Absolutely mesmerising how goofy, barely effective enough, yet somehow at the same time miraculously elegant and totally majestic these creatures seem... Would love to see a video of the landings!
The first bug is how I would picture myself, if I came back as that bug, trying to fly! I am a klutz as it is as a human... I would be amazed every single time I would be able to stay in the air if I was a bug lol 🤦🏻♀️
My whole life I've loved two things: math/engineering and arthropods. I thought long and hard before college and chose engineering. I've never regretted my decision, but from time to time I see videos like this that make me imagine what could have been. What a cool fascinating life you've chosen! Good luck!
(Artist here too) I think human forms are the best for creating monsters, bugs are very alien, but human bodies are so familiar to us that it creates a much more eerie and uncomfortable feeling to recognize something as human-ish but seeing there is something horrificly wrong about it. This is why Slenderman's design and Freddy Krueger's long arms scene work so great. Watch the movie "Before I Wake" and see the scene where a guy hugs his deceased wife as she is remembered by their son. Gives me goosebumps just thinking of it xD Ted Cruz would scare me much much more than any animalistic monster regardless tho. Or Mark Zuckerberg 👀 Bill Gates.... I'll have trouble sleeping tonight...
Love this video! The weevils especially are so cute. I'm surprised at how smooth the assassin bug seems to fly. Every time I've seen them fly, they're really loud and not very nimble in the air.
thanks! I gotta figure out how to film more mid-air sequences. I think lift off and mid-air might give different portrayals of these insects, like the assassin bug. The methodical and steady liftoff might be misleading to how it actually gets around once its up there!
@@AntLab maybe film them from a an angle looking up at them ? Just throwing it out here have no idea how you set up these vids (maybe you could show us ;) )
@@AntLab maybe you'll need multiple cameras pointed at the most likely trajectory... perhaps a custom-made enclosure to encourage the bugs to fly on a set trajectory with a landing zone at the end (possibly with some tasty treat). just spitballing tho, no idea if this is the best way - just that it's probably gonna be extremely difficult to follow a small insect with a slow-mo camera in macro focus.
It's so incredible that we now have this technology to observe these extraordinary creatures through. The closer we look the more there is to see and discover.
I know this is a bit random and specific but thank you so much for putting this footage out on the internet! It’s incredibly useful for animators like me to have a reference handy whenever we animate so as to make our work fluid and lifelike, and having video analysis of bugs taking flight is something that would be difficult for most of us to find! I really love bugs especially, so it makes me happy to see this video, knowing I have it as a resource for the movement of bugs :)
Fellow artist and animation student here! I second that thought; it really is marvellous when people provide such high quality (and specific) reference material!
It would be hard to do justice within the typically limited frames per second of animation though wouldn't it? I wonder what your "key" frames would be for these buggos.
@@PhiliaSofia my eleven year old son loves to create animation for he is obsessed with it and unlike any ordinary kid. But I don't know where to refer him for gaining a more richer and deep knowledge regarding how to better make animation. Is there anything ( any educational sites , apps or academic tools ) you'd suggest for him to look into for obtaining a more thorough knowledge of the subject?
That first bug looked unreal, I thought it was a Pixar creation until you told us it was real. GREAT photography. Thank you. Looking forward to wasp and moth footage.
I never realized insects are so beautiful. You have changed my opinion of insects. Such vulnerable lovely creatures. The wing designs are better than the best NASA designs. Truly spectacular to see those wings unfold and legs leap or tuck in like airplane wheels. Fabulous. Thank you so much!!!
I don't like being near bugs, let alone physically being in contact with one. But I can't help but find them fascinating from a distance. They have such neat little mechanisms to move.
Incredible amount of work goes into making these videos. Your passion and dedication is admirable. You give us a whole new appreciation for the little bugs in this world. Thank you for your time, excellence and for making these videos, they are truly awesome.🤩
It's hard to explain, but when I see a fly take off in real life, it just kind of does it without hesitation. You poke it and it instantly goes in to creative mode 😂 But this video shows how insanely complex they are when taking off, and due to their size, they can do all the movements in a split second, unlike bird that you see visibly jumping and flapping their wings. Flies are just a blur to us, but magnificently complex and beautiful when slowed down to a speed that out eyes can see. Thankyou for uploading such interesting and amazing content!
