#Insect

[milliposting]

[pngblog]

[orthopteran-spotted]

Orthopteran spotted!

it you

[herpsandbirds]

THE BLACK WITCH (Ascalapha odorata), family Erebidae, Managua, Nicaragua

This moth is huge, with females attaining a wingspan of up to 24 cm (9.45 in).

photograph by Copris Lugubris

[kougie]

Freshly molted cicadas are unreal

[littlewigglers]

Shoelace says hello 👋

[kayakingintheeyeofthestorm]

One day I was eating canned spinach after warming it on the stove. I had just put a large fork full in my mouth, when I felt something like a soft chuck of wood that I had somehow failed to notice while stirring it on the stove.

I hadn't fully bitten into because I realized immediately that it didn't belong. However I had applied enough pressure to squeeze out the juices that had soaked into it.

I spit it out and examined it closely, soon realizing that this chunk of wood had two beady eyes.

Horrified, I realized it was a grasshopper.

Even more horrified I realized the juices from it had tasted good!

I did not finish eating the grasshopper, or the spinach.

If feels like such a weird thing for me to be repulsed by though. I have willing eaten crickets (the zoo offered a little snack pack of crickets marketed to humans, not pets).

I haven't had canned spinach since. I miss it. Surprisingly, this can of spinach was one of the major brands. I never expected for a large bug to make into one of their products.

i think about this very often

[thiscountry]

baby hopper chowing

[overdoso]

Moneilema , os besouros de chifres longos de cactos são um gênero de besouros pretos grandes e incapazes de voar encontrados nos desertos norte-americanos do oeste dos Estados Unidos e norte do México. Como não voam, andam como podem.

[marcelwasp]

This is what trying to get info on insects is like and it pisses me off

[endangeredspeciesidentifier]

species found!

The fact that animals that care for their young will sometimes adopt others' lost or orphaned young to raise along their own is just funny to me. I know that it's all hormonal and there's no conscious thought involved in it, but the internal logic of it is so funny.

"Baby = success. More baby = more success. I have one baby and I found four other baby. I have five baby. I am being so fucking successful right now."

Isotomus jarmilae

listed as Endangered

The fact that animals that care for their young will sometimes adopt others' lost or orphaned young to raise along their own is just funny to me. I know that it's all hormonal and there's no conscious thought involved in it, but the internal logic of it is so funny.

"Baby = success. More baby = more success. I have one baby and I found four other baby. I have five baby. I am being so fucking successful right now."

[herpsandbirds]

Southern Gaudy Commodore (Precis octavia sesamus), family Nymphalidae, Eastern Cape, South Africa

photographs by The Dusty Path

[blobbei-art]

Tumblr finally gets these doodles of Morgen! I love her. She's so legs. She fits into your hand. What else do you need?

[jupiterswasphouse]

[PHOTOS TAKEN: JUNE 17TH, 2025 | Image IDs: Two photos of a black and red lubber grasshopper nymph on the end of a human finger /End IDs.]

Little guy's still young here, but probably about halfway to that big final molt!

[heysheepdog]

@mothmansbakery :^]