#large bug

[milobyte]

ships is bugs

s-6 salvage workhorse

[giulliadella]

Day 45 of posting cute creatures monstrosities we found on our field trip:

This beast is Saga hellenica, the largest predatory insect in Europe. It lives in the Mediterranean. We caught her in the middle of devouring a poor katydid. This insect doesn’t have any venom, but it has scary force. Its bite can seriously hurt you and the serrated edges of its legs can actually cut through skin. They are sharper than grabbers of mantises. These insects can also jump over 1.5 meters high, so stay away from them. Our entomology professor said that he’d feel uncomfortable holding this beast if it wasn’t occupied with prey. Here are some other angles:

This individual is a female because she has a long sword-like ovipositor. Males can be even larger.

[dollbotthing]

i would much rather be eaten by a large bug than have to deal with life as it is now

[nobrainforthoughtsphantomh]

Hey team. I'm Phantom hydra and I'm here to tell you how many ways I want to cook this bug (LARGE GRUB WARNING BELOW) | | | V

Whole Cooked Grub

Cooked in a wok with vegetable oil, unions, garlic and hot peppers until skin is crispy. Optional, but recommended fried egg on top, with salt and pepper added for extra flavor. Can be replaced with any preferred way of cooking egg. Could go well with a side of roasted and salted crickets.

Sliced Grub

Roast grub with olive oil until crispy, slice into circles. Optional soy sauce. Serve with crab meat, sautéed veggies, lobster legs or cooked scorpion as a side. Season with seasoning of choice.

Stuffed Grub

Roast grub until crispy, then remove the head. Relieve the bug of its innards and stuff with mashed potato, diced leeks and unions, garlic and peppered/spiced cheese of choice.

(I'm not a chef please don't cook the grub I'm just craving a savory meal)

[heartnosekid]

weirdolini on ig

[aquamarinebling]

isafrin measurements comic based off this post of mine; bc someone asked, and I am a lady of my word (sometimes) <3

[aardvaark]

i don’t mind suspending my disbelief for leverage’s person-sized ventilation shafts bc that’s pretty standard for the genre, but that doesn’t mean i won’t laugh a bit at some of the egregiously large vents. particularly in the crowning acheivement job (lev: red s2 finale) because - well just look at this lol! harry and parker, two adults, can kneel side by side in those vents. parker can sit upright.

that museum was made for vent crawling purposes. that’s just an extra room in the museum they forgot to decorate. the leverageverse has a thief union that successfully lobbied for a better working environment. these vents double as a playground for museum-goers’ children. i was crying with laughter thinking about this and harry’s vent crisis was NOT helping me remember that there was a serious heist thing going on lol, i love this show.

[lilybug-02]

He forgor

Bug Fact: Mosquito Hawks (aka Crane Flies) are not Mosquitos nor Hawks! They look like big mosquitos, but they don't even have a mouth. Pictures Below

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Volume 2 Masterpost ▴♥︎▴

They look kinda scary, but they fly like a drunk sailor and are really funny once you know they can't even hurt you.

[celestialmacros]

Large Chestnut Weevil (Curculio proboscideus)

August 20, 2024

John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge, Tinicum, Pennsylvania

Always amazed what I find on the boardwalk railing out in the middle of a freshwater tidal marsh.

[onenicebugperday]

Abbott’s carpenter bee, Xylocopa abbotti, Apidae

Found in Southeast Asia

Photo 1 by clicque, 2-3 by rckinglet21, and 4-7 by oscarnine

[charcoaldustonmyfingers]

I raise you: What if Rise Mikey had a cat tho

Just a little doodle of a potential pet for the brothers! I named him Slice because Klunk is usually orange like a pizza slice, and Raph’s pet turtle in ‘12 is named Spike or Slash. They found him eating pizza in a dumpster.

Like all friendly orange cats, he shall be loyal as a dog and dumb as a rock! Mayhem probably begrudgingly tolerates him. His paws are big cause he’ll grow to be be a big fella someday.

Partially inspired by my housemates’ cats, who are silly and big respectively.

