Popcorn Bug - Walking Snowflake: Planthopper Nymph from Ecuador

Golden Target Tortoise Beetle from Ecuador

The Black Beauty Stick Insect

This Rare Stick Insect Is Among the Last of Its Kind

Published on Feb 11, 2018 Great Big Story

"This is the black beauty stick insect, a rare species only found in a tiny 12-acre area high in the mountains of northern Peru. Only discovered in 2005, not much is known about these insects, but they are believed to be most active at night when their deep black coloration keeps them hidden from predators. They are also armed with a gland at the rear of their heads which, when threatened, can spray a corrosive, strong-smelling substance. Because their natural habitat is so small, their survival is precarious—thankfully, captive breeding efforts may bring these insects back from the brink."

How Does Bug Soup Become a Butterfly?

Published on Jan 14, 2017 SciShow

"A caterpillar hatches from an egg, makes a cocoon, and emerges a fully-grown, beautiful butterfly. But, during its time in the cocoon, the caterpillar melts its body into bug goo... then even weirder stuff happens.

Hosted by: Olivia Gordon"

Nature's Scuba Divers: How Beetles Breathe Underwater | Deep Look

Published on Nov 10, 2015 Deep Look

"Bugs and beetles can’t hold their breath underwater like we do. But some aquatic insects can spend their whole adult lives underwater. How do they do it? Meet nature’s Scuba divers. They carry their air with them—in some cases, for a lifetime."

Creating Borders for a Bug with a Pen

Playing With a Bug Published on Jul 6, 2014 thesam101

Bug Memorial

Look Up! The Billion-Bug Highway You Can't See

YouTube via npr | July 15, 2010

"Look up at the sky and what do you see? Well, blue, yes. And maybe a plane or a bird, but otherwise ... nothing. Or so you think. It turns out that right above you, totally invisible, is an enormous herd of animal life -- tiny bugs riding the wind currents."