ratalí

hacia la ternura

[fantastic-forest]

[mermaidenmystic]

lotus fairy vintage postcard ~ PostcardMuse

[priafey]

in relation to my previous post about weird bugs, i want to share two of my favorites.

first up is owlflies.

they're like if a dragonfly wanted to be a butterfly. they are, in fact, neither. instead, these belong to Neuroptera.

then there's the so-called toebiters or giant water bugs. this is a specimen from our lab's collection.

look at them big ol eyes

[one-cool-butterfly-a-day]

Butterfly of the day #152

Butterfly of the day Urapteroides astheniata

Come back tomorrow for another cute butterfly! (Source: Urapteroides astheniata de Ting Kok, Hong Kong le 6 Jun 2019 à 18:40 par NewbieL · iNaturalist)

[herpsandbirds]

Velvet Worm (Macroperipatus sp.), family Peripatidae, Costa Rica

photographs by Raby Núñez 

[cannibalchicken]

[one-cool-butterfly-a-day]

Butterfly of the day #162

Butterfly of the day Burara etelka

Come back tomorrow for another cute butterfly! (Source: Burara etelka de Central Catchment Natural Reserve, SG le 25 Jun 2022 à 9:27 par ljk1410 · iNaturalist)

[bebs-art-gallery]

The Fairies

— by Gustave Doré

[inatherps]

Brown Anole (Anolis sagrei)

Observed by dnoell, CC BY-NC

[oddestishottest]

[bhramarii]

anniversary

[one-cool-butterfly-a-day]

Butterfly of the day #157

Butterfly of the day Acraga coa

Come back tomorrow for another cute butterfly! (Source: Acraga coa de Provinz Cartago, Costa Rica le 5 Mar 2019 à 20:40 par gernotkunz · iNaturalist)

[20thcenturystarlet]

New York City ballet production of Midsummer Nights Dream

[thepeelingrenoir]

The fact this isn't a painting is a testament to one of the greatest feats of set design and production I've ever seen.

[thepeelingrenoir]

My god just look at this! The lighting, set design, photography... I've just never seen anything like it.

[sisaloofafump]

This is from 1966 and you can see over a hundred photos on the NYPL digital collections website. It is absolutely gorgeous. These are just a few of my favourites.

Plus Puck's face here:

[aliasalias]

when i grow up i wanna be a dandelion

[one-cool-butterfly-a-day]

Butterfly of the day #158

Butterfly of the day Utetheisa ornatrix

Come back tomorrow for another cute butterfly! (Source: arctiide décoré de Orange County, FL, USA le 22 Jun 2019 à 12:25 par Edward Perry IV · iNaturalist)

[apsciencebylyn]

Just a very normal paper wasp (with Grabby Hands) 👀

I did not know that the brown wasp mantidfly (Climaciella brunnea), which mimics Polistes paper wasps, can come in various morphs to mimic different species within Polistes (thanks @humanbyweight) - possibly P. metricus here! 😍

Just solid creature design

[one-cool-butterfly-a-day]

Butterfly of the day #156

Butterfly of the day Pinara obliqua

Come back tomorrow for another cute butterfly! (Source: Pinara obliqua de Anglesea VIC 3230, Australia le 6 Oct 2021 à 16:47 par Helen Schofield. On grasstree needle-like leaf end. Resting. Didn't see it fly. Maybe 20mm long · iNaturalist)