insect Archives | Featured Creature

Planthopper Nymphs Have ‘Fireworks’ Shooting Out Of Their Butts

Dec 31, 2014 | colorful, insect, planthopper, weird | 1

Habitat: worldwide distribution Status: No Conservation Concerns Nothing rings in the New Year...

If This Desert Lizard’s a Rockin’, Don’t Come a Knockin’

Nov 16, 2014 | cool, insect, reptile | 0

Habitat: S/W Angola, W Mozambique, W/S/SE Zimbabwe, Botswana, N South Africa, Namibia Status: Not...

Newly Discovered Species of Moth Mimics a SPIDER!

Mar 24, 2014 | cool, insect | 6

Habitat: Thailand Status: Not Listed Now this is an example of mimicry at its finest! This newly...

This Panda Ant Will BAMBOOzle You With Its True Identity

Sep 4, 2013 | insect, weird | 3

Habitat: Chile and Argentina Status: Not Evaluated First described in 1938, this fascinating...

UnbeLEAFable Katydid Mimics a Green Leaf to Perfection!

Aug 20, 2013 | cool, insect, leaf katydid, weird | 4

Habitat: Central America; Costa Rica, Panama Status: Not Evaluated WOW! What an incredible example...

The Most Dangerous Piece of Ginger Fluff You’ll Ever Meet (Probably)

Aug 8, 2013 | colorful, flannel moth, insect, Megalopyge albicollis, weird | 2

Habitat: Central America Status: Not Listed What may look like a wandering piece of fluff from a...

Glasswinged Butterfly: a Crystal Clear Gem of the Insect World

Jul 30, 2013 | butterfly, cool, insect | 0

Habitat: Adults range from Mexico through Panama. They also fly through Florida. Status: Not...

Japanese Emperor Caterpillar: What’s Not to Love With a Face Like This :3

Jul 19, 2013 | cute, insect, Uncategorized | 4

Habitat: Japan (from Hokkaidō to Kyūshū), the Korean Peninsula, China, Northern Taiwan, Northern...

‘Mythical’ Corpse-eating Fly Rediscovered in Europe After a Century

Jul 9, 2013 | insect, scary, weird | 2

Move over Zombies, there’s a new decomposing flesh feaster in town: The Corpse-eating Fly...

Fulgorid Hopper: When a Seahorse Meets Stained Glass

Jul 1, 2013 | colorful, insect, weird | 2

Habitat: lowland forests of Central America Status: Not Evaluated This is one strange mish-mash of...

The Mouldy Beetle Looks Like Something You’d Find in your Belly Button!

Jun 11, 2013 | bizarre, insect, weird | 2

Habitat: South Africa Status: Not listed Ohhhh Mondays… by far the worst day of the week. So...

Meet the Jungle Nymph: the Heaviest Stick Insect in the World That Lays ‘DINOSAUR’ EGGS!

Jun 6, 2013 | insect, video, weird | 1

Habitat: Malaysia Status: Not Evaluated The Malayan Jungle Nymph (Heteropteryx dilatata) is the...

Tag: insect

Planthopper Nymphs Have ‘Fireworks’ Shooting Out Of Their Butts

If This Desert Lizard’s a Rockin’, Don’t Come a Knockin’

Newly Discovered Species of Moth Mimics a SPIDER!

This Panda Ant Will BAMBOOzle You With Its True Identity

UnbeLEAFable Katydid Mimics a Green Leaf to Perfection!

The Most Dangerous Piece of Ginger Fluff You’ll Ever Meet (Probably)

Glasswinged Butterfly: a Crystal Clear Gem of the Insect World

Japanese Emperor Caterpillar: What’s Not to Love With a Face Like This :3

‘Mythical’ Corpse-eating Fly Rediscovered in Europe After a Century

Fulgorid Hopper: When a Seahorse Meets Stained Glass

The Mouldy Beetle Looks Like Something You’d Find in your Belly Button!

Meet the Jungle Nymph: the Heaviest Stick Insect in the World That Lays ‘DINOSAUR’ EGGS!

About Carly

Gift For You

Connect in the Wild