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See I'm just freaked out at the idea of a second me. The world is not ready for that

#also being a robot would be cool #and also would explain some things #i just needed a tune-up

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eye level with a crevice angel, Thereuonema tuberculata.

a sweet pet of mine, graciously sitting still for the camera. I think he has a nice smile

#they're called crevice angels???? #i love them??????? #did you know house centipedes are the only ones with compound/faceted eyes? #others have simple eyes #they're so awesome #centipede #real bug #bug #house centipede

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thinking about aus for ocs is so funny. like i already put this guy in a situation but what if i put them in another totally different one

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we finally found another Myrmarachne ant mimic, in our bathroom of all places.

I've been itching to get some more photos of these spiders since getting my speedlite, but they're very elusive and almost constantly in motion. thankfully this lady was content to explore a sheet of cardboard while I took a million photos of her like a madman.

special shoutout to my wonderful partner for a) spotting the spider in our house and b) wiggling their fingers in front of her to keep her attention while I got these photos (it seems jumping spiders are the wayward cats of the arthropod world lol).

I'll link my other Myrmarachne post here, as its interesting to compare the colouration of the two individuals. likely the same species, but my previous sighting had a much brighter gold on her abdomen.

Red-headed Ant-mimic Spider, female (Myrmarachne erythrocephala).

#bug #real bug #well #arachnid #spider #but you get it #she's an ant mimic! #so cool

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Teaching Moment

Little doodle of The Seamstress and her apprentice, Stuffing

You can find the lore about my toy dragons and the Agate Tower here!

#fr #flight rising #dragon #dragons #obelisk

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5 year anniversary of the miette post \o/

#miette #meme #love her #i quote this daily

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Skrow! Hi Skrow!

A weeperbird who farms little mudguys called mlumps! They filter soil and silt for bugs and such that results in Really Good Plant Dirt, so Skrow tends to them and digs up the ready stuff to sell for greenhouses or flowershop and the like.

He rebraids his ruff daily :)

#doodle #doodles #oc #pencil #weeperbird #skrow #jareme

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Even with the sheer variety you're able to see on a daily basis you might still forget the absolute species richness of insects and arthropods in general!

So here's your reminder: There are more described species of wasps in the family Ichneumonidae than there are described, extant species of reptiles overall even including birds

And there are estimated to be up to 4 times as many Ichneumonid wasp species than there are currently described by entomologists

#bugs #wasps #they're so cool

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some anthro experimentation using my and a couple friends' bug fables characters.

[the rhinocerous beetle is Barky who belongs to me while the ensign wasp and the carpenter ant belong to friends]

#it's me i'm the friend #well. one #the ensign wasp is mine :) #that's erysim #bug #bug oc #but she's Realified #flameshadowart #thank you again <3

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i don't think i've ever drawn these pokemon before, so i tried that tonight. fun!

#pokemon #hoppip #skiploom #jumpluff #cat to bunny to Orb

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today i had a discussion with someone on the things we call scorpions that are not scorpions . because entomologists love to call things by names they are not actually.

ended up with this little . presentation. guide. thing. there are probably many, many more, but this is what we came up with on the Spot

#bug #real bug #scorpion #pseudoscorpion #vinegaroon #tailless whip scorpion #amblypygi #water scorpion #insect #look at them all! #so much variety #i want an amblygipid..

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Just the life of being my fun fuzzy summer loving self

#chafers are so incredible #beetle #real bug #bug

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Did u know. Kitties (and a lamb)

#doodle #doodles #cotl #cotl narinder #cotl lamb #cult of the lamb #narinder #cotl baal #cotl aym #baal #aym #kitties! #i love them #the one who waits #for something interesting to happen #good thing there's this weird little sheep

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Yoooo more of them..

#doodle #oc #doodles #pencil #flight rising #dragons #dragon #fr coatl #fr guardian #fr nocturne #fr tundra #fr ridgeback #fr pearlcatcher #fr bogsneak #i like them :)

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Flight rising dragons are so complex but i wanna portray my sillies.

Here are Poison and Winosta!

#doodle #oc #doodles #digital art #dragons #dragon #flight rising #fae #coatl #fr fae #fr coatl #poison is a pathetic creature but their emotional support toad will squeak angrily at you in their place

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Wasps :)

They come in so many colors and shapes and sizes i love them so much. I was just kinda playin w their shapes..

#bug #doodle #doodles #pencil #wasp #wasps #if you say mean things abt wasps i will cry #there are so many #like even if you got stung #there are so many cool ones yknow #it's like if you startled a parrot and it bit you so you started slandering all avians