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Onychodus
08-16-2011, 03:19 PM
Epomis Carabidae
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Blossom
08-16-2011, 03:46 PM
My fave bugs: Lampyridae (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefly)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Lampyris_noctiluca.jpg/225px-Lampyris_noctiluca.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zu7eHkMQ04s/S_QOSE6uWVI/AAAAAAAAAF4/LzGLkXh8fpQ/s1600/luciernagas.gif

http://www.jmnlab.com/firefly/firefly2.jpg

http://beneficialbugs.org/bugs/Firefly/firefly+lights_up.jpg

http://danescobar.com/people/image/1600/FIREFLY_KIDS_850-web.jpg
Onychodus
08-16-2011, 04:56 PM
Centipede and mouse
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Anthropologique
08-16-2011, 05:12 PM
Epomis Carabidae
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Quite amazing! Does this insect paralyze its victims with venom?
boogeyman
08-16-2011, 05:29 PM
Check this site.
http://www.japanesebugfights.com/

Looks like Lucanus cervus is champion among bugs.


Centipede and mouse
Beginning of second video is disgusting. That guy deserves a good beating for torturing little mouse.
Onychodus
08-16-2011, 05:32 PM
Quite amazing! Does this insect paralyze its victims with venom?

In a recent study, Tel Aviv University researchers found that a species of ground beetle can paralyze and kill amphibians many times its size.
The scientists observed the Epomis beetle sharing a habitat with the amphibians during the day, only to launch a stealth attack on their prey during the night.
According to the study, the beetle begins by biting its prey in the back, sending the amphibian into violent spasms as a last ditch attempt to throw the beetle off. The incision paralyzes the prey within a few minutes, allowing the beetle to spend several hours slowly devouring its meal from the legs up.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/23/epomis-beetle-eats-toad-video-_n_865692.html



Beginning of second video is disgusting. That guy deserves a good beating for torturing little mouse.
Absolutely disgusting, operator himself should be thrown into this terrarium
Aces High
08-16-2011, 05:56 PM
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Ulf
08-16-2011, 08:40 PM
Beginning of second video is disgusting. That guy deserves a good beating for torturing little mouse.

Centipede venom is quite potent and immobilizes fairly quickly. It's prey vs. predator, nothing new, centipedes have to eat too.
boogeyman
08-16-2011, 09:00 PM
Centipede venom is quite potent and immobilizes fairly quickly. It's prey vs. predator, nothing new, centipedes have to eat too.

It would be pray versus predator if the guy wasn't assisting centipede with the feather and terrarium wasn't so small.