#bug*collection

[chaotic-cheese-blog]

"I found my bug collection!"

He's really my favourite istg!

And the silly without his collection

#tadc fanart #tadc #the amazing digital circus #tadc kinger #kinger #digital art #bug collection #ibis paint x #ibispaintx #artists on tumblr #fanart #my art

[zakuromancy]

Insect collection

#manga art #イラスト #illustration #dark aesthetic #anime / manga #horror art #illust #artwork #lovers #valentines day #happy valentine's day #love #1 bit art #insects #art #bug collection #gif art #animated gif #my gifs #pixel horror #pixel art #dithering #pixel illustration #happy valentines #gothic horror #goth #goth aesthetic #romantic goth #ドット絵

[invertebrates]

bug toys!

alright, here’s my mini-guide to getting into the world of Weirdly Articulated, almost entirely Japanese bug toys.

some caveats:

1) most of these toys aren’t great for kids. they have a lot of small lose-able, breakable, poke-able parts and can fall apart pretty easily. 2) i’m in the US, so i’m not quite sure how to acquire these things if ebay and Buyee don’t work for you 3) ‘bugs’ for the purpose of this guide (and entire blog tbh) is any invertebrate why would i want fake bugs when i can get real bugs? 1) fake bugs don’t die and can be neglected forever. they will never bite, sting, poop on you, or be stinky (unless you make them stinky) 2) fake bugs can be handled constantly, they will not get stressed out or pick up any germs from you 3) fake bugs can be much larger than real bugs, or be species that would be impossible or unethical to own or breed. they can even be fun made up creatures 4) fake bugs don’t require any kind of tank, substrate or food, and they will not breed uncontrollably (or at all) 5) they cannot escape and become an invasive species 6) buying them doesn’t support shady or unethical ‘breeders’ who just take bugs from the wild (not saying all bug breeders do this, but it’s definitely a problem with certain kinds of bugs)

this is not to discourage any responsible bug-culturing you might want to get into, but for me, as a pretty depressed person without a lot of space, these are all big plusses!

onto the fake bugs

ikimono encyclopedia

unfortunately these photos will be some dark toys against dark backgrounds because i am a goth bastard and everything i own is black. sorry.

so, these being Japanese toys, I’m not entirely sure of the correct terms for them. these are pretty much just the search terms I’ve discovered over time that work to find them. as far as I can tell, Japan LOVES bugs and has a very enviable appreciation for them, they don’t seem to be considered nearly as gross or weird or bad as they are in the west.

these are a series gachapon or capsule toys. you can get all kinds of awesome little toys, which are often strangely detailed and often high quality, from vending machines in Japan.

here are some current listings from ebay to give you an idea of the variety and prices:

they also have a lot of cool fish and reptiles in this series. prices can be a bit steep, but you’re usually buying the whole set of toys pictured, not just a one-off. they’re usually a few inches, pretty well painted and articulated, and come as individually wrapped kits you have to put together. i will say, sometimes it is hard to snap the legs into place, so if you have hand/joint issues you might need some help putting them together. usually, a lot of these toys might be the same model but repainted, and sometimes there’s duplicates. the two mantises in my photo are from a set of 6, and there were 3 sets of 2 identical boys, so I could display one with the wings out and another one folded. they’ll also sometimes come with a little piece of clear plastic and a stand you can pose them on top of.

just from the sheer variety they offer, and relative affordability, this would probably be my first recommendation for getting into bug toys. they have beetles, mantids, caterpillars, wasps, ispods, crabs... i’d love some myriapod sets but we’ll see!

i usually grab these guys off ebay. they’re also available on Buyee and there may be more, cheaper options over there, but I’ve noticed with the import/holding fees, buyee and ebay come out to be about the same most of the time. (for anyone confused, Buyee is an English import service that lets you buy stuff off Japanese sites and auctions, since a lot of Japanese sites only want to ship inside Japan)

these are also just the gachapon bug toys from one specific company. there’s OTHER companies making other sets of really good bugs but I’ve had so much luck with just this one term I haven’t branched out much yet.