@@ivansyomkin2156 Ivan, Colossians 1:16 For by him (Jesus) were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether [they be] thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: . Jesus has existed from eternity past. . You need to read the Bible as if your soul depends on it, because it does.
@AA AA, So actual, observed events regarding how this world came to exist are not "scientific" to you? . OK. . Even a top believer in Evolution is on record as stating regarding it: "It hasn't been observed while it's happening". That means Evolution fails the scientific method.
I love when you include any extra information on these bugs you're filming. What they eat, that a species is a fly because of the halteres, why they are named the way they are.
When bugs are small and scurry around super-fast, they can at times startle me. Seeing them in slow motion really lets you admire how beautiful they are.
now this video is all round incredible. but the most surprising thing is him appearing on screen. he looks exactly how Hollywood would depict a fellow insect research enjoyer 😂 fully immersed, keep it up 👍
This was fascinating. Thanks for sharing your interest and enthusiasm with us. I never thought I would be interested in something like this, but it really is amazing to watch and to visualise them flying like this is awesome.
Weevils look like some sci-fi little transformer robots coming up with hidden parts and stuff. It's quite an evolution feat to have such complicated wings that work so well with their peculiar body shape.
I can't thank you enough! How wonderful to see them fly! Some even have extendable wings that double in length, how astonishing! I study model aircraft low speed airflow and insects have the lowest Reynold's number possible, so their adaption/ability to fly is very remarkable. Thanks again for a wonderful and strange and instructive journey. Please give us more! Rudolph
I love weevils and their long noses (or whatever they're called). That's cool how their wings are folded underneath and when they extend them they're so long.
This is fantastic. I’ve always loved assassin bugs. Used to catch em out in the easement all the time, very cool to see the efficiency of their flight in slow motion.
So very satisfying to watch ! Reminds me of the first Mantis my son and I found together . I pluck him from a branch and confidently tell my very excited child that don’t worry he won’t /can’t fly away . We examine him for a few seconds and then whoooosh he’s gone ! He and I both Learned a valuable lesson that day . Never listen to Dad . 😂 lol
Palms 139 says, "We are fearfully & wonderfully made. How well we know it." But after watching this, the same can said of these flying insects: Amazing engineering by Our Lord God the Creator.
@@DreddZeppelin Hi Cody. You are so far from the truth of it. Yes he created a perfect world with all we need to survive & thrive. However, we humans mucked it all up. As a result, the whole of creation is cursed. He made a way for us to repent & live our lives for Him. His unique Son came at just the right time to redeem us by dying on the cross as the perfect sacrifice payment for our disobedience & sin. That is love beyond comprehension. Our Creator became Our Saviour.
I am blown away watching these videos of the flight sequences and take-offs of these insects. I struggle big time to understand why some biologists believe that mindless chance has produced such intricacy of design evidenced by these insects. How much more obvious it is that where there is design there must be a designer.
this reminded me of how scientists were puzzled for centuries how can a bumblebee fly, because according to physics theorists their body shape and mass they are not supposed to fly
All the man made flying crafts are prone to accidents,total districtions, but these lnsect or birds never meet an accident, this is really wonderful,hats off to mother nature 😅
The way they extend their "arms" is ADORABLE!
Yeah only in slow motion.
Only in this video
Bug: Okay, where's the air current today? Where's it going ? Where is it going to take me?
They're called legs 🤣
It’s almost comical how awkward taking off is for these bugs. I love it
I suspect the standard launch platform for many is a vertical, or near vertical plant.
@@martshearer498 Watching this reminded me of the old Twin otter aeroplane 😅
It looks just like a bug flying in slow motion
Absolutely mesmerising how goofy, barely effective enough, yet somehow at the same time miraculously elegant and totally majestic these creatures seem...
