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Ches | he/him enjoyer of comedy and horror and bugs ⚠️ i may post/repost blood and gore ⚠️

[cheevester]

Hello Tumblr

^^ This is me, name is Ches

Things I enjoy and post about:

Entomology (and other uncharismatic fauna)

Dungeons & Dragons (my own campaigns, as well as Legends of Avantris and Naddpod)

Monks (in many iterations)

Horror (notably the Saw franchise, the It miniseries and novel, and Marble Hornets)

Pretty much anything involving Chris Fleming

The occasional chiptune cover

If any of this interests you, I invite you to check out my art tag (#ches art) and perchance even send an ask with a relevant sketch prompt. If you’re *really* interested, you can ask me about my dnd characters. Otherwise, godspeed you on your journey, traveler 🫡

[great-and-small]

Just in case anyone needs a reason to not feed wildlife- this story out of Washington is a pretty good reminder. This lady has been feeding raccoons for years and now she’s just had to call authorities for help because hundreds of them are parked out on her property and are so aggressive trying to get food that she can’t get into her house.

Neighbors have been reporting excessive raccoon mortality on the adjacent road and several attacks on pets, but still everyone on this video was just talking about how cute it is. Why can’t people see how unfair it is to disrupt an animal’s life like this? What do they think will happen to these raccoons? They should be scampering through a forest or marsh eating crayfish and berries and bugs, not hotdogs and cat food. This is a nightmare situation and it’s entirely one person’s fault.

[seizuredaughter-deactivated2026]

[theevieee]

For the people like me who need motivation

[itsapmseymour]

They got new photos of the moon,

I knew she had colors hiding in there 🥹

[herpsandbirds]

Seeing the Least Gecko I have to ask, is there a Most Gecko?

THIS MF IS THE MOST GECKO YOU CAN GETTTT!!!

New Caledonian Giant Gecko (Rhacodactylus leachianus), family Diplodactylidae, endemic to New Caledonia

This is the longest and heaviest gecko species in the world, growing up to 17 inches total length, and weighing up to 300 g.

Photo via:  Northern Gecko Specialty, firststategeckos

Photograph by Shannon’s Reptile Room

Photo via:  Coast To Coast Exotics Ltd

Photo via:  Mark Orfus, Northern Gecko Inc.

[lavendercowboyart]

“In the margins”, 2025

The margined burying beetle (Nicrophorus marginatus) is a carrion beetle native to North America. I won’t go into much detail here in case you’re feeling kinda squeamish, but the aptly named burying beetles raise their young in “crypts”; formed from the flesh of dead vertebrates that the adults processed and buried. Both parents then stick around and raise their grubs all while defending their fleshy nursery from competitors until the larvae pupate. It’s not often that non-eusocial insects care for their young, so it’s really neat that burying beetles take such great care in ensuring their grubs make it to beetle-hood! 🪲🦴🍄

I’m solidly back in my beetle era, so my page may be pretty beetle-heavy for a bit. I’ve also been having a blast with ecosystem/insect lifecycle pieces as well lately and have a few more on the back burner that I’m slowly chipping away at! Are there any particular insects/invertebrates/ecosystem scenes you’d really like to see me illustrate? Let me know!

[cheevester]

Like if your cisticola be zitting rn

[cheevester]

Roommates will see a clean household surface and go “is anyone gonna spill some bullshit all over that” and not wait for an answer

[detournementsmineurs]

Porcelain art by Nguyễn Duy Mạnh, 2021-22.

[doorstoplord]

Patron saint of clowns and harlequins everywhere

[kheauzx]

dennis supercut for no reason. enjoy

[hoovesandfloorpaws]

[northflowerowo]

in light of recent events

[90smovies]

[cheevester]

Disappointingly uneventful hourlies this year

[xalatath]

Here's a video of Ve'nari eating a cricket (already thoroughly chewed)

Solifuges have crazy chelicerae. They are not venomous, and thus rely on pure force to kill their prey. Here is a gif showing their chewing mechanism.