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I've never seen a FLEA move like this!
I filmed and studied larval locomotion of the cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis), as well as some slow-motion (6k-20k fps) jumps of the adults too! Plus, there's some cool (gross?) footage I managed to capture of cat flea larvae hatching from eggs in here too.
Music licensed from soundofpicture.com
00:00 - why am i filming fleas?!
00:41 - fleas jumping in slomo
01:59 - you can order fleas?!
02:40 - flea eggs hatching!
03:21 - larval locomotion research
04:56 - SEMs of larval fleas
05:39 - how fast do larval fleas go?
06:29 - larval fleas in carpet
06:47 - end, bonus footage
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Відео

Cecropia Moth + 9 Moths in Slow Motion!
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9 moths species 1 caddisfly captured in slow motion flight! All of these insects were filmed at 6,000fps and what you are seeing is being played back at 30fps. 00:00 - Cecropia moth, Hyalophora cecropia - family Saturniidae 01:25 - Plume moth - family Pterophoridae 02:13 - Red-bordered Emerald, Nemoria lixaria - family Geometridae 02:57 - One-spotted Variant, Hypagyrtis unipunctata - family Geo...
This beetle hunts with a sticky harpoon!
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I finally found and filmed a Stenus beetle! These rove beetles are famous for hunting springtails by using a projectile mouthpart (a modified labium) with sticky pads at the end. I collected the individual in this video in Crossnore, NC in August of 2023. Long time Ant Lab collaborator Dr. Matt Bertone helped me find it and he took the still images you see of it in this video! follow him on X/T...
Filming this changed how I see WASPS!
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Wasps are more amazing than I realized! Flight sequences were all captured by filming at 6,000fps. Bald-faced hornet - Dolichovespula maculata Braconid wasp - subfamily Braconinae Tobacco Hornworm Parasitoid - Cotesia congregata Sawfly - Macrophya sp. Wood Wasp - Xiphydria maculata Aulacid wasp - Aulacus sp. Ichneumonid wasp 1 - Acrotaphus wiltii Ichneumonid wasp 2 - Trogus sp. Wingless jumping...
The Weirdest Insect I've Ever Filmed! BAT FLY
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Wow, bat flies are bizarre creatures! I went out to find one of these extraordinary ectoparasitic insects with my museum colleague, Lisa Gatens (naturalsciences.org/staff/lisa-gatens), as she was trapping and banding bats in the North Carolina's Coastal Plain. The bat fly in this video was collected off of a Southeastern myotis (Myotis austroriparius) bat and is likely the bat fly species Basil...
15 Flies Captured in Flight | Slow Motion!
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15 Flies Captured in Flight | Slow Motion!
Rare Ants Discovered in the Tree Canopy!
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Rare Ants Discovered in the Tree Canopy!
Springtail's Secret Trick For Jumping On Water
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Springtail's Secret Trick For Jumping On Water
Amazing Earwig Wings in Action!
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Amazing Earwig Wings in Action!
Millipede hunting w/ Dr. Derek Hennen, millipede expert!
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Millipede hunting w/ Dr. Derek Hennen, millipede expert!
Moths & Beetles in Flight! 6k fps
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Moths & Beetles in Flight! 6k fps
Snapping Shrimp Attacks at 11,000 fps - CAVITATION BUBBLES!
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Snapping Shrimp Attacks at 11,000 fps - CAVITATION BUBBLES!
Baby Mantis Shrimp Strikes Captured in Slow Motion
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Baby Mantis Shrimp Strikes Captured in Slow Motion
Timelapses of Cockroach Egg Cases Hatching!
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Timelapses of Cockroach Egg Cases Hatching!
The Extremely Fast Animals in Your Yard - Springtails
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The Extremely Fast Animals in Your Yard - Springtails
Finding New Aquatic Insects & Fighting Pollution
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Finding New Aquatic Insects & Fighting Pollution
Cockroaches Can Jump & Fly?! In slow mo, it's AWESOME
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Cockroaches Can Jump & Fly?! In slow mo, it's AWESOME
Butterfly Flight in Slow Motion!
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Butterfly Flight in Slow Motion!
Extraordinary Portraits of Insects in Flight
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Extraordinary Portraits of Insects in Flight
Crayfish Collecting & Curation with a Crustacean Expert!
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Crayfish Collecting & Curation with a Crustacean Expert!
Praying Mantis & More! 15 Insects Flying in Slow Motion
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Praying Mantis & More! 15 Insects Flying in Slow Motion
This Insect Jumps Like Nothing Else on Earth!
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This Insect Jumps Like Nothing Else on Earth!
7 Spectacular Moths in Slow Motion!
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7 Spectacular Moths in Slow Motion!
The Invention of Ant Nest Architecture
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The Invention of Ant Nest Architecture
Springtail Jumps Off Water and in Super Slow Motion!
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Springtail Jumps Off Water and in Super Slow Motion!
Insects in flight | 11 incredible species in SLOW MOTION
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Insects in flight | 11 incredible species in SLOW MOTION
How do click beetles jump?
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How do click beetles jump?
Jumping Plant Lice: The Fastest Front-Flipping Insects
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Jumping Plant Lice: The Fastest Front-Flipping Insects
Insect Flight | Capturing Takeoff & Flying at 3,200 FPS
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Insect Flight | Capturing Takeoff & Flying at 3,200 FPS
Jumping Hoppers in SLOW MOTION!
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Jumping Hoppers in SLOW MOTION!