Would love to see a video of the landings!
Great work! It is good to explain to kids that much of what a scientist does is simply out of wonderment at the beauty of nature.
"Have you ever seen anything as awkward, determined, and just as glorious as this thing taking flight?"
Yes. A lawn mower.
This comment instantly dates how long you've been on this platform I tip my hat to you
I’m proud I get this
Jheeze that's an old video
Lol. Yeah
Jimmies
Are they rustled
So many almost look like they're surprised they can fly.
The first bug is how I would picture myself, if I came back as that bug, trying to fly! I am a klutz as it is as a human... I would be amazed every single time I would be able to stay in the air if I was a bug lol 🤦🏻♀️
@@destree6348 cringe
@@destree6348 cringe
😂😂😂😂
@@DankBucketYT does it make you feel powerful bringing someone down like that? if you have nothing good to say it’s better not to say anything at all.
My whole life I've loved two things: math/engineering and arthropods. I thought long and hard before college and chose engineering. I've never regretted my decision, but from time to time I see videos like this that make me imagine what could have been. What a cool fascinating life you've chosen! Good luck!
Same!
DUDE! I'm an illustrator and bugs are the BEST reference for monsters and this is EPICLY AWESOME! Well done!!
politicians also make a good monster reference, check out Ted cruz
@@XAVIERCUERVO no
@@XAVIERCUERVO lmao
@@TIGERGUTS Understandable. Ted Cruz is too terrifying.
(Artist here too) I think human forms are the best for creating monsters, bugs are very alien, but human bodies are so familiar to us that it creates a much more eerie and uncomfortable feeling to recognize something as human-ish but seeing there is something horrificly wrong about it. This is why Slenderman's design and Freddy Krueger's long arms scene work so great.
Watch the movie "Before I Wake" and see the scene where a guy hugs his deceased wife as she is remembered by their son. Gives me goosebumps just thinking of it xD
Ted Cruz would scare me much much more than any animalistic monster regardless tho. Or Mark Zuckerberg 👀 Bill Gates.... I'll have trouble sleeping tonight...
Love this video! The weevils especially are so cute. I'm surprised at how smooth the assassin bug seems to fly. Every time I've seen them fly, they're really loud and not very nimble in the air.
thanks! I gotta figure out how to film more mid-air sequences. I think lift off and mid-air might give different portrayals of these insects, like the assassin bug. The methodical and steady liftoff might be misleading to how it actually gets around once its up there!
zoo
@@AntLab maybe film them from a an angle looking up at them ? Just throwing it out here have no idea how you set up these vids (maybe you could show us ;) )
@@AntLab maybe you'll need multiple cameras pointed at the most likely trajectory... perhaps a custom-made enclosure to encourage the bugs to fly on a set trajectory with a landing zone at the end (possibly with some tasty treat).
just spitballing tho, no idea if this is the best way - just that it's probably gonna be extremely difficult to follow a small insect with a slow-mo camera in macro focus.
wow two of my favorite youtube channels TierZoo and Ant Lab !
It's so incredible that we now have this technology to observe these extraordinary creatures through. The closer we look the more there is to see and discover.
I know this is a bit random and specific but thank you so much for putting this footage out on the internet! It’s incredibly useful for animators like me to have a reference handy whenever we animate so as to make our work fluid and lifelike, and having video analysis of bugs taking flight is something that would be difficult for most of us to find! I really love bugs especially, so it makes me happy to see this video, knowing I have it as a resource for the movement of bugs :)
That's awesome dude
🤩 🛩️🛩️🛩️🛩️🛩️ 👌
Fellow artist and animation student here! I second that thought; it really is marvellous when people provide such high quality (and specific) reference material!
It would be hard to do justice within the typically limited frames per second of animation though wouldn't it? I wonder what your "key" frames would be for these buggos.
