#grasshopper and ants

[eumorpha]

Bug Party

#art #illustration #traditonal art #watercolor #insect art #insects #bugs #entomology #bug art #beetle #moth #butterfly #ladybug #worm #ants #grasshopper #my art

[revretch]

Went for a walk at a botanical garden with @bogleech today and got to see a slender twig ant, a lubber grasshopper, and some little larva neither of us can identify. Sort of looks like a very short sawfly??

#bogleech #bug #insect #grasshopper #rev retches #ant

[onenicebugperday]

#insects #bugs #video #on the one hand lol #on the other please don't do this to bugs #they do not enjoy it #just blow them a kiss #grasshopper #ant #butterfly #fly #spider #worm #submission

[cricketsrings]

Das Geräusch männlicher Feldgrillen, die laut zwitschern

Grillen sind mit ihrem rhythmischen Zwitschern faszinierende Insekten, die seit Jahrhunderten das Interesse der Menschen fesseln. Diese kleinen Insekten kommen in verschiedenen Lebensräumen auf der ganzen Welt vor und sind für ihr ausgeprägtes Zwitschern bekannt, das ein Markenzeichen warmer Sommernächte und ruhiger ländlicher Umgebungen ist. In diesem Artikel tauchen wir in die faszinierende Welt der Grillen ein und erforschen ihre Eigenschaften, ihr Verhalten und die einzigartigen Geräusche, die sie erzeugen.

#insect #insects #sound #nature sounds #soundscape #cricket #asmr #crickets #cricket sounds #ants #grasshoppers #soundscapes #rain sounds #asmr sounds #soundwave #audio #loud #video #sounddesign #caterpillar #Youtube

[sherry-the-wasp]

Insect gifs

#entomology #bugs #insect #gifset #old web #web finds #mantis #wasp #grasshopper #ant #bee #dragonfly #2000s

[rogdona]

grasshoppa

#it was my mom who actually had the idea of making a grasshopper girl since i made mosquito and ant to cope w the bug invasions we had... #gotta complete the saga yk we have a million grasshoppers here... anyways naming her liz #art #my art #oc tag #furry #oc liz

[t00thpasteface]

yeah yeah boomers don't get M*A*S*H, but gen-Xers watch that show with their third eye wide open

#i miss being home over break and binging it with my mom. she has THOUGHTS about american imperialism and the military-industrial complex #she was born in the mid 60s so she grew up seeing the vietnam war on the tv every night #my brother and i watched bug's life a lot and mom was like ''internalize this. ants outnumber grasshoppers 100 to 1'' #''it's not about food; it's about keeping those ants in line'' is always her favorite line to say to us #shebbz shoutz #mash #m*a*s*h

[skelebee]

1.18.24 - If you give an ant some ice cream...

...I hope you have enough for the whole class.

#bug people #grasshopper #ant

[danskjavlarna]

Source details and larger version.

My fabled collection of vintage Aesop's fables imagery.

#aesop #ant #grasshopper #1940s #vintage illustration #illustration

[adhd-merlin]

merlin S1 rewatch: episode 10 ⚔

how could I not love the tale of the weird misfit who returns home one day, bringing with him an even weirder assortment of friends, to teach everyone how to fight back against the oppressors who have been stealing their resources?

but enough about a bug’s life. let's talk about the episode.

• I see Hunith throwing herself at a bandit and I immediately go “oh that’s where he gets it from”. I love you Hunith, you mad gal <3

• Hunith’s audience with the king is interesting – not just because she’s pleading with the man who would kill her son without a second thought if he knew about his magic, and she goes so far as to call him “a good king” and “a caring man” while doing so, but also because Uther seems genuinely sympathetic, even if unwilling to intervene. I think that says something about Uther – I think in the eyes of the people who don’t care much about sorcerers and their ilk, Uther is a decent, perhaps even a good, king. Certainly not the tyrant that Merlin and Morgana consider him to be (justifiably so).

• “I wish that Camelot was able to help people regardless of how far away they lived”, Arthur says, almost as if there were a prophecy about a united Albion under his reign

• “I want to make him pay for what he did to you” -> when Merlin sees Kanen is ON SIGHT. I love protective Merlin.

