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THE BLACK WITCH (Ascalapha odorata), family Erebidae, Managua, Nicaragua

This moth is huge, with females attaining a wingspan of up to 24 cm (9.45 in).

photograph by Copris Lugubris

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No. 18 Macrocilix maia

Found across East Asia through to Sumatra and Borneo.

While many moths around the world have evolved to camouflage themselves as bird droppings, M. maia is remarkable for also including markings resembling two flies feeding on it as well.

Some sources also report that the moth also emits a strong smell, although scientific studies on the species are almost non-existent so this is difficult to verify.

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Lava cactus (Brachycereus nesioticus) growing in the Galápagos Islands

by Matthew Paulson

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Southern Golden bat, via

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Gouldian Finch (Chloebia gouldiae), family Estrildidae, order Passeriformes, Australia

Photograph by Laurie Ross

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My dad and my nibling died a yearish ago, and I miss them a lot. I'm wondering what kind of organism they would get. My dad loved trees and my nibling hated corn. (They were studying environmental science or something like that, and they did an internship researching corn, and at the end they hated corn so much that they got a badass corn demon tattoo.) Anyway, I think they would enjoy sharing an organism, as long as it's not corn. I love your blog, thank you.

String identified: a a g a a ag, a t a t. ' g at ga t gt. a t a g at c. (T tg ta cc tg tat, a t a t acg c, a at t t at c c tat t gt a aa c tatt.) Aa, t t ag a ga, a g a t' t c. g, ta .

Closest match: Verbena officinalis genome assembly, chromosome: 7 Common name: Common vervain

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beauty standards are so fucked up what happened to i love your body because it's you. what then.

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the assisted dying debate is so crazy

because i do fundamentally believe everyone should have the right to die when they want.

BUT if they legalise assisted suicide in the UK right now i don't trust our ableist fucking government to not just start coercing disabled people into suicide to save money. they already won't give them enough money to live.

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Sinixt woman, Shelly Boyd, Canada, by Mike Graeme

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Radiated Tortoise (Astrochelys radiata), family Testudinidae, Madagascar

CRITICALLY ENDANGERED.

Most Radiated Tortoises are more patterned than this. This individual's shell patterns have faded with age, likely older than 75 years old. Her name is Ghost.

photograph by Andry Fandresena

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dude.

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Umbella ☂️

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Here's a funky dude I found! (FL)

Beetle ID - FL, USA:

This is a predatory ground beetle called the Fiery Searcher (Calosoma scrutator), family Carabidae.