Have any of you ever heard of the hummingbird moths we get in Britain?
So, I thought I saw a hummingbird last year. It was much bigger than a bug could be, I thought, and it hovered around flowers and looked like it had feathers.
I got pretty close but it was never still enough to see clearly. Then, when I told my parents they said "oh! it was probably a moth!" and I was baffled for a long time. Like, how could a moth look like and act so much like a hummingbird?
Until I googled "hummingbirds in the UK" and this fucker comes up:
Everyone, meet the hummingbird hawk-moth; one of the weirdest and coolest cases of convergent evolution on this planet.
This is the kinda thing I'd see in fiction and go "oooh cool, bug hummingbird! Wish we had those on earth!" But we do. We really do have them on earth!! Isn't that nuts?!?!?
Fibre Arts are SUPER varied, there are thousands of things that you can do. Imo, you shouldn't write off anything based on assumptions! Try it out and see. Start small so if it's not your jam you can pivot. DON'T BE INTIMIDATED! I'm certain that whatever you try, there will be people chomping at the bit to give you advice–in my experience, craftspeople love sharing their craft.
Convergent evolutions of Dwebble and Crustle for my fakemon region! Convergent evos are such an underused concept in Gen 9.
These are Dwinddle and Campstle, ghosts who animate the ground underneath campfires. With their warm, inviting light, they entice people and Pokemon to gather near to feed off their energy.
I'm still working on the colors for these guys. As for an ability, Flash Fire seems like an obvious choice. Convergent evos keep the stat spread, so they'd be bulky physical attackers with moves like Shadow Claw, Flare Blitz, Shore Up, Stealth Rock, Spikes, Earthquake, and Curse.
Despite its incredible resemblance to theropod dinosaurs, Poposaurus gracilis was actually a pseudosuchian more closely related to crocodilians than to dinosaurs.
Living in what is now North America during the Late Triassic, about 237-216 million years ago, Poposaurus grew to around 4.5m long (~15') with roughly half of that length taken up by just its long tail. With its sharp-toothed jaws, small arms, bipedal locomotion, and counterbalancing tail, it convergently evolved the same sort of body plan and ecology as carnivorous theropods – which were still in their early days at the time, and wouldn't really become the dominant terrestrial predators until after the end-Triassic extinction.
Unlike most other pseudosuchians Poposaurus lacked bony osteoderm armor, seems to have been capable of a digitigrade posture, and its claws were flattened and somewhat hoof-like, all adaptations that suggest it was built for running after fast-moving prey.
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References:
Farlow, James O., et al. "Pedal proportions of Poposaurus gracilis: convergence and divergence in the feet of archosaurs." The Anatomical Record 297.6 (2014): 1022-1046. https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.22863
Parker, William G., and Sterling J. Nesbitt. "Cranial remains of Poposaurus gracilis (Pseudosuchia: Poposauroidea) from the Upper Triassic, the distribution of the taxon, and its implications for poposauroid evolution." Geological Society London Special Publications 379. (2013): 503-523. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258442655_Cranial_remains_of_Poposaurus_gracilis_Pseudosuchia_Poposauroidea_from_the_Upper_Triassic_the_distribution_of_the_taxon_and_its_implications_for_poposauroid_evolution
Schachner, Emma R., Phillip L. Manning, and Peter Dodson. "Pelvic and hindlimb myology of the basal archosaur Poposaurus gracilis (Archosauria: Poposauroidea)." Journal of Morphology 272.12 (2011): 1464-1491. https://www.academia.edu/download/85559103/1e41da_48ff7dcb23cbe8588873fc8ab8c9265a.pdf
Schachner, Emma R., et al. "Osteology of the late Triassic bipedal archosaur Poposaurus gracilis (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia) from western North America." The Anatomical Record 303.4 (2020): 874-917. https://doi.org/10.1002/ar.24298
Wikipedia contributors. “Poposaurus” Wikipedia, 29 Mar. 2025, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poposaurus
I just want to pop in and say I'm actually still working away on my Ireland-inspired fakemon region, and am currently far more active on my insta if anyone's interested! Currently at 40 designs. C:
Here's the link!
Here we have a convergent Diglett line: Baslett (Rock), Bastrio and Baseptet (both Rock/Water).
Wishing ye all the best going into 2026. I hope this is a year that everyone can feel some relief and optimism.
NIGHTLY, HAWKTER, GENJAR (Dark/Flying) & Mega GENJAR (Dark/Fighting)
Convergent evolution line of GHASTLY, HAUNTER, GENGAR & Mega GENGAR.
They are nocturnal birds with the ability to imitate the cries of other pokemon, and even sounds made by humans, in order to attract unsuspecting prey into the dark forest and attack them by surprise.
They are mainly inspired by Nightjars, also known as nighthawks or frogmouths
GENJAR is also inspired in Owlbears from D&D
Mega GENJAR is based on the defensive posture owls will take when they feel threatened, ruffling their feathers and trying to look bigger and more intimidating
