Bugs and the Sea

[30] [She/They/Moth] [Bug Nerd] I draw, and reblog bugs lol

[mentemori]

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

[jupiterswasphouse]

[VIDEO TAKEN: SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2025 | Video ID: A video of a red and black red velvet ant crawling around and digging in various spots in sandy soil, looking for a good spot for a burrow /End IDs.]

Dasymutilla occidentalis, a red velvet ant looking for a spot to dig a burrow :]

[ggarbagee]

study

[esdeline]

[lady-isabella-farnham]

My hobbies include embroidery, horseback riding, yuri, frogs, and throwing peas at the monks

[70sscifiart]

Hiroo Isono

[onenicebugperday]

Cherry spot moth, Diaphone eumela, Noctuidae

Found in Sub-Saharan Africa

Photo 1 by sightori, 2 by sallyslak, and 3 (caterpillar) by colin25

[winged-thinged]

Look, we joke a lot, but really, "you were born evil, wretched, worse than the scum of the earth, and it took killing a god to make you salvageable, so now you'd better be grateful to that god and thank him 10,000 times a day for it and fill your thoughts with him 24/7 and abide by the letter of his every word, lest you suffer unimaginable torture for all of eternity" is a truly horrendous thing to believe about yourself and other people

[onenicebugperday]

Horned darkling beetles, Bolitonaeus sp., Tenebrionidae

Photographed in Singapore by Nicky Bay // Website // Facebook

Shared with permission; do not remove credit or re-post!

[beardedmrbean]

[anosci]

there's been plenty of pushback against youtube's plan to age-check users by using an AI to analyze everyone's watching habits, but amidst that, i spotted this playlist circulating among some teens:

(picture is a reconstruction to protect the kids identity)

interesting! they're trying to trick the AI by watching videos that have a primarily adult viewer demographic? well im a curious fella so naturally i have to take a look-see, and

[anosci]

im simultaneously amused at the perception of what kids think adults watch, fascinated that they're thinking to take these measures, and saddened that theyre forced to live in a stupid digital panopticon

[anosci]

adding my favorite tags / comments so far:

[spiderdungeons]

i just want you to know that Axl the tarantula from Home Alone was played by a male T named Barry who was treated very well by his keeper on set, and he did not get scared of Daniel Stern screaming because they added the sound in post :)

[memories-of-ancients]

He should've gotten an Oscar for best supporting actor

[forestcr1tterparty]

I called him Jordan

Lesser stag beetle (Dorcus parallelipipedus)

[bedupolker]

I know the stag beetle is built for battle. But he has such gentle eyes.

[dwynartist]

we ride for hope and joy and to thrive, however the world may be

[prideknights]

beautiful

[bedupolker]

Unshaven carhart-wearing UTV-owning bf vs colorful hair hot topic pop punk-enjoying gf

[bedupolker]

They are not dating each other. you have to pick one, the other will dedicate their life to hunting you down.

[cosmick-folk]

Supposed To Be

A poem about religious trauma, by Cosmick.

Who were you supposed to be?

Who wore skirts and dresses

I was supposed to be

A traditional woman

And never cut her hair

To my husband

I was supossed to be

Submissive

Who was supposed to be

From church

Who was supposed to

Who was supposed to be

The dominant one.

Support me

(And control me.)

I guess

Bc I am none of those things

I wasn't supossed to be

Happy.

And I'm sure as hell

I wasn't supposed to

Not going to be

Unhappy.

Wear pants

I wasn't supposed to

Cut my hair

I wasn't supposed to

Think

Fun fact:

I wasn't supposed to be

Free

Jesus was supposed to

Set me free.

(He never did.)

But my sins

Absolved me,

(And I believe them.)

[eirawritesfire]

Fire Insurance

This piece is from my first poetry collection, Let There Be Thought. It's a book that pulls apart the ways religion has been twisted to excuse cruelty, examines the harm it inflicts on society, and celebrates the liberation of letting go. (eBook available for $3.99)

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