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The white-tailed zygaenid moth or elcysma westwoodi

(Source: macroID.ru)

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Broad-nosed weevil, Exophthalmus sp., Curculionidae

Photographed in Colombia by Judy Gallagher

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Unidentified orbweaver spider, Araneidae

Photographed in Singapore by Nicky Bay // Website // Facebook

Shared with permission; do not remove credit or re-post!

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Presenting the giraffe weevil in all its weird glory. Males have a nose about 4.5 centimeters long, about half of its total size. Female weevils do not share this so they were categorized as a different species for some time.

I haven't posted in a while, and receiving that inbox today by @caramelsprout reminded me of why I made this account. So thank you.

Read about them! There are so many other cool facts.

Source 1/Image 1: https://animalbliss.com/giraffe-weevil/

Source 2/Image 2: https://www.forestandbird.org.nz/resources/giraffe-weevils-long-time-coming

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Do you have a post about the giraffe weevil yet?

I have not posted them, and it's a shame because everyone should see them. I will have to post about them.

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Soil centipede, Orya barbarica, Oryidae

Found in Morocco and Spain

Photos 1-6 by faluke, 7 by sebsant, 8-9 by pierrecorbrion, and 10 (for scale) by federico_biguzzi

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This weird little guy is a spittlebug or frog hopper. In their nymph stage they excrete these bubbles when they eat plant sap. Which also protects them from predators keeping them out of sight.

(Source: Gardentech)

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Malaysian moon moth, Actias maenas, Saturniidae

Photographed by Nicky Bay // Website // Facebook

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I haven't been updating recently on cute bugs I've been researching, I am unfortunately a college student and started my bachelor's this year. Lots of writing (boo english student boo) so here's a little bug.

Is that a spider? Nope! This is a mite. A long-legged velvet mite

Source: bugguide.net by  Bryan E. Reynolds 

Velvet mites also can look like this. This is a Trombidium grandissimum found in India but these little guys like pitbull are worldwide.

Source: India Biodiversity Portal

(Thinking about it I totally saw these as a kid and freaked out at little red dots moving)

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Goodbye pants!

My babies and their springtails have been doing well, it’s a new tank so of course there’s been some mold issues. I’m hoping with some extra ventilation it’ll scale back as the dirt came damp and that caused for no moisture gradient (real issue for the leaves). If not I’ll take care of it by hand.

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Partner and I went on a walk and spotted these little babies

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They had a baby!

New pet alert

Look at their little faces. These guys morph are called purple ghosts and are of the Nesodillo Arcangelii Sp.

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New pet alert

Look at their little faces. These guys morph are called purple ghosts and are of the Nesodillo Arcangelii Sp.

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My lovely partner and I went on a walk and found this gorgeous grasshopper. Beautifully big and let my partner take all the photos of it.

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This beetle never misses their eyelash appointment.

In reality, these are the Cedar beetles and those are their antennas used as feelers to find food and mates.

(Source: iNaturalist)

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I love strange little arthropods and the Trilobite Beetle is almost a living fossil.

Also, the second image shows off their little faces.

(Source: Real Monstrosities and Melvyn yeo)

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Woke up today to see a baby house centipede walking about. Left it alone and tried to find it later only to see it lost the battle to a spider. Nature is cruel even in your own house

In another news I have a different spider that’s been crawling on my ceiling for a few days. Id like to put it outside but I can not reach my ceiling and it does not go any lower.