Bugs are cool!

Howdy! Just your run-of-the-mill bug lover here!

[redavexat]

[re-alku]

@bugs-are-cool

[jadafitch]

HAPPY NATIONAL MOTH WEEK! Celebrate with moth art! Moths of North America poster Saturniid Moths of North America poster

[bedupolker]

I know bugs, especially eusocial insects, don't have the remotest conception of human gender, I just like calling them ladies, tiny women, etc to combat how literally everyone else assumes every animal ever is male and a Good Heckin Boy or whatever

[fluffysheeps]

Bumble sharks 🐝🦈

[bugkeeping]

why he standing like this...

[monamoni]

[flootzavut]

Look at that booty!

[dailybugfacts]

Hav i done somthing on tree lobsters yet?

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TODAY'S FACT IS

Did you know that the Tree Lobster (Dryococelus australis) is a species of stick insect native to the Lord Howe Island Group? For about 80 years this insect was believed to be extinct, but was rediscovered in 2001 on the nearby Ball's Pyramid.

In 2003, captive breeding programs were spearheaded by the Melbourne Zoo with the goal of repopulating Lord Howe Island itself. As of 2025, 5 other zoos in major cities worldwide have assisted in breeding efforts (Budapest, Bristol, San Diego, Toronto, and Prague).

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Photo by Granitethighs

[xalatath]

IMPORTANT

[onenicebugperday]

Coral tree moth, Agathodes ostentalis, Crambidae

Photographed in Luzon, Philippines by Frank Deschandol // Instagram

Shared with permission; do not remove credit or re-post!

[cnestus]

Trying to rearrange the limbs and antennae of a 1mm long beetle without snapping them off is approximately what I imagine being a bomb diffuser is like

[bowelfly]

I WAS ADMIRING THE APHID COLONY IN THE CORN GROWING OUT OF MY PATIO AND THEN I WAS LIKE IS THAT A MEALYBUG DESTROYER AND IT WAS!!!

[cnestus]

Half-pupated weevil in one of my samples

[kabber]

[crippled-peeper]

hey. don’t cry ok? there are over 20,000 known species of bees in the world, categorized into seven distinct families.

[mevil]

[herpsandbirds]

Versicolor Tiger Beetle (Cylindera versicolor), family Cicindelidae, Mount Trusmadi, Sabah, Borneo

photograph by Janice Ang

[soymoss]

Lil damselfly 🪷 they remind me of little fairies on my walks, everywhere but also impossible to capture on video !!