Many🕷️Mantids

Insect Hobbyist | Photography | 23

[manymantids]

Absolutely stunning Tiger huntsman 💛 It scared the living daylights out of me taking these pictures as she’s usually quite feisty and has a tendency to chase movement… aka my fingers

But she was freshly moulted here and quite calm due to that I believe, so I took my chance to get some beautiful photos of her!

[manymantids]

Meet Tequila, a sweet little Woma python. He hasn’t struck once since getting him, although he can be a bit hissy 🧡

[heghogxl06]

Beetle/bug of the day 21st today I found this absolute Marvel of a guy on the random book generator and what a fearsome renowned warrior I have stumbled upon his name is known by many and shall be known for many decades to come what a renowned little guy 🖤💪

This is just a fun thing im doing in my fee time its not super serious so if any people know more and I've got stuff wrong feel free to let me know

Also if people have bugs/ insects/arcnids or arthropods they love let me know and I may look into them 🥰

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[manymantids]

Wings ‘N Roses

An amazing bird experience and rose garden.

It was an unforgettable experience to spend time feeding and handling a Tawny frogmouth and Boobook Owls.

Our guide, Michael, that gave us the owl experience was absolutely phenomenal, you can tell he loves doing what he does and just how much he cares about these animals :)

I will definitely be going back again soon, such an amazing place to sit and relax, even if you don’t do a special experience with the larger birds and owls.

If you’re in Victoria, Australia I would definitely recommend going!

[manymantids]

My beautiful “Diana” Badge huntsman, she’s being such a good mama to her eggsac she made this morning. 💛

I thought she was going to get a good bite on me when I took these photos, very protective and I can’t wait to see all the little babies 🧡

Neosparassus Diana are a favourite of mine, I love how feisty they can be as well as their gorgeous colouration.

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My girl was grumpy today, she hasn’t threat posed at me in a while. Possibly due to the heatwave currently 💛 she’s got such a beautiful face

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Cute little thing that I believe to be a Clicking Ambertail, a type of cicada. There was a whole bunch of them on the mandarin tree in the backyard 🧡

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Happy pooch 💛 She was getting bothered by flies the entire time we were outside </3

[manymantids]

Gorgeous little thing I found in the garden, unsure what kind of jumping spider it is! 💚

Been seeing more bugs popping up around the property, one particular jumping spider(not this one) has shown up in my house three nights in a row. I think he’s seen my personal bug collection and thought that looks like quite the cushy life 💛

[pnwander]

little guy

[manymantids]

The way these photos were taken is gorgeous and the editing is phenomenal 🩵 such a pretty little butterfly!

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This guy was quite comfortable around people ❤️ I love that a lot of wild birds around here are quite trusting, although I’m pretty sure that hard stare was a “back up” from this beautiful guy

[manymantids]

Beautiful male King parrot, happily ate some raw oats from my hand before flying up onto the patio roof ❤️ He also came with his mate, a gorgeous lady with all green feathers rather than the bright red the males have.

King parrots have been coming down to be fed by me and my family for years now, since I was a kid. They’ll usually disappear in winter and early spring before returning with a couple of fledged youngsters, I give them either one heaped handful of raw oats between them all or one small handful for just the parents when they come over, as I don’t want them to rely on me for food. Thankfully they don’t and will hang around for a bit to scrounge in the garden after they’ve finished their oats. 💚

[manymantids]

Fluffy old man 💚 Giant banded huntsman

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He looks so angry from this angle 💛 he’s such a sweetheart, I love this little man

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Grumpy old man, Giant banded huntsman 💚

[rneowth]

hey, don't cry. superb dog-day cicada, ok?

[votyasch]

Spider CW - a tragedy that took place over like??? a month.

Ok so I bought my partner a labubu to customize into their OC, and then - knowing the labubu community makes tiny labubus for their labubus - cracked a stupid joke about getting a labubu for their awful tarantula.

So spider gets a labubu. It's really fucking funny. She pokes it, but mostly ignores it. Then she starts hanging out with it sometimes, just poking at it sometimes, but y'know. Just vibing. Stupid spider things.

Uh. We fed her today. I think it's important to note that this tarantula is a picky eater. She won't eat anything except the biggest crickets. Is easily "grossed out" if you offer her alternative insects.

So she finished her meal and I went to my room to lay down while partner ran an errand. I got up to do some chores some time later, and passed partner's room, felt like something was off. Uh. Fuck??? Spider has the labubu pinned down and is poking it with her teeth and dripping acid onto it!!!

So yes, we took the labubu away, and now she's staring into the corner where the labubu used to be. RIP labubu.