#bug habitats

[jadafitch]

Invertebrates are everywhere!

#childrensillustration #natureillustration #activitybook #invertebrates #pondlife #maineillustrator #massaudubon #activity book #kids #children #illustration #jada fitch #nature #education #bugs #insects #mouse #habitat #art #drawing #pond life #maine #new england

[gmt1999]

Endangered Fireflies & Conservation

Fireflies are at risk of extinction due to habitat destruction, light pollution, and pesticide use. Recovery efforts started in 2023 for the 18 endangered species in North America. Almost 1 in 3 firefly species in the US and Canada are threatened with extinction.

Scientists have yet to prove the effectiveness of these steps due to limited research on firefly populations. However, there is evidence suggesting that human activities may contribute to the decline of fireflies. So, here's what you can do:

Turn off outside lights during nighttime hours

Allow logs and leaves to naturally decompose in your yard

Incorporate areas of water into your landscaping

Refrain from using pesticides in your yard

Avoid excessive mowing of your lawn

Plant native tree species in your yard.

Please take a moment to explore resources related to firefly conservation:

Discover articles from the Xerces Society on firefly conservation: https://www.xerces.org/endangered-species/fireflies

Watch a video from the Canadian Permaculture Legacy on saving fireflies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McjHyQMf5eQ

Learn more about the Firefly Conservation & Research organization: http://www.firefly.org/

Explore their articles on how you can contribute to firefly conservation: https://www.firefly.org/how-you-can-help.html

If you have spotted fireflies in your area, please report your sightings here: https://www.firefly.org/firefly-sightings.html

#fireflies #firefly #lightning bug #bugs #insects #conservation #endangered species #north america #Xerces Society #Fire fly #extinction #environment #cottagecore #gardening #permaculture #agriculture #light pollution #Canada #United States #habitat destruction #habitat loss #restoration #glow worm

[junebugtwin]

Me: wow paint has layers now! How useful! Everything's is going to be so much easier!!

Also Me after a million years of intensive work: ...i forgor...

#worm #parahumans #taylor hebert #skitter #bugs #insects #my art #shes in her natural habitat :-)

[amyhaigh]

The Layered Woodlouse Mounds [Wildlife habitat sculpture] Stoneware with glaze June 2023

Amy Haigh

This new commission by Amy Haigh is a sculptural habitat (in stoneware with glaze), to be situated outdoors in a publicly accessible greenspace. The Layered Woodlouse Mounds (2023) act as a monument to its namesake species. Although the inhabitants are not seen by human observers for the most part, they live and search for food within the Mounds’ hidden sanctuaries, revealing themselves in fleeting moments as they leave and enter. … for more of my work see www.amyhaigh.com

The Mounds were shown at the Royal Horticultural Society Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival in 2023.

#ceramics #ecology #habitat #outdoor sculpture #artwork #modern art #woodlouse #woodlice #bugs #bug hotel #garden #garden art #garden sculptures #clay #glaze #stoneware #ethology #research #greenspace #outdoor #public sculpture

[satans-knitwear]

MEN FEAR ME. FISH WANT ME.

#Women are largely indifferent to me. #Individuals outside the gender binary want to squash me like a bug #I would totally tag my besties as those fish. But thats rude 😂 #I love places like this indoor rainforest/botanical garden/habitat place thingies #I felt the need to share this bc i made friends with these guys. #Replaced the besties with these cheerful dudes

[mxriviera]

bri-bri from memory. i would hit him with a hammer,

#toonblr #toontown corporate clash #toontown cogs #prethinker #brian #hes shaped like a cakepop to me #in my mind he just always looks mildly offended #hes like my pookie but in a way where i want to like lovingly bully him #he does the rex hand thing you cant convince me otherwise #as one person who does it i already know he does it too #...my favorite little redditor #its him the little bug #id put him in a little habitat and study his behaviors

[pearlsforlucy]

The Center for Biological Diversity and allies just petitioned to protect pygmy rabbits under the Endangered Species Act.

#creatures #bunnies #rabbit #y'all these are the world's smallest rabbits #they're losing 1 million acres of habitat every year #but look at that face!! #i know it seems like i'm playing into the only saving cute species from extinction thing #but let it be known i am a bug and fungi etc supporter too #anyway LOOK AT HIM!!

