#bug stuff

[hobohobgoblim]

impractical? yes

slightly disturbing? also yes

would i commit all manner of felonies to obtain them?

again yes

[pernine]

WITNESS THE SPRINGTAIL!

[inutiliacapra]

go my scarabs! 🪲🪲🪲

pine chafer beetle and european rose chafer beetle (?) cumpleated B)) glad i got to do them both in one sitting *kills you*

[suntimeswolliw]

hey psst im working on an animated pilot and im looking for voice actors!! the genre is horror-mystery :]

some concept art^

AUDITIONS ARE CLOSED ty to everyone who auditioned!

[extremely-sleepy-kitty]

have you ever thought about how bugs don't have eyelids??

... Listen, I promise I got to this thought in a way that totally makes sense.

So I've been making these little fairy dresses out of fairy petals for ✨artsy purposes✨ and I wanted to draw what a fairy would look like in one of the dresses, so I started drawing and decided to make my fairy very insect like, and I gave her big bug eyes but also gave her eyelid creases, and I was struck by the thought that omg bugs DON'T HAVE EYELIDS. They don't need them, because their eyes are hard. Their eyes are part of their exoskeleton. Crazy.

This will be my new conversation starter for at least a week

[sm0y]

you are such special little creatures, aren't you?

[47hourclock]

Ladybug tech🐞

[suntimesart]

oc art dump

[artacetinker]

Mantis concept for my bugs

Took AGES to figure out how I wanted to incorporate the arms without making it awkward for clothes or mobility and ended up with it

Very happy with it.

[bug-bugger]

:3

[wickedtitz]

moth close up- by me

[that-bug-kid]

hi!!! hi hello!!! 👋🏾

[image description: an imperial moth is sitting on skye’s finger. it is waving its front leg to the camera like it’s saying hello!]

[dancingaliens4life]

LOOK AT THIS BETEL CAKE!

(Was scrolling through Pinterest and found this it looks awesome!!!!)

[svetlanacatink]

Starry Dragonfly. Another one from my flash! I'd love to do more bug tattoos! @svetlanacatink on Instagram

[suntimeswolliw]

dismer !! bonus doodle under cut

[ursula-legun]

Hey - does anybody have knowledge of/opinions about the common wasp traps that you see all over the place? The kind with liquid and bait designed to catch wasps in a weird inverted tower and drown them.

I've been generally against them on the following assumptions:

There don't seem to be that many wasps anymore to begin with - like, there's five of these things on my block, and they're not filling up fast at all.

Pretty sure that they're not functionally able to specify between different species of wasp (maybe it's a pheromone thing but that seems optimistic)

Pretty sure that they're also catching non-wasps

There's other ways to deter wasps if people have a severe allergy (i.e. paper bag nest mimics)

Generally they just seem...cruel and unnecessary....smack of lawn culture....etc

But I actually haven't been able to find out, like, jack shit about how these things work, why people are so obsessed with putting them up everywhere, what species they're actually killing, etc.

If anybody's looked into this at all, I would really love to know about what purpose they're serving and if there's any alternatives I could maybe talk people into (or if these are actually really good for some reason.)