ecuadorlife:

Emerald cockroach wasp or jewel wasp, Ampulex sp., Ampulicidae from Ecuador by Andreas Kay
Via Flickr:
The related species Ampulex compressa turns cockroaches into zombie slaves by two venomous stings and then leads the victim into the wasp’s burrow where it lays an egg onto the roach’s abdomen. The hatched wasp larva feeds on the still living cockroach. Jewel wasps have their metallic green-blue iridescence in common with Euglossine bees (Müllerian mimicry, photos at www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=75374522%40N06&q=Euglo…). Presumably predators (birds) have learned to avoid such shiny but stingy preys.

humanoidhistory:

John Berkey cover art for “The White Plague” by Frank Herbert, 1983.

shes-like-a-sunburn:

Fuck it. I’m going to dive.

sixpenceee:

Lamproptera meges, the green dragontail, is a species of swallowtail butterfly found in parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. (Source) (facebook.com/sixpenceee/)

zzpsiconautazz:

Chakras - Eduardo Rodriguez Calzado.

redlipstickresurrected:

Bill Bate (British, b. 1962, Liverpool, England) - Serene Reflections, 2009 Paintings: Oil on Canvas

everythingfox:

House intruders (don’t call the police)