#it’s true Bug was the bug

[noka-exe]

chronic finger biter clark vs nose exhaler bruce

[onenicebugperday]

Green and black cicada, Trengganua sibylla, Cicadidae

Photographed in Malaysia by dhfischer

[teaboot]

Any tips for being a suicidal 15 year old?

When I was a suicidal 15 year old everyone told me “it gets better”, and it sounded like bullshit. And frankly, it still sounds like bullshit. Like oh, what, I’m living in hell and you’re not gonna help me or *do* anything or give me any useful advice and I’m supposed to just hang in there on the nebulous, pithy promise that things are just gonna work out on their own? And you can’t tell me how or why, I’m just supposed to take it on the faith that I don’t have that something might change in ways I haven’t considered?

But yeah. It does. And it’s frustrating as hell.

Yes, things are gonna get better, and they’re gonna get better in ways I can’t describe even after experiencing it myself. Things you don’t even know CAN be different WILL be different. One day you’re just going to step outside and realize things got better somewhere and you didn’t even notice it happening.

And there’s really nothing I can say that makes that sound even a little bit believable.

I guess all I can tell you is that you have to want to believe it.

[bedupolker]

Meanwhile, in the bayou...

Thank you to @bittermelonfarmer for commissioning this piece!

[velvetwyrme]

*very long pause as i slowly lean into the mic*

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doorwings as elytra.

*tries to drop mic, fumbles it, and leaves*

[theartingace]

so I've been OBSESSED with Murderbot

I've already largely changed my mind on it's design like 3 times but Vico Ortiz remains my ultimate inspiration

[celestial-games]

A handful of nocturnal assassin bugs >:3

Featuring millepede assassin, bark assassin, black corsair and western corsair !

[lazchance]

hello my dears... pale white planthopper nymph today... maintained very still for my photos

i dont have much to say here because its hard to ID planthoppers to species when theyre still in their nymph form and have barely developed their shapes and colours. this one is from the family Issidae.

pure white eyes. cutely shaped. tinge of brown. stayed still and hopped away when i was done

[great-and-small]

[sailorsun546]

I have recently acquired this "rabbit" and we can't decide what to name her. She is a Jersey Wooly and everything in the world sticks to her fur.

She looks like shit right now but don't worry I'm brushing her every couple days and making sure she has plenty to eat. When I rescued her she was matted and a little under weight, but that's all being taken care of.

[dazzelmethat]

Here is a weirder mashup that I thought could work. Praying mantis blue heron. When I think of animals similar to a praying mantis I can only think of the stalking and snagging approach of water birds. Maybe in a world with huge praying mantises they can also fill that niche.

It's a series now! ; Cricket-cat, Weevil-anteater

[onenicebugperday]

Mexican treehopper, Membracis mexicana, Membracidae

Photos by magazhu

[hellsitegenetics]

Behold! I, in my boredom and neurodivergence, have taken the organism archive (Faithfully updated by me) and converted it into a very messy genome!

6 pages of A, C, G and T! What could result when BLASTing this?

String identified: (all that)

Closest match: Napeogenes sylphis genome assembly, chromosome: 12 Common name: Clearwing Butterfly

(image source)

[bedupolker]

If you ever feel unkissable, don't worry, the kissing bug wants to kiss you! (Don't let it, you'll get chagas disease)

[ratcandy]

today i had a discussion with someone on the things we call scorpions that are not scorpions . because entomologists love to call things by names they are not actually.

ended up with this little . presentation. guide. thing. there are probably many, many more, but this is what we came up with on the Spot

[lesiasmadness]

Can we all appreciate the fact that Layton has a whole ass separate sprite specifically for defending the person beside him in PL vs AA