• I love this so much you. “Most powerful sorcerer on Earth” well to his mama he’s just a little boy. have you considered that

• Merlin almost decapitating Arthur lol. It’s a good thing Arthur has good reflexes or this would’ve have been a much shorter story

• YAY! A NEW KILL

• When Arthur ruins Merlin and Will’s little reunion and Will is immediately unimpressed

• “Am I the only one wondering who the hell this is?” > Will really interrupted Arthur’s speech to loudly ask “excuse you who the fuck are you??” and I love him for it

• The fact that Merlin just straight up slept on the floor. Like I get it, they are poor, but you’re telling me he had nothing all the years he lived there? not even a straw mattress, nothing?? because that sounds kind of weird. I mean alright, I’ll accept it, but I think it’s weird. I think if you had to sleep on the ground every night for years you’d try to make yourself a bit comfortable even if you never “knew any different”

• Anyway, I guess that explains why Merlin was reluctant to part with his bed when Alice moved in with him and Gaius. “I’m not going back to sleeping on the floor thank you! I love beds now”

• MERLIN: “Life’s simple out here (...)” / ARTHUR: “Sounds… nice” / MERLIN: “You’d hate it” -> I like that Arthur was trying really hard not to say anything rude about Merlin’s old life, and that Merlin was like “it’s alright you can say it sucks”, because really he wasn’t cut out for that kind of life either. It’s also funny that Arthur later tells Gwen he fantasies about being a farmer, like SIR BE REAL. You'd hate it.

• Arthur pretending to eat Hunith’s food. Making fake noises like a toddler. Spoiled brat behaviour

• WILL: Why did you leave? / MERLIN: It wasn't what I wanted. My mother was worried. When she found out you knew, she was so angry. → it sounds like Will actually didn’t know about Merlin’s secret for very long before Merlin had to leave. And the fact that Will has to ask Merlin why he left implies Merlin did it without even a goodbye or a made-up excuse. Merlin’s departure being apparently so rushed because Hunith feared for his safety means that the attitude towards magic in Ealdor isn't actually very different from Camelot’s, despite it not being officially outlawed.

• Arthur is a good leader!! and in this episode he shows it in big ways, like in his “Battle of St. Crispin speech” moment, but also in more subtle ways, like when he notices during training that Matthew is a hopeless fighter, and instead of dismissing him he takes him aside and goes “Matthew my friend I have a special task for you :)”, as a way of keeping him away from the fight while still making him feel useful, and without hurting his pride. (Sadly, this backfires later.) I know the fandom likes to joke about Arthur being a dumbass but he can be very perceptive (at times). And he is good at strategic thinking.

• No comment. Just Gwen and Morgana sharing blankets. They are very good pals.

• Merlin telling Arthur: “We're going to make Kanen rue the day he ever came to this village” hits different when I remember he said he wanted to make Kanen pay for striking his mother

• “In this circle, we're all equals” → a circle is very much like a round table in this way

• I love moments like Arthur’s Rousing Speech™ – because they show why he is the one destined to unite Albion. He’s capable of inspiring people and gaining the support of those who initially disliked him (Merlin, Gwaine, Will himself, to name a few), because he is noble of heart, and brave, and caring, etc. And yeah, he’s also a brat at times, but to be fair to him he’s 21. And he has a shit father.

• “Food is scarce for these people, you shouldn't turn your nose up at it!” → Gwen is no shrinking violet okay!! She will lecture the prince, if the prince is being a brat. I’m thinking about Arthur telling Agravaine “I don't want a queen who spends her days floating around the castle agreeing with my every word” in ep 4x09. He loves Gwen because she’s not afraid of calling him out! (same goes for Merlin)

• GWEN: “I have faith in you. I mean. We all do” / ARTHUR:

• Arthur helping Merlin with his armour is a very sweet moment. I can’t believe Merlin was about to tell Arthur he had magic here. HE LITERALLY WAS ABOUT TO TELL HIM I'LL NEVER BE OVER IT

• Battle. Battle. Another kill for baby Merlin (!).

• IT FUCKEN WIMDY

• I’m not entirely sure what the windstorm did to be honest, it didn’t seem to kill anyone it just… scared the bandits away? Anyway, that doesn’t matter. Willing suspension of disbelief and all that.

• Arthur’s face when he marched up to Merlin and Will like “THAT WAS MAGIC WHO DID THAT?? IT WAS ONE OF YOU TWO”. This man is NOT ready for the truth (and yet Merlin was prepared to confess AGAIN. He was literally about to do it I HATE THIS SHOW)

• (sigh) well how convenient

• LISTEN I know Will was pretty much dead anyway but I can’t get over how NOBODY tried to do anything for him like?? They just put him on a table? And stared at him? Not even trying to do anything or. I don’t know, offer a word of comfort. If I were Will I’d be offended to be honest.

