Entomology, arachnology and memes.

[botanyshitposts]

upstairs neighbors’ garden is not enough for the creatures. they are wanting access to my home

[botanyshitposts]

creatures when they see a thimble of rain within 8 hours: we NEED to have sex on this PRIME LOCATION DOORSTEP RIGHT NOW!!!!

[vintagewildlife]

"I can't believe humans would hunt the thylacine to extinction, humans are fundamentally evil" Hey, did you know that extinction was long thought to be impossible, and within 50 years of humans realizing that extinction via overhunting was a possibility it practically stopped happening? Did you know that humans are so desperate to prevent more losses that they're funneling millions of collective hours and billions of euros into helping other species? Hours and euros that could be spent on humans, being spent on species on whom humanity's own survival does not depend? Did you know that due to an accidental introduction of rats, the Lord Howe Island stick insect population was brought down to 24 individuals and now there are tens of thousands of them?

This bug. This bug that, to most humans, is utterly useless, relatively gross, and completely foreign. Humans saved it because humans do not want to cause another extinction ever again if they can avoid it.

[vedurnan]

human and bug relations will change by the end of the century

[em-iliart]

Study

[shapeoftheday]

restless spirits

[hbystuff]

Luminance

[etcstims]

GIANT WEEVIL | source

[sup-its-cat]

WHY HAVE I SEEN NO ONE TALK ABOUT HOW THE GRACE SCULPTURE LOOKS LIKE THE LITTLE DUDE FROM THIS MEME

THAT WAS LITERALLY MY FIRST THOUGHT UPON SEEING IT IN THE MOVIE

[dychelicerae]

good thing she didn't overreact

[parachim]

inat's email game is wild

[saturniidays]

you know when you get the urge to rearrange your furniture? I love that tarantulas get that same urge.

[paper-wounds]

“If I Am Killed For Simply Living” — Althea Davis

[onenicebugperday]

South African bont tick, Amblyomma hebraeum, Ixodidae

Photos 1-3 (males) by ryanvanhuyssteen, spidamn8, and jaheymans. Photos 4-5 (females) by henk_v_h and jaheymans, and photo 6 (engorged female) by alexanderr

Please note that negative comments on this post will get you blocked! This is a bug-positive space and that includes parasites.

[etcstims]

Playing on his wheel | source

[bug-lovers-island]

Little pan across the lep wall

[kt--extinction]

How to use internet properly

Use it to read about marine invertebrates

Use it to look at images of marine invertebrates

Use it to discuss marine invertebrates

hope this helps

[relevant-wikipedia-articles]

Marine invertebrates - Wikipedia

[kaylmao]

just molted for the first time ama

[evil-sludge]

U feelin' mushy? Easily susceptible to predation..?

[kaylmao]

ok no more questions