A closer look
This is the same longhorn beetle seen in this video.
The mimicry is pretty cool, it looks just like tree bark.
Chromacris speciosa
I was walking home one evening, and I saw this beautiful grasshopper resting on a shrub. It was so bright looking, and I had never seen one of these before, so I picked it up and brought it home with me. It was very friendly, it let me pick it up and play with it, [...]
Nephila clavipes
This picture was taken in my garden in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The N.clavipes is very common over there, and it’s one of the spiders I am most familiar with. In English, it is also known as banana spider, or golden orb weaver.
Their name is one of my favorite things in the world. Nephila is Greek [...]
I think it’s time for a Tarantula
The spider in this picture is a Lasiodora difficilis, also known as the Brazilian fiery red tarantula. Once again, it was taken inside my house, this time in the living room (I know, that carpet needs some cleaning).
What is it about tarantulas that makes people either love them, or hate them? Is it the [...]
Not all bugs are ugly
It’s licking my finger! Naughty, naughty butterfly :P
