#water mites

[cricketchirp]

Season Opener

You might think of it as a homecoming; a return to that time of year when all begins again. Slowly. Ever Evolving. A time when one needs to stand watch and listen. And so My Guy and I did yesterday when we heard this Red-bellied Woodpecker before we finally spotted it. And for the first time I could actually see the red belly for which it is named. A time when I start visiting vernal pools and…

[almightyhamslice]

Insektober day 9: Seaside

Ambrose and Thoran rest beside the sea at Khord Shore, allowing the local water mites to crawl over them as they lean against each other. Ambrose is a notorious pirate who wishes to be a captain someday, but is held back by his boss. Thoran wants to live a quiet and peaceful life, but always finds herself entangled with the pirates. The two hate each other, and yet they still sit together under the sunset. What must draw them to each other?

Weirdly tender piece between 2 underexplained characters of mine. I absolutely love Thoran and will talk abt her any chance I get, but there's not much of her on this blog! And Ambrose... I straight up didn't post him at all lol! I'll tell you about them right now, then! Also since it's quick, regarding the water mites: they're kind of like pests to the residents of Khord Shore, though some think they're cute and keep them as pets. They're like rats but semi aquatic and arachnids LOL. They're not anthropomorphic, kind of like how the Amorites are in the show.

Ambrose is a spotted lanternfly. I basically designed him as a central villain for a certain episode of my insektors rewrite that I haven't gotten to yet... he's something of a megalomaniac, though his boss usually "keeps him in check"... by manipulating him. He likes to take on a leading role, though often thinks he is held back by his fellow pirates. He knows as well as any other pirate in his crew that it's dangerous for him to fight alone, but he wishes his backup would. y'know. back him up. He wants Thoran to go on raids with him, but she hates the pirate life & wishes to stay out of trouble. It's frustrating-- Thoran's one of the only people Ambrose trusts, but he hates how stubborn she can be!

Thoran is an eastern dobsonfly. She's part of the same rewrite story as Ambrose, though she is more of a grey figure-- she's a Yuk, but isn't allied with the other Yuks around her. She is kind to those who are kind to her, regardless of alignment essentially. Also, she is transgender! Though you may have already guessed that if you're familiar with dobsonflies in real life. Unlike Krabo, Greeb, Moritz, and Zarojo, Thoran doesn't have access to medication so mostly relies on social presentation. Dobsonfly gender roles are interesting as well-- female dobsonflies are expected to be strong and fierce, while males are just supposed to be pretty (their mandibles are purely decorative, they're soft and not good for fighting!)-- so Thoran's been literally fighting her entire life to gain respect from her peers. That's how she lost her eye and part of her mandible! She's actually proud of the jaw scar-- the stump that's left of her mandible looks much more like a cis female dobsonfly's would. She's been thinking about getting her other mandible filed down or cut off, but she thinks it wouldn't be "honorable" or "fair" if she didn't lose it in a real fight. So I guess she has some self-destructive tendencies going on, though she definitely doesn't see it that way-- she thinks she NEEDS to risk her life in order to be viewed as 'valid' by her fellow Yuks. She doesn't have much support, so often results to a life of isolation and reclusivity. My god I rambled a lot abt her LOL. I LIKE HER A LOT OK...

Also to clarify about yuk/krud terminology-- 'Yuks' are an umbrella term for the whole group of Insektors that are dull colors and don't fly, while 'Kruds' are specifically the Yuks that live in Krud City. So every Krud is a Yuk but not every Yuk is a Krud! Joyces and Verigreens are the same-- they're only 'Verigreens' if they live in Flowered City. Also I saw Saw X today finallY!!!! it was so fucking good lol.

[criminal-sen]

Driving 25 min to a vet (as opposed to all the ones super close to me) cuz the assistant that helped me last time was transmasc:/ I don't even know if they work there anymore. but they were very nice and also a teeeeny tiny part of my inspiration to start transitioning ngl

[clannfearrunt]

I’m still processing and IDing the guys I met at the blacklighting event I went to last night, but here’s probably the best photo I took there. A water scavenger beetle, specifically Tropisternus lateralis nimbatus, with mites! The naturalist holding the event ID’d it down to subspecies it’s so cool. Everyone loves this photo I’m getting a good grade in entomology

[essektheylyss]

Also there is a square foot BLOCK of condensed potting soil that I removed from a pot to add a bunch of coarser material to that is sitting on my back deck on a tarp because I need it to dry out. That's what my poor ferns were languishing in. The pot was half the weight by the time I finished. Horrific. No wonder my poor elephant ear died.