@@PhiliaSofia my eleven year old son loves to create animation for he is obsessed with it and unlike any ordinary kid. But I don't know where to refer him for gaining a more richer and deep knowledge regarding how to better make animation. Is there anything ( any educational sites , apps or academic tools ) you'd suggest for him to look into for obtaining a more thorough knowledge of the subject?
That first bug looked unreal, I thought it was a Pixar creation until you told us it was real. GREAT photography. Thank you. Looking forward to wasp and moth footage.
I'm so glad these guys are tiny ..just imagine if the majority of insects were the size of a labrador lol
Ever seen King Kong 2005? Get the gun and blast those things away.
Fight or flight activated everyday
A lot of them would still be harmless even at that size lmao
Many regional kitchens would love it!
Ummm 😬 yikes. That's a thought.
Flying insect in slow motion look cute...
*In real time:* SOMEONE CALL THE EXORCIST!! MAMA!
I imagine someone said this with bad mic quality.
@@4eyed_landmerman I always imagin it with a wizard yansid mic...
You are so thoughtful, showing the insects in slow-mo allows us to marvel at their diversity. Thank you for sharing.
Man i swear that was one of the most satisfying thing i ever saw
The first one is hilarious. Looks like someone free wheeling on a bicycle for the first time
I was laughing so hard!!
I never realized insects are so beautiful. You have changed my opinion of insects. Such vulnerable lovely creatures. The wing designs are better than the best NASA designs. Truly spectacular to see those wings unfold and legs leap or tuck in like airplane wheels. Fabulous. Thank you so much!!!
I don't like being near bugs, let alone physically being in contact with one. But I can't help but find them fascinating from a distance. They have such neat little mechanisms to move.
It's crazy how many complicated moving parts are squished down to such a size, and practically work flawlessly
I like when the hold their forelegs out like "wheeeeeee!"
As one who marvels and appreciates insects, I’m enthralled by what you’ve achieved. Such a delight to have run across your videos. Thank you.
If we were smaller than these insects, this footage is what it would look like to us.
Doubt our eyes would be able to keep up with em tho
@@thebeyonder4146 very true
They probably would be as fast as a helicopter so you cant see the wings
What? 🤣 What a train wreck of a sentence! 😆
If we were smaller than them, I'd be hiding in my tiny house all day, especially from assassin bug!
Does that Mean time past faster when you small
Incredible amount of work goes into making these videos. Your passion and dedication is admirable. You give us a whole new appreciation for the little bugs in this world. Thank you for your time, excellence and for making these videos, they are truly awesome.🤩
Bug lover here! It is SO hard to find bug appreciation like this, so glad you update videos like thsi!
Love from Norway! ❤
Would be amazing if they had the "weeeeeeee" sound on every takeoff!
😂😂😂
Thats what I thought 😂
The impressive part of this video is he took the time set up everything to film it.
It's hard to explain, but when I see a fly take off in real life, it just kind of does it without hesitation. You poke it and it instantly goes in to creative mode 😂
But this video shows how insanely complex they are when taking off, and due to their size, they can do all the movements in a split second, unlike bird that you see visibly jumping and flapping their wings. Flies are just a blur to us, but magnificently complex and beautiful when slowed down to a speed that out eyes can see.
Thankyou for uploading such interesting and amazing content!
Yes, it is amazing how carefully Jesus spoke these creatures into existence!
@@earlysda Jesus didn't exist back then. If anything it was the father.
@@ivansyomkin2156 Ivan, Colossians 1:16 For by him (Jesus) were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether [they be] thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
.
Jesus has existed from eternity past.
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You need to read the Bible as if your soul depends on it, because it does.
@AA AA, Jesus Christ did speak everything into existence. He observed it, and had it written down. That is scientific.
@AA AA, So actual, observed events regarding how this world came to exist are not "scientific" to you?
.
OK.
.
Even a top believer in Evolution is on record as stating regarding it: "It hasn't been observed while it's happening". That means Evolution fails the scientific method.
Thank you so much for this ❤
Belom verified bang?
Halo bang
Cari bahan ya bang..lanjutkan
Nyasar bang:v
This was so interesting! My mouth was open in awe. This planet is something!!
