10 Most Alien like Insects on Earth

[DogPoundPup]

A common mistake when searching for alien life forms is to look up into the sky for something big. But alien life is right here, at our feet, in our backyards. Millions of tiny but frightening aliens, many just a few millimetres long. We've convinced the most cheerful of the lot to give us a tour…

Example: #6. "I might look cute but I can sap you out!" Treehoppers have long fascinated biologists because of their unusual appearance. They belong to the Membracidae family and are closely related to cicadas and leafhoppers. They feed upon the sap found in plant stems, which they prick with their beaks.





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[gblady]

1. wow.....

those are some wierd looking creatures...
the variety here on Planet Earth is truly
breathtaking!

[rocktivity]

2. .

:wtf: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf:
:wtf: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf:
rocknation

[tridim]

3. Neat, but I can't believe they left out the Hornet

[stuntcat]

10. beautiful picture!

:headbang:

[tridim]

11. I just found the large version. !!!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pests/192016769/sizes/o/

[stuntcat]

12. !!!!!!!!

lol I totally jumped. I'm saving it on my crazy animals screensaver :headbang:

[IDemo]

4. For the truly alien, look a little deeper --

[XemaSab]

5. .

[Indenturedebtor]

7. From another DU thread today! Freaky deeky

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=228x46672

:wow:

[kestrel91316]

13. Those things are gonna give me NIGHTMARES!!!

[Javaman]

6. We are the aliens here...

bugs have adapted to their surroundings. we on the other hand have had our surroundings adapt to us.

[Muttocracy]

8. you know, I would really rather our space budget went into the tropics and ocean

The cool and valuable stuff is right here on earth.

[stuntcat]

9. and in the sea!

I am in awe of how many different beautiful animals are deep in the ocean, some of them GLOW :o it's way neater down there than any science fiction movie.

Thank you for this site, I LOVE macro bugs.

[madokie]

14. All I can say is

aren't we happy that some of the insects aren't the size of cows