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Home - Bugaboo Pocket

Bugaboo Pocket is a delightful digital pet game where you raise bugs and impact the world's ecology. Launching on Steam April 2nd!

Bugaboo Pocket released today on Steam! (Will be out on switch later 2025).

I’ve been excited about this game now for over a year! If you loved tamagatchi’s as a kid, you’ll love this game! You get to raise your very own digital pet insects, dress them up, and decorate their homes! 🐛

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Hyles lineata — White Lined Sphinx moth caterpillars at different instars. 🌸🐛

Lately I’ve been trying to go for more walks, just to keep my body moving, and I discovered a nearby bush that is covered in white lined sphinx caterpillars! Now I visit them daily. I think it’s so neat that these are all the same species, just different instars!

Hyles Lineata is definitely my favorite native moth, I even have a tattoo of one! Here’s an adult I saw on vacation a couple years ago and a photo of my tattoo right after getting it done (hence the plastic wrap.)

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Meet the Inornate Pyrausta moth, also know as the Southern Pink moth (Pyrausta inornatalis). 🌸

📍Long Beach, CA

📸 Olympus TG-7

I had been noticing these tiny beauties fluttering around near a specific plant while on my walk lately. They remind me of little pink petals in the wind. They’re kinda difficult to see with the naked eye at just 13-16mm wingspan, but after taking macro photos of them, I got to see their lovely little details! I especially love their large, round green eyes.

Their larvae are equally tiny and adorable! I was having trouble finding caterpillars but knew that they had to be on that plant (Salvia farinacea) because there were at least a dozen adults fluttering around! After doing some research, I learned that the larvae like to burrow into the buds/flowers (no wonder I couldn’t find any), so I carefully looked inside several flowers and buds that had holes in them and voilà— caterpillars! 🪻🐛

💚 Reminder that my inbox is always open for buggy chats/questions. 💚

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I don't remember the name of this moth but she has striped thigh highs !!!

Oooh! I’m not sure what she is either but she’s so pretty!! Anyone else know?

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Today is my ✨30th Birthday!✨

I celebrated last night with my friends and bugs, of course! We had a some people come over and do an invertebrate presentation— best birthday ever!!

I hand sewed those sequins onto my dress, they’re made of beetle elytra! I also handmade my earrings and headband! 💚

If anyone feels so inclined, I’d love some bugs in my inbox. 🪲💕

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Significantly increased my sock-game today 🪲🐌

From Earthbound Tranding Co.

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I woke up from a dream early this morning where I had giant-bunny-size treehopper pets!! First, I was in like the jungle and I found some in trees and took a bunch of photos. I think I was doing research on them? I remember writing down stuff in a notebook..

Then one got really attached to me for some reason and, of course, in the dream it was totally legal for me to take/keep one. So then I had this awesome, lovable treehopper and I walked it around on a leash and it was glorious.

I was soooo disappointed when I woke up!! Just imagine petting these beauties!! 💚

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Got to congratulate this banana slug for officially becoming California’s state slug! 💛