[fereldanwench]

this might be the year i revisit my mea stuff

maybe

idk could just be the coffee talking

i had started going all again shortly before cp77 just took over my ENTIRE EXISTENCE and i do still have such a fondness for one dr harry carlyle

i love my ryder, too, although i think i'd have to age her up even more to get back in that headspace. iirc, i made her 25 instead of 22, but as of this april i feel like i can officially say I'm very much pushing 40 and I'm good to leave the 20-something experiences far behind lmao

and i was taking some pretty cool shots using the basic features of ansel and having no idea what i was otherwise doing. it'd be fun to revisit ~*virtual photography*~ in another game. i don't think anything is gonna come close to vp in cp77 tbh but mea is a very pretty game with very pretty characters uwu

#oc: sara ryder #c: harry carlyle #ship: harry x sara #g: mea #s: mass effect #if im gonna get it the mass effect bug usually hits me around march/april #maybe we'll see then #god parts of this game are such a slog tho #i thought about bringing them into cyberpunk too #sara is sort of the antithesis to valerie in a lot of ways #mainly in having anger issues lmao #could be fun to see them together #i really dont know though!!!! #the grip valerie has on me is unprecedented tbh #i've never been solely committed to an oc like i have been to her #aging sara up a bit could be really fun tho #i was playing into the age difference a lot with sara and harry initially #and i think she'd still be younger than he is #but having her feel like a failure-to-launch in her 30s while fighting for more out of spite #contrasted with harry being incredibly accomplished and suddenly having to cope with the trauma he endures on habitat 7 #could be a really fun dynamic to explore

[dayurno]

#i will warn you only once: tsc spoilers #literally just finished it as i am drafting this its 5am where i live #so you may be subjected to some nonsense #that all being said i have thoughts.and feelings #the kevin was lovely and tasted delicious! jean defending him at every turn even when he swears to hell and back he'll kick his ass #the kevjean was surprising i was only half expecting that #the dog metaphors i have to say i need this one cashed in. nora run me my check #im joking of course dont quote me on it #jean taking kevins promise to the end and living on it is seriously so. well. #'be careful with him' 'take kevin's name out of your ignorant mouth' 'you promised me' #also kevin getting called the court's queen had me tender and on my back oml #jean's relationship with the trojans is sweet and he is very interesting and complicated #a character with many moving parts im sure #there were a few things i did not care for #namely jeremy and the trojans felt remarkably flat to me bar lucas (by far the most interesting) and catalina on occasion #i didnt quite enjoy jeremy's pov and felt like he spent perhaps way too much time worrying over jean? if that makes sense #i wish he had some more complexity to him or really anything to catch a hook on #all we know is hes attractive and smiley and gets along terribly with his family #so much of his character is sucked out by jean he didnt feel like much more than a plot device to me #which i wouldnt mind if jeremy wasnt the literal main character alongside jean #i was living for everything jean thought but had to drag myself through jeremy's pov if im honest #uuuuh what else. neil! funny. deranged. i have to love him #andrew couldnt give less of a fuck about jean which is funny as all fuck #two bugs placed in the same habitat ignoring each other #the thing with elodie i thought was complicated. i wish we knew some more about her or that shed been mentioned a little earlier #but im assuming thats a topic to be revisited #uuuuuuuh yeah so thats most of it. i think my first thought and the one that sticked out the most to me is that the book felt remarkably #pedestrian #not necessarily in a bad way #it lacked to me one of the main appeals of aftg which were the numerous interesting side characters

[dandelioncore]

Common striped woodlouse I saw in the woods this morning!

#i help out with the others that manage the wood #we do it once a month :3 #this month we were clearing some bramble to give the rest of the ground cover some room to breathe #and we use what we pull up to build 'dead hedges' along the paths/to stop people and dogs trampling the new sprouts #they're basically just a few vertical sticks with the rest of it woven between them #and they're fantastic habitats for bugs and foraging spots for birds #this lil guy was on a log near the base if one we'd been working on #i got new gardening gloves also and i was very thankful since my old ones let all the thorns through 😭 #but these ones are great! #anywhom heres this guy #mine #invertebrates #woodlouse #isopod #common striped woodlouse

[newt-with-a-keyboard]

Got some happy design ideas for window bird garden! Since apparently parents actually care about the whole "looking like a garden" part more than ecology.

Hardest part will be still letting everything get a bit "leggy". Many gardens want either dense leaves or bare mulch, not so much room for the sort of places many insects like. Which is probably why designed like that.

Anyway, goal here is to encourage More bugs!

Some introduced plants don't cope with native bugs. But our local plants do okay, so long as predators are around. So my hope is that they will actually give the local plants an advantage.

They'll also help feed the birds! Plus bugs are cool, we should have more cool bugs.

Plus they turn over soil, fertilise flowers, control mosquito numbers, feed my favourite local mammals and reotiles, make cool nests. Just super neat friends for a garden.

My idea is to choose a few plant types missing from the area, especially endangered ones. (Some places get a license to sell rare plants. The idea is that trade in endangered plants is monitored, and that more people planting them improves population)

Some plants are more fire resistant, so will choose one of two so they can act as "fillers". Should create a pretty, more traditional garden, just one that can still function and interact with it's environment.

My biggest hope is for it to work as a "habitat/ population corridor" for some birds and if really lucky, some insects as well.

So, just need now to choose the most needed plants. And make "mock up" to help convince parents that this is definitely a normal "fashion garden" and probably not a tiny ecosystem that will encourage cool ants and beetles. They might be happy about the birds though.

