everything arthropod

I like bugs, and all my friends know, but they judge me for it, so here I am.

[mentemori]

My mom left an eviction notice for the carpenter bees burrowing into our porch

[platypu]

orb weavers' sexual dimorphism is hilarious to me like.

me and my big beautiful wife

[iwilleatyourenglish]

I love ur lanternfly post that lil guy is so cute 💖 my favorite bug is tortoise beetles I love watching slo mo videos of their takeoff!!

I HAD NEVER HEARD OF THESE I DON’T THINK

a whole new world has been opened to me. theyre so amazing 😭

[textless]

[tonysopranobignaturals-deactiva]

[tonysopranobignaturals-deactiva]

honestly sigma female grindset

[catboymettaton]

[ID: a tiktok comment from stupidercupider that says “people called me moth girl in group therapy because all I ever did was tell them moth facts.” end ID]

[allbugsaregay]

Moths found at a light trap in the Ecuadorian cloud forest

[peachynaturalist]

These are what I was most excited to show you all! I found these at my blacklight setup when I was in Florida.

This is a mantidfly! They are not related to mantises at all, and are more closely related to lacewings. Convergent evolution caused them to have the same raptorial forearms that mantises do.

Unlike mantises, these guys go through metamorphosis. What’s more crazy is that their larvae are parasites of spider eggs! They crawl in the egg sac and eat the eggs, then they’ll pupate in the egg sac and emerge as an adult. Very interesting creatures!

The last pic is a close up of the hundreds of eggs one of them laid in the enclosure I put her in.

[sunbathe]

@pest__world

[insecticitis]

It Is Wintertime

bug: hi

me: Aren't You Supposed To Be Dead.

[wasppilled]

haters will see your batesian mimicry and be like he is not even armed with toxins stingers or other defenses

[bogleech]

Another thing about the importance of parasites and other “pesky” organisms is that they are a non-stop irritation to almost all other animals on the planet…..and the impact of that cannot possibly be overstated. It affects EVERYTHING those animals do. It even affects what they look like and how they’re shaped. The clouds of biting midges breeding in a marsh are going to affect how long an animal stops to graze on wetland greenery and how much of that greenery it takes. Explosions of mosquitoes that follow a wet season are what drive larger herd animals to seek drier prairies and meadows, allowing a completely different set of animals and plants to surge. Population booms of ticks and lice drive animals to practice mud-wallowing, social grooming, population splits and even mass migrations. Flies are the entire reason zebras have stripes. These are just a couple of examples, but basically the whole face of our planet looks the way it does because some of the tiniest animals are constantly pissing off the largest.

[slitherpunk]

[insecticitis]

My favorite roach!!!

[insecticitis]

Found this little guy doing some great camouflage the other day! Unfortunately realized it was dead when I took these pics :(

[millipedefarmer]

COME GET YA’LL JUICE

[opalinesque]

LMAO I SEE THAT TOOTHPICK nice try you dumbass moth I know you didn’t realize that was edible until your keeper unrolled your tongue and stuck it in there

[millipedefarmer]

you know too much

[forestgf]

[ghoststrawberries]

well well, dont mind if i do

[insecticitis]