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bogleech

Osmia orientalis is apparently a bee that will use a old snail shell as a nursery c:

kimkatbee11

Incredible. Very smart.

vayporizerz

my contribution to bugblr: a violet carpenter bee! it was very polite :]

kimkatbee11

So beautiful 😍❤️.

withdreamsofhereafter

The Kiss brooch designed by René Lalique

highvictoriana-blog

Heart-shaped garnet ring inlaid with gold, silver and rose cut diamonds, c. 1890-1900.

kimkatbee11

So pretty 😍

jeannepompadour

Moche necklace with gold beads in the shape of toads, 1-800 AD; Peru

kimkatbee11

This should be mine.

tiarascrowns

PROPERTY OF A ROYAL HOUSE: AN IMPORTANT 19TH CENTURY NECKLACE, TIARA AND CORSAGE ORNAMENT. Comprising a fringe necklace of sapphire and old-cut diamond clusters joined by diamond floral connections, suspending a series of sapphire and old-cut diamond drops, in silver and gold, circa 1830; with a tiara designed as a spray of old-cut diamond dog roses, with cushion shaped sapphire centres and buds among diamond-set foliage, and a corsage ornament of similar design, in silver and gold, circa 1860.

kimkatbee11

Love this.

artschoolglasses

Gold, ruby, and enamel ring, European, 1550-75

From the Victoria and Albert Museum

kimkatbee11

Love this

soupfield

modern beanie babies thank you for giving us scuttle the gay ass fucking gay crab i love them so much

pearlriverworld

kimkatbee11

We need much stronger laws.

guerrillatech

kimkatbee11

This is so true. Thank you to all the fellow union people that made my life better.

babyfoxcollectionthings

Watch "WOW!! How would you react? C: Unknown #wildlife #whale #whales" on YouTube

crevicedwelling

flatid planthopper nymph, Singapore. hemipterans (true bugs) like these have mastered the art of covering oneself in weird waxy filaments, which are shed along with their last juvenile molt, revealing a sleek, gossamer-winged adult

crevicedwelling

spiny, long-legged, and armored, Polyrhachis ants are a common sight in Singapore as they forage for their colonies in a perpetual breakneck sprint. but this creature is no Polyrhachis: this is a jumping spider that looks and moves exactly like one!

he is Toxeus maxillosus*, one of the finest ant mimics I’ve seen.

an elongated first set of legs mime questing antennae while the rest are perfectly sized to match Polyrhachis’ gait. his enlarged chelicerae appear like an ant’s head, and the illusion is completed by pedipalps slung beneath like ant mandibles.

unfortunately I didn’t get a good still photo of the red-rumped Polyrhachis armata that he mimicked. however, a neighboring shrub housed another T. maxillosus who sported a shiny coat of gold hair in the style of Polyrhachis illaudata, a worker of which was also sitting there. side-by side, the mimicry is simply exquisite.

*at least, I think the black and red form is also considered T. maxillosus. the gold-haired form seems to be the most commonly observed type.

crevicedwelling

oh, and in case the ant mimicry wasn't enough, at least one species of Toxeus lactates.

A team of scientists in China has discovered that females of a species of ant-mimicking jumping spider called Toxeus magnus secrete a nutrit

T. magnus females produce nutritious milk-like fluid to feed their young in the nest for six weeks, even after the babies leave their nests to hunt for themselves.

not to do a "coconuts" thing but... hair, milk, that's a mammal I'd say