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Most fucked up thing i ever drew...

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One of my favorite millipedes, just stunning

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The Bug Carousel

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Mukade-chan Original Character Garage Kit, by Nobi Shippo

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summer's meant more bugs in the open air but i'll always say hi to the worms in the logs

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Cimbicid sawfly larva (Trichiosoma triangulum). Port Alberni, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. (Copyright © Libby & Rick Avis).

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Hold bb, look at bb, cherish bb

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Insectes - Émile-Allain Séguy - 1925 - via Paris bibliothèques

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The Double-Emergence of 2024

As you may have heard, there are TWO periodical cicada broods that will emerge between late April and June of this year! This particular combination only happens once every 221 years.

The broods in question are the Illinoian Brood (XIII) and the Great Southern Brood (XIX). The map below is a rough approximation of where sightings are most likely to occur:

There is very little overlap between the broods, so - if you want to experience both - I recommend planning at least two different stops. You should be able to find all seven species by traveling just a few miles north and south of the cities of Springfield, Bloomington, Kankakee, or Beardstown in Illinois, or the city of Mt Pleasant in Iowa.

The University of Connecticut has a handy online guide for identifying all 7 species of periodical cicadas. Note that most species can only be identified by the pattern on their belly. For bonus points, try to find and photograph them all! 😄

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Here’s a 5 page comic about a weird project I spent the last month working on 🪲

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Trying acrylic! This is the strange isopod Phreatoicopsis raffae

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the braconid wasp genus Streblocera just fucking made its antennae look like legs, why not

(source)

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Crimson marsh glider, Trithemis aurora, Libellulidae

Photographed in Singapore by budak

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Notched-mouth ground beetle is built like a hot wheels

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I was at the veterinarian and I looked down and saw a Rollie Pollie on the floor so I put it up on the exam table and when the vet came in and said “so who are we seeing today?” I said “him” and gestured at the Rollie Pollie and the vet didn’t even smile

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some sticker designs i made for a school event! yippey :-)