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @ProjectileGrommet
    @ProjectileGrommet 8 годин тому

    Snapping Shrimp uses Cavitation Bubble. It’s super effective

  • @ericdebord
    @ericdebord 8 годин тому

    You should have said something about the fly waving its front legs with lil balls of liquid on the ends. Is this done to catch a bat .

  • @Bullsquid592
    @Bullsquid592 8 годин тому

    Im from the uk, I thought you meant 'thunderbugs' aka thrips. They would need a very special set to film due to their tiny size. Thanks for the reminder to hunt for our own firefly type bug though - lampyris noctiluca

  • @kaeganmccaleb5290
    @kaeganmccaleb5290 11 годин тому

    My grandma found a Cecropia Moth on a shrub in her flowerbed here in Oklahoma! I’m not entirely sure why it was there since these things like to hang out in wooded areas…and I live in a neighborhood with pasture land right behind my house…

  • @crabmannyjoe2
    @crabmannyjoe2 17 годин тому

    It’s actually kind of genius. If you can hurt it, you latch on. If you can’t hurt it, you fling yourself away from it.

  • @user-nt7os5cg7j
    @user-nt7os5cg7j 22 години тому

    IF THAT THING EVOLVES IT'S WINGS BACK, WE'RE DOOMED!

  • @guitarman376
    @guitarman376 День тому

    Count and tell me the number of times the word bat or bats is said

  • @splintmeow4723
    @splintmeow4723 День тому

    I didn’t know how cartoonishly adorable it was ❤ thank you

  • @samvimes9510
    @samvimes9510 День тому

    Oh, they're not just in my backyard, they're in my room. I don't know how they get in my house, much less why they always gravitate toward my room. I guess they know I'll put them back outside.

  • @introvert_8372
    @introvert_8372 День тому

    I use to see so many in nyc in the summer

  • @zaphenath6756
    @zaphenath6756 День тому

    i LOVE how there are people who are only just now finding out that these things are real and not just a movie trope to make summer seem more romantic or whatever

  • @sirpoofs4693
    @sirpoofs4693 День тому

    Just flies away like Weeeeeee

  • @coastiewoody
    @coastiewoody День тому

    I've lived on the Oregon Coast most of my life (save for living in Spokane for 12 years due to school and work). I've never seen a lightening bug in my 38 years of life. I've seen videos with them glowing, but never an up close picture. They are so cute!!!

    • @kona702
      @kona702 23 години тому

      I just always thought they were all over. They are pretty neat to look at at night. I'm watching them now in my backyard.

  • @lauriedi1
    @lauriedi1 День тому

    It's so cute! It's like it's saying, "Whooppee! Look at me!"

  • @BethlynnGreen12
    @BethlynnGreen12 День тому

    Adorable

  • @davidchristensen6908
    @davidchristensen6908 День тому

    Stop using short!

  • @MaxMineur
    @MaxMineur День тому

    Amazing footage as always ❤

  • @AdolfPickleBottom_42196
    @AdolfPickleBottom_42196 День тому

    Wait THATS a fire fly, the look way cooler up close

  • @URB0O
    @URB0O День тому

    What’s happening to them? Not in the video, but I’ve noticed there’s less lightning bugs outside in the summer.

    • @stefoncomics595
      @stefoncomics595 День тому

      I'm pretty sure they're slowly going to be endangered

    • @ptrckhnry7634
      @ptrckhnry7634 День тому

      Mostly habitat destruction and pesticide use. Since the 80s, total global insect population has decreased by 20-30%, which a lot of entomologists consider past the point of reversal.

