Thursday, May 26, 2011

The X-Flies: Up close, the garden bugs who look like ALIENS but really do live on Earth

They look like monsters from another planet but these bizarre-looking bugs are actually living here on Earth.

Photographer Rundstedt Rovillos has trained his eye to spot the exotic creatures, found in Manila in the Philippines.

His incredible macro pictures show each species in breath-taking detail that would not be detected by the naked eye.

Cool dude: This insect, photographed by Rundstedt Rovillos in the Philippines, looks like an alien in sunglasses

Cool dude: This insect, photographed by Rundstedt Rovillos in the Philippines, looks like an alien in sunglasses

Alien bug

Alien insect

Gardeners' universe: These weird-looking critters really were found on Earth

Mean: The red face and eyes of an exotic wasp species found in Manilla

Mean: The red face and eyes of an exotic wasp species found in Manilla

The collection includes species of wasp, caterpillar and beetle that seem completely alien to the those that are found in a typical British back garden.

One caterpillar seems more like a dragon than a bug - with horn-like feelers protruding from his skull.

Another has a glacier-cherry like head while another appears to sport a trendy leopard-print skin.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1391154/The-X-Flies-Up-close-garden-bugs-look-like-ALIENS.html#ixzz1NUZ8shKV

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