#arthropods

[taxonomytournament]

Taxonomy Tournament: Arthropods

Araneae. This order is made up of spiders, eight-limbed arthropods with fangs generally able to inject venom and spinnerets that extrude silk.

Xiphosura. This order is made up of horseshoe crabs, marine arthropods whose bodies are covered by a hard carapace. They mainly feed on worms and molluscs on the ocean floor. The blood of some species is harvested for LAL, which is used to detect and quantify bacterial toxins

#animals #biology #polls #poll tournament #zoology #spiders #arthropods #arachnids #ecdytes #horseshoe crabs #Araneae #Xiphosura #0x11v0x2e

[violetbudd]

#millipede #arthropods #glitter graphics #glittercore #glitter gif #my glitter edit #do not repost

[cyanogen-miasma]

this nice bee stopped on a signpost and posed for a picture for me! (/j, I know the bee was not thinking of me when it decided to rest upon the signpost)

Seek IDed it as a Tawny Mining Bee, and, while I don't completely trust Seek (I've had some interesting things happen like it IDing my toy shark as a guinea pig very confidently and IDing a peregrine falcon as a tiger) I think in this case it checks out.

10/10 bee, would recommend

#photography #bee #insect #nature #tawny mining bee #sand bee #hymenoptera #arthropods #entomology #bugblr #tw bugs #bug #ecology

[scribblyspaceskeleton]

Speaking up and educating people on why the most hated life forms on the planet are important and meaningful is a thankless task.

How do we reach out and get people to care about insects and spiders when the average reaction is either "EEWW KILL IT WITH FIRE" or blind panic?

Arthropods are crucial to the survival of life as we know it. Yes, even commonly vilified bugs like wasps and mosquitoes have ecological niches that the world CANNOT do without.

I cannot overstate their importance.

#serious topics #bugs #insects #arthropods #spiders

[vexwerewolf]

Being autistic is weird because I think I'd be entirely entirely immune to the maddening effects of witnessing an Elder God but learning that barnacles are arthropods rather than molluscs nearly gave me an existential crisis

#barnacle #arthropods #molluscs #nature #taxonomy #autism

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

With Chrysina limbata around, you won’t need a mirror! This species has an especially shiny exoskeleton, reflecting up to 97% of the light that hits it. In the wild, the mirror-like reflective surface may fool potential predators into thinking the beetle is just a drop of water- effectively serving as conspicuous camouflage.

(Image: Close-ups of Chrysina limbata by Michael Farmer)

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#Chrysina limbata #Coleoptera #Scarabaeidae #jewel scarabs #scarab beetles #beetles #insects #arthropods #uncharismatic facts

[tibli]

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!!!!!

#biology #arthropods #crustaceans #insects #crab #praying mantis #grasshopper #damselfly #butterfly #sorry i just googles -athropod name- eyes #so im not sure exactly what species these bugs are (yes crabs is bugs) #honestly im not sure if thats actually a praying mantis #it could just be like. a regular mantis #who cares anyway pseudopupils are so fucking cool!!!!!!! #i ESPECIALLY love damselflies they are so fucking cute and have no right to be that way #also grasshoppers have such funny faces #they all remind me of like. distinguished and rotund victorian gentleman. no idk why that is

[humblegrub]

triops are one of my all-time fave little guys

#triops #tadpole shrimp #dinosaur shrimp #crustaceans #arthropods #branchiopoda #tiktok #found elsewhere and uploaded by me

[futurebird]

Wasps so tiny you will question everything.

Imagine being so teeny tiny that you are an endoparasite on *leafhoppers* Leafhoppers are already in the "so small they go unnoticed" category, and you're just a little pest on a minuscule thing.

Of course the group that's most likely to choose this life? The wasps Wasps are some of the smallest insects. There are "fairy flies" that are parasites of the eggs of certain insects.

They are so small that air is "thick" to them and their wings have feathered edges are are oar shaped.

Some fairly flies are so tiny that their neurons are cells without nuclei. They got rid of them to save space. They can still think though... presumably the tiniest little thoughts.

Photo by Alexey Polilov, 2012

They lay their eggs inside of the eggs of 1-2mm long crop pests.

And... read the article to see what the males are like... they are even smaller somehow, but it's ... disturbing.

#tiny #too tiny #so smol #smol #hymenoptera #wasp #wasps #fairycore #fairy flies #Megaphragma mymaripenne #Megaphragma #little #bug #bugblr #cute bugs #arthropods #insects #invertebrates

[jupiterswasphouse]

[VIDEO TAKEN: SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2023 | Video ID: A video of a black, yellow, white, and red lubber grasshopper on a piece of paper, wriggling its abdomen and opening and closing the dorsal and ventral valves of its ovipositor in a way that makes it look as if the back half of the animal is its own snapping creature /End IDs.]

Encountered this grasshopper and scooped it up with a letter! Which is about when I noticed it exhibiting this fascinating behavior! It's freaky but very interesting!

#I think that video ID is right? Lemme know #Romaleidae #lubber grasshopper #grasshoppers #Grasshopper #Orthoptera #insects #Insect #Bugs #Bug #Bugblr #Video #Videos #entomology #invertebrates #Inverts #Arthropods #Wasp House Sights

[taxonomytournament]

Taxonomy Tournament: Crustacean Finale!

Branchiopoda. This class is made up of fairy shrimp, clam shrimp, water fleas, and the shield shrimp. All members have gills on their apendages, including the mouthparts.

Isopoda. This order is made up of isopods, including terrestrial species like the potato bug and aquatic species like the giant isopod. Some eat dead matter, others are filter feeders, and some are parasites, mostly of fish.

#animals #biology #polls #poll tournament #zoology #fairy shrimp #arthropods #crustaceans #ecdytes #isopods #Branchiopoda #Isopoda #0xev0x31

[alienbath]

One of my favorite millipedes, just stunning

#Anadenobolus arboreus leucosomus #millipede #bugs #bug #insects #animals #arthropods

[amnhnyc]

It’s Trilobite Tuesday! Meet Heliopeltis, one of Morocco’s strangest Devonian trilobites. This 400-million-year-old marine arthropod had a small body, large eyes, and long spines. Scientists think its unusual physique indicates that this species floated on gentle ocean currents.

#science #museum #amnh #fossil #natural history #nature #paleontology #trilobite #trilobite tuesday #did you know #fact of the day #animal facts #ancient animals #devonian #arthropods #ocean life #ancient ocean

[cuttledreams-creatures]

#Invertefest is still going and I've been very happy to be able to finish most of these guys in time!

Mole Cricket, Gant Ichneumon Wasp, Wheelbug and Pink Dragon Millipede!

#Cuttledreams #InverteFest #bugs #mole cricket #Ichneumon Wasp #Wheelbug #Pink Dragon Millipede #insects #arthropods #love drawing cool animals

[bumblechub]

look who's here to grant your new year wishes!

#bug art #bug #bugs #bugblr #insect art #entomology #insects #insect #arthropods #invertebrates #praying mantis #mantis #mantids #peachtober23

[todayontumblr]

Friday, November 24.

A snug bug in a rug.

As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect. This, Gregor thought, simply could not be better.

#today on tumblr #bugblr #bugs #bug #bug fables #bug art #bug tw #beetle #insect #weevil #beetles #bugs tw #bugs cw #insects #arthropods #bugs of tumblr #invertebrates #moths #insects tw #insects cw #caterpillars #ants #insects and arachnids #entomology #insects mention