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everythingfox

“This slug is called a Sea Angel, it lives under the ice of the White Sea in Russia“

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butterfly-and-moth-species

Best moth camouflage

1. Phalera bucephala - Buff tip moth

2. Uropyia meticulodina - Curled leaf moth

3. Homoeopteryx sumacensis - Leaf mimicking moth

4. Gastropacha quercifolia - Lappet moth

utopicwork

00027 - Cicada - 95 Polygons

plantaastic

love this bug. hate his face

utopicwork

shrimpcipessa-blog

Pure Black Line Shrimp.

A Caridina species.

eurycantha

chrysina sp.

end0skeletal-undead

Pill millipedes are any members of two living (and one extinct) orders of millipedes that resemble woodlice, although they are not closely related. They are short-bodied compared to other millipedes and will roll into a ball as a defense mechanism. They can also exude a noxious liquid, which may be both caustic and toxic, to repel predators. Pill millipedes are detritivorous, feeding on decomposing plant matter, usually in woodlands.

Although often confused with woodlice (isopods), the two are easy to tell apart: isopods have seven pairs of legs and pill millipedes have two pairs of legs per body segment, with eleven to thirteen segments.

(Photo credit - 1: L. Shyamal, 2: Dinesh Valke, 3-4: George Francis, 5: Mark Yokoyama, 6: Alan Harper, 7: NH53, 8: Chun Xing Wong and 9: Bernard Dupont)

typhlonectes

White-lined sphinx moth (Hyles lineata) nectaring on Rocky Mountain beeplant at Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge in Wyoming, USA

photograph by Tom Koerner/USFWS

lovingexotics

Hawaiian Yellow Faced Bee Hylaeus longiceps Source: Here

bogleech

An illustrated children's book about the world's most bizarre, obscure and amazing insects.

I’m doing it - I’m launching a BIG kickstarter project, to make a real book that will be packed with only the most outrageous insects in the whole wide world (without relying entirely on parasites, but you can be sure there’ll be a few of those) A COUPLE MOCKUP PAGES SO FAR (MORE ON THE KICKSTARTER PAGE)

The text will probably go through a lot of adjustments for language level, flow and clarity, and in the final book, will probably be on a plank page opposite each illustrated page. Shopping around for a printer can only really begin once the book is funded though, since I’d have to be ordering a proof from each before settling on the right one! It’ll probably be a 6 inch by 8 inch softcover book but don’t quote me on that. I’m also writing a novel at this time, but this shouldn’t cut into that. The art for this is honestly going to get finished pretty fast.

bogleech

This is doing so good so far!! Almost halfway there after only two or three days!! There is possibly going to be a lot of packing books in giant envelopes in the future

bogleech

Sorry I’ll have to keep reblogging and boosting this every couple days until funded but every boost and every repost to insect-liking communities will be appreciated! Going to update the page soon with some further insects and other notes!