From walk-in nightmare to walk-in heaven 💖🦇 Just need a few more decor and clutter here and there 🙌🏼
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Servus!
This post might be controversial at some point
A glass globe diorama with modeled queen European hornet (Vespa crabro) which i found frozen on the outside durning the messy weather that my country experienced in May. It was my first project like this, not my first time pinning an insect. It reeked.
Feel free to share your thoughts on the project. Does it look wacky? Or do You dislike this type of display?
Did You know?
☆ European hornets are primarily active during the night and are less aggressive than other wasp species, typically avoiding conflict unless their nest is threatened. They feed on a variety of insects, which they capture to feed their larvae, playing a beneficial role in controlling pest populations.
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Night Life on the Slope
Roughly 300km away from the shore, the shallow, sunlit seas surrounding the continents begin to taper down into deeper waters, trailing down to depths of 3,000m. This is the Continental Slope, a transitionary region where the open ocean meets the coastal shallows. Here, currents flow over the seabed, bringing plankton and sediments along with them. Here, the soft, sandy substrate is too loose and fine for more abundant reef-building sponges; however, there are other organisms which thrive in these environments.
Scattered along the bottom are the protruding heads of Scrimbolos. While they look like clams, it is only its head which protrudes above the surface; the rest of the organism lies within a burrow, which it uses both as shelter and as a means of locomotion. Hidden from sight, these wormlike Taco Slugs form huge colonies, filtering passing plankton from the current with their extendable tongues. Safe they may be from surface predators, however, opportunistic Farm-Hat Taco Slugs occasionally try to dig them out.
But it isn't only Scrimbolos that lay claim to these depths; slowly skittering among them are juvenile Goggle Grubs. These phototrophic creatures normally spend the daytime hours gathering in surface waters, where their algal symbionts can soak up the sun's rays. During the night, however, the more mobile young Grubs migrate down into deeper waters, to sift through softer sediments packed with marine snow and detritus. But where the daytime creatures go, their predators are not far behind; lurking in the darkness at the edge of our view, a Noot Sloop patrols along the slope, searching for any vulnerable creatures hiding in the gloom. These deepwater Sloops usually bear darker coloration than their shallow-water counterparts, likely as a means to blend in better with the surrounding water.
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“Today I made a diorama of Xavier and Wednesday, Xavier’s painting a portrait of himself and Wednesday while she is watching him. I will be selling this on Etsy once I get my store opened. I completed this today.”😇
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