Freaking News Home

Light-Powered Insects pictures

Advanced Photoshop Pictures Contest - 22 image entries
Little Green Beetle
Contest Directions:  [ Malaysia is not a country I know much about, but it turns out tourists love it for Malaysia's most famous insects, a colony glowing of fireflies - many tourists take a night canoe ride to see the twinkling fireflies near the mouth of the Selangor river. But due to recent pollution in Malaysia firefly colonies are not twinkling as much any more, and Malaysian authorities are concerned. ]
There are two possible sides to this story:
1) Fireflies went on strike and demand their share of tourism proceeds (we ain't burnin' our asses for nothin')
2) Malaysia got so polluted fireflies are coughing dirt and their lights are covered with chemical wastes. The only chance they start glowing again is if the area becomes a bit more polluted with radioactive waste.
In this contest you are asked to help insects keep the lights on. Add light-producing technological devices to any insects. Mini lamps, flashlights, projectors - insects need your help to get enlightened.
[ browse best gallery pictures ] Tags: light powered insects
Jackpot: 1st place: $20, 2nd place: $12 , 3rd place: $8
Started: 11/3/2006 6:00:00 AM, Ended: 11/5/2006 6:00:00 AM







This contest is fueled by the following news:
A miserable fog of pollution from forest fires in Indonesia has struck . At the tip-top of the list of wildlife most affected by the smoke and smog are the most famous insects in Malaysia: a colony of fireflies that twinkle like merry Christmas lights. For tourists, no trip to Malaysia is considered complete without a nighttime canoe jaunt to see the fireflies near the mouth of the Selanfor river. Some people now fear that the blinking bugs may be nothing more than a distant memory because of the forest fire pollutants, hurting Malaysia's tourism in the process. The haze itself has put a virtually halt to the mating rituals of the fireflies, which is the reason for the blinking and twinkling of the tiny fliers. The fireflies apparently are still there, and living. But, they are not enthusiastic about mating or blinking in the forest fire fog. By not mating at full force in 2006, experts predict that the population of these insects will slump.
 
Web freakingnews.com
22 Contest Pictures    Page 1 2 3 - View All

Dragonfly Light pictures
Dragonfly Light
  Full View Please For Clearer Image
picture by nilo

Beetle
Beetle pictures
  Source
picture by TiredTom

Little Green Beetle
Little Green Beetle pictures
  please view full before voting.
picture by Keb

Dead Bulb
Dead Bulb pictures
  To help save energy, and reduce global warming please kill the light on you way out.
BUZZ, BUZZ, BUZZ,.......SPLAT!!!!!!!!!
picture by babaloo

Bee light
Bee light pictures
  The megachile apicalis
(or leaf cutting bee) had to work a night job to support his 12,914 children.
picture by katiekate

Fly Light
Fly Light pictures
  Dragon Fly Light
picture by Mundo

Flashlight Dragonfly
Flashlight Dragonfly pictures
  Flashlight Bug
picture by Mundo

Sunbed Beetle
Sunbed Beetle pictures
  Hope he's immune to skin cancer!
picture by Tuuluuwag

Praying Mantis
Praying Mantis pictures
  The Giant Praying Mantis of Malaysia also offers a Ghost Tour at midnight.
picture by Gamecock

Bug Light
Bug Light pictures
picture by Franko

Page 1 2 3 - View All

You can vote, comment on, access full statistics and view high resolution versions of the images in this Light-Powered Insects Pictures contest by creating a free FreakingNews.com account.

Light-Powered Insects news from Google News and other strange photoshop pics contests of interest (in bold):  RIDGERUNNER REPORTS: Bloodthirsty sundew plants turn the tables - Holmen Courier   Celebrity Robots   Spring flooding killed many crop pest insects - Chicago Tribune   Oscars   Garden Tips: Several diseases, insects infect plants in summer - Memphis Commercial Appeal   Saddam Hussein   What were the bugs that chased and stung me? - Dallas Morning News   Matryoshka Dolls   Nature Watch: Creek Walk Aug. 2 at Steele Creek Park - TriCities.com   Best User   Cucumber beetles are real pests - Mail Tribune   Oscars 2006   Spring flooding killed many crop pest insects - WTHI   V for Vendetta   USDA Deregulates New Monsanto Insect Protection Technology - Wisconsin Ag Connection   Let's Color   Unknown insects found in 110-million-year-old amber in Spain - AFP   Antique Cell Phones   Grasshoppers moving from Neb. pastures to crops - KTIV   Diamonds 

home - register - login - Photoshop pictures contests - search images - gallery pictures - community & strange photos - help - pics editing tutorials & photos - guidelines - terms of service - privacy - pic claims - contact - ^top


© 2008, Freaking News. Page generated at 7/25/2008 8:59:59 PM in 0.063 seconds.
Code by Worth1000.