#anime bugs

[beausbugbiome]

Zegion (beetle) and Apito (bee) from ‘That Time I got Reincarnated as a Slime’ !!!

[pilzplage]

do you believe her...?!🪲☆ *. ⋆💫

[blueaubrey]

First time posting my knitting to tumblr. Look at my Bug Son

[troythecatfish]

[fearthefuzzybear]

oh uh. scuse me. just a lil snail crossing your dash

[lightlydreaming]

fuwa fuwa mosu-chan by amuse

[cupcakeshakesnake]

Uncaring

[spicymochi]

party beetle

[heartnosekid]

african peach moth (egybolis vaillantina) | source

[suiheisen]

i'm picking him up like he's loot dropped on the dungeon floor for being too annoying and putting him in my pocket

[onenicebugperday]

I’ve posted them before, but have some more Picasso bugs because they are so dang cute.

Sphaerocoris annulus, Scutelleridae (Jewel Bugs). Found in sub-Saharan Africa

Photo 1 by alastair61, 2 by nielspouldreyer, 3 by bartwursten, 4 by b_louboutin, 5 by azizhingora007, and 6 by also_sprach_susscrofa

[plusie]

[bowelfly]

water shrew..

[mikufigureoftheday]

☢️Today's Miku figure is:☢️

Union Creative H" Series Calne Ca ver. 1/8

[sixteenseveredhands]

The Buff-Tip Moth: the resting posture, shape, and color/pattern of the buff-tip moth allows it to mimic a broken birch twig; the moth's buff-colored head and the patches on its hindwings even resemble freshly-snapped wood

It also definitely tends to look like there's a weird little smiley face in the setae surrounding the moth's head, which is arguably even more striking but for some reason none of the sources I dug up on this species seem to mention that weirdness.

This type of camouflage is generally referred to as a "protective resemblance" -- a form of mimesis in which an animal can avoid being preyed upon by mimicking an inedible/unremarkable aspect of its environment. Many different moths are able to disguise themselves in similar ways, and it is especially common within the family known as Lasiocampidae. Some of the other species that engage in protective resemblance include Gastropacha quercifolia, Gastropacha pardale, Gastropacha populifoli, Euthrix potatori, Euthrix laeta, and Calyptra minuticornis (along with the other members of genus Calyptra). Most of these moths disguise themselves as leaves/foliage.

The buff-tip moth is particularly adept at disguising itself, however, and the fact that it so strongly resembles such a specific object (i.e. not just a dead leaf or a vague piece of foliage -- but a broken twig from a silver birch tree, in particular) makes this disguise seem even more impressive/unique.

This species (Phalera bucephala) can be found throughout the British Isles, mainland Europe, and Asia, with its range extending into Eastern Siberia.

Sources & More Info:

Wildlife Insights: Buff-Tip Moth Identification Guide

ButterflyConservation.org: Buff-Tip Moth

The Wildlife Trusts: Buff-Tip Moth

Wildlife Insight: the Buff-Tip Moth

Moth Identification: P. busephala

Encyclopedia of Life: Global Map of Known Occurrences for P. busephala

Insecta: Phalera bucephala

Lepidoptera and their Ecology: P. busephaloides and P. busephala

Journal of Ecology & Evolution: Strong Foraging Preferences for Ribes alpinum in the Polyphagous Caterpillars of Buff-Tip Moth Phalera bucephala

Dickinson County Conservation Board: Protective Resemblance & other Forms of Mimesis/Mimicry

[snippit-crickit]

so um i mightve gotten sick and speedrunned another ps1 model

its an old oc of mine,,,, animating in 3d is still a challenge for me but i feel like im getting the hang of it and i made my first 3d walkcycle im proud of mahself!! i understand rigging more now too

i really like the grainy texture that cycles (more realistic render engine) gives off, when i get back to uni PC's ill render the hell out of this file

also i try to keep fairly accurate sizes for these models, look at how small jackalope is compared to the dragonfly model (jackalope is 1,50m whilst dragonfly is 1,96m)

have a recent dragonfly render as a treat too!! and color tests