#But also.. no grasshopper?

[dazzelmethat]

Some crickets and grasshoppers and my thoughts about them.

I've always been interested in bugs since I was real small.. I should draw them more often.

[clumsiestgiantess]

Why did no one pick grasshopper :(

Part 24 of the poll story, choice D!

D) (search) In the kitchen cabinet.

As your eyes wander the room, panic begins to set in.  What if you had been home?  What would the mystery people have done to you if this is what they did when you weren’t there?

The clattering sound of a cup or something tipping over snaps your attention back into focus.  You rush into the kitchen as a small plastic measuring cup rolls across the interior of a cabinet and stops as it hits against another glass.  The door was already open wide and the cabinet’s contents looked searched-through, but maybe there was a chance.

Stepping forward into the kitchen, you kneel down, push everything aside, and peer in.  He isn’t there.  There are just cups scattered around.  The one you heard had probably fallen on its own after being jostled.

Tears well at the corners of your eyes as you fear the worst might’ve happened to Ralyr.  However, as you do, a high-pitched sound hits your ears.  It’s almost like a ringing in your ear, only it isn’t constant.  You knock your head on the cabinet as you lift yourself back up to check if the noise is coming from your surroundings or your ear itself.  When you do, the sound goes away.  It starts up briefly again, then ends abruptly.

While you wonder what could be causing the noise, you notice a tiny bug rather close to your hand — still gripping the cabinet.  You lift it to brush the little critter away.  A piercingly high noise hits your ears and you pull back in shock.

You sit on the floor for a few dumb seconds, then scramble back to peer into the little space.  “There’s no way…”  With a shaking hand, you offer your upturned palm to the tiny creature.  It crawls toward it, hesitates for a moment, then crawls on.

It could just be a random bug, but you’re desperate for Ralyr to still be here.  He’s a shapeshifter, after all.  Why he would choose to be incredibly small and weak made no sense, but.. it was at least a possibility.

Bringing the little thing over to your desk, you dig through the mess the strange people made until you find a little magnifying glass.  You bring the bug close and the magnifying glass closer.

Holy…  The blown-up image is still small, but it’s enough to see the ‘bug’ has an entirely different-looking top half.  Its frontmost set of limbs wave back and forth over its head.  “Ralyr?!” you gasp, “I- I was right?  Is that you?”  That shrill keening sound started back up again.  “Ohh that’s you?  Your voice is way too small for me to understand.  Do.. uhh.. spin in a circle if it’s you.”

The little bug spun in a circle, meaning it wasn’t a bug, it was him.

“Oh thank goodness, I thought they took you!  Why would you change into something so small?”  That keening went off, but even when you strained your hearing it sounded like nothing.  “Don’t worry, I’ll try to get you a bigger form so I can understand you again.  Just give me a minute.”  

You return outside, cupping the tiniest little Ralyr in your hand.  A squirrel dashes away into a tree nearby.  Briefly you think about somehow capturing it for Ralyr.  However, you don’t need it to bite you while you’re trying to round it up, so you try a different idea.  Searching along the side of the building, you find several other bugs that are at least a little bigger than the size your friend is now.

After scanning the edges of the building, you find four different bugs you can catch:

A) A moth

B) A spider

C) A stinkbug

D) A grasshopper

[geopsych]

A video mainly for the bird sounds. I took it for the loud one you hear twice, an eastern meadowlark, but near the end to my surprise a bobolink started singing in the air behind me. Both are birds I don’t get to hear or see around Nazareth so I’m delighted when I find them somewhere else! I took photos of both but none came out good enough to post.

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[mossy-the-thing]

has anyone considered...

grasshopper wings?

[kusnechik]

Happy Birthday to me!

Kusnechik is turning [ANCIENT] years old today!

Also a silly little Impsona reveal while I'm at it c: Is this overly self-indulgent? Yes. A little cringe? Maybe. Fun and free? Absolutely.

I've lived through the rise and fall of many a Tumblr phase throughout my teens as a bystander, but once I've recently overcome my social reluctance and started to actively engage in fandom shenanigans, I've come to find it's a lot more fun that way. Thank you to all you lovely critters that make my stay here worthwhile!!

[akashicpoint]

NO MORE HEROES Grasshopper Manufacturer 2007

[ljsbugblog]

fished this absolute unit out of the pond.

Giant Green Slantface (Acrida conica).

[thegreenleavesofspringinsunlight]

I am once again trying to finish The Mummy. Why am trying to finish The Mummy. I don't even like this movie. And I just got jumpscared.

[danielbear]

what’s one random little dnp moment that never gets talked about that lives in ur mind rent free? mine is that time there was a praying mantis on the lamp at night and they were trying to get it out

[katbam]

speaking of bugs they are the same creature to me

[royalich]

Breaking my neck elbow deep in ore in the mines because I found a cool bug luc would like and I gotta go find him to show him lol

[live-at-fortune-city]

ktp anthro art set the “I remembered I genuinely like these games” set

[bitchfitch]

there's these purple flowers I pass when I go for my morning constitutional (checking my mail) and every single time I pass them I think "I should come back and take a picture of those once the sun is up!" and every time I go back out to get a picture of them I'm reminded why I haven't gotten a pic yet. They fucking close up once it starts getting hot and it's hot like 20 hours a day here. so have these pictures of some green bits and the impression of purple flowers instead

[mossy-paws]

Hi what do u think of spiders

I fucking love spiders

[kusnechik]

I'm just dropping this here because I couldn't contain myself after seeing your reblog of my Jekyll and Hyde are actually great as "seperate" confession... and couldn't quite get the courage to DM.

YOU. YOU GET IT.

You get me here. You understand the VISION of the true duality.

I like you. You are my friend now.

Feel free to completely ignore this and consider it a passed note. You are fren now.

(I'm assuming it's alright to post this? Do tell me if not!)

MY DUDE, THIS MAKES ME SO DELIGHTED IT DOES

I've had my stupid little doubts following me around for quite some time that this take is somehow stupid or whatever and wouldn't be well recieved by the fandom ghhh

BUT I'M SO GLAD IT'S NOT THE CASE QVQ