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Cool dragonfly I saw

R.I.P my son. I only had you for 44 days. There will forever be a silverfish shaped hole in my heart.

I would still pet it.

what if cat with 8 long legs like a spider but in a cute way :3

skitter skitter

Thank you @mangobronypower for voting for Oakie and spreading the word! This is a digital piece we did featuring a lady beetle :)

First art post for Oakie this year! We've been doing more digital art recently since we got a new laptop/tablet. Thank you @jtranageder1 for voting for our favorite enby acorn!

(the more people vote for Oakie in this poll and like or comment to let us know, the more art we will post)

🐛 caterpillar - the returning champion of the 2023 race at 41.6% of the votes

🐌 snail - runner up of the 2023 race at 38.3%, only 3.3% behind the caterpillar.

🪱 worm - placed last in 2023, with only 20.1% of votes

🪲 beetle, 🐞 ladybug, and 🐝 bee are new competitors!

i love you wasps i love you flies i love you beetles i love you moths i love you non-bee pollinators i love you "uncharismatic" organisms who nonetheless carry our ecosystem on your backs

Wasps are great! Some social wasps can not only recognize individuals of their own species, they can recognize humans as well and “befriend” people!

I’ve had positive experiences with the yellowjackets that live around campus at my school- my school is full of insect lovers who are pretty chill about them, and I think they recognize that at least some of the humans around them are friendly, as they’ll often land on me or share a bite of my lunch, but have never stung me or been aggressive, and I haven’t heard anyone talk about them stinging people.

There are also lots of cool wasps outside of yellowjackets and hornets, many of which cannot sting. Some of them are ridiculously tiny- the smallest insect in the world is a type of fairy wasp smaller than some single-called parameciums and amoebas. (Wikipedia article here if you’re interested.) Wasps are incredibly diverse and beautiful, and we needn’t fear and loathe them because a few of them might sting.

[Image description from alt text: A photo of a small brown wasp pollinating a dandelion. Only part of the dandelion flower is visible, because it dwarfs the wasp in size. The wasp has faint, light stripes on its abdomen, bent antennae, and purplish eyes.]

I saw this posted on reddit to a wholesome memes sub, and it was full of nothing but people being unnecessarily awful on a post trying to spread information about why these creatures are beautiful and worthy of living. (Interesting note: They don't need a reason to be allowed to live.) I got sick of trying to correct people on there who were more interested in hating wasps than hearing the truth.

Honestly, it's just exhausting sometimes.

Source: @shencomix - Thanks for helping to spread the word, buddy.

NO ANTI-WASP SENTIMENTS ON THIS POST

[Image description: a large container of rainbow nonpareils. End ID.]

Squeee! Cockroach friends, come and share this bounty!

Trick or treat! I’m a cockroach this year 🪳

Happy Halloween! 😊

For you and all your cockroach buddies

Our inbox/DMs are open for tumblr trick or treat!

We’ve seen people talking about this and wanted to join in. Here’s our costume!

[Image Description from alt text: An image of a person in a homemade cockroach costume, taken from the back. The costume features long brown “wings” attached to the back of their shirt, an oval with a black pattern on it representing a cockroach’s pronotum covering the back of their neck, and a headband with long orange “antennae.” End ID.]

We’re an Australian Cockroach, Periplaneta australasiae!

Happy Halloween!!!

a signed version of the fixed chart, for reposting

Do Bug Zappers Work? Yeah—About As Well As Any Other Indiscriminate Wildlife Slaughter.

Bug zappers kill bugs by the thousands. But there’s a problem: They kill the wrong bugs. They are ineffective against mosquitoes and other biting flies, and their otherwise indiscriminate killing can disrupt pollination and generally throw the environment out of balance. Plus, the force of their electrocution can spew a mist of disease-ridden bug parts out into the air. All of the mosquito experts we spoke with and every relevant university extension office we could find unanimously condemned bug zappers. To keep an area free of bugs or to prevent yourself from getting bitten, there are much better alternatives.

Read more:

Wirecutter: Reviews for the Real World

Do Bug Zappers Work? Yeah—About As Well As Any Other Indiscriminate Wildlife Slaughter.

Bug zappers kill the wrong bugs—to control bugs without a spray repellent, use a spatial repellent or a fan instead.

I hate walking outside and hearing something crunch underfoot. I never know if it’s a stick or if I now have to mourn some hapless invertebrate I accidentally crushed.

Wow. Just wow. I’d heard about bees playing, but I didn’t know some of the other cool things mentioned in this video, like the fact that bees can learn by watching others. 💛🐝

This is why I don’t squash insects that happen to wander into the house. This is why I am against that sort of careless killing. Because we so drastically underestimate what insects are capable of. They are living beings, quite possibly each with their own desires and fears and inner lives. Many people forget that insects are animals. Many people forget that so are we.

honestly, the things that insects are capable of will never cease to amaze me

Vote for Norman, he’s from a disturbing song about religious abuse. Don’t know the source media? Spend less than 5 minutes listening to this song.  (Trigger warnings for religious abuse/religious trauma, disturbing imagery, and bugs including spiders.) Now you do. Also, the name “Norman Minecraft” was decided by the fans. 

major bracket round 1 group d

So. The acorn we were all rooting for lost the poll. Wolfie the Seawolf has been announced the victor. But! It was the closest race in the 10-year history of Mascot Madness.

Thank you all for joining me and supporting the silly acorn with me!

Especially, I ought to thank those I haven’t made an art post for! Thank you @gelatinous-jellyfish

Enjoy some insect doodles!

Thank you @neon-draws-sometimes

I drew this on one of those scratch-off things. They’re such fun!

Thank you @ephemeral-system

This is similar to the last one, but I edited the photo of it and I couldn’t decide whether I wanted to post the original or the edited version. So I made a collage with both!

Again, thank you all!

😊

In honor of the winning bugs of the Hemipteran bug race! In first place we have the loud and proud cicada, in second we have the springy and spirited leafhopper, and in third we have the threateningly named assassin bug! Here are close-ups of the bugs with their medals!

Thank you to everyone who voted! ❤️❤️❤️

Bug race, but it’s true bugs only

Cicada (photo by Shannon Potter on Unsplash)

Leafhopper (photo by Mariusz Dabrowski on Unsplash)

Stink bug (photo by Erik Karits on Unsplash)

Wheel bug (photo by Steven Van Elk on Unsplash)

Assassin bug (photo by Gustavo Fernando Durán on Flickr)

maybe i would like flies with that (ukbeetlemania on tiktok)

Butterflies are basically just a subgroup of moths. I think we as a society need to appreciate moths more.

btw we as a society need to redeem the reputation of moths. Butterflies are seen as beautiful and beneficial and a normal thing to like, but moths are gross and creepy and ugly???

It's so dumb! Moths can be beautiful and colorful like butterflies can be and they are important pollinators! They visit flowers that bees ignore! Moths are a way larger and more diverse group than butterflies anyway!!

WIP from drawing a bee beetle awhile back. (...Somehow I like going back to look at WIPs more than finished pieces, idk why 🤷)

Anyway I think we can all agree that bee beetles are Very Good beetles, yes? Yes.

Bug race, but it’s true bugs only

Cicada (photo by Shannon Potter on Unsplash)

Leafhopper (photo by Mariusz Dabrowski on Unsplash)

Stink bug (photo by Erik Karits on Unsplash)

Wheel bug (photo by Steven Van Elk on Unsplash)

Assassin bug (photo by Gustavo Fernando Durán on Flickr)

Hug your local bug! (Metaphorically as they are small)

made some blinkies [here]

richard’s inverts on yt