Hello! Bored panda is here again to kill your boredom. Are you ready to look into the second most complex organs besides brains? Are your ready to look at the mirror of the soul so close, maybe even close enough to see the soul? Beware! After seeing these photos, you will never look at the human eyes the same way, nor at the fly eyes. Still want to see them?
Giving ugly animals their day in the sun. We avoid the simply tragic, diseased, or maimed. Rather, these creatures are only as hideous as nature - or their owners - intended.
Look at that furry body and those antennae! I found two of these Cecropia moths and a Polyphemus moth on the barn this morning.
Aliens on Earth: macro photographs of insects by Igor Siwanowicz.
I seem to have failed to post a load of shots from a while back. Here's one from Guyana of a bullet ant. Paraponera clavata. A pretty impressive ant, even if you ignore his ability to cause pain! I can assure you I was not going to be one of those gung ho types who got stung just to see what it was like.
CIWEM's Environmental Photographer of the Year competition 2012 has started calling for entries. The competition is open to all photographers, professional and amateur alike. Deadline for entries: 31 December 2012. For further details and to enter online: www.parkerharris.co.uk/competition/EPOTY-2012#general_info
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Pu'er, Yunnan, China
Nymph Cotton Harlequin Bugs on a back-yard hibiscus plant. A member of the Scutelleridae family of shield-backed bugs, related to stink bugs, they feed by piercing the plant and drawing up the sap.
Grass Anole, Anolis auratus, male displaying Atlantic central Panama All images © James A. Christensen/PrimevalNature.com Read my profile before making any request for use.
The only example we found at this site - and the saturated sphagnum mat it built it's web over meant I got very soggy knees! Matley Bog, New Forest, Hampshire, UK. 2013-09-12. Matley Bog. [?]
Pu'er, Yunnan, China
