the Zen art of climbing frictionless mountains

amazing photo series

awesome six-minute scare piece on bedbugs. I especially like the quote about al-qaeda

Great and utterly terrifying 1911 article on the bloodsuckers. Prize goes to the ""Chinche volante" or flying bedbug"

great comprehensive guide on the 938 products you need to reapply 12 times by hand with an eyedropper to every fissure in your home to begin to control a bedbug population

craziest parasitic wasp I have read about yet

"mechanical transmission of disease is facilitated by adult filth flies' habit of feeding on contaminated materials, as well as human food, and by their habit of vomiting and defecating while feeding."

neat vestigial wing flappy thing that helps flying insects see straight

photo gallery of dogs dressed in bee costumes

desert ants appear to define the limits of animal heat tolerance, 53 degrees C

exhaustive but horribly-designed site

lots of great google fodder here

neat idea for making a cheap set of bumblebee habitats out of coffee cans and fibrous material

very short abstract mentions coral treaders and other (~160) species of oceanic insect. Nothing else on Google for these intriguing pelagic bugs

bot flies that parasatize humans

nasty fly that parasitizes squirrels

too bad dad could only be bothered to post two photos grr

nifty website on the Japanese honeybee with many cool photos of an open-air nest, including thermal imaging

cool pictures of water striders walking through blue dye, showing propulsion vortices