Fujimi Living Thing Arc

these are slightly bigger models made out of slightly harder plastic (well, the mantis is bigger; beetles are about the same as the ikimono guys) that are a bit more intricate to put together. they come with assembly instructions, but of course they’re in Japanese. you can pretty much follow along with the pictures though. the painting details aren’t quite as nice, but they have a bit more articulation. not as many choices with this set, though they do have a crawfish I wanna snag. they also have some goofy JP style monster dinos.

i bought these guys off hlj.com but it looks like they’re on ebay(and buyee as well I’m sure)

Revoltech RevoGeo

you’ll probably recognize this name if you’re into transformers or other toy collecting. these guys are gonna be by far the most expensive ($90-$120+) but they are extremely large and high quality. this one is super articulated, the individual leg joints and mandibles move, wings move, about the only thing that isn’t articulated are the individual little tarsomeres/feet segments or the abdomen segments. not as much choice here either, I think they have a beetle, ants, crab and a scorpion plus this wasp. these also come mostly assembled, you can usually just snap the wings on or maybe swap out a few parts (iirc this gal’s stinger can be removed)

i got her off bigbadtoystore.com, though they may be available cheaper elsewhere. BBTS is infamously a bit pricier than other toy stores but they’ve always been very reliable and quick for me.

this BIG isopod

this one won’t be as helpful. these may be part of the same series as the ikimono (they were just labeled bandai gachapon) but they are much larger, this guy’s like 5″, came fully assembled and is pretty articulated. they can even roll into a ball! all their little legs move! i’m pretty sure they’re meant to be one of the large deep sea isopods and man, a 1:1 revoltech model of one of those would be a dream.

completely fake bugs!

had to share my little starship trooper warrior bug collection :^) the big one and the one directly under it are 90s kenner toys I believe, the bottom-right one is a funko, the red one is from a tabletop set, and the guy on the left is a figma model that is unfortunately ridiculously expensive nowadays.

one nice thing about fake real bugs: there is not a crazy collectors market for this so this stuff should stay pretty affordable. unless real normal bugs somehow become a huge pop sensation i think it’s just us weird nerds that are into them.

other search terms to try: bandai insect insect gachapon (or gashapon) nature gachapon

that way you may be able to track down listings for individual toys that should be a bit cheaper! here’s a sample what bandai insect got me on ebay:

happy fake bug collecting!

you may noticed I haven’t mentioned one form of bug that has a lot of the same advantages as plastic bugs: dead pinned insects in shadowboxes. i do have some of these, but i am reluctant to support places selling them nowadays because few are ethically or responsibly sourced, and the same sellers often kill and sell endangered bats and other vertebrates for display. plus mites got into half the ones i had and turned them into dead bug dust. if mites ever develop a taste for plastic i will be sad about my collection but the world will be saved from a lot of nasty garbage so it would ultimately be a Plus.

so unless you personally know the person that pinned the insect, i would be very cautious about buying dead things from random online stores or dealers at ‘curiosity’ or ‘oddity’ shows and things like that, since it’s all sourced from alibaba and whatnot anyway. i swear i saw like 5 different people selling the same dead octopuses in orbs at the last curiosity show i went to. they are cool, but i have no idea where those octopuses came from and i doubt the people selling them did either.

#bugs #entomology #bug collection #insects #toys #toy collecting

[missagonyy]

Rubber Ducky Isopod sketch.

The ‘rubber ducky’ isopod is a miniature pet with a duck bill face. I see it more as a Darth Vader helmet , haha. These cute little guys are really awesome!

