v-spicata
v-spicata
Odd little scribbler
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Some strange little guy keen on nature. My artwork's tagged #my art if you want to have a look, mostly sketches and random bits and bobs. (I mainly just reblog weird animals I like though) He/him, AuDHD
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v-spicata · 10 hours ago
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having my evening cucumber
I offered a portion to this large and mannerly horse
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v-spicata · 12 hours ago
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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
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Tacora saturata
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Atkinsoniella huangi
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Cavichiana bromelicola
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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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v-spicata · 14 hours ago
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Do you understand?
#oh
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v-spicata · 14 hours ago
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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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v-spicata · 14 hours ago
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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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v-spicata · 14 hours ago
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Fugcking fisgh
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v-spicata · 15 hours ago
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Dotted Glory (Asterope markii), family Nymphalidae, Tena, Ecuador
photographs by Michael Garcia
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v-spicata · 15 hours ago
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Men will date a convicted embezzler and say "all women are gold diggers"
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v-spicata · 19 hours ago
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I love the dover sole. Look at this dopey motherfucker
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v-spicata · 19 hours ago
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Today’s sea slug is Antiopella cristata, commonly known as the crested aeolis or the crystal sea slug.
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Image source: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/173369526
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v-spicata · 19 hours ago
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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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v-spicata · 19 hours ago
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Resurrection
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v-spicata · 20 hours ago
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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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v-spicata · 20 hours ago
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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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v-spicata · 1 day ago
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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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v-spicata · 2 days ago
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Large-Eared Free-Tailed Bat, photographed by Paul Webala, (source)
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v-spicata · 2 days ago
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Pacific Ring-necked Snake (Diadophis punctatus amabilis), family Colubridae, Northern CA, USA
photographs by Bob Ferguson
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