Thank you for making this video🌻
Hello how are you doing?
I'm glad Im sitting behind a screen, otherwise i would be screaming in the corner :)
Same 😭
I love how the majority of them look so happy to be flying sticking their legs out
Just imagine them saying "weeee" everytime they fly.
I love when you include any extra information on these bugs you're filming. What they eat, that a species is a fly because of the halteres, why they are named the way they are.
When bugs are small and scurry around super-fast, they can at times startle me. Seeing them in slow motion really lets you admire how beautiful they are.
now this video is all round incredible. but the most surprising thing is him appearing on screen. he looks exactly how Hollywood would depict a fellow insect research enjoyer 😂 fully immersed, keep it up 👍
i was gonna comment this myself 😂
Joe mama was all round incredible
Accurate observation 😆👍
So much effort for these little creatures!!!! Respect!
Thank you for your fascinating video!
They’re so adorable taking off with their arms up! Thank you for the upload!
Can’t wait to see more ✨👏😎
I am so glad you chose lesser known fliers. I love learning as much as I can about the wildlife around us!
Hello how're you doing?
This is glorious! The world needs more videos of insects in flight, they are so cute
This was fascinating. Thanks for sharing your interest and enthusiasm with us. I never thought I would be interested in something like this, but it really is amazing to watch and to visualise them flying like this is awesome.
This is so beautiful. Insects are so underappreciated!
It’s amazing to see all the intricate body parts working together just to take off!👍🏾
The first weevil looks so happy xD "Requesting permission to take off! Here we go! Yaay!"
Weevils look like some sci-fi little transformer robots coming up with hidden parts and stuff. It's quite an evolution feat to have such complicated wings that work so well with their peculiar body shape.
I can't thank you enough! How wonderful to see them fly! Some even have extendable wings that double in length, how astonishing! I study model aircraft low speed airflow and insects have the lowest Reynold's number possible, so their adaption/ability to fly is very remarkable. Thanks again for a wonderful and strange and instructive journey. Please give us more! Rudolph
I love weevils and their long noses (or whatever they're called). That's cool how their wings are folded underneath and when they extend them they're so long.
It's called proboscis
@@mithrazenalt9363 Thank you.
Yeah no probs
This is fantastic. I’ve always loved assassin bugs. Used to catch em out in the easement all the time, very cool to see the efficiency of their flight in slow motion.
So very satisfying to watch ! Reminds me of the first Mantis my son and I found together . I pluck him from a branch and confidently tell my very excited child that don’t worry he won’t /can’t fly away . We examine him for a few seconds and then whoooosh he’s gone ! He and I both Learned a valuable lesson that day . Never listen to Dad . 😂 lol
Assassin bugs are so cool when watching them eat but the moment it starts to fly, I run in the opposite direction 😂
This was fantastic! Insects are great, please keep making more
Amazing content! This is the first time I have seen slow motion footage of such exotic insects. Mother nature is amazing and beautiful. Cheers.
Palms 139 says, "We are fearfully & wonderfully made. How well we know it."
But after watching this, the same can said of these flying insects: Amazing engineering by Our Lord God the Creator.
He is so wonderful, leaving us on this place,with no direction, no help, and no love.
@@DreddZeppelin Hi Cody. You are so far from the truth of it. Yes he created a perfect world with all we need to survive & thrive. However, we humans mucked it all up. As a result, the whole of creation is cursed.
He made a way for us to repent & live our lives for Him. His unique Son came at just the right time to redeem us by dying on the cross as the perfect sacrifice payment for our disobedience & sin. That is love beyond comprehension. Our Creator became Our Saviour.
Incredible photography of amazing insects, well done.
"Ever seen something so awkward and determined?"
Cuts to him.
Yes.
So interesting and impressively filmed!!! I'm curious how some of the wings fold up after flight but that's a lot harder to film.
Wow, I wonder why YT took so long to recommend this video. Love it!
Love it
Nature's tiny creations of God always amaze me. SubhanAllah.
