#hippodamia

[herpsandbirds]

Convergent Lady Beetles (Hippodamia convergens), family Coccinellidae, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, West TX, USA

Poisonous.

photograph by M. Haynie | NPS

#ladybug #ladybird beetle #lady beetle #beetle #coccinellidae #hippodamia #insect #entomology #animals #nature #north america #coleoptera

[snototter]

A convergent lady beetle (Hippodamia convergens) in California, USA

by Robyn Waayers

#convergent lady beetle #lady beetles #ladybugs #beetles #hippodamia convergens #hippodamia #Coccinellidae #coleoptera #insecta #arthropoda #wildlife: california #wildlife: usa #wildlife: north america

[luminouslumity]

Watch "Why Are So Many People Cooking Their Kids? The FULL Curse On The House of Atreus In Greek Mythology" on YouTube

I've said it before and I'll say it again, I would love an entire series on the whole House of Atreus! This family is so messed up, but it's so fascinating too!

#greek mythology #house of atreus #tantalus #pelops #hippodamia #atreus #thyestes #agamemnon #menelaus #aegisthus #clytemnestra #helen of sparta #helen of troy #iphigenia #elektra #orestes #moan inc.

[onenicebugperday]

@gallifreyanconsultingphilosopher​ submitted: Dunno what the 1st and 3rd sacs are, or who the casing belonged to. Some thatching ants farming (?) aphids, what I think’s a crabby fellow, and better looks at an assumed convergent lady beetle and larva.

Thanks for reminding me of your location via IM! I don’t recognize the one in the first photo. The second photo is a spider egg sac, from the looks of it, it belongs to the family Corinnidae which would include ant-mimic ground sac spiders. Some examples of their egg sacs here. The third photo is parasitoid wasp cocoons! Couldn’t say who the pupal case belonged to! Other than a lepidopteran. The spider looks like a running crab, and the lady beetle looks like it’s in the same genus as a convergent lady beetle, but not the same species. Looks more like an American five-spotted lady beetle to me!

#animals #insects #bugs #spider #arachnids #submission #eggs #egg case #wasp #parasitoid #cocoon #pupa #running crab spider #beetle #lady beetle #Hippodamia #american five spotted lady beetle #long post

[botaniqueer]

Mregh!! I'm the Bug Wizard! I cast Beetles In Your Eyes!

Got some ladybugs to release in my indoor and outdoor gardens from Fred Meyer. They're one of the native species too (Hippodamia convergens), since there are invasive ones to look out for. Some of the outdoor plants have aphids while my indoors ones are still fighting the mealybugs. Apparently they eat thrips too, though aphids are their preferred prey. I'm hoping they'll be able to live long enough to lay eggs in my indoor plants to extend the effect of their predation. When they do die off, I figure they can also be used as food for the butterworts as well.

Also: They are very cute for vicious predators. (Much like cats)

#hippodamia #animals #insect #bugs -

[loasarte]

🐞Hippodamia convergens🐞

#ladybug #lady bug #insect #entomology #my artwork #digital art #louas #2020 #hippodamia #symmetry

[pogomcl]

Hippodamia notata Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/ 7.1 1/320 iso: 400 Srbsko, Czech Republic 8/4/2013

#ladybirds #Coccinsellidae #ladybugs #Hippodamia #beetles #Coleoptera #insects #invertebrates #Macro #grasslands #insectphotography #macrophotography #insect #canon

[wouas]

Garden buddies <3

#lady bug #my photos #eggs #my plants #hippodamia convergens #hippodamia #metamorphosis #my little buddies

[amaliadillin]

Sometimes you find sculptures that just take your breath away. These two are a couple of my MOST favorites* at the National Gallery in DC. Characters from my books, both, come to life--I could have stared at them all day. In the foreground: Pierre-Eugène-Emile Hébert's Amazon Preparing for Battle (Queen Antiope or Hippolyta?), or Armed Venus, cast by 1882 In the backrgound: The Abduction of Hippodamia (L'Enlèvement d'Hippodamie), cast after 1877, by Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse, possibly with Auguste Rodin

*they are all my favorites. ALL MYTHOLOGICAL SCULPTURE IS MY FAVORITE!!!!

#antiope #Hippodamia #the amazons #centauromachy #the abduction of hippodamia #art #artwork #sculpture #I love sculpture #mythology #Greek Mythology #greek myth art #greek myth #tagamemnon #national gallery of art

[rattyexplores]

Freshly-Hatched Amber Ladybug

Hippodamia variegata

24/03/23 - NSW, Dapto

#invertebrates #invertblr #Arthropods #Arthropoda #bugs tw #insects #insect #insecta #insectblr #insects tw #bugs #bugblr #bug #entomology #Hippodamia variegata #Spotted Amber Ladybird Beetle #beetles #Coccinellidae #Lady Beetles #Coleoptera

[menelaiad]

A penny for your thoughts on Hippodamia

KEEP YOUR MONEY, ANON. I'LL DO IT FOR FREE.

love her. love this evil bitch so much. obsessed with her 'i want that. so i will get it' energy.

i, personally, adhere to the narrative that hippodamia is the one responsible for her father's death and i'll explain why in a bit, but this has backing in apollodorus:

'So Pelops also came a-wooing; and when Hippodamia saw his beauty, she conceived a passion for him, and persuaded Myrtilus, son of Hermes, to help him; for Myrtilus was charioteer to Oenomaus.

