Lab Bugs

[herpsandbirds]

Black-bordered Lemon Moth (Marimatha nigrofimbria), family Noctuidae, Coles County, IL, USA

photograph by Annalisa Switzer

[grinnersmiler]

The most pathetic little arms on this fellar

[typhlonectes]

I support him.

[flagellant]

well that's a relief since obviously those absolutely dogshit biceps won't

[raeazure]

who is this and why did he hurt me

[onenicebugperday]

Shiny spider beetle, Mezium affine, Ptinidae

Distributed widely in the Northern Hemisphere and has been introduced to Australia. Larvae are known to infest stored foods of all kinds.

Photo 1 by per-hoffmann-olsen, 2-5 by desislaviliev, and 6 (on finger for scale) by fran86

[sandpaperoctopi]

moths!

[onenicebugperday]

Spotted veld antlion, Palpares speciosus, Myrmeleontidae

Found in South Africa

Photos 1-4 by wonderwalker and 5-7 by sandraf

[herpsandbirds]

Leaf-cutting Cuckoo Bees (Coelioxys sp.), family Megachilidae, in an upside down sleeping position on a stem, Quezon City, Philippines

photograph by Dix Balino

[allcatsconstitutethesamefamily]

From St. Nicholas magazine, 1888.

Here are collected the best lions I’ve encountered in my research to date.

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[lycomorpha]

It's Monday.

May we take care of ourselves and each other as much as we're able to this week.

May we survive another week under a government of self-serving bigoted rancid butt-walnuts.

& no matter how batshit things get, may I finally finish my flat-shading tasks bc holy crapweasels it's taken foreverrrr 🫠

Also have some moths 🦋

[psalidodont]

A small window of time

[onenicebugperday]

@pesceterra submitted: No I'd needed, thought you would enjoy this little guy trying to get a big guy

Unfortunately little spider did not succeed as the beetle broke free, but it was fun to watch

I really respect that spider's ambition even if it didn't work out for them!

[onenicebugperday]

Fiddler beetle, Eupoecila australasia, Scarabaeidae

Found in eastern Australia

Photos by doggy48

[ripempezardexerox]

[breakfastofnations]

New Boot Skeetin

[its-a-beautful-day]

Howdy Partner!!

[ladylowrely]

La Dame Blanche.

A banshee I did back in 2021/2022. It was supposed to be one small Valentine's day illustration but I never truly completed it. I told myself, why not share it!

[emwheezie]

gooby woobies

[lycomorpha]

Sometimes good drawings emerge from the shitshower of my sketchbooks. Sometimes it's just shit.

The older I get, the more likely it is that I'm able to pull flowers out of all that crap, but don't think the carnage isn't there.

The mess & internal screaming is always just a page flip away.

(Felt like I was precariously walking a line between the shit and the shiny art today. Eeeep.)

The drawings are for a miniature of Fritillaria affinis aka checker-lily in polychromos pencil over watercolour, btw. Tiny drawing, big sketchbook mess 🙃

[onenicebugperday]

I’ve seen a few ~aesthetic~ photos of rock stacks in rivers recently and this is just a reminder that you are destroying habitat when you move rocks around in rivers and streams.

In addition to dragonfly nymphs, rocky river beds are home to lots of other larval invertebrates like damselflies, mayflies, water beetles, caddisflies, stoneflies, and a bunch of dipterans. Not to mention lots of fish and amphibians!

Plus large scale rock stacking can change the flow of a stream and lead to increased erosion.

Anyway dragonfly for admiration:

Calico pennant by nbdragonflyguy