#ramblings of a bug

[gummybugg]

Watch out I'm feeling symbolic--I might just slap a green carnation or two in my character's hair

#ok but green carnations are my favoeite color #i need some in my life #writing things #crater city wip #frasier #ramblings of a bug

[non-bird-nary]

VOTE NOW!! SHARE WITH YOUR FRIENDS!!!

#bug race #bug race: the sequel #rj originals #rj rambles #poll!! #polls #tumblr polls #2023

[aethersea]

honestly it was a red flag when bbc sherlock went “well obviously the word written in blood isn’t the german word for revenge, it’s clearly the beginning of the name ‘rachel’, what absolute idiot would fail to see that” when in the original novel it is, in fact, the german word for revenge, which sherlock points out gleefully to a roomful of policemen who all figure it’s the beginning of the name ‘rachel.’

and by red flag I mean it was a clear sign that the adaptation was trying to one-up the source material, instead of engaging with it with love.

#sherlock holmes #finx rambles #this kinda bugged me even when I first watched it and still thought it was a super cool show #and tbh it WAS super cool in a lot of ways #they had such dynamic and exciting editing #good pacing #cool character introductions #great snappy lines #but this was a small thing that rankled even then

[netscapenavigator-official]

I literally just learned that male carpenter bees are usually the ones tasked with protecting the nest from predators. They have that little yellow bald spot on their heads, and they’re usually the ones buzzing and hovering near you, just kinda looking at you. However, the reason they hover near you is actually because they think they’re being intimidating, and they’re trying to scare you off. If that doesn’t work, well, male carpenter bees don’t have stingers, and they don’t bite, so their only defense mechanism to scare humans off is to bump into us over and over. Literally just fly full speed into us, head first, and hope it’s enough to scare us away. I love carpenter bees so much. 🥺 Truly the himbos of the insect world.

#rambles #bug #bugs #insect #insects #bee #bees #carpenter bee #carpenter bees #himbo #entomology

[solarpunkani]

Hot 4am take but I feel like if we want to get people more interested in making their yards a more habitable space for wildlife like insects, we have to acknowledge that ‘Don’t want bugs in your house’ is still a 100% fair and valid point of view. ‘Loves nature’ and ‘doesn’t want roaches spiders and mosquitoes in the house’ aren’t opposites.

And with that in mind, when we propose to people that spraying pesticides around houses is Not A Good Idea, Actually, I feel like we need to give an alternative asides from ‘deal with it.’

#solarpunk #anti pesticides #ani rambles #this is coming from personal opinion at 4am keep that in mind but like #I’m scared of roaches. i’m fine with them outside though #my parents dont like roaches and for good reason. they spray Ortho Home Defense along the veeery edge of the concrete by the doors to #keep roaches and shit from coming in because yknow. Florida. #if I tell them ‘hey actually we shouldn’t spray pesticides inside (ie raid spray) or outside (ie home defense) #theyre gonna ask wtf to do instead to prevent roaches #and if I tell them ‘nothing suck it up buttercup’ they’re gonna laugh and then double down on the sprays #we gotta have an alternative ready and honestly maybe I’m not looking in the right places but I genuinely don’t know of any #like one online friend told me leaving brush piles around the yard decreased the amount of bugs trying to come in but like #thats one person. anecdotal. and I haven’t seen anything online confirming that as a thing (yet) #idk man I’m going to bed. #might delete later #house pest saga

[timkontheunsure]

Queer secondary adolescence and Stolas

(I keep forgetting to put this up here)

Ok, so Stolas being teen dad is one of the reasons I get annoyed when people say he's too horny with Blitz. Or that his relationship is too dramatic and teenager-y.

He's a queer guy who never got to be a teenager, didn't get to have a first boyfriend, or explore who he was. Or do any of the normal stuff most straight teenagers get to do.

His family stuffed him in the closet, forced him to have child, and gave him an abusive wife as jailer.

(He around 36, with a 17 year old daughter. 36−17=19 when Octavia was born. Likely married at 18).

He's got some chatting up to do.

Up till now his whole life's been about Via, and mitigating Stella's abuse to hid it from Via.

That's left him barely hanging on, taking an increasing amount of antidepressants; and singing lullabies about not being sure he'll make it till Via's grown up.... 🙁

There's this thing called second adolescence that alot of queer people experience, when they come out later in life.

It happens when they're weren't allowed to do normal teenage things at the right age. So things like having crushes, go on first dates, have extremely anxious dramatic relationships. As well just be a normal horny teenager.

Stolas got to do none of that. So he's doing it now.

He's also pretty obviously an autistic guy (separate post ), who didn't get well socialized as a child.

Blitz appears to have been his first and only really friend.

Stolas is not great at social cues. (He's so happy to be able to help with his special interest, but does realise his tone is upsetting Ozzie).

Even with Via he struggles to understand her. She needs to tell her dad flat out what she needs.

When she tries to be subtle, and snark he assumes it's just her being a moody teen. And that she'll enjoy loo loo land when she loosen up a bit.

