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I had just about given up on this little larval casing I picked up in October of last year, but tonight I get home to find this Leucospis species chalcid wasp had emerged!

I guess the lesson is don't give up on your weird lumps, they may still produce weird lumps 🖤

(Emotional Support Chalcid?)

And sometimes you get the original maker, a nugget-y resin bee:

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Yareta (Azorella compacta) in Bolivia (elevation of 14,000 ft.).

This may look like a moss, but it isnt! This is a broad-leafed plant in the carrot family, Apiaceae.

These plants can grow to bve over 3000 years old. This large specimen may be over 1000 years old.

photographs by Mark Dwyer

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Say hello to all the lovely bugs today!

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A relaxing place

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Spiny Slender Toad (Ansonia spinulifer), family Bufonidae, Sarawak, Borneo (East Malaysia)

photograph by http://OrionHerpAdventure.com

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small-headed fly/BIG-HEADED FLY

Common names are a bit hit or miss, but these two? 🤌🤌

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assorted lep faces

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🦋

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This crab goes hard

Today's submission is: check the wrist

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Was able to borrow the macro lens to take some cicada photos!

The resolution on this is crazy

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quilt planning ✨

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Me:

"You become what you give your attention to."

Epictetus

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Blue pigment animal?

Otostigmus politus anon here, apparently Googling that doesn't quite show you the thing I wanted you to see so I decided to come off anon just to show you a pic 😅

very handsome creatures! otostigmines so often ignored but I do love how slender and graceful they are

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Asbolus! I honestly think I prefer taking pictures in their tank than putting them in the light box tho.