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billionneuronscurious · 21 days

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Uncertainties, and Lucky to be Alive:

We often talk about how human life expectancy has increased over the years. But, the quality of life in some parts of the world, even today, continues to be of degraded nature. And the uncertainties in life in these populations too is high. These regions are conflict zones, or those facing risks from climate change and global warming. And when it comes to thinking about the end of humanity, people may think that it is either far away, or if it is to happen suddenly, then it will be due to an event - such as asteroid impact.

But, do we think about lives of plants and animals, or of any other species -our fellow earth companions - say a particular insect? For an example, consider this creature in the photo, which is a moth caterpillar. And those structures which you can see on its eyes and another on its frontier (near eyes) is an egg laid by another species of an insect (a parasitoid). So, this caterpillar mostly won't be surviving. Apart from chances of being eaten by some insect, what are other things that can happen with this caterpillar? Yes, it can be killed by a bird. Or it can be captured and killed by human, for the purpose of learning/ science. Or it can be carried away by a sudden stream of water in its area; flown off by strong wind. Its host - plant, and other plants nearby may die, causing this caterpillar to die too. Thunderbolt may strike and make it disappear. And there are so many possibilities by which this caterpillar may die (we are not considering its adult form - an adult moth).

How lucky we the creatures of this earth are to manage to survive and fend death every single day. Or how unlucky we are to be slave to the possibilities by which which we could die, and to face uncertainties in life.

- Dhairyasheel Dayal

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briery · 2 years

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Isabella Kirkland, Phasmid Eggs II, 2022.

#art #isabella kirkland #egg #eggs #phasmid #phasmid egg #phasmid eggs #insect #insects #insect egg #insect eggs #2022

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entomologize · 8 months

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#so amazing!#insect eggs #Martin Oeggerli #that structure on top is called the micropyle #photography #microscopic images #owl butterfly #Caligo memnon #red lacewing butterfly #Cethosia biblis #insects #bugblr #butterflies

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onenicebugperday · 21 days

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Female mantis (Cardioptera sp.) laying an ootheca (egg case)

Photographed in Ecuador by Andreas Kay

#animals #curators on tumblr #insects #bugs #praying mantis #mantid #mantis #egg case #eggs #ootheca #one nice bug #Cardioptera

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emmaklee · 1 year

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Phasmid eggs | Levon Biss

these are actual eggs of the stick insect family

#insect eggs #levon biss

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bisexualfbiagents · 3 months

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THE X FILES | Darkness Falls (1.20)

#the x files #txf #txfedit #xfilesnet #dailytxf #kallypsos #usersilene #userveronika #useralien #1x20 #darkness falls #fox mulder #mine #i thought about putting subs and decided against it but i hope you know he's talking about ancient insect eggs here #also would you hate me if i said young dd sometimes looks like barry keoghan

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myxomycota · 3 months

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midge resting amongst Trichia decipiens

by Jeremy Lintott

#bugs #slime mold #myxomycota #jeremy lintott #trichia decipiens #trichia #salmon egg slime mold #slime mould #macro photography #microbiology #ecology #microorganisms #microbiota #myxomycetes #insects #forest floor

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pallanophblargh · 11 months

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I was recently extremely blessed in being able to finally see one of my “bucket list bugs” as I’ve started calling them. (Not a real list, as I’m never one to be organized…)

But a friend alerted me to the presence of this big beauty and J gave me a leg up to take a closer photo with my measly phone camera and subpar photography skills. I found some eggs she had laid on the wall and I scooped them up in hopes I can look after them. She hung around with her admirers for a good half hour before deciding she’d lingered long enough and flew off into the literal sunset.

Cecropia moth, Hyalophora cecropia, largest moth species in North America. Bug haters, don’t interact!

#insect #moth #cecropia moth #silk moth #bug #invertebrate #arthropods #tw entomophobia #lepidoptera #most beautiful of all chonks #I love all moths but THIS ONE #had a dream of seeing one since I was little and read a book about them #need to paint her! or something!#not certain in my ability to raise her eggs but I want to try #they were nowhere near a tree where they were laid so yeah #a passerby had a proper camera and took photos too #and I got to info dump about moths and bugs in general #I can’t help it they’re my thing!

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justcallme-ange · 1 year

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Hello hello! I was more than a little inspired by @lookinghalfacorpse‘s post about pinning butterflies. I had this image of Sam talking to someone about his new... “hobby” and the double meaning of it.

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ph-cutie · 3 months

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I ASKED MYSELF A WHILE AGO what the baby phasmids look like. the situation of real phasmids is that their young are just bitty versions of the adults, increasing in size each molt. which isnt super fascinating but since i couldnt find a lot of references for specifically phas nymphs i took the artistic liberty of making the proportions a bit more traditionally baby-like :)

#disco elysium #insulindian phasmid #my art #extravagances #i wonder how big phas eggs are... anyways shes absurdly huge so even the baby babies would be giganormous by normal insect standards

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billionneuronscurious · 3 months

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Egg of a Nymphalidae Familly Butterfly.

#butterfly egg #insect egg #egg #insects #butterfly #butterflies #lepidoptera #nymphalidae #butterflies of western ghats #butterflies of maharashtra #butterflies of india

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briery · 1 year

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Insect eggs from left to right: clusters of Atlas moth eggs; Saturniid moth eggs; Madagascan comet moth eggs; Extatosoma tiaratum eggs (Macleay’s Spectre Stick Insect); Heteropteryx dilatata eggs (Jungle Nymph Stick Insect).