@rogueinkglitch submitted: A plethora of friends from Ohio! A lovely mantis who has made its home in the flower garden and is getting bigger by the day, one of the many cicadas who I have been rescuing from the pavement on my college campus, a caterpillar, an absolute stunning centipede, two of the many millipede found in a crevice in a rock face while hiking, a beetle of some kind, another beetle, and a very pretty moth who did a little wiggle dance then went to sleep on my arm for a while before I coaxed her back onto a leaf so I could go inside. Exact ids on any of these babies would be appreciated, all are from Ohio!
Side note you are one of my favorite blogs, most of my friends are not insect fans so I love sharing my finds here where I know a lot of people will enjoy them!
Thank you! I am very glad to receive and coo over any and all bug photos, so you've come to the right place.
In order: Chinese mantis, dog-day cicada, white-marked tussock moth caterpillar, NOT a centipede but rather a black and gold flat millipede, American giant millipede, would need a clearer photo but looks weevil-y?, not a beetle but a leaf-footed bug, and finally idk offhand. Brown mystery moth.
Golden Ragwort, Canadian Tiger Swallowtail, an arrowhead, American Giant Millipede, Hillside Blueberry, Early Azalea, Dogtooth Violet, Wild Geranium, & Rue Anemone
hi tumblr this is my Narceus americanus millipede, his name is Masky and he had gay sex with one of my other millipedes, Grim. i hope u will all be nice and accept him <3
he also hates being looked at so much, he is very shy. one time he stayed underground so long i thought he was dead but he just didn’t want to be seen
@booksabandoned submitted: Can I offer you a nice millipede in this trying time? I saw this little dude while hiking around [removed] (please remove). Seek thinks it’s in the genus Narceus but refuses to be more specific.
What a long angel! I think for the sake of this blog we can call them an American giant millipede, but there is some debate about whether some Narceus fellas are the same species or different species, so technically we can say they’re in the Narceus americanus/annularis complex.