If they ever breed them in jet black, they can call them Vader Duckies! 😅

#isopods #sketchbook #ink drawing #insect study #insect illustration #insect sketch #rubber ducky isopod #rubber duckie #rubber ducky #isopod #cubaris #cubaris sp #herpblr #insects #insect art #entomology #bugblr #bug art #morph #isopod morph #vivarium #terrarium #bioactive #insect drawing #bug collection #bug collector #roly poly #pill bug #wood louse #Rollie police

[lonesomebeetle]

typa shit ive been on lately

#alex g #bug collection #bugcore #paul dano #cats #title fight #midwest emo #alternative music

[juni-the-cricket]

guys!! cool thing (imo) !! (kind of gross bug thing if you dont like bugs)

so i collect bugs in jars if i find them not alive and in one piece right and i have this carpenter beee

and i've had him for a little while now right and today i noticed that another insect seemed to have like,, hatched out of him???

so cool thing i dunno i was like what !!! no way !!! so i did a little googling and i think hes either a thick-headed fly/conopidae or some sort of parasitic wasp

anyway i just thought that was so cool - little disappointed though that my bee will probably be eaten for the most part and that fly/wasp wont survive very long either due to lack of oxygen :/

#tw; insects #bugs #bugblr #bug collector #bug collection #agere blog #insects

[squuote]

ngl I think the biggest thing that helps when overcoming fears revolving around things like for example spiders or animals usually depicted in bad faith is to learn about them. like no joke, that’s the biggest thing that helped me get over my fear of spiders is learning about them and growing an understanding that they are quite literally just as vulnerable creatures as any other. we are both creatures on this earth just trying to survive. also learning about any animal is very fun and building an understanding helps how you see and interact with things. but mainly learning about wildlife good fun.

#crow thoughts #bug collection #having major self reflection thoughts today but specifically bout how I essentially befriended most of my fears #I’m a being built from experiences and learning new things. I thrive off of information #but yea man spiders aren’t like as evil as they appear. they are still just little guys #me and the spiders just trying to survive on this planet one day at a time

[bby-grl1998]

another chinese mantis i found in my garden today near an egg sac

#garden #cottagecharm #cottagecore #plants #flowers #nature #bugblr #cute bugs #bug #insects #insectcore #bugcore #bug collection

[sadistic-softie]

Bugs. Bugs. Bugs. I need a new bug collection right now. I no longer have access to my old one and it's been soooo long. It was a filthy and lazy collection anyways. I just picked up what I found or kept as pets long enough to see die. I put them in a divided container with no lid and they just collected dust. Ugh. I'm glad I'm starting fresh, actually. I need to hunt for new bugs. I need to find them and pick them out for myself. I need a bug wall. A place to just slowly fill with bugs. Maybe I'll use my cork board to pin them? I have plenty of pins and needles. I imagine a gorgeous wall of bugs. Little bugs, big bugs, pretty bugs, ugly bugs. I need to figure out how I'll kill them without damaging them. Likely a really potent spray depending on the bugs size? Maybe bleach? Lol. I could probably find some sort of pest killer spray in the house. Maybe I could affix a small hose to a transparent cup so I can just place it over the bug and gas it through the hose? I dunno. Many many ideas. God, I love bugs. I still remember my first pet bug. Caught it wandering my room. I was gonna let it go but something about it just caught my interest, so I did some research and made it a little home instead. It was a female Herpyllus ecclesiasticus, or eastern parson spider. A ground spider. Shy, like many ground spiders, but fierce. A hunter that kills its prey on its own without the use of webs. I would watch her. Absolutely fascinating. Very skilled killer. She often ate her prey later in the night after killing them rather than immediately, but sometimes I got lucky enough to watch her eat after the kill. I fed her ants I would catch outside as well as any other bug that would wander into my room, including other species of spiders. Many were fast and fought or ran from her, but she always won in the end. I loved watching her take them down. I had her for quite some time and came to adore her, so when I knew her lifespan was nearing its end (they live for roughly 2 years if I remember correctly), I let her go so I wouldn't have to see it. Perhaps she died that day. Who knows?

