Wednesday, September 12, 2007

No these are not toys


Japanese orthopterans (Euconocephalus thunbergi) that come in these colours. Gotta collect them all! From Boing Boing.

Incidentally, even though Boing Boing doesn't do it, please remember to italicise scientific names! Thank you!

2 comments:

YC said...

sweet mother of god. i bet they spill out radioactive guts when you grab em too. i wonder if the mantids can retain the color as well. pink mantids! think bout that!

Unknown said...

Haha - that's crazy!