Insect Stuff

Although it is January, I am already thinking summer. Consequently, I have been bitten by the insect bug.

Just looking around a bit I found some fascinating stuff. First, there is the cicada killer. Yup, there is a wasp that comes out of the ground in late summer that kills that giant singing insect. How? You probably guessed it. By laying eggs on it. Kind of like the wasp that does in the tomato hornworm.

Another interesting page I found where they make models of insects that are 30 times their actual size! Beautiful as they are in the light, if you found one of these in a dark alley, they would have you heading for the hills.