Welp. Time to move to Mars
In this interesting (and slightly terrifying) photo we see a huge hornet nest atop a statue that has a striking resemblance to a turban. You can also see a large number of hornets covering other parts of the statue so be sure to observe this nest from afar. For me, the photo is close enough.
The photo was submitted earlier this month to reddit where it reached the front page and the top of /r/mildlyinteresting
In an interesting experiment, biology student Mattia Menchetti gives colored construction paper to wasps and photographs the results
In an interesting experiment, biology student Mattia Menchetti—who is currently pursuing his Masters in Science at the University of Florence—left a stack of colored construction paper for a group of European Paper Wasps and photographed the resulting nest they created.
Menchetti posted the series of close-up photos on his blog, Notula Zoologica, and the rainbow-colored results are quite fascinating.
For more, you can check Mattia’s official website and blog and also find him on Twitter and Facebook.
An incredible gallery of macro photographs that show insect eyes in extraordinary detail and clarity.
The USGS Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Program designs and develops large and small scale surveys for native bees. As part of that program they also develop identification tools and keys for native bee species.
One aspect of creating those tools is creating accurate and detailed pictures of native bees and the plants and insects they interact with. On Flickr, the USGS BIML has uploaded a staggering collection of over 2,600 high-resolution photographs that are in the public domain and can be freely downloaded and used as you please.
Be sure to check out the entire collection on Flickr, the photos are amazing.
