insects – Page 3

typhlonectes:

White Tipped Black moth (Melanchroia chephise), a diurnal moth in the family Geometridae, found in Del Rio, Texas, USA

photograph by Clint and Charles Robertson | Flickr

Source: typhlonectes

kinasin:

The Black Scorpion

Source: kinasin

Source: mf-doom

252mya:

Jaekelopterus sp.

Artwork by Lucas Lima

Jaekelopterus was a predatory “sea scorpion” from the Middle Devonian period. It could grow up to 2.5 metres (8.2 ft), making it the largest arthropod ever found.

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252MYA.com

Source: 252mya

Source: bogworm

coolbugs:

Bug of the Day

Ok, here you go, the THREE PEOPLE who think roaches are cool ;-).

This is a Dusky Cockroach, Ectobius lapponicus, that I found on the side of my house earlier this summer. Looked a bit too much like a house-infesting German cockroach for my liking – feh – but it turned out to be a European introduction we see now in the northeastern US and Canada.