest/what have you.