Yes and many think the world is an accident . duh
product of evolution
SubhanAllah! Allah is the best creator
Praise Jesus Christ 🙏
The calm, confident flight of the assassin bug suits a creature with a venomous bite.
Should’ve used a hoverfly, they are very skilled fliers
Thanks for taking the time to produce this video. Much appreciated
they’re actually pretty cute in slow motion!
Amazing! Thank you for producing these videos! Completely fascinating and quite calming to watch. Love it!!
Amazing!! What frame rate/camera are you using for recording flights.
all these sequences were captured at 3,200fps with an older model phantom miro (as seen starting at 00:35, in the video)
I am blown away watching these videos of the flight sequences and take-offs of these insects. I struggle big time to understand why some biologists believe that mindless chance has produced such intricacy of design evidenced by these insects. How much more obvious it is that where there is design there must be a designer.
I loved this!! I would have watched it over and over again as a child had it been available to me then.
Wow super video !
rare footage of a verified youtuber with less than 5 likes
@@jadentetzlaff1108 😂😂😂
Wow! At first I thought this was an animation to explain the high resolution and color. What talent!
EXCELENTE, GRACIAS.
That was one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen bro. Thank you so much, I had to subscribe!
It's funny because when many of them start to fly they all lift their legs like "OMG, what's going on! This is all messed up!" lol
The Lord is beautiful, he created all things 🙏🙏, give glory to our creater Amen
Thank you, insects are way more intelligent than most people.
God's creatures are truly amazing!
This was incredible. You deserve an award!
Mean while billions of dollars are awarded to Pixar and Disney in easy peasy CGI
Thank You. I just love these critters. I once lived in an environment that for a time, it was just me and insects.
I’ve never been so amazed and grossed out at the same time
All glory to God, the creator of all things. Dont let anything currupt you
oh my god ive been designing characters based off of cool looking bugs this is so helpful in both references and new bugs i can choose
I love how their wings unfold and the colors are amazing also.
Watching this was a joyous experience. Thank you!
it's amazing how nature and evolution and everything led to this. it's amazing seeing the wings unfold
Thank you so much for your work. I love taking closeup photos of insects, but your slow mo work is outstanding!
All the bug/insects are cool but the Assassin bug/insect is the coolest & scary cra-cra. It gives me art ideas. 🙃 Thank you for sharing👍🌻
Those transparent folded wings are one of the finest things in nature.
What a photograph❣️🤯
This video unites two things I absolutely love: macro and slow mo
the weevils just look so silly, love those little guys
Millions of years of evolution. Never have seen this before. Very cool 👽
This is the most adorable and gorgeous video I've watched this year. It totally made my day. ♥️
Subscribed.
My Fav is The March FLY LoL 😆
IT LOOKS LIKE HES DANCING WITH HIS LITTLE ARMS. They all look Epic in Flight though! Excellent Filming 🎥 👌 👏 👍
Incredible, how can these insects even fly? Brilliant work!
this reminded me of how scientists were puzzled for centuries how can a bumblebee fly, because according to physics theorists their body shape and mass they are not supposed to fly
I have a new found respect for flying insects! Holy cow!!!! Amazing video! Amazing!
The first one when he puts his arms in the air like “I’m gonna do it John, you alllll doubted me, I’m gonna do it!”
Best 6 mins I've spent all day!
All the man made flying crafts are prone to accidents,total districtions, but these lnsect or birds never meet an accident, this is really wonderful,hats off to mother nature 😅
Look at those lil legs in the air! I love insects so much!
I could watch that all day
Absolutely fantastic. Please keep posting more
So this is what my life has come to....
Sitting on the couch watching insects fly in Slo-Mo .🤣🦟🪰
it's a good life
It’s life like you know anything about it
@@Ephialtes-Ilmetsys wat does this mean
That's right, but you'd never see that in real life, and they're so cool looking.
@@chairwood Riight!😊
You're a frigging GENIUS !! I hope you're making some big bucks from all your knowledge, you deserve it.
The first was adorable!!!