Reddit user didn’t have better things to do in his lab today, so he decided to take some photos of a dead wasp with their 20$ usb mini “microscope”. He checked the thickenss of the tip of the sting on one of their real microscopes – it’s about 10 microns.

Insects – you don’t know if you hate them or not. They can bug you really or scare you, depends on what kind of insect we’re talking about. But they are a part of the nature and you have to admit that they are beautiful close up. Here you can see a selection of several amazing macro photos of different insects. You definitely need a lot of patience to get  [ Read More ]

Artist Mike Libby is known for his amazing steampunk insects, and if you can’t stand those little bugs, well you should beware because there is going to be a lot of talk about them. Getting inspiration happened in an odd way when Mike saw a dead beetle. He started thinking how the bug is working like a mechanical object, and then he got the idea to use his old wristwatch  [ Read More ]