Of particular interest is the extreme size discrepancy between male and female in this species. This was also one of the largest females I've ever seen!
Tyrian is still fantastic 30 years later!
Bugger
joined 2 years ago
Bees are way weirder than we give them credit for!
If you're not already a native I think you've earned the status of honorary Wisconsinite Cheesehead for your dedication.
Sometimes you can't decide between beauty and horror, so you just walk the line!
I recently came across this lovely(?) crab spider on a birding excursion. The bird-dropping spiders of Phrynarachne are apparently not only visual but also olfactory mimics, for all intents and purposes attempting to fool both predators and prey. Apologies for the slightly subpar image quality; I didn't have my macro lens and had to improvise.
The soundtrack really is fantastic...I spent many an hour as a kid listening to it in the jukebox mode with its super groovy visualizations!