#dinosaurana

[mainblag]

Congratulations, you’ve found a Kagu! This bird hails from New Calendonia, and are one of the last of a lineage only known from the fossil record!

YOU ACTUALLY HAVE NO IDEA HOW LONG IVE BEEN TRYING TO REMEMBER THIS BIRD AND THIS ISLAND OH MY GOD

[rhodabotics]

I would like to hear you gush about one of your favorite beetles or other insects if you don't have a favorite beetle.

oh man, there's so many different kinds of beetles that it's difficult to choose just one! i do have a couple that live in my region (upper pacific northwest) that are really cool though:

i tend to see golden jewel beetles (Buprestis aurulenta) most often during the summer because that's when the adults start emerging from their host trees - buprestids are wood-borers in their larval stage and B. aurulenta specializes in conifer trees like douglas fir and western redcedar, which they eat and live in for a few years before they're ready to pupate. i took this picture a couple years ago at my work, which is right next to several dozen acres of undeveloped mixed forest, and while i haven't seen any this year i'm sure there's at least a few on the way!

bronze ground beetles (Carabus nemoralis) aren't actually native to the pacific northwest, but as far as i know they're not a full-blown invasive species. they're not enormous, but at just over an inch long they're not puny either (ten-lined june beetles are bigger, but they live on the other side of the cascades from me) and they have a wonderful purplish-green sheen to their carapace and elytra. these guys trundle through the grass under cover of night looking for slugs, worms and smaller, less fortunate insects to eat - the one in this picture was actually collected on a late-night walk while i was at school!

[nazrigar]

The last of the commission batch so far! For @dinosaurana, his Bugbear oc, Uhgreg!

[tyrantisterror]

Understood, I shall switch to a spiky club instead for no one expects a club swinger in a laser gun fight

We’ll negotiate with the Mandalorians to see if we can make it out of beskar steel.

[animalclasslists]

Could you do a ceratopsian based Animals as Classes list?

I’ve held off on dinosaurs for a good long while, but what the heck, its Christmas Eve, why not?

[revolutionarygirlgothra]

Took me a bit, but here’s ya Pokémon team: Togekiss, Dustox, Sableye (Nicknamed Sparrow), Mismagius, Lurantis, Torterra (Chose starter of Turtwig)

I’ll admit I had to look up most of these, but i like all of this. Sparrow the Sableye is fucking on point too

[iamthekaijuking]

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

[soulsludge]

Commission for @dinosaurana of their kaiju, Kringera. Super fun to work on!