will you be a part of the emergence?
cicada shirts coming for preorder on Friday!
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Strange little star-fruit of a jagged ambush bug
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Commission I did some time ago~
A fluffy little one, Mallophora orcina (Diptera: Asilidae) is a species of robber fly that predates bees and also mimics bumblebees and carpenter bees. 🐝🦟
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stag beetle who howls at the moon. his name is marshall
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i NEED tumblr to see this very cool beetle i found today!!
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The Oilwing Rurebe is a species of flying myriapod, like the Bachi, that lives in wetlands.
Its bright colors warns potential predators of its very foul taste. If something is still getting too close for its taste despite that, it will begin vibrating its wings; they have shifting, rainbow colors on them, like the slight coat of oil from decomposing leaves on puddles. When they do that, the sudden show of changing colors tends to startle the threat, at least long enough for the Rurebe to fly away.
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MOTHS
GUYS MY FRIEND RAISES MOTHS AND HER FIRST ONE OF THIS YEAR JUST EMERGED!!!!!!
They raise cecropia moths, which are native to our region! They’re super pretty!!! This first one is a female, so they’re releasing her. If they don’t, they’ll end up with hundreds of caterpillars. Surprisingly, even though she just emerged, she’s already mated and laid a couple of eggs, which they’re gonna keep and raise next year :) these moths only live a few days as adults because they, like all other members of the family Saturniidae, don’t have mouths!! This setup is designed to let males stay inside the mesh, and wild females can mate with them to help add to the wild population.
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"No dandelion? T⩘T"
"Hello Fly, how are you doing?"
"Hi Butterfly, I think I'm fine!"
Awwwww, so cute! (#/ω\#)
(M) Fischer's blue (Tongeia fischeri)
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POV you made a popular post about insects
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