#sowbugs

[13mtm80-designs]

Photos of a couple pill bugs I had in my “pill bug farm” at the old house.

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[bmp-cat]

Roly-poly after a long day of Roly-poly work

[teawiththespleen]

was reminded of the seacoastonline article on isopods id read around 5 years ago, and how affectionately the author wrote about the sowbugs in her garden

They don’t seek out fresh vegetables, instead they seek out dead plant material that is nice and wet — that’s their favorite food.

they do more good than harm by helping return nutrients to the soil and have such delightful personalities it would be a shame to try to kill them.

There are numerous reasons to fall in love with sowbugs (or at least respect them).

I tried not to disturb them. They have a (relatively) long life to look forward to (some species live up to 3 years in the wild), I didn’t want their first encounter with the wild to be too traumatic.

im crying imagine being so loved by another animal

[tanabethel-stims]

Isopod gif pack!

Please credit me if you use these

(I have been informed that the second gif is a pill millipede, don’t make the same mistake that I did)

1 | 2 | 3

4 | 5 | 6

7 | 8 | 9

[rosebud64]

The bug ever

[futurebird]

Using woodlouse logic gates in your natural circuits.

Isopods have 7 pairs of legs all pretty much the same length.

74** logic gates have … 7 pairs of legs all the same length!

Coincidence? I think not!

Clearly, each isopod contains 4 logic gates. This Armadillidium vulgare has 4 AND gates. Don't forget to connect power & ground legs & use pull-down resistors on inputs.

(best practice is to simply ask the rollie to position itself in your circuit.)

Like most natural systems. they use micro-voltages, don't use standard 5V power sources.

[humblegrub]

roly poly song }([[[[[) 🎶

[saltycharacters]

[ID: Digital artwork featuring a collection of ocs with arthropod familiars. The 1st image is a lineup of 4 adults, including (left to right): A ducky isopod man named Tito Chen with a pompadour, sunglasses, and flashy suit, a shorter man named Dante-Enriquez Rivera with a toadbug familiar, curly hair in a bun, facial hair, and suspenders, a person named Blizzard Dunkley with a buzz-cut, agrias butterfly familiar, long blue coat, red-and-blue glasses, and large earrings, and finally a woman named Yolanda Sali with a harvestman familiar, in a nurses coat, stethoscope around her neck. Next drawing features 2 new adults, the first of which is named Maikel Miguel Patagara, who has multi-colored hair, prominent freckles, overalls and a prosthetic on their right foot, alongside a cayenne tick familiar. The second iteration of vim has eye shadows and an unhappier expression, and two prosthetic for each foot, seemingly home-made unlike the previous one. Zi is also wearing a necklace with a giant cat-eye type jewel, alongside a coat that’s on the 2nd person in the drawing - a little note mentions that this is xyr look “after Ireneo died”. Ireneo (Maria) Ressa, the 2nd person, has short grey hair, a long, fluffy coat, black cloth gloves, and some vitiligo, alongside a sowbug familiar. He's holding a notebook, pen tucked behind eir ear, and the 2nd iteration shows them without the coat. The final drawing is a doodle dump of Ireneo and Maikel mostly, showing such things as: them at a bar, Ireneo’s arm around Maikel’s shoulders as she says, “Hey me & my partner saw you from across the bar and we think your vibe sucks ass. Can we beat you up”, them kissing, Maikel at a pottery wheel while Ireneo watches, their familiars with hearts around them, and finally Maikel holding a phone up to their ear and saying, “Hey could you come pick me up they’re pelting me with rotten fruit in the town square again”. End ID]

Been thinking about my bug familiar story again

[gattogrigiobjd]

Don't eat me. by Nadine Via Flickr: Camellia Dynasty Rosemary and Quirky Qritters Marimo

[onewholivesinloops]

all my twitter mutuals are fighting over juriori and satorika and its making me so upset!!!! higurashi and utena are SO similar thematically and both pairings are so good im sorry if this makes me a yuri centrist but we should all be holding hands

LITERALLYYYYYY SPEAK YOUR TRUTH OOMFIE both series deal heavily with misogyny and satoko's story in gou satokowashi in particular is about how women have to maneuver a world which is actively hostile to them and forces them to compete with one another (this is the entire reason satoko is abused and ostracized by the other girls bc she fails at performing womanhood!!!!!) which is VERY utena!!!!!! satoko and shiori are besties to me

[cryptic-science]

rate the setup ⁉️

(t. rathkii and a few p. spinicornis)

[13mtm80-designs]

Photo of a pill bug I had in my “pill bug farm” at the old house.

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Please: Like, Reblog, & Follow

[bmp-cat]

a redraw Rolypoly after a long day of Rolypoly work

[wingedarrows]

IMPORTANT REVELATION THERE IS AN ISOPOD IN MY KITCHEN

[01rand]

hi, are you still taking orders/preorders for your charms?

hi - there is still some stock left but the umineko, some XIV charms, and all the uchikoshi charms have sold out unfortunately. I can let you know when I restock if you want!

[pokemonpowergirl]

You know Lechonk reminds me of Herbert from Big City Greens and the Pig-Like Sowbug Marcy used in Amphibia.