#cave cricket

[crevicedwelling]

was curious how much Tetra weighed

it would appear that Tetra weighs 2

my beloved horrible scavenger cave horse

#bugs #insect #cave cricket

[spricket-central]

when i first met Donut, i wasnt sure he'd survive the night.

i caught him while he was hiding in the folds of my bedsheets, with my cat Wembley still in pursuit. the poor thing had taken a beating: he was missing his right jumping leg, and his 2nd right walking leg appeared to be completely paralyzed, dragging behind him as he nervously skittered around in his temporary enclosure.

luckily, his injuries were purely external, and he pulled through brilliantly!

i moved him into a large enclosure with Baguette, a solitary adult female i had rescued only a week prior. she was a tad stand-offish with him at first, but the two quickly became friendly, spending most of their time hanging out together!

his paralyzed leg was eventually discarded, possibly by him gnawing it off himself. he moved about rather clumsily, only having one leg on his right side to work with his undamaged left limbs, but he seemed to have no problem getting around regardless. he loved to climb around the enclosure, and could still haul ass when he felt surprised or threatened, ahaha.

Donut was such a character. i have no idea how he managed to fit so much energy (or cucumber) into that funny little bean-shaped body. im so glad that i was able to give him a calm, easy life after his brush with death. i just wanted him to be comfortable, but he didnt just survive: he thrived.

Donut, i love you dearly, and I'll miss you and your antics so much. i promise I'll take good care of your girlfriend. im even thinking of incubating some of her eggs, so who knows, you may even end up a father!

I'll think of you tomorrow when im cutting up everybodys cucumber 💚

Donut

10/17/23 (caught) - 1/8/24

#insects #pet bugs #bugblr #invert pets #crickets #camel cricket #spider cricket #cave cricket #spricket #rhaphidophoridae #donut #memorial #pics

[onenicebugperday]

Some beautiful, leggy angels spotted at Mommoth Caves by @sea-cupid! These of course are mammoth cave crickets!

#insects #bugs #submission #via IM #cave cricket #mammoth cave cricket

[littlelarajean]

Folks I am meeting some BUGS LET ME TELL YOU

#insect #bug #millipede #cave cricket #ladybug #centipede

[ratzboi]

#spricket #spider cricket #cricket #large cricket #camel cricket #cave cricket #cave weta #Diestrammena asynamoraI #biology #insects #bug tw #my photos #photoblog #photography

[fnrrfygmschnish]

Found our kitty in "stalking a bug" mode in the kitchen tonight... turned out he had spotted a teeny-tiny little cricklet on the floor!

Cricklet is now relocated outside near a nice wood pile with a tarp over it, with easy access to the basement where its brethren are very abundant. It did not become a kitty treat. 😅

Not sure if I've ever seen a cave cricket quite this small before. Maaaaybe half an inch long body at most, not counting legs or 'tennas.

#bugs #photography #cricket #cave cricket #camel cricket #insects #tiny baby cricklet! so little! #yes I'm going to call baby crickets “cricklets” now

[creakingsounds]

Sonidos de chirridos de grillos durante 3 horas y 5 minutos Audio real de grillos

Cuanto más fuerte e intenso sea el canto de los grillos machos, más atractivos los encontrarán las hembras (o eso es lo que piensan los grillos machos). Hay un llamado para atraer hembras de lejos, uno para hembras de cerca, e incluso hay una canción posterior al apareamiento. Los grillos también cantan para intimidar a otros machos rivales.

#crickets #cricket #camel cricket #cave cricket #pet bugs #insects #bug #wasps #audio #sounds #sound effects #cricket chirps #crickets chirping #Youtube

[ammonitetheseaserpent]

My lil cave/camel cricket friend is back! :0

#camel cricket #cave cricket #bug #cute bugs #random snippets of my day #I wonder if it’s actually the same one tho #cause this one appears to only have 5 legs #if it is the same one I wonder what happened to its leg

[hazellvsq]

less discourse about whether the roman campers are child soldiers more discourse about how reyna/jason/percy/frank consistently tried to topple the democratic process of camp jupiter

#octavian portrayed as the evil politician for wanting to hold an election #little miss mitch mcconnell over here is sympathetic for refusing to hold an election unless she gets to handpick her partner #when octavian makes himself pontifex he's power hungry when jason does it its crickets #handing someone your title in a death cave is no basis for a system of government!!! - octavian seconds before being launched into the sun #by their unelected ambassaor no less #this is all jokes but i love that reyna's a dictator. genuinely it makes me love her more. #reyna avila ramirez arellano #jason grace #percy jackson #frank zhang

[huniebuun]

Ya know, if I was as tall as Angel or Alastor, I’d probably be terrified of Lucifer.

I’m scared of tiny things that can hop at me. And yes I’m mostly talking about crickets but it works here too. I don’t know what it is about crickets but they scare the shit out of me.

