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Valheim Nights
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underrated friendship stage is the "testing the waters to see how much of a freak you are" stage. let me microdose being feral to see how you react. i have one large eye on you at all times waiting for you to give me Secret Permission to be a pervert or a weirdo. when will the shameless whore dam break. The Freak Rituals are sacred and time honoured and their importance cannot be overstated
every day i get more famous
Listening to music & doodling ... gotta stop now though because my cat is demanding my full attention...(and I am merely his employee)
Art by Laura El
Flattened Clown Beetles: these beetles have remarkably thin, flat bodies that can slide beneath the bark of dead and dying trees
Above: Hololepta plana and Hololepta aequalis
Beetles of the genus Hololepta are often referred to as flat clown beetles, due to their wafer-thin bodies and the "clown-shoe" shape of their feet. They measure roughly 8-10mm long, but their bodies have a thickness of just 1mm, which is about as thick as a credit card; this peculiar morphology allows them to crawl beneath the bark of dead or dying trees, where they feed on the larvae of other arthropods.
Above: Hololepta aequalis
As this book explains:
The flat clown beetle is profoundly flattened—the depth of the body is approximately one-tenth its total length. The legs are pressed against the body for effective pushing, and the mandibles extend far forward to allow the beetle to capture prey in narrow spaces. The entire body is strongly armored, a feature shared by other members of the Histeridae.
Above: Hololepta plana
The name of the genus Hololepta is derived from the Greek words hólos and leptós, meaning "completely thin." Most of the beetles in this genus have flat, rectangular bodies, large mandibles, and shiny black exoskeletons.
Above: Hololepta species
These beetles often carry phoretic mites, which have tiny, globular bodies with a reddish-brown or pink appearance.
Above: phoretic mites hitching a ride on some flat clown beetles
Sources & More Info:
The Book of Beetles: Flat Clown Beetle
The Museum of Natural History at the University of Oxford: A Family of Clown Beetles
iNaturalist: Genus Hololepta
A Color Guide to Beetles: Hololepta plana
Beetles of Eastern North America: Hololepta aequalis
Beetles of the World: a Natural History: Clown or Hister Beetles
The Whistling Moth: the males of this species produce a "whistling" sound in order to attract potential mates
Above: the common whistling moth, Hecatesia fenestrata
Moths of the genus Hecatesia are able to "whistle" using castanet-like structures located on the leading edge of each forewing.
Above: the castanet-like structure on the forewing of a male whistling moth
These structures are essentially curved, transparent patches of cuticle that have a pleated texture with a knob-like protrusion on one end; when the moth claps its wings together, the protrusion from one wing rubs up against the cuticle ridges on the opposite wing, and a distinctive "clicking-whistling" sound is produced.
Male whistling moths typically whistle during courtship rituals and territorial displays. Some of the moths in this genus also engage in a ritual known as "buzz-bumping," during which the males fly in circles around one another as they whistle competitively.
Above: male whistling moths
As this article explains:
Only a few [noctuid moth species] have been proven to use sound during courtship. Among these are males of the Australian whistling moths Hecatesia exultans, Hecatesia fenestrata and Hecatesia thyridion.
The signals function primarily in a mate-attraction mode. Females approach calling males and solicit copulations. The mating system of Hecatesia appears to be an example of lek polygyny. Males defend territories that lack resources or oviposition sites.
Above: a female whistling moth, Hecatesia fenestrata
The same article goes on to describe how "whistling" is used during territorial displays:
Male–male agonistic interactions are also mediated by acoustic signals. Males frequently approach males calling nearby, and territorial "buzz-bumping" matches result, in which vigorous calls are interspersed with attempts to butt the intruder.
Hecatesia thyridion and Hecatesia fenestrata have similar acoustically mediated mating systems. Males in these species call during special upwind zigzagging display flights over their territories. Instead of "buzz-bumping," territorial males participate in buzzing aerial "dogfights" with intruding males.
Above: Hecatesia fenestrata and Hecatesia exultans
The genus Hecatesia contains several different species of whistling moth, all of which are endemic to Australia. Each species produces its own unique whistle; the exact social context/role of that behavior also differs slightly from one species to the next.
Sources & More Info:
Exploring Animal Behavior Through Sound: Insect Bioacoustics and Biotremology
Journal of Experimental Biology: Un chant d'appel amoureux: Acoustic Communication in Moths
Arthropod Bioacoustics: Percussion in Hecatesia
Animal Behavior: an Evolutionary Approach: The History of a Signal-Receiving Mechanism
Australian Lepidoptera: Hecatesia fenestrata
Journal of Experimental Biology: Moths are not Silent, but Whisper Ultrasonic Courtship Songs
Field Guide to the Insects of Tasmania: Genus Hecatesia
Communicative and Integrative Biology: Private Ultrasonic Whispering in Moths
Entomology final presentation about to go hard
I did not make the background, I used a blank template from https://biochao.gumroad.com/
I did make the insect and the text though. I have also made a Pokédex and will be making beetles coming out of them, so maybe keep an eye out for those? 👀
Ofc I drew my OTP dancing
It was only a matter of time
midnight snack (it's great for her enrichment)
Queensland Milionia Moth (Milionia queenslandica), family Geometridae, near Lake Eacham, QLD, Australia
photograph by David Fischer
Sewed a little felt fish while watching a movie.
I made her a friend.
Hey ma, there's a weird cat outside!
Brother Gregor is four five shrews tall
collab with @gachimushi
The moment you realize you prolly watched more sunsets in Valheim than in reality.
Sometimes I start into the day too fast. I do not fully function. People start talking to me while I feel like I am still buffering or loading or someting. Is that only me? Does it make any sense?...I had the weirdest situations in bakeries because of that. It's not every day. It really helps a lot tho when I have enough time (preferably about 3 hours) for my routines and to become comfortable with the day and before someone expects something from me. Its not every day but most days. Dunno y.. HOW to human haha
REBLOG IF ITS OKAY TO TALK TO YOU.
Please.
PLEASE-
Please I’m lonely and lack the skills to initiate interactions