Ladybugs Eating Aphids

A bunch more footage I took with my little microscope.

[superjez]

Happy music while aphid frantically gets eaten.

[paulkingtiger]

The other Aphids don't seem very concerned that their mate is being eaten, right next to them!

[pandaslikeoreos]

did anyone else turn on the subtitles...

[Halosty]

Huh. Did not know that ladybug larvae were spike monsters.

[hankdmoose]

I especially love how the aphids don't even care that one of them is being eaten butt first. There's no panic. There's no running for their lives. They just keep nomming plant juices until it's their turn.

[DanielFoland]

While there is a lot I disagree with in society I do have to say how happy I am that I am probably going to die in a bed or in an explosion, not getting eaten by a predator rear-end first.

[buffienguyen]

I am both horrified and deeply intrigued.

[StephenStaver]

That was a lot more horrifying than I expected.

[TGC]

"Friends that will stand less than an inch away whilst you are slowly devoured by something, are no friends at all"
- Winston Churchill

[preppypinkcrocodile]

As an avid gardener and just generally curious human, this was awesome to watch! Lady bugs and praying mantis really are the best garden friends! XOKK

[thekid]

Favorite part of owning a rose garden is watching this happen. I love that the aphids have no predatory sense to bug out. They just watch like “interesting. Wonder what’s gonna happen nex—“

[openmindedmetaldad]

Aphid 1: We have the numbers. We can defeat it.
Aphid 2: Nah, let's just watch it eat the guy standing 2 micrometers away from us.

[thefairydream]

I love how low key this video is
not the microscope part,
but the generic YouTube music
the really simple description
It seems more like some biologist or plant enthusiast posted this after he got a really cool microscope and not Hank who's a huge deal on YouTube

[merel]

why is this what i do with my friday night

[avagreen]

I had no idea ladybugs were so massive compared to aphids.

[rdreher]

It's so amazing to see the ladybug - which we often see as a cute and beautiful insect - as the impressive and imposing predator it actually is. Watching it so close up munching on those aphids is so grotesque and mesmerizing, and deeply moving.

[philiptouw]

This is some of the most genuinely pure content on youtube. Just a cute Lil ladybug eating aphids.
And the hank excitement is pretty cool too.

[EffervescentEmmy]

.... that was weirdly satisfying to watch. Am I some kind of bug murder fetishist?

[WesHale]

Holy shit. I had no idea ladybugs were such hungry savages.

[AbedAlkadder]

Aphid: is literally being eaten alive
Others: this is fine