The Buge Garden

Side blog of @beetlefren23 All photos/videos are taken by me Bugposting here 🪲

[beetlemantids]

Arizona Mantis, Sept. 30, 2025

She was very sweet and climbed right onto my hand. A lovely Mantid

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Monarch Butterfly, May 24 2026

So happy I was able to get this close to it. It landed in my garden and I was very excited

[bug-lovers-island]

Two page scrapbook spread to celebrate my exhibit! 🐛🦋🌻

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Doodles ( ᴗ̀ ̫ᴗ́ )

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adorable little beetle was trying to burrow into my hand 🥺

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Flame skimmer, may 25 2026

I was following this dragonfly around and just waiting for it to land to get a photo, only for me to move one inch closer to it and scare it off, and then repeating the cycle of chasing it again. Beautiful creature

[oddity-txt]

So I found this caterpillar on my way to class

We’re bros

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I named him chicken nugget

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Aaaa he’s turning a duller color… I hope he’s alright

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So apparently chicken nugget is a spicebush swallowtail and they turn yellow before they pupate. He was making little silk things everywhere Bruh this caterpie is going to evolve to metapod today my boy isn’t messing around

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update hes entirely yellow now

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i made him a tube room

hes crawlin all over the place checking it out

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its happening

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False alarm he moved a bit This guy

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??? caterpie doesnt evolve into kakuna

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whats he doing

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its happening part 2 For Real This Time

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chicken nugget using those advanced tactics balancing my man doesnt do anything halfway

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i put on some tunez for him so he can get into the metamorphazone

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sorry for keeping you all in suspense but chicken nugget is doing fine and he has a cool hat now

hes been chillin like this for a couple days 

[oddity-txt]

hes been in cocoon for 10 days now 🎉🐛🎉

[rebecca-lotto]

let me know how he’s doing soon

[oddity-txt]

HES BUSTIN OUT

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im going to sleep, chicken nugget is snoozin and ill check up on him as soon as i wake up

hope he doesnt party too hard 

🐛 💤 💤

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hes gone goth hes in his emoteen stage

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CHICKEN NUGGET IS A CHICKEN WING NOW BABY WE HAVE LIFTOFF!!!!!

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hes’s in a bigger container than the one in the pic now but im gonna let my home boy find his way in the world after he gets used to his wings a little bit

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this kid doesnt have a bad angle dang

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https://youtu.be/TwpFUQzvRp0

there he goes he’s free and im so proud and a little sad

this was an incredible experience

(thats my family oohing and ahhing in the background)

[tarotsunset]

I’ve seen yall reblog the unfinished ones SO MUCH that I’m getting pissed, anyway here’s the full chicken nugget saga.

[extraterrestrialsprobably]

Awesome! Hope you’re happy somewhere, Chicken Nugget!

[magical-game]

I have missed this post so much! Let’s all celebrate Chicken Nugget!

[frivolousphantasies]

do you guys realize that,,,, chicken nugget is one of those butterflies that is perfectly half female and half male?? nugget’s left wing is typical of a female spice bush swallowtail and the right wing is typical of a male

a gender role smashing icon

[krystal-prisms]

I wondered why the wings looked different

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Incredible

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intersex icon

[oddity-txt]

He’s a bilateral gnandromorph!!

[sleepy-sphinx-deactivated202012]

WE STAN?????

[matthew-gubler-fangirl]

chicken nugget said intersex rights

[cowboybaedling]

This whole post is wonderful, but I think a lot of people don’t realise just how rare bilateral gynandromorphs are. Research has shown that only approximately 1 in 6,000 butterflies is a bilateral gynandromorph! So thanks so much @oddity-txt for sharing this wonderful being with us!

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World Heritage Post

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Absolutely blessed post

[sycamorality]

@vocabulary-altering-posts is chicken wing the intersex swallowtail a valid nomination for one hell of a character on this webbed sight

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CHARACTER ADDED!

Chicken Nugget the Intersex Swallowtail

[sycamorality]

woah why is my corpse (sycamorality) there i still have my blog hello. i never died

[relevant-wikipedia-articles]

Papilio troilus - Wikipedia

Gynandromorphism - Wikipedia

[bug-lovers-island]

Chicken wing is not a bilateral gynandromorph, just underdeveloped and crinkled on one side. Sometimes lepidopterans don’t fully fill up their wings with fluid after emerging and look a little odd.

[beetlemantids]

First Mantis of Spring!!! So itty bitty

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A kind fella in my backyard

March 18, gray bird grasshopper

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Some grasshoppers i’ve seen lately

Feb 25 - Mar 17

1: suspecting genus trimerotropis

2: gray bird grasshopper

[artbybeetfren]

Messy sketched some bugs. I used my own photos for reference!

And now just realizing you can change the color of text what… why did I not know this

The photos v

[sillie-stimz]

moth stimboard!

[skettchyartendeavours]

Tiny praying mantis :]

My mom found it in the garden while gathering flowers for a bouquet

[goodlouse]

it's getting colder.. let's stay warm together!

[beetlemantids]

Alfalfa Looper Moth - January 25, 2026

The moths in my garage really like me lol

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Isopods - January 22, 2026

They are so tiny… I found some on a walk and could not resist picking them up

[pikaole]

Bugs

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