[preventthetoast]

Did you even know that they invented the beanie baby ladybug in real life??????

Gaze upon the form a of perfected god and weep.

[thunderpounce-inc]

So I just ordered something, and I have some very choice ideas on how to get it clean enough for my liking

(I have OCD and trauma relating to cleanliness)

No idea where he was stored prior to me getting him, but he's old and used (and damaged), so I'm going to guess a garage or something like that

...

Mold mites die when exposed to temperatures over 160F for at least 30 minutes

OH SHIT THE RESULTS ARE IN!!!

[smolpout]

i hav sumthng rly fukked up 2 say (cw pls dnt clik if u hav mentall healthh issues tht culd b trigereddd,, sry in advance im relapsingg into ed)

dada who onlyy lets me hav plant based protein shakes in a babie bottlee n no food til i look th wayy he wantss !! ♡ ໒꒰ྀི˶˃ᆺ˂˶꒱ྀི১

[keepontalking]

Ryuji: Pick what you want, as a thank you for tutoring me.

Amane: *presses a button on the vending machine and pulls out a drink*

Me: Who Chooses water as their treat?

Me: Hold up

Me: IS THAT THE CUTIE PIE WATER?

[nogchompa]

Good morning

[berryblu-soda]

call my kalanchoe theseus´ ship, the way it doesnt have a single one of the leaves it had when i first got it *tiny sob*

[o-wyrmlight]

One of the squash plants stems split really badly and I wasn't sure about how to fix it. In the process of examining it, I ended up breaking the stem, so it doesn't matter now, anyway. So guess that plant's trashed now, huh.

[angelcloves]

peace and love on planet cookie

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[buttercuparry]

I know I sound like a broken record by now: repeating the same things others have said before but I think banality of it all is the point of my post. The fact that I have nothing new to say– not about the genocide in Gaza, not about the dwindling attention of allies, is HORRIFYING. 

It has been 11 months of a genocide that the UN calls “war on children”. Malnutrition, diseases, lack of suitable medical care have caused Gazan children to lose their childhood; to lose their lives entirely!  

There is no hope left for a future unmarked of pain and my friend Siraj Abudayeh ( @siraj2024 ) , who is father to three sons describes it as a “feeling of oppression”.  He laments that his children have been forced away from their schools, hopes and dreams  by colonizers and where before there were ambitions to excel in either studies or sports, all they know now is helplessness, fear and anger. 

Siraj has told me how his children- Abed, Muhammad and Amir have confessed to their father about how they have begun to  feel guilty for surviving at all now ; after having lost so many of their friends to the genocide they are experiencing survivor's guilt and it breaks my heart to hear that. Abed, the eldest son, is ONLY ELEVEN!!  Can you imagine an eleven year old feeling guilty because he has managed to survive while his friends haven't ? And what kind of survival it is– Half starving, drinking unclean water, forced into tents where sand mites pester him throughout the day?

I am not sure what happened or why the engagement with fundraisers has dropped so drastically lately but there is nothing more atrocious, more horrible than apathy when children are suffering.  It is so strange that we can quote James Baldwin so easily and yet have failed to understand what he meant when he said,

"The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; ...whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality. ”

We have the power that is not afforded to Gazans and therefore it is on us to be attentive no matter how repetitive these posts feel. It is ridiculous and dehumanizing that during a genocide one has to worry about making a post original enough to maintain attention. And yes I know that we won't be able to stop the horrifying banality of Israel’s evil in a day but WE CAN help provide FIVE families that are dependent on this fundraiser with a lifeline during times such as these.  

Please we have managed to get this far after struggling for so long, it cannot be that we will fail Siraj when he is so close to the end goal of 82k !!

So DONATE AND BOOST. Find it in yourself to not just reblog but circulate the fundraiser among your colleagues, friends and family. Share it in your whatsapp chats and discord servers. Share it on every other platform that you may have a reach on.

Currently at $72,987 CAD of the short term goal of 75k. We have 2k left to raise by tomorrow. 

Vetting at 219