Spiders, weevils, wasps, lice, mites and mosquitoes are among the creepiest subjects of the winners of Nikon's Small World microscope photography competition this year. Super-close-ups of eyes, tongues and silk spinnerets are amazingly beautiful, but als
After looking throughTracks & Sign of Insects and Other Invertebrates, I realized it was actually an egg sac for aSpinybacked spider (Gasteracantha cancriformis). In fact, I had seen many of those spiders in the area. The egg sac’s yellow silk, dark longitudinal line, and placement on ...
Back at the end of April, I was distracted by something while going to check the mailbox. Actually, I’m often distracted any time I venture into my yard, but that’s kind of the point of having one for me. Anyway, some large hollies form a hedge along part of my driveway. I sp...
app infests ipads with bug close-ups under an electron microscope, bugs balloon into terrifying yet beautiful spectacles. wired.com shows off some of the coolest creepy crawlies featured in a new ipad app. save save 1 / 14 zebra-jumping-spider-head insects, spiders and other tiny monsters ...
This is the first in a series of four lessons on close-up and macro photography by Andrew S Gibson, author of Up Close:.
Spiders on webs can of course be a bit tricky as the slightest air movement moves them around, but one of the things that I like about spiders hanging in mid air is that you can often get different angles on them and get really nice effects like in these with the colours of the back...
Activision-Blizzard is one of the largest companies involved in the making of video games and they are accountable for many popular game franchises known to every gamer. Today, according to a report from Bloomberg, we have found out that Activision-Blizzard holding company will close the doors ...
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