Please add me to the entomology club!
Sharing a picture of a Wheel bug I saw on campus. Wheel bugs are a kind of assassin bug, and their bite is so painful I’ve seen it compared to being shot(or worse). Despite this though they’re beneficial and eat pests! I just wouldn’t suggest handling any, ever.
[img]https://i.imgur.com/hXHHM6r.jpg[/img]
Please add me to the entomology club!
Sharing a picture of a Wheel bug I saw on campus. Wheel bugs are a kind of assassin bug, and their bite is so painful I’ve seen it compared to being shot(or worse). Despite this though they’re beneficial and eat pests! I just wouldn’t suggest handling any, ever.
Oh... just saw today's post. Have you ever see an earwig's wings? They're really beautiful!
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Oh... just saw today's post. Have you ever see an earwig's wings? They're really beautiful!
Speaking of parental care, I have a few photos of spiders with egg sacs I've been lucky enough to spot!
[img]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/817615720794947615/896521417007439912/SPOILER_bug.jpg[/img]
Lynx spiders are excellent mothers and will guard their egg sac until it hatches (they can also spit venom!)
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And of course wolf spiders are famous for carrying around both their eggs and young babies
[img]https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/896784250144190504/1102787341015335012/droxy.jpg[/img]
But did you know that isopods (including the common pillbug) are also good parents? The females have a pouch (called a marsupium) in which they carry their eggs and young offspring. Once they're developed enough to set out on their own, the mother appears to give birth to them. In some species, she may even keep close to them for a while. The babies in the photo above are newborns, look how [i]tiny[/i] they start out.
(edited bc apparently if you put a space in "pillbug" FR censors it...)
Speaking of parental care, I have a few photos of spiders with egg sacs I've been lucky enough to spot!
Lynx spiders are excellent mothers and will guard their egg sac until it hatches (they can also spit venom!)
And of course wolf spiders are famous for carrying around both their eggs and young babies
But did you know that isopods (including the common pillbug) are also good parents? The females have a pouch (called a marsupium) in which they carry their eggs and young offspring. Once they're developed enough to set out on their own, the mother appears to give birth to them. In some species, she may even keep close to them for a while. The babies in the photo above are newborns, look how
tiny they start out.
(edited bc apparently if you put a space in "pillbug" FR censors it...)
Hello fellow bug people, I desire to be accepted into the [s]etymology[/s] entomology club. Here, accept this lovely wasp as my tribute:
[center][img]https://i.imgur.com/ipr6xw3.jpg[/img]
[img]https://i.imgur.com/8gbpfp9.jpg[/img][/center]
(I dunno what wasp it is, but it sure was enjoying that goldenrod)
Hello fellow bug people, I desire to be accepted into the
etymology entomology club. Here, accept this lovely wasp as my tribute:
(I dunno what wasp it is, but it sure was enjoying that goldenrod)
@
Vertigris When I was younger and we had a pool, I made it my duty to fish out mama wolf spiders and carry them to safety. Even if the mama didn't survive, I always hoped that I was at least giving the babies a second chance.
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Vertigris When I was younger and we had a pool, I made it my duty to fish out mama wolf spiders and carry them to safety. Even if the mama didn't survive, I always hoped that I was at least giving the babies a second chance.
years ago (I was like 10 year old, so it was about 20 years ago), my mom spend most of her day trying to make the perfect picture of one of the '[i]Macroglossum stellatarum[/i]' flying in our garden lavender bush. They were so fast that she had a hard time to make the focus and all the pictures were blured.
After a lot of week of patience, she manage to take her picture.
It was the begining of digital saving, and sadly we lost this picture when her first laptop crashed.
But it was too late, the little bug was now her 'spirit animal'.
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Here is a picture of what look alike the first lost photo.[/center][/center]
Since, she took new ones...
I think it's amazing how this bug make me think of my mum... Each time I spot one, It is like I know she is thinking about me or they are bringing a good omen.
Fun fact, I spotted one fly in the garage of the house I was visiting. I didn't see the rest of the house but i was like "okay, it's this one"...
and my partner and I bought the hous 3 monthes later. [emoji=butterfly size=1]
years ago (I was like 10 year old, so it was about 20 years ago), my mom spend most of her day trying to make the perfect picture of one of the '
Macroglossum stellatarum' flying in our garden lavender bush. They were so fast that she had a hard time to make the focus and all the pictures were blured.
After a lot of week of patience, she manage to take her picture.
It was the begining of digital saving, and sadly we lost this picture when her first laptop crashed.
But it was too late, the little bug was now her 'spirit animal'.
Here is a picture of what look alike the first lost photo.
Since, she took new ones...
I think it's amazing how this bug make me think of my mum... Each time I spot one, It is like I know she is thinking about me or they are bringing a good omen.
Fun fact, I spotted one fly in the garage of the house I was visiting. I didn't see the rest of the house but i was like "okay, it's this one"...
and my partner and I bought the hous 3 monthes later.
yay roly poly
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bruh moment . jpg
[img]https://i.postimg.cc/DZmQZw5M/IMG-3937.jpg[/img]
add me to pinglist please!
yay roly poly
bruh moment . jpg
add me to pinglist please!
*tentatively pokes my head in*
Not generally a fan of bugs, but maybe seeing other people's enthusiasm for them will do me some good. I've taken a few photos of them before though (mostly because of Nature's photo hunts), so here's one of a dragonfly from several years ago.
[img]https://i.imgur.com/SoaIzHb.jpg[/img]
*tentatively pokes my head in*
Not generally a fan of bugs, but maybe seeing other people's enthusiasm for them will do me some good. I've taken a few photos of them before though (mostly because of Nature's photo hunts), so here's one of a dragonfly from several years ago.
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I was today years old when I learned earwigs have wings...am now slightly terrified...
I was today years old when I learned earwigs have wings...am now slightly terrified...