    • @princessnintendo6340
      @princessnintendo6340 День тому

      Sadly pesticides and habitat loss. There are certain times and places you can see them better but unfortunately blame mosquitos, midges, and gnats that the pesticides also get rid of. 😢

  • @Cassavanguard
    @Cassavanguard День тому

    It's really happy to fly! YYYIIIIIIPPPPEEEEEE!!!

  • @marcoasturias8520
    @marcoasturias8520 День тому

    Woah, they looka lot more gnarly up close than what I thought!

    • @Awesomeficationify
      @Awesomeficationify День тому

      I've always considered these bugs the least offensive to look at, along with most other beetles.

  • @Oi_Iggy
    @Oi_Iggy День тому

    Does… the bite hurt?

  • @AndersonLee-gg8bu
    @AndersonLee-gg8bu День тому

    One punch man of the sea

  • @religiontb324
    @religiontb324 День тому

    Built in recoil

  • @Loaf-gb3nw
    @Loaf-gb3nw 2 дні тому

    Ever since I played a game with moth wing I’m In love with moths!!!

  • @Man-98765
    @Man-98765 2 дні тому

    he looks so happy. that's cute

  • @greekstyle5788
    @greekstyle5788 2 дні тому

    Decapitation ant

  • @Pahjx
    @Pahjx 2 дні тому

    They fly now? They fly now.

  • @DoveReactions
    @DoveReactions 2 дні тому

    It's a spider?

  • @xinx-fn8973
    @xinx-fn8973 2 дні тому

    Spotted one of these at work near a trash can, these things are huge, and also beautiful

  • @jeffwolfe191
    @jeffwolfe191 3 дні тому

    This could give you nightmares!

  • @murder0us._g0rl
    @murder0us._g0rl 3 дні тому

    yey

  • @murder0us._g0rl
    @murder0us._g0rl 3 дні тому

    A

  • @the80s61
    @the80s61 4 дні тому

    Sonic boomm shrimp

  • @aici9493
    @aici9493 4 дні тому

    This is glorious! The world needs more videos of insects in flight, they are so cute

  • @clevelandgeorge8226
    @clevelandgeorge8226 4 дні тому

    Come meet your giant cousin in ark survival ascended

  • @genericalfishtycoon3853
    @genericalfishtycoon3853 4 дні тому

    All luxury car door designs just got BTFO'D

  • @mrmaestrouk
    @mrmaestrouk 4 дні тому

    There so smart

  • @lordcooler1703
    @lordcooler1703 5 днів тому

    Wow, what a beautiful species of moth!

  • @iDreamOfOkra
    @iDreamOfOkra 5 днів тому

    What? Earwigs can FLY? Now I can never sleep!

  • @sirruffalot
    @sirruffalot 5 днів тому

    5:04 Everyones mug shot comes out terrible.

  • @JustBecauseidk5
    @JustBecauseidk5 5 днів тому

    The tail looks like a real gross blunt

  • @avitationmoment
    @avitationmoment 6 днів тому

    cute but camponatus better

  • @mmz12
    @mmz12 6 днів тому

    I always imagined them to be menacing and capable of strategic jumps. This looks more like they should be accompanied by a looney toons spring sound as they blast off, seemingly in just whatever direction.

  • @AnneAndersonFoxiepaws
    @AnneAndersonFoxiepaws 6 днів тому

    Is that Mildred? And is that Dr. Adrian's notorious finger? Mildred is said to be badass. She's featured in an episode of True Facts. So is Dr. Adrian Smith's finger.

  • @Delcaniner
    @Delcaniner 7 днів тому

    The walking fly

  • @Autumntake2
    @Autumntake2 7 днів тому

    Today I was bit by a large ant. It was on the bottom of my thigh. I didn’t know they bite and string at the same time, so that explains the extra mark.😂

  • @canadianbutt2759
    @canadianbutt2759 7 днів тому

    How does regular Ant bite you if a trap jaw can't?

  • @syindrome
    @syindrome 7 днів тому

    "Their attack has to be fast because their prey has one of the fastest known animal escape jumps". Prey at 1:03 getting attacked repeatedly and not once escape jumping ˃̣◡˂̣

  • @natezuniga-qd7pe
    @natezuniga-qd7pe 7 днів тому

    4:57 its important to mention that larval fleas have a permanent derpy face.