#dead bug

[bugthingsdaily]

Today's bug things are these Mariposa butterfly wing earrings charms by Dauphinette!

[frasshead]

Some footage of an antlion feeding I got with a microscope. I kept some of these as pets but sadly missed them emerging from their cocoons.

In the video it actually drops the ant it’s injecting digestive juices into and then frantically searches for it. What a cutie <3

The end has the best footage, it shakes off a bit of the dirt and you can see the head really well

[holybananapants]

50 notes and i actually take care of my dead tarantualas tank.

im gonna do it anyway (probably before this gets any notes) but i need motivation so

[shailion]

Tiny baby having a tiny snack

[justaghostysposts]

[truffle-worm]

One time i saw a dead katydid lying on concrete and a wasp that was only a fraction of its size stole its gigantic leg like a trophy.

Here's an artistic rendition of what I saw:

[stank-bugg]

I pinned a bug for the first time!!

One of my blue death feigning beetles died from old age so I thought that it would be a good opportunity to try out pinning!! I don’t think it turned out too bad :]

[cicada-guy]

when i was on my “cicada trip” in illinois, i found a lot of cicadas that died while molting. after 17 years underground, dying during their big transition. i found it very sad but also kind of beautifully cool? i had to draw it!

when these types of cicadas are molting, they’re white as their exoskeleton hasn’t hardened yet. their exoskeleton becomes black as it hardens