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A common mistake when searching for alien life forms is to look up into
the sky for something big. But alien life is right here, at our feet, in our
backyards. Millions of tiny but frightening aliens, many just a few
millimetres long. We've convinced the most cheerful of the lot to give us a
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1. "Hi, I'm Danny and I'll be your host. Buzz along…"
This alien poses as a damselfly of the Zygoptera suborder. People often fail
to notice that they hold their wings differently when at rest and are also
smaller than dragonflies. Oh, and did you notice, their eyes are separated.
Though running might be better than waiting to see the blue in their
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2. "Give me… FOOD!" This fuzzy yellow alien with black spots is called
Dasychira Pudibunda and is the larval form, or caterpillar, of the
red-tailed
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3. This species of aliens has fooled humans for many years. Popularly known
as a bumblebee of the Apidae family, they have donned a fuzzy
yellow-and-black fur and spread rumours that some of them are stingless.
Right, whatever, just careful with that … thingy,
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4. "Listen to me, Earthling, feel the mighty wrath of Gandalf the Green!"
This green bush cricket of the TettigoniidaeLord of the
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5. "Hullo there, did I startle you? If I did pretty please, will you be my…
ahem… buy my dinner?" This praying mantis is one of 2,000 species in the
mantis order of insects. As predatory aliens, ER, insects, they might better
be called preying
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6. "I might look cute but I can sap you out!" Treehoppers have long
fascinated biologists because of their unusual appearance. They belong to
the Membracidae family and are closely related to cicadas and leafhoppers.
They feed upon the sap found in plant stems, which they prick with their
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7. This praying mantis male would certainly score a role in any alien movie.
His acting talent is undisputed as he's part of the flower mantis species -
they pretend to be flowers and then attack their prey. How very cunning,
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8. "Who you're calling an alien? Our ancestors have been around since 350
million BC!" Wasps are said to be terrestrial but some of them look
positively extra-terrestrial. Though often called pests, they are in fact
very important for ecosystems: as food for other insects and birds or as
predators limiting the populations of many other
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9. "Call me a cricket one more time!" Grasshoppers have horns or antennas
that are shorter than their body, unlike their relatives', the bush
crickets. They may look well shielded but lose many a battle when they end
up as a protein-rich delicacy on someone's plate in many parts of the
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10. This praying mantis looks straight out of Alien or Men in Black… No
prizes for guessing who inspired
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