• Will’s last words being “Merlin, I’m scared.” EVIL

Merlin: *watching his best friend’s body burn on the pyre* Arthur: well when were you going to tell me he was a sorcerer

• Hunith: POWERFUL WARLOCK? NO HE IS BABY

• "When the time is right, the truth will be known. Until then, you must keep your talents hidden. It's better for everyone.” → kind of funny how Hunith went from "you should tell Arthur, he'll understand, he cares about you :)" to "never mind, BACK IN THE CLOSET!!" And by funny I mean tragic.

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#unironically i do love a bug's life #when flik's all battered and bruised and he struggles to his feet and says “ants are not meant to serve grasshoppers!!” #well. it made child me feel some kind of way #rewatch1.jls #merlin's body count: 6

[fiishboowl]

Bug poll time NOW

#polls #bugs #insects #i know there’s a lot more but these are just some big name ones #didn’t feel like including a bunch of other fly types #plz rb #beetles #flies #ants #bees #wasps #dragonflies #damselflies #butterflies #moths #true bugs #cicadas #aphids #crickets #grasshoppers #mantids #cockroaches #termites #stick insects #mayflies #upwing flies

[gloom-and-doom-in-my-room]

#insects #bugs #centaur #moths #butterfly #cicada #katydid #Grasshopper #Mosquito #stick bug #Roach #mantis #Ant #Beetle #weevil #polls

[onenicebugperday]

@basilfrosty submitted: A collection of bugs that I found in my yard today! The burnweed seems to be a hit with the bugs, and while the second picture of the butterfly isn't the best I think it's neat that I caught it as it was taking off :)

Lol the last picture made me laugh. Action shot! Excellent group of friends. You can even see the ladybug has yellow fungus growing on their bum, which is quite common.

#animals #insects #bugs #submission #grasshopper #ant #aphid #beetle #asian lady beetle #butterfly #skipper

[krmljam]

rip sparklegrasshopper... he shall be eaten by sparkleants :D

#its unfinished but i dont feel like finishing it LMAO #sparklebug #sparklefur #insect #bug #ants #grasshopper #art #animal death #tw gore #(not true)

[humansbgone]

Are the Schistocerca gregaria, Locusta migratoria, Nomadacris succincta, and Anacridium sp grasshoppers/locusts still around? And, can they still become gregarious?

Oddly specific question, I was just thinking about how crazy yellow ants are the only eusocial insects in where we are in the story. But locusts are….weird.

(p.2) Well I guess locusts aren’t really *eusocial* as they don’t have a social hierarchy like ants do, but gregarious behavior still seems like a threat.

On the contrary, the ants view the grasshoppers the least of a threat of all macrovolutes! In the notes for episode 6, you can read a little on how Grasshopper Swarm is regarded as a non-Swarm, because the grasshoppers believe gathering in large numbers is bad luck...because of the locusts, yes! Locusts are certain species of grasshoppers which form devastating swarms during periods of starvation. As macrovolutes, all grasshoppers vow never to form groups that large, under any circumstances. They're anarchists, and don't fully understand how laws work when they are among insects that belong to Swarms.

And there's nothing the ants like better than a big, fat, lonely insect that has a poor grasp on laws. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say the ants view the grasshoppers as sort of free range cattle, for when stocks of isopods and millipedes are low. Or, even when they're not.

In real life, gregarious behavior is not at all uncommon for insects, though true sociality is. You can very often find insects of the same species gathered around a food source (aphids, other true bugs, flies, roaches, etc.), or just clustered together to hibernate (e.g. ladybugs). The ants in HBG do not regard this as a threat, and in fact, the other macrovolutes were pressured to form *some* kind of social structure to convince the ants they were worth dealing with at all!

#evilgladiolus #grasshopper #locust #swarm #ant #eusocial #ask

[mothmonarch]

As some of you know, I've been a staff artist for Anthrocon since 2016! My responsibilities there include the "Friends of Anthrocon" (life-size unique standee characters designed for many of our hotel and business partners) and other art assets as needed, like the 25-foot-wide banner that goes on the side of the David L. Lawrence Convention Center during the event weekend. (You can see official art I've contributed to Anthrocon and other conventions here.) The 2022 theme was Aesop's Fables, so I got to draw my favorite subjects as a twist take on The Grasshopper and the Ants!

I can't really show anything for 2023 just yet, but I've contributed the banner art again this year along some other projects! I'll be in the Dealers' room as well at table F20 with plenty of bug art and merch. 🐛💖 Hope to meet a bunch of you there!!

#anthrocon #grasshopper #ants #furry #artists on tumblr