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Blue Leg Centipede (Ethmostigmus trigonopodus) by Frupus

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found not one, but TWO parasitoid wasps on the same plant the other day. another win for wasp enjoyers

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friend :) look how pretty her colors are!!

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A large, beautiful (possibly gravid) Platycryptus undatus I found in my house a few years ago 🥰 she was so friendly and curious and looked right up at the camera! I took her outside to release her and fed her a small fly before she went on her way.

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the vibes when there are some bugs under a rock

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While entomology is trending: a legit list of bug projects worth donating to/participating in.

Did not have "frozen bug man asking to borrow an outlet is a potentially fraudulent misogynist" on my entomology bingo card for this year, so trying to do something good with the fact that entomology is currently trending, here's a list of what SHOULD BE (I am no longer confident) good bug projects to donate to/participate in if you feel so inclined! Please also add good bug projects if you know any! Click the names of the institutions to find ways to donate.

The Frost Entomology Museum - Part of Penn State University, which has started up its public insect fair again this year! The museum has a "Hexapod Haiku Challenge," and I'm screaming.

The Lost Ladybug Project - Fair warning that the main webpage for it looks mildly sketch, but I can find it in multiple places that it's a real project of Cornell. It has a citizen science component where you can photograph specimens for them (no killing bugs)!

The Smithsonian Natural History Museum Department of Entomology

The Big Bug Hunt - An international project that appears to have the backing of multiple universities. It's a citizen science project to track the movements of bugs that are both detrimental and beneficial to crops. I am honestly not sure how this will affect the bugs though because the point is to protect home gardeners' crops from them.

University of California Riverside Department of Entomology

Cornell University Department of Entomology Giving Page - There's a tab at the right with three different projects of theirs: The Cornell University Insect Collection Fund, the Lost Ladybug Project Fund, and the Pollinator Health Research Fund

Michigan State University Department of Entomology - They have A BUNCH of named entomology funds you can donate to, or you can give them money that they can use flexibly.

Entomological Society of America

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I met some relatives of my beloved leatherleaf slugs in the mangroves of Singapore, the onch slugs! they’re perhaps some of the slowest-moving animals I’ve ever encountered; this is one in a hurry:

the species pictured is a Platevindex, which are particularly interesting to me since their backs are studded with extra eyes! the dorsal papillae each have a little black dot that’s a photoreceptor, which helps the slug detect changes in light exposure.

onchidiids are marine animals, living on costal rocks and in mangroves, but breathe air and spend much of their time out of the water. like the leatherleafs, they’ve got a dry, tough hide that maintains water balance, but Platevindex takes that to an extreme—when I picked one up, it felt like a vulcanized rubber tire!

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A very pretty little beetle I found yesterday! I believe it's Chrysobothris chrysoela, a type of metallic wood boring beetle :)

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sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt 😳

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I haven't posted in a whiiile but I'm back! With a new username! :D I straight up forgot I had this blog lmao. But now I am here to post about little dudes with a bunch of little legs

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Cleaning Tools

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today’s the day I buy these squishy lads some tomatoes.

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Terrestrial Flatworms by Art Anker on Flickr // Facebook Photos shared with permission; do not remove credit.

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A lovely dark Centris with blue highlights and a cape of white.  

Eyes like coals.  

What is it thinking?  

Collected with Laurence Packer while we toured southern Chile and Patagonia sleeping by the side of the road, in the woods or in pastures.  Did anyone care.  No.  Chile is cool.  Photo by Kelly Graninger.

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Tortoise Beetle, Stolas placida by Andreas Kay

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Rainbow Scarab Beetle