Because of this lack Stolas mostly fills in gaps in his social experience with masking.

Such copying Gabriel hairstyle from helluva novella to get ready for his first ever date.

Following Blitz's lead of what to do in an uncomfortable situation.

And trying to match the energy of how Blitz first came on to him.

(He's definitely getting better at it from Blitz reaction).

There's also an idea in CBT called reparenting your inner child. Which about giving yourself some the support, and experiences you missed out on because of abuse.

Stolas needs to go through his secondary adolescence as part of his recovery from his abuse.

So let Stolas be a little horny weirdo. 😛

PS this one will brake you heart. Stolas is standing fully in both these pictures.

You can see how much he's grown by her light switch.

Kid hasn't even reached his full adult height yet when he had to have a kid.

#helluva boss #blitzo x stolas #stolitz #Mostly rambling but this does bug me #Youtube

[field-guide-to-mud]

🐛🦋🐌

#wax seal #junk journal #scrapbooking #pressed flowers #green #bug art #mudposting #my photos #craft #bug #insect #bugs #insects #snails #ramble timeeeee #i had a lot of fun with this one lol #idk if ive posted any of my Big Pages before?? #i only have a handful of em #id been meaning to do a bug page for agesssss and i finally figured i had enough materials and could do it nicely #the hexagons are real photos ive taken #i wish i had more printed cuz i have more bug photos #oh well #the lil 'todo conecta a todo lo demás' thing means 'everything is connected to everything else' which i thought fit great with Bugs #theres also lil splotches of preserved moss around #i spent ages on this page honestly im so happy with it #i feel like this also really shows like. a good step in my journey with my fear of bugs #cuz like lemme tell u im not generally one to touch or go near bugs #but im learning to love and appreciate the role they play in the world and come to like them more and more #idk man bugs are cool #i hope yall dont mind the messy picture its hard to get nice clean straight on with big pages like this

[galacticnova3]

Since she has now flown off I am obligated to post the order of potato fairy extra large that I looked after for several days. Aka a gloriously chumby Polyphemus moth— the second one I’ve seen alive in over a decade— that decided to hang around our porch for most of its adult life. I saw the first live one on the same day, but he flew away when I tried to get close. But still, that’s a great sign that their population in my area is finally starting to recover! Anyways, here’s the wonderful big little creacher where I found her, which should probably make it clear as to why I moved her. Ants don’t mess around and I wasn’t gonna just leave her inches away from danger.

I was pretty glad I did, as even after her wings were fully dried and extended and everything she couldn’t actually take off. See: her first “flight”.

Big fan of the loud impact PLAP sound, really added to the already very good demonstration of gravity. Worry not, she was totally fine afterwards. Here she is that night and the day after! Very cute and fuzzy, 1000/10.

The next day I thought she had flown off, but then the day after that she was back on the porch! I could tell she was the same one because of her damaged antenna. She started laying eggs on the house and I realized that wasn’t going to be good for the caterpillars that might hatch, since it was a relatively long distance to any host plants even without including the vertical climb to reach branches of leaves. Since she clearly felt safe where she was, and I was also worried about ants and birds and possible insecticides, I ended up making a little “baby box” for her out of a thoroughly rinsed plastic container that initially held salted honey-roasted peanuts. I gave her a stick to hold on to which also gave her a route to climb out of the box if she wished, and provided various fresh oak leaves to lay her eggs on. Figured it would be a good setup because I could easily move it to a safe place once she was done, and keep an eye on the eggs until they hatched. I might even try to raise a few caterpillars if the eggs are fertile. However, during the process of me setting that whole deal up, she decided I looked like a good egg laying spot.

You can see the “glue” that sticks the eggs to surfaces! It was cool to see up close: she’d lay an egg, wait for it to dry, and then lay the next right by it. She ended up sticking four on me before I was able to gently nudge her to the egg laying box. The stick was eventually deemed an acceptable substitute, and over night she… made an egg stalactite of sorts on it? Very weird, I think, I dunno; most of what I read online said their eggs would be laid in spread out clusters of two to three on suitable host plants. I know it wasn’t because she couldn’t get out, as when I went to check on her she had already made her way to the top of the stick and was hanging off of it outside the box. I didn’t think to take a picture of that as I needed to drive to college, but source: dude trust me. Here’s a picture of the egg sculpture I took when I got home.

When I was done with that I went to move her off the porch where she had been staying safe for the last 5 or so days to the more wooded area of the yard, but she ended up flying off to the treetops on her own after I brought her into the open. I guess laying a bunch of eggs made her finally light enough to fly. Maybe she was feeling upset at me for not being able to pay child support and making her lay her eggs on a stick instead? Or she was just doing normal moth things or whatever. It was bittersweet to watch her go, but I’m glad she had the chance to soar the skies at least once before her time was up.

