#larva

[onenicebugperday]

@billionneuronscurious​ submitted: A Caterpillar of Mangina argus with Parasitoid’s eggs.

Location: Maharashtra, India.

Beautiful friend! Shame that it likely isn’t going to make it to adulthood after being parasitized. So it goes.

Here’s an adult of the same species for admiration:

Photo by devinth09

[bone-free-as-the-wind]

Fossil of dragonfly larva or I don’t know.

[silverbridge-harbor]

A juvenile bug isn't called a larva until it reaches the surface. While it's still underground it's called a margma

[its-nice-its-different]

Found this little fella (around 2 cm long) on my fence post. I think the head is on the right hand side as this part was moving around.

I did some research and am pretty certain this is the larvae of a Mottled Cup Moth. I thought it was pretty boldly sitting out in the open until I read that it's coloured hairs STING!

The adult is brown and non distinctive, in stark contrast to its larvae.

@onenicebugperday you might like this.

[waffled-iron]

good fucking morning guys. today will be a good day. beetle grub found. fat as fuck. wonderful.

I have gotten only 5 ish hours of sleep bjy beetle grub will make it better

[ecoharbor]

📍Iceland 🇮🇸

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[plusie]

[kdw0000]

"𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆'𝒔 𝒂 𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒗𝒂 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝑰 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖"

[collemblogging]

Lophocampa maculata (Spotted Tussock Moth)

[onenicebugperday]

@ghoulhugs submitted: CW for dead bug and really gross details.

I had a question about what's happening to the caterpillars in my backyard. The other day, I accidentally left an empty cup outside. When I went to get it, there was a caterpillar around the rim. I poked at it to see about relocating the caterpillar, but it... melted against my finger. It turned from a caterpillar to goo with hardly any pressure being applied. I was disturbed, but didn't think too much about it.

Today, I was outside and saw this little caterpillar on the side of a panel we have outside. This time, I used a flimsy blade of grass to very gently prod it when I didn't see it moving. This was the result. It just completely melted.

I would think it was a molt, but it had actual guts. A web search isn't helping because the results just want to talk about how they liquify in the cocoon, which I don't think is related to this? Is it possible some disease or chemical is doing this to them? 😭

I would say most likely a virus or bacteria. There are a few of them that will make caterpillars turn into goo, but this one looks a lot like baculovirus to me. It makes the caterpillar climb high up and then die and liquefy, dripping virus down onto whatever's below it to keep spreading it to other bugs.

[hunwes]

A happy queen bee 🐝👽👑

"Oh Gerald! I'm just feeling like a queen with your alien seedlings inside me. Still it's hard to believe that last night my belly was flat like a pan, and now... full of life, love, hope and squirming alien babies inside me... no matter if they look like larva. I just love the way I look. So round, so motherly, soo... like a real woman. Heavy and swollen. And finally I don't need a plastic surgery to increase my boobs. Mmmh... this is sensational! I mean the way these babies movie inside me. Making my pussy so wet... and hungry for your precious alien cock again. So come on! Hail to your queen bee again, and fulfill her naughty wish. I need you so hard!"

[drafthearse]

Figwort sawfly (Tenthredo scrophulariae) larva in defensive posture. Keila, Northwestern Estonia

[fhtagn-and-tentacles]

HEAVY FOOL

by Lucas Bischoff

[sweetbugs]

[caleod]

19-12-23