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Golden retriever puppy

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black swans

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enjoying baked beans with can-opener smoothdream

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Very cool find from last spring- a Florida vinegaroon (Mastigoproctus floridanus) that was hiding inside a rotting log.

despite her impressive size, this rarely encountered Florida endemic is actually the smallest of the 3 vinegaroons in the US, and some of the Mastigoproctus species from Mexico and southwards get even larger.

and yes they’re called vinegaroons (among other fun names) because they squirt concentrated vinegar from their butt as a chemical defense

(Florida, 4/17/23)

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I love that bugs come out of eggs. Are you telling me your origin story is a circle? Magnificent.

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do you have any favorite beetles?

Lots! Too many to name so I'll just share one

African woolly chafer, Sparrmannia alopex

Photo by rjbasson

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Winnie the Oestrid 👀

(Another Tunneling Teddy Bear this afternoon.

Deer botfly)

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I have long accepted the weird fact that sea spiders's digestive systems extend into their legs, but did not know that this also applies to their gonads..

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Moose (Alces alces), juvenile, piebald coloration, family Cervidae, eastern Norway

photographed by Thomas Morch

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Robber flies in the genus Maira

Found in Southeast Asia and down into Australia and the Pacific Islands

Photo 1 by ahmuvan, 2 by budak, 3 by gancw1, 4 by orthoptera-jp, 5 by ytw, and 6 by themufflab

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Pale green awlet, Bibasis gomata ssp. lorquini, Hesperiidae (Skippers)

Photographed in the Philippines by lindaalisto

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IT'S THAT TIME OF WEEK

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Checkerboard Worm Lizard (Trogonophis wiegmanni), family Trogonophidae, northern Morocco

Legless lizard.

photograph by Kristian Stengaard Munkholm

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Found a gorgeous wolf spider and decided to take a picture. Absolutely love the camera on this phone

#what a gorgeous little guy

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mmmmmm, yes, Sun