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!

From today's chapter of "Nature, You Freaky" comes this fungally parasitized cicada I found today. I'm far from any kind of mycologist or parasitologist so if anyone's got more information I'd love to hear. It's almost beautiful, in a horrifying sort of way.

See no weevil, hear no weevil, speak no weevil

Sometimes you can't decide between beauty and horror, so you just walk the line!

I think it's safe to say she'll be eating well tonight.

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.

Gene Simmons has nothing on these gals. Possibly Eucera spurcatipes?

Not sure which is longer, the name or the bug.

Not sure of the exact species, possibly Cassida japana.