Accordingly Myrtilus, being in love with her and wishing to gratify her, did not insert the linchpins in the boxes of the wheels, and thus caused Oenomaus to lose the race and to be entangled in the reins and dragged to death;...'

i mean, even here it's never confirmed that she wanted him dead, just that she wanted pelops to win. but i don't think she was that stupid, she had lost a lot of suitors because her dad was THAT good at racing. she probably would have been a little aware of what it would have taken to stop him.

WHY do i follow this narrative so strongly? and not the 'pelops conspiring' one - because it fits.

through a bunch of sources we are basically given a narrative that tells us pelops wanted to name chrysippus as his heir (and pelops was a wealthy dude) HOWEVER chrys was a bastard child and not hippodamia's, so she ordered him killed (it's presumed that she urges two of her children, atreus and thyestes, to do it and that's how they all get exiled to mycenea).

we know so little of hippodamia, yet we can piece together a character of a woman who wants what she wants and she does whatever she can to get it. she got one of pelops' sons killed ........ her plotting to kill her father??? not entirely unlikely.

after all, when pelops was brought back from the dead he was SEXY. the gods, as apology for eating his shoulder ig, made him INCREDIBLY beautiful. so hippodamia was NOT gonna' lose him because of a chariot race. she contrived a plan to make sure she got him.

same with the chrysippus thing (to an extent) pelops clearly had eyes for other women and clearly wandered, so she couldnt get any power and influence through him. but (and women have done this for centuries ... looking at you eleanor of aquitaine) they can get it through their sons when they inherit their father's kingdoms and wealth. so when she found out that a BASTARD SON was getting everything? a son that owed her no loyalty and wouldn't give a shit about her or giving her power? that wasn't it. she, again, wanted the power and the influence and she did what she had to do get it - kill him. she wanted one of HER children to inherit, so she would still have some connection to power. yes, it backfired and she ended up exiled and killing herself BUT her intentions are pretty clear.

she is a woman who will do whatever it takes to get what she wants and she wants the best for herself. she's not nice. she's not really redeemable but she doesn't HAVE to be. she's interesting and amazing and fascinating as a character in her own right. a prime example of sometimes women are just evil, just because. and it SLAPS.

#i also think she is the one who brought the red hair into the HOA line. just because. #love her. love her so much. #i could say a lot more about the pelops/hippodamia thing but this was about hippodamia specifically #and i didnt wanna go on a pelops tangent by accident #hope this okay! sorry its two months late ASDFGHJK #long post for ts ///

[musicandgallery]

Hippodamia variegata ladybug

#nature #insects #ladybugs #hippodamia variegata #Youtube

[strangeducks]

Today’s encounters

#mine #bugs #beetles #insects #ladybug #hippodamia convergens #globemallow leaf beetle #calligrapha serpentina #and a third unknown friend #bugs of tumblr

[waterbugworks]

Individuals ladybugs for a combined pattern I'm putting on RedBubble! Featuring native North American lady beetles American Lady Beetle (Hippodamia americana), Oregon Lady Beetle (Hippodamia oregonensis), Hippodamia apicalis, and Convergent Lady Beetle (Hippodamia convergens), referenced from iNaturalist photos taken by jasonheadley, chloe_and_trevor, gailstarr, and jdmore respectively.

I definitely have some issues to work out with the placing for repeating designs, but I figured I'd upload this regardless, and maybe tweak the pattern more later.

#arthropod art #arthropods #bugs #insects #cute #lady beetle #ladybug #American Lady Beetle #Oregon Lady Beetle #Convergent Lady Beetle #Hippodamia americana #Hippodamia oregonensis #Hippodamia apicalis #Hippodamia convergens

[onenicebugperday]

@gallifreyanconsultingphilosopher​ submitted: A tri-coloured bumble bee gettin absolutely tossed, some beetles and a lady beetle larva having a party in a bunch of lucerne. I am wondering if the beetles are convergent lady beetles though? These guys look more oval than a spotted lady beetle. Southern Alberta.

Lol wow that bee sure is lost in the sauce. Good for her. The beetles don’t look like convergents, but they do look like they’re in the same genus, Hippodamia. Not sure exactly which one though! There’s a lot of overlap in markings from one species to the next.

#animals #insects #bugs #submission #bee #bumble bee #beetle #lady beetle #larva #oblong lady beetle #Hippodamia

[fresh-crop-of-bugs]

Day 3: Protection

#my art #prompt #inktober #Dinocampus coccinellae #ladybeetle #probably a Hippodamia species #traditional art #art