Yo!

I couldn’t keep myself from laughing when I was playing with it, and it kept throwing me gangster signs.
Also known as white-banded crap spider, this is another spider from the Thomisidae family (same as this one). The scientific name is Misumenoides formosipes, which apparetly is latin for pretty feet. Aww.

There are a few other genus [...]

So, what do we know about beetles?

I hate to post another insect that I don’t know much about, but I was looking through my pictures and couldn’t resist it.

I do know that this little bastard was chewing on my tomato plants!
I promise I’ll study in the future and find out more about this guy. I’ll keep this pic here as a [...]

Green spots!

My brother took this picture in our kitchen in Sao Paulo. (It was my camera, so it’s ok for me to post :p).

This is another one of those wood chopping longhorn beetles, whose exact species I am never able to identify.
There must be people out there who are much better at identifying beetles than I [...]

Epicadus heterogaster

“What, that’s a real spider? Are you sure it’s not made of plastic?”
Yes, I’m sure. I’ve seen it move. In fact, I poked at it myself (hehe).
This is a pretty amazing spider. They are also known as flower crab spiders ( from the Thomisidae family). They are specialized as making themselves look really attractive to [...]

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