#hazbin hotel #lucifer hazbin hotel #lucifier morningstar #alastor #hazbin alastor #angel dust #cave crickets #crickets #I really hate crickets #they jump and are scary #unfortunately I’m an adult scared of mere inches #YO #I’d be fucking terrified of Niffty #that bitch can climb #and I can’t #so I’m fucked

[moghedien]

Apparently I waited too long to feed the baby because when I went to go feed him, he was waiting in his roach cup

#chinese cave gecko #cave gecko #gecko #reptile #he ate at least six roaches last night lmao #he’s a growing lad and needs his roachies #all the cave geckos have very eagerly taken to dubias #which I am THRILLED for #so I don’t have to worry about keeping crickets #there are no more fucking crickets in my house lmao #and I can actually see how much they’re eating based on what is missing from their cups in the morning #since the dubias o feed them are way too small to escape the cups

[crevicedwelling]

hi this is Tetra. they are a Japanese camel cricket (Diestrammena japanica) I’ve been raising over the winter after I found them as a baby.

I believe Tetra may be intersex since they have a much shorter ovipositor than a typical female, and I’d originally thought they were male as a younger nymph.

their hobbies include dwelling in crevices, eating dead roaches and cardboard, and spitting brown goop when picked up

btw Tetra is short for tetrabromomethane

#bugs #cave cricket #camel cricket #insect

[spricket-central]

crouton is a pretty girl :)

#insects #pet bugs #bugblr #invert pets #crickets #camel cricket #spider cricket #cave cricket #spricket #rhaphidophoridae #crouton #pics

[highways-are-liminal-spaces]

Deep underground in Mammoth Cave, Kentucky

Taken July 2022

#caves #mammoth cave #kentucky #petroglyphs #cave crickets #insects #stalactites #lanterns #my photos #my places #taotfv

[sketchbonked]

whoever convinced me to watch bluey is going to burn in hell actually. literal fucking tears streaming down my face i had to hug my dad for five minutes to feel better

#bluey #every single episode wrenched my heart out #don’t even get me started on fucking curry quest #or cricket #or space or camping #fuck all of you #don’t talk to me #i’m retreating into my cave of misery #fuck flat pack too they had no right #i’ve never cried this much before

[lliribee-go-lightly]

frogs

You're walking in Caledon Forest one day when you see two specific sylvari on a walk together. One of them, perfectly serene, is happily pausing to wait every few steps while the other goes delightedly ricocheting off, regularly disappearing from view in one area only to suddenly reappear in a completely different area moments later.  Her returns to her companion are, to a one, sprinting full tilt at xyr before coming to an abrupt stop mere inches away so as to excitedly present xe whatever it is she's found. 

For xem part, you don't see xe flinch a single time; each return is met with the same affectionately solemn acceptance of whatever is being handed to xyr. 

As your own path brings you closer to them, the serene sylvari notices you watching them curiously; you suddenly have a sense of an idea of going closer, overlaid with inquisitiveness and… general amusement maybe? You're not entirely sure; it's decidedly not your thought. 

You come closer, and the inquisitiveness changes into a sense of greeting, like two people saying hello. You're not quite sure what's happening, but you do have manners, so you wave your own greeting at xe; the other sylvari has disappeared off again. 

Now xer sends you a sense of calm delight and amused mystery, and shows you xem clasped hands. "Oh?" you ask, and xe open xem hands to reveal–

Frogs. Multiple tiny frogs. Who, despite being frogs, and therefore working with significantly less in the expressions department, are still managing to look distinctly confused as to how they ended up in the hands of this random, perfectly calm and sedate sylvari. 

The riddle is solved, for you at least, when the other sylvari suddenly appears directly to your left, making you jump. She visibly vibrates with excitement as she presents her companion with, somehow, yet another frog. 

It looks just as confused as the others. 

The moment the frog is accepted into her companion's hands, still with the easy solemnity of each previously accepted offering, the sylvari is haring off again. You watch as her companion carefully maneuvers all but one frog onto a single hand, and then delicately holds the one on their other palm out towards you. In your mind's eye you see an image of the same frog, and with it comes that sense of inquisitiveness again, and an idea of taking it. 

You take the frog. "Thank you?" you say. 

Xyr smile brightly, eyes squinting nearly shut in satisfaction. Then, with a final nod to you and a sense of farewell, xyr turns away to continue xe walk. 

You look at the frog you are now holding. It looks about as confused as you feel.

#my characters #llirimir #blacklight zither #gw2 fic #my writing #note: zither's pronouns are Anything starting with x; Especially if it's not strictly grammatical #pick something with an x in front and slap it down baybee! pick another thing with an x and slap it down next! #character introductions #llirimir is a ball of sunshine and rainbows <333 #zither is luminescent in similar ways to deep cave fungus #xhey've got xe own thing going on it's great <3 #why is lliri catching frogs? it's fun!!!! #~~maybe she thinks zither eats them. she's hunting!! for her good good friend!!!~~ #(zither probably does not eat the frogs lliri catches for xe djfjjshf xem ARE however fond of crickets) #(woe to any crickets in the area when lliri finds this out <3) #silvered words