[bkyngw]

fanart @transformers-synergize

people should read this tf fancomic :]

[dualcosmog]

0738 Vikavolt

[readingtheentrails]

Fripperies

Lorne - Gwendoline Christie

Severance - Season 2, Episode 3 - Who Is Alive

Lorne Gifs 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11

[doctorbeth]

Rabbit -- one of your cherished stuffed companions

Rabbit belongs to one of you dear people, and she gave me permission to share his story with you.:-) He was in the hospital about a year ago.

She initially wrote:

I live in South Florida and I am a big fan of your hospital! I have a stuffed rabbit plush animal, I believe he may have once been a Bugs Bunny plush, but to me he has always been "Rabbit" and I cannot find any leads online as to his "origins". Rabbit has been with me since I was 6 months old-- he's almost 24 years old! He's been my constant companion, and I still sleep with him and love him to this day. As you might imagine, this has led to many surgeries... 

Lately, Rabbit has had very thin fabric fur, and you can see through to the stuffing (mostly on his tummy). He's also in need of some new stuffing, as his current has gotten pretty clumpy over the years. My mom and I have talked about possibly giving him a  complete fur transplant on his tummy as we have applied patches before, but we aren't experts and don't want to cause him harm! He gets holes in his fabric very easily as he has become very delicate from love over the years... We are almost afraid to touch him with anything other than a hug! 

Now there were many photos attached to this note, and just fyi, for diagnosis the more photos the better, but you all don't need quite so many close ups... here are three critical photos from his diagnosis:

You can really see in the last two photos how thin his fabric was getting.... but he has such a cute face, and it's mostly embroidered, and I thought they may want to keep that, so.... there were many (actually 7!) options for his care. Keep in mind, he's over 2 feet long, too. Here were the treatment options (a spa could be added to any):

1) Given his style of fabric, and his artistic belly patches, and the fact that he has embroidered facial features, we could line his body with new fabric.  This reinforces his body and limbs while keeping his current appearance.  He would get all new body stuffing as part of this treatment, as the stuffing would need to come out for lining and it can't go back in.  But, a small amount of original stuffing would be preserved in a heart in his chest.  With this treatment, he could still wear, but you would see lining before stuffing.  Also, for future repairs, the lining could take the pressure of stitches away from his skin.  I would also minimize the older scarring on his side. 

2) I can do everything in option 1, plus line his head. 

3) I can do everything in option 1, plus line his head and ears. 

4) Instead of lining, we could recover just his belly and lower sides of limbs. His original skin (and old patches) would remain underneath, reinforcing the new fabric.  I would get as close as possible to his current fabric color and texture.  Perfect fabric matches are rarely possible, but if that is the case, I will send photos of him with transplant options so you can choose what you like best. I would also minimize his scars. 

5) I can recover his entire torso and limbs (leaving his head and ears as is). I would also minimize his scars.

6) I can recover his belly and lower side of limbs around his patches (keeping his artistic appearance). I would also minimize his scars.

7) I can recover his belly around his patches and recover the rest of his body and limbs. I would also minimize his scars.

His person thought about it, discussed it with her family, and ultimately decided on option 5: recover his entire torso and limbs but leave his head and ears as is. They also added a spa for Rabbit, which would treat the lumpiness of his stuffing as well as clean him.

So Rabbit flew to the hospital and began treatment with his bubble bath:

He got restuffed before recovering, so here is his heart being made and installed with a bit of his original stuffing:

I started by recovering his gray areas, leaving the white of his pawpads and tail original. At this point, I sent chubbiness approval photos and let his person decide whether she still wanted to recover the white (which was in better shape than the gray):

His person wrote: "Wow, he looks amazing!! His chubbiness looks perfect, I can't wait to hold him! I would like to recover his white patches of fur"

So Rabbit got closed up, and the white got recovered, and then he was ready to fly home!

Approved, Rabbit flew home to Florida. When he arrived back cross country, his person wrote:

Rabbit is home!! Thank you so, so much!! He looks amazing, he's soooo soft and cuddly, I can't wait to spend many many more years with my darling angel rabbit! I cannot thank you enough Doctor, you're truly an angel!! I'm so blessed to have found you and your lovely hospital!! My mom and I can't stop gushing over how soft and cuddly Rabbit is, he's like brand new! I'll continue to treasure him for the rest of my life with your help!

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