Thursday, September 07, 2006
Montreal Insectarium, take one
I'll start things rolling with some Montreal Insectarium photos. These are all pix of posed or pinned, preserved specimens; I'll save the live ones for later.
Pepsis wasp attacking a tarantula.
Flat-bodied carabid beetle under bark. The visible portion of this insect was at least 5 cm long.
What does a goliath beetle wear under its elytra? Why, another pair of wings, of course!
This is an African uraniid moth, a relative of the one I photographed in Panama.
Lucanid (stag) beetles making love and war.
Pepsis wasp attacking a tarantula.
Flat-bodied carabid beetle under bark. The visible portion of this insect was at least 5 cm long.
What does a goliath beetle wear under its elytra? Why, another pair of wings, of course!
This is an African uraniid moth, a relative of the one I photographed in Panama.
Lucanid (stag) beetles making love and war.
