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Rose mantis! She is beauty she is grace.

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Delta Flower Scarab - Trigonopeltastes delta

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bug study

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we just keep naming bugs like this

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Am I delusional, or is having a public chat about how much someone sucks without even giving them an @ rude as hell?

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Why did. People get so upset about my post about OCs. I thought it was pretty clear I was mostly agreeing with OP and urging them to take their enthusiasm farther?? Welp lol

And apparently I'm known for being annoying? Guess I can't disagree with that

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Waspified my fursona! Just an extra little alt form of Lyra ^w^

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to grok, or to understand, named after the first caveman to ever understand anything

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Sea monster illustrations by William 巴特尔  Bao

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I just discovered your blog today and, as someone who is also creating a comic about bugs (my termites are exactly the same species, but they don't look as friendly as yours XD) I absolutely loved your work, especially the designs! It's really nice to find more bug people around here. ^^

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwawawawa Thank you!!💙

Termites are funny litol creatures! I’d love to see yours!

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Question about mollusks - I am kinda fascinated how different bivalves and gastropods are, and I wonder, how close are they to one another, really. Not just genetically, but like, in what kind of *critters* they are. Snails look to me like very recognizable "animals" with a face and all, while most bivalves are just such sessile water nuts. If you had to make an analogy, if snails were humans, what would bivalves be?

If snails are humans, bivalves are just humans tucked deeper into their skins, really! There's an anatomical diagram I've seen many variations on that basically shows what the most "generic" mollusk would look like:

So here's a snail:

Notice especially where the "gill" and "mouth" are! A Snail's anatomy is bent like a horseshoe so it can fit up in the shell! And here's how bivalves are set up:

You can still see the same generic layout even inside of a cephalopod, as wacky as their external shape may be:

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It officially goes up Saturday, but a reminder that the new episode can be viewed early by all tiers on Patreon!

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This is not a completed piece of art. I plan on drawing more cool wasps and eventually making a poster. I've just been going through a hard time recently, and I haven't had as much inspiration. Depression is hitting me a bit. Here are all the ones I've done so far. If anyone has a suggestion for a very obscure, specific, and weird wasp, let me know! You might spark my inspiration and motivation!

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"Easter Egg" Weevil (Pachyrhynchus cf. erichsoni), family Curculionidae, Mindanao, Philippines

photographs by Bald Guy With a Camera

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Dinocephalosaurus, a strange, viviparous reptile from the Triassic, gives live birth in the shallows.

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Been playing Cult of the Lamb for the first time recently, but somehow the music is strongly nostalgic

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Today’s Backyard Photo - Tortula Moss Several weeks ago, while looking for signs of anything green in our yard, I noticed a fuzzy moss growing on the grout between our landscape stones. Today’s picture shows reddish spikes have formed from the green moss. This moss, Tortula or “Wall Screw” Moss, grows all over the world. It loves alkaline areas-thus it attaches to concrete or stone (often on stone walls, hence part of its common name.) The spikes coming from the moss hold reproductive spores that when they dry, will release and “unscrew”, dispersing the spores (another reference to its name.) Interestingly, this moss (and others) can be analyzed to determine air pollution levels, as it absorbs certain elements during its growth. https://www.instagram.com/p/CNkewJqHiqZ/?igshid=ejolv5cvk11c