Critters Up Close (PHOTOS)

Here at HuffPost Green, we're fascinated by critters in all forms. We thought we'd look at them from a new angle with this up-close animal sideshow.

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Coccinellidae (Lady Bug)

The latin name for the lady bug - Coccinellidae - literally means 'little red sphere'. However, these little beauties can also be red, pink, yellow and even black!

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[jillian222]

10:42 AM on 12/07/2009

Extraordinary visions. I love these macro images. We often get too caught up in the bigger picture of life.

[LushLife72]

07:00 AM on 12/07/2009

Kramer to Jerry: "Nature's a maaaad scientest!"

[facemark]

05:58 AM on 12/07/2009

This is some crazy stuff!

[Marcozi]

12:14 AM on 12/07/2009

The ladybug looks like a sumo wrestler closing in to go.

[MacGregor57]

11:16 PM on 12/06/2009

Don't photos of the Beck go in Media or Entertainment?

[mudshark12]

06:54 PM on 12/06/2009

That jumping spider that everyone has voted #1 sure has some crazy eyes!

[lemonde]

08:07 PM on 12/06/2009

The way the picture was put with the
article, as I first saw it, I thought it was a gold ring with precious stones
Honest....

WOW

[gmailliw]

06:41 PM on 12/06/2009

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[Mehida-Loco]

06:06 PM on 12/06/2009

Awesome photos where can I find them in larger resolution for wallpaper?

[socialtalker]

05:50 PM on 12/06/2009

JEEZ! dont put that on the first page! .....my innocent eyes!

[CintiBlue]

04:50 PM on 12/06/2009

Thanks, Huff Po. It's good to look beyond ourselves.

[rextrek]

04:39 PM on 12/06/2009

Im just glad Bugs aren't any bigger then they are......yikes. Im not a big person, tho I do realize they are a necessary part of our environment.

[NoMercy]

05:24 PM on 12/06/2009

LOL

Yeah, but it's nice to learn they can't be much bigger than they are. The way they are built doesn't permit it. Any bigger, and they'd have to look more like reptiles, or... mammals!

Whew!

[rextrek]

07:54 PM on 12/06/2009

seriously - did u see THE MIST? ewwwww

[Tommygun264]

02:48 PM on 12/06/2009

Interesting pix. However, if you want to get an even more impressive view of a snail, place a light-colored one on a pane of glass, light it from above and look at it from the other side of the glass. Their method of locomotion on their single "foot" is amazing, with the fluids in their slimy little bodies resembling a slow motion wave machine. When I was in 7th grade and living in south Florida, my science teacher had us sticking snails onto the outside of our classroom windows and running inside to watch for the first half of the class period. Of course, the second half of class was spent washing the slime trails off the windows. Unfortunately, we only have large darkly-colored African snails and banana slugs where I now live in Honolulu, so I don't have an excuse for conning my nieces and nephews into washing my windows.

[LMPE]

02:41 PM on 12/06/2009

I wonder what eukaryotes look like up close.

[PetrBuben]

02:18 PM on 12/06/2009

nice pix. ..and we are nearing an era, nanotechnology, bioengineering and all, that we will be able to completely "govern", control, steer, use these insects and /small/ animals - through controlling their brains.

through remote cellphone signals sent to inserted sensors in their brains.

http://newsrecord.wordpress.com

[Sam418]

12:35 PM on 12/06/2009

Huff... always enjoy the critter posts you have. It's a nice break from the politics.