#My garden #Newt's garden #Bugs #Insects #Arthropods #Habitat corridor #Fire resistant plants #long post

[hopelessbromantic3652]

They just came back from Sasuke’s birthday trip.. 🥺💕

#Naruto : GET IN THE WATER SASUKE #Sasuke : Hn. *soaks in ambience of Naruto and surrounding nature* #sasuke loves the great outdoors mmkay #it’s true #I said so #look as Naruto in his natural habitat #he’s so at home in freezing glacial waters #so happy #so free #you can’t see Sasuke’s face but he’s totally smiling #and peeking at Naruto through his eyelashes #pretending to close his eyes #…he does that a lot. #sns #sasunaru #narusasu #in case anyone was wondering #Naruto planned the whole trip #and it was a success! #he didn’t even forget the bug spray! what a good boy. #sasunarusasu #art by me #hopelessbromantic3652 #hopeless3652 #I’m so sorry I’m late y’all 😭

[hiding-under-the-willow]

Tossing and turning in bed plagued by visions (Ed Edgar headcanons that are definitely just me projecting my cowboy ass autistic interest in strange animals onto him bc he too is a strange southern man with autistic swag)

#atlas speaks #i think he keeps exotic animals. not in like a joe exotic tiger king 'I'm raising endangered mammals that could kill me in my bedroom' way #but like. he has a bunch of venomous snakes and weird spiders. his living room is just lined with shelves and shelves of terrariums #i think you see him interact with his strange and dangerous pets and it's like meeting a whole new person #he is so much less of an asshole the second he is looking at a weird bug #i think he would love camel spiders in particular. those fuckers are so weird he'd love it #and bold jumping spiders. bc they're native to where he grew up #you take him out hiking or some sblhit and he starts acting like that guy on tiktok who hunts for pythons in the florida everglades #he's picking up snakes with his bare hands like #'oh yeah this is a black racer! they're totally harmless but they've got a lot of personality ^-^' while it aggressively bites his arm #he tried showing Bim the David Bowie Huntsman once. he's like 'Bowie is a gay icon Bim'll love this' and quickly learns Bim is arachnophobic #he's waving around cane toads like 'oh my god guys look at the poison glands on this thing!!!' #i feel like he'd love eastern hognose snakes too he loves the silly fucking way they play dead #anyways what I'm saying is give him a educational nature show let him do some weird shit out in the wild it's his natural habitat #he's the types of guy to stand barefoot on the asphalt next to a diamondback to get it to cross the road so it doesn't get run over #I'm hoping releasing these thoughts into the world frees me from them so i can sleep lol can you tell #anyways he absolutely handles like black widows and brown recluse with his bare hands like a madman #he would love eel pit guy #anyways this is his one redeeming quality he is still the worst in every other way 👍

[rat-rosemary]

(/j)

⚠️TOXICGACHKID LOOK AWAY ⚠️

⚠️DON'T READ THIS POST IF YOURE TOXICGACHKID⚠️

The thing about hosting a fast liker/reblogger in your blog is that you get really worried that if you don't reblog enough or make enough silly posts they won't have enough enrichment :[ I know that is important for them to scavenge so they can look for new blogs and get varied materials to make their own nest but I get really worried :[[

#(/LH!!!) #you definitely read this post I LOVE HAVING YOU AROUND #its just that sometimes i open my notifs and im just like... damn im not reblogging at the pace theyre liking stuff #idk idk #*holds you in my hand gives you a little kiss in your head puts you in you habitat hands you brand new soft nesting material* #love you!!!!! #the mad ramblings #(but also the moment I know what your time zone is I WILL bug you about your sleep schedule. with love. and hypocrisy cause im also fucked)

[moomeecore]

moving things around in the rock garden ive been working on building & trying to assure the bugs who i keep scaring the shit out of that im just remodeling their home & not trying to eat them

#im aiming 2 arange em in ways that will help foster a good habitat for bugs #and i think im succeeding bc #moving things around 2day #ive seen way more bugs than i saw when i was putting things together originally #set up a large portion of it within a week or so then took a break & am starting up again #i moved a giant rock w moss on it and there was the biggest fucking slug curled up in the moss #i was like. ohmygod im so sorry dude im just remodeling i promise. sorry about picking up your entire house my bad #bug mention #text #man i love bugs <3 #bugs i am your FRIEND i am building you a LITTLE TOWN and i LOVE YOU

[jupiterswasphouse]

[PHOTOS TAKEN: JUNE 16TH, 2023 | Image IDs: Three photos of a green, yellow, black, and white leafhopper on a green tree leaf /End IDs.]

#leafhopper #in its natural habitat #true bugs #true bug #hemiptera #bugs #bug #insects #insect #entomology #arthropods #invertebrate #inverts #photos #photo #Wasp House Sights