<![CDATA[io9: Bugs]]> http://cache.io9.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png <![CDATA[io9: Bugs]]> http://io9.com/tag/bugs http://io9.com/tag/bugs <![CDATA[An incredible, time-lapse vision of fireflies in the wild]]> These stunning snapshots are from a series by Japanese photographer Tsuneaki Hiramatsu, who employed a variety of time-lapse techniques to capture the awe-inspiring beauty of fireflies in flight. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5881943&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[World's biggest insect could snap your finger off]]> Don't look away from the mighty Giant Weta Bug! With a wing span of seven inches and the weight of three mice, this this New Zealand discovery is pure, unfiltered nightmare fuel. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5864384&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Mansquito rises again, and this time he's horny!]]> Watch in horror as a mosquito man searches for his bloody meal and takes a mate. Technically, it's not an official "mansquito" but it's still a man whose body has mutated into a half-skeeter, half-man creature. Close enough! Check out the trailer for Sucker. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5850857&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Watch a mosquito drain human blood, in horrifying HD]]> Some things are just more terrifying in high definition. Watch as a pack of mosquitoes gorge themselves on human blood, then go vomit in your trashcan. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5830005&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Is Barry Levinson making a movie about tongue-eating parasites?]]> Vague reports about Barry Levinson's new science fiction film Isopod have led us to hope like we never have before. Will the nasty parasites that bite off the tongues of fish FINALLY be getting their own feature film? More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5610463&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Fighting fears with augmented-reality roaches]]> If fear is the mind killer, as Muad'dib explained, the routes for banishing those fears are equally devastating — it usually means confronting them. But a new Spanish study, using virtual roaches, might unlock a less grody path. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5542013&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Amock: The French Student Film that Out-Cloverfields Cloverfield]]> Okay, maybe that's a little hyperbolic, but this little genre gem — which follows two teens, a camera, an evil book, and chompy, chompy beasties — carries a potent charge. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5540951&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Mutant Bugs Attack Moscow's Subway System]]> If you're nervous about riding the subway, you may want to steer clear of Alex Andreev's Moscow Underground art series, which fills the Russian subway with giant mutant cockroaches, malevolent metro conductors, and other bits of urban horror. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5361204&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[New Ways To Kill Bugs In Starship Troopers: Marauder]]> The new direct-to-DVD movie Starship Troopers: Marauder has promised us suicidal bugs, scorpion bugs and even new kinds of smart bugs but now we get our first look at the human bug-fighters' new toys. Check out the bulky death robot still from the DVD movie. You can just glimpse this big new fancy bug-killing machine, and its new toys, in the last ST3M trailer. Looks like there's room for one handsome devil Johnny Rico inside. Click through for a closer look at ST3M's guns and robots. More »
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