#i fucking love bugs #i love bugs #bugs #bug collection #im excited #if you cant tell #spider #pet bugs #pet spider #fascination #special interest #im a little obsessed #<333

[eldritch-queern-magicat]

You know, what? I feel like I've developed a strange, strangely special something with cockroaches. They're endemic where I live, and they're hard to get rid of. The apartment building I used to live in was infested top to bottom with them. But even though they're so reviled, I kinda like them now. I largely stopped being afraid of them years ago. Plus there's a bit of spite there. People used to hate and fear me when I was very young, because of my chaotic temperament and screwed-up face from the effects of extreme nerve pain. Like the bugs, though, it never crossed my mind to intentionally disgust people. It was just a consequence of things that I couldn't help. Plus, that they're so hard to get rid of, so am I. I aspire to their level of collective staying power, a special kind of stubbornness.

I just think about the world too much from a non-anthropocentric point of view to be able to hate them as a moral stance. I still entirely understand the ick factor when it comes to insects and arthropods in general. It's still odd that their skeleton is on the outside, the opposite of us. They do look kinda creepy, but their biology is actually so fascinating. And I'm too curious about everything to let something like a social phobia hold me back.

So I've decided. If there are people dead set on hating me, I'll just be like cockroaches and you won't be able to get rid of me.

Also, fun fact from when I was in the sixth grade. It was the year with just a fuckton of cicadas out all at once. I've talked about growing up in the woods before. I was kinda weirded out at first, but also found them extremely fascinating. So after a short while, I started keeping a gallon sized ice cream bucket full of cicadas I'd collected around the property. On the porch. Mom didn't really like it, but I just kept on until either I was told to stop, or they went away. I don't remember that part. It did get me really interested in biology in the end, so I call it a win.

-Galaco ☄️😺

#insects #cockroaches #arthropods #cicadas #tw cockroaches #biology #bug collection #bugs are cool #i like bugs #bug posts #bug positivity #living out of spite

[g0th-0pera]

Its always, oh Shilo you cant go outside, you cant go collecting bugs ! And not oh Shilo what bugs did you find -🕸

#shilos diary #bugs !:(( #bug collection #bug collecting #shilo wallace #shilo #r!tgo #repo #repo the genetic opera #repo! the genetic opera #shiloh wallace #goth #gothic

[mattapparently]

…is Kinger looking for a bug collection because he’s looking for the abstracted queen?

After all, when they’re abstracted, they’re all glitchy. Covered in bugs.

Kaufmo is in a room full of them…a bug collection.

#the amazing digital circus #tadc kinger #bug collection

[antontheinternet]

"I would never kneel for the female"

5 sec later

"OMG an ant queen!!"

[stock photos (not)glued together^]

/j not a commentary

#entomology #insect memes #bad jokes #ants #bug collection #insects

[mayorwhisper]

HOORAY!!

#finally #commemorative gift #bug collection #the faraway museum #letters #mail #acnh letters #acnh mail #blathers #blathers the owl #acnh blathers #acnh npc #acnh #acnh life #acnh island #acnh hype #acnh community #acnh blog #animal crossing #new horizons #animal crossing new horizons #animal crossing: new horizons #nintendo #nintendo switch #nintendo switch games #nintendo acnh #acnh nintendo #switch #switch games #switch acnh

[swallowedswan]

i want to have a bug collector august 🍃

#aesthetic #indie #bug collection #cute cats #nature #green witch #green aesthetic #flower crowns #wlw mood #soft moodboard #august #i want to cuddle with a cat and eat food and be happy #vintage 90s #lily chou chou #early 2000s soft #crystals

[fr4ncis-wir3d]

"She is a gossiper" "She lives in another province" "She has three boyfriends a week" ok but WHAT IF she asked about my bug collection and doesn't think I'm a fuckin weirdo? Idk maybe I'm a delulu but this has to be the most romantic thing that happened to me.

#manic pixie dream girl #delusional #bug collection