@onenicebugperday

#rambling #bugs #insects #moths #polyphemus moth #I will miss you potato fairy extra large

[fleshdyke]

the gorgeous shiner

#this is in 1x on my phone camera which shows you just how massive these guys are. and how close he let me get #his tail was bugging me though i wanted to help with that keratin soooo bad 😭 #he was so beautiful i love seeing hyacinths #rambles #birds #100

[gummybugg]

Whoever edits my future work, I apologize in advance because my brain skips over the parts called "Context"

#ramblings of a bug #my brain fills in the gaps where context should go but isn't explicitly stated #like it expects everyone to just know what i mean #very troublesome #very hard to edit my own work #not sponsored by grammarly #writing problems #help is appreciated

[fanstuffrantings]

The comedy of Trolls getting its flowers finally and being recognized as a fun series after the most recent movie when the first one has had me in a chokehold for years. When I used to have Netflix I would just watch that whenever I wanted to have fun.

Sometimes adulthood is looking at a jukebox musical based on a kids toy, and just deciding "yeah actually this is a good movie."

#every time a trailer drops for a new movie in the trolls franchise i go “this looks stupid” and im always wrong #yes i have seen trolls band together #and im going again #the only thing stopping me from making fanart of trolls is my rwby obsession #trolls #molten rambles #trolls/porco rosso/king arthur legend of the sword/httyd trilogy/kfp trilogy/lord of the rings trilogy #movie list i love bug never talk about #rip to everyone who finds poppy annoying because i think shes delightful

[buwheal]

Damn, Spam, did the cake taste that bad? - bad joke. Sorry you're havin' a rough day. We're here if you need to talk, or if you just need a distraction.

#his mascara streaks lmfao sighhh #that is THE FIRST TIME of 61 ASKS he has said thank you. by the way. #yeah the 60th ask was him bawling his eyes out what about it #wooo 40 till 100 #god /pos #you guys have done really well and have been really kind to him so I think its finally deserved #[you've got mail!] #spamton #spamton g spamton #deltarune #deltarune spamton #deltarune chapter 2 #this is probably so bizarre to people just starting to follow ygm #like i cant imagine what its like to happen upon some of the gnarlier ones #in the 'your tags' tab LMAOO LIKE DAMN #sometimes i forget how many people follow me (not including those who dont follow my blog but follow ygm) and liikkke... yowie.. and then i #forget because i cant really comprehend that #i always forget about that to be honest im just being silly and i never realize how many people choose to stick along huh wuh #THERES LIKE 700 PEOPLE WHAT THATS SO MANY #like as a big number i cant conceptualize that in like #visually. in a crowd. so i cant really fully understand how many that is. #but thats a lot i know that much. hiiii. 700 bugs. 700 insects crawling around in here!!! #me when i ramble in the tags accidentally aha #your treat

[ssseriema]

starting a collection

#bugs #seri rambles #smoking cw #?????

[red-might-be-dead]

[grefgor voice] my prince, yes i know there is blood in that bayou, my prince, but its not the tasty kind, my prince, it probably tastes like bugs and tragic middle-aged homoeroticism

#red rambles relentlessly #jrwi show #the suckening #jrwi bitb #jrwi grefgor #shilo bathory #guys i think this is my best post yet (<- shaking and covered in bugs)

[ninadove]

Look. I love Shadybug’s outfit as much as the next gal, but I really don’t get all the hate for the original design all of a sudden.

It’s a superhero suit for a fourteen-year-old, that must combine a red canvas and black spots without making us want to rip our eyes out. It needs to remain practical, both in-show and to allow for the mass production of goodies. Of course it’s not going to be super flashy.

Another thing to consider: Ladybug’s suit was conceived as a basis for more complicated transformations. As such, it needed to be simple enough to allow for additions, while still being recognisable. We would not have gotten all these cool alternate designs (Yes! Even Shadybug herself!) without the original suit.

And from a meta point of view — the costumes are supposed to reflect the holders’ personalities and subconscious desires. Marinette never wanted to be a hero; I think we can forgive her for not putting that much effort into hers.

#Look I get the hype I really do #But just like with the movie #You really don’t need to tear down the original to express your joy #miraculous ladybug #miraculous world #marinette dupain cheng #ladybug #shadynette #shadybug #bug noire #(My beloved ❤️🖤💚) #dragonbug #cosmobug #random ramblings

[themilanobitch]

oh I am positively BEWITCHED, I just looked out my window and saw this little feller flying around, hovering mid-air and looking directly at me and I’m like hello?? who are you??? you look like a hummingbird but this is no habitat for hummingbirds, what in the ever loving climate change fastly approaching global warming induced death are you??? so I did what any reasonable person would do and looked him up on google and oh my god. oh jesus christ. you guys.

it’s a moth. a MOTH.

it’s called the hummingbird hawk-moth and it specifically evolved in order to resemble a hummingbird and just so happens to live in climates where hummingbirds do not naturally exist and just decided to hover outside my window to absolutely blow my mind, how have I reached my mid-20s and never in my life seen any of these little guys I am going to fucking cry real manly tears they’re so cute I love the world. what a fantastic day to be alive

#FUCKING LOOK AT HIM #god is real and he lives inside this moth #nature #moth #cw bugs #??? #ramble tumble