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I wish the woolly chafer beetle was as big as a rabbit and I could have one as a pet
The Tingidae are a family of very small (0.08–0.39 in) insects in the order Hemiptera that are commonly referred to as lace bugs. This group is distributed worldwide with about 2,000 described species. 1. Azalea Lace Bug 2. Sycamore Lace Bug 3. Rhododendron Lace Bug, Hawthorn Lace Bug
old timelapse of a Mastigoproctus tohono excavating a burrow I started for her. I miss keeping vinegaroons, there’s really nothing quite like them… although I wouldn’t want to have this particular species again—a seasonal desert lifestyle means they spend much of the year inactive and not eating.
when biden said there's at least 3 genders this is what he meant
spider eye arrangements
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With wasps it's like they grew up into moose.
I love insects where the juveniles eat meat and the adults drink nectar. Wasps with huge wicked sharp jaws and venomous stingers all to carry some spider back to its nest for its big soft wriggly babies to eat. She's going to go lazily drink nectar while they really go to town on it. So many fly larvae are voracious carnivores to be feared and avoided and then they turn into dopey flies that wander from flower to flower only stopping to lay eggs conspicuously close to a bunch of caterpillar eggs.
Amber Arctiid moth, Dasysphinx volatilis, Erebidae
Found in Central America
Photos 1-2 by annikaml, 3 by kingfisher12400, 4 by vilseskog, 5 by evahedstrom, 6 by lauramjik, and 7 by nysnej
Some stills from my (not yet posted) film!
I love when arthropods have a pseudopupil. It's so whimsical and cute, and they come in so many varieties!!
little kitty cat eyes!!!
bombastic side eyes!!!!
cartoon character eyes!!!!
bigass anime eyes!!!!!
BE NOT AFRAID eyes!!!!!
thinking about weevil photonic crystal structures...
Weevils (such as Pachyrhynchus genera) have evolved epidermal cells that can produce colour through opal-like arrangements of packed spheres, forming a three-dimensional photonic crystalline structure.
#WEAPONIZEDCANCER
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Me with the cicadas right now.
I got to see some molting today while I was harassing them!
I didn't harass the molting/freshly molted ones too much, other than bending the branch down so I could get a closer look. I did not directly touch them (and was careful not to catapult them off when letting the branch go).
But also, SHELLS:
i highly recommend developing an intense interest in some natural phenomenon or creature such as bugs or stars or mushrooms. you will be delighted every time you go outside
Gary Kramer, 70, was lucky enough to capture a barren ground caribou shedding its velvet at Denali National Park, Alaska.
regular lobsters start out as just little lobsters but spiny lobsters start out as these beautiful weird larvae that also evolved to ride on top of jellyfish. This jellyfish is too small though!!!
i forget baby bugs don't really exist not in the way i want them too anywYs. i was like how come ive never seen a baby beetle i bet theyre soo cute and then i googled and i was like oh right. grub