Beasts and Creatures: On Display

fan of creatures, critters, and/or bugs. professional lawn-killer, bug-toucher, and fish-liker

[geosesarma]

hello welcome to my little wet hole in the dirt

-I like creatures -critters too, actually -I post creatures -I own several hundred creatures (rough estimate) -ask me about my creatures -peep my creatures here: https://www.inaturalist.org/people/averagewalrus -the beast in the header is Orthemis ferruginea, pfp is Geosesarma dennerle

Like 90% of what I post will probably be my own photography and/or my pets, if I can find a source for any pics that aren’t mine it’ll most likely be mentioned

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new type of animal just discovered called "silly"

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Black and White

(Libellula pulchella, Amatitlania nigrofasciata, Ellipsoptera hirtilabris, Bombylius incanus, Ambystoma opacum, Euphoria sepulcralis)

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have you seen the thing? now you have

Opsanus tau juvenile

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Gone fishin'

Centropristis striata, Pomatomus saltatrix, Tautoga onitis, Syngnathus fuscus

-09/23, Ocean County, NJ

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a delightful pair of native cockroaches from Florida, Eurycotis floridana, one of if not the largest native cockroach, commonly found inside dry logs in both hardwood forest and pine savanna, and Ischnoptera cf. deropeltiformis, a handsome, heavily contrasted roach that may represent a distinct species of Ischnoptera, though analysis on this Floridian population is needed

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Argiope aurantica, one of the most common (and largest!) orb weavers in the eastern US, seen here weaving its web between live oaks and saw palmetto

08/23, Split Oak Forest WEMA, Osceola County, FL

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The globetrotting wandering glider, Pantala flavescens, this dragonfly has a truly cosmopolitan range across nearly all temperate, subtropical, and tropical regions, and undergoes the most impressive long distance migrations of any insect, with some populations flying for hundreds of miles over the open ocean

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beasts and creatures from the swamp (Notropis chalybeaus, Alligator mississippiens, Tettigidea sp)

09/23, Orange County, FL

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a mess of mature promethea moth caterpillars (Callosamia promethea) wriggling plumply after spending a little less than a month fattening up on wild cherry leaves

a smaller relative of the cecropia moth, these are one of the less well-known giant silkmoths in the US, but they might just be my favorite species to raise.

(Massachusetts, 8/20/23)

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The Animal Ever. You Love The Animal

Please Look At The Most Animal. It Is Looking At You

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Did You Know? Its Shrimps.

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The world's greatest video has been found

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Yep. its Wretched Little Florida Bugs time -Elaphidion mucronatum -Triacanthagyna trifida -Cuerna costalis -Crocothemis servilia -Diceroprocta olympusa -Odontoxiphidium apterum -Eudiagogus maryae -Perillus bioculatus

8/23, Orange County, FL

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wretched little tiny dirt animals, Rhadinaea flavilata and Eleutherodactylus planirostris. R. flavilata is a tiny, fossorial native colubrid of damp pine flatwoods and hardwood hammocks, whereas E. planirostris is an introduced, extremely tiny frog native to Cuba and the Bahamas. They're often called greenhouse frogs due to their ability to hitchhike around in plant pots and established in greenhouses in colder climates. Unlike most frogs Eleutherodactylus lack an aquatic tadpole stage, instead laying their eggs in moist soil and hatching out as fully formed (yet absolutely miniscule) froglets. Their calls also sound exactly like a squeaky boot.

-8/23, Orange County, FL

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Leptoglossus oppositus, real handsome little leaf-footed bug -8/23, Monmouth County, NJ

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Meet Gnat Bug. Gnat Bug fills a unique niche Nature has: Nature needs a bug which looks like this, and Gnat Bug fills the void perfectly. Thank you, Gnat Bug.