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having my evening cucumber

I offered a portion to this large and mannerly horse

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Leafhoppers - Cicadellidae

(PART 1) / (PART 2) / (PART 3) / (PART 4) / (PART 5) / (PART 6) / (PART 7) / (PART 8)

Do you ever see an insect and think . . . What the hell? What the helly? What the helleonte? What the helleon? What the helleberry? Wait . . . isn't this the intro I used for my treehoppers series ? ? Yes, it is. But hear me out, it applies to leafhoppers too (that, and I ran out of inspo for a good intro). They are just beauties, really strange and magnificent ones at that.

Another leafhopper post ! ! I wanted to dedicate this one to the tribe Cicadellini, which is gorgeous ! :DD

Bhandara semiclara

Tacora saturata

Atkinsoniella huangi

Cavichiana bromelicola

Amblyscarta opulenta

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Bhandara semiclara

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/37331966

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/190397412

Tacora saturata

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/37912858

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/265042799

Atkinsoniella huangi

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/192281170

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/30507292

Cavichiana bromelicola

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/107409849

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/214495123

Amblyscarta opulenta

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/49322509

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Do you understand?

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A large part of the reason families were bigger in the past was because marital rape was not considered rape and birth control/abortion methods were ineffective, dangerous and/or illegal. We can dance around this and act like our great great great grandmothers just loveddddd being mamas so much that they decided out of their own free will to have 11 children. We can pretend that they DECIDED to have big families because it was a financially advantageous decision so they could have more labor around the farm. But a lot of children in the past were fundamentally unwanted and not conceived out of love, children were not a choice women got to make. We need to admit that and stop pretending historical women were inherently more maternal because they were impregnated at the age of 15 and kept having babies until they were 40. That did not make them loving mothers, it did not make them ‘the divine feminine’ and it sure did not make them happy.

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OMFGs. I'm so excited.

Look at this absolutely legendary pale prominent moth that visited. Behold, one of the greatest twig-moths of all time!

Behold it! It's lil face!

Epic twig/bit of old stem mimicry. Perfect. No notes. What an absolute joy to see.

I cannot love this moth enough, camo bugs are my favourite bugs ever.

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Fugcking fisgh

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Dotted Glory (Asterope markii), family Nymphalidae, Tena, Ecuador

photographs by Michael Garcia

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Men will date a convicted embezzler and say "all women are gold diggers"

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I love the dover sole. Look at this dopey motherfucker

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Today’s sea slug is Antiopella cristata, commonly known as the crested aeolis or the crystal sea slug.

Image source: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/173369526

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A Brandt's cormarant (Urile penicillatus) on a nest in La Jolla Cove, California, USA

by Robyn Waayers

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Resurrection

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Blue-faced Honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis), family Meliphagidae, order Passeriformes, Far North QLD, Australia

photograph by Mark Pronger

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Candy-striped aka Red-striped Leafhopper (Graphocephala coccinea), family Cicadellidae, IL, USA

This leafhopper grows to a max. length of 8.4 mm.

photograph by Bruce Marlin

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Rough-snouted giant gecko (Rhacodactylus trachyrhynchus), family Diplodactylidae, endemic to New Caledonia

this large gecko grows to a max snout vent length of 19 cm (7.5 in).

photograph by Reptiles4all

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Large-Eared Free-Tailed Bat, photographed by Paul Webala, (source)

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Pacific Ring-necked Snake (Diadophis punctatus amabilis), family Colubridae, Northern CA, USA

photographs by Bob Ferguson