#firebrat

[cuttledreams-bugs]

InsertAnInvert2024

January theme: Bugs Among Us

Week 1: Firebrat! (Thermobia Domestica)

A little insect that snuggles into warm cozy spaces and munches on leaf litter, cereals, and book bindings. They have a distinctive long three tail-like appendages!

[vintagewildlife]

Firebrat (Lepismatidae) By: Clifford S. Crawford From: Biology of Desert Invertebrates 1981

[dougdimmadodo]

Fast Fauna Facts #14 - Firebrat (Thermobia domestica)

Family: Silverfish Family (Lepismatidae)

IUCN Conservation Status: Unassessed

Like its close relatives the silverfishes, the Firebrat (named for its attraction to warmth which often draws it towards empty fireplaces) belongs to an unusual order of anatomically "primitive" insects that never developed wings, in contrast to most wingless insects which are descended from winged ancestors. Firebrats can be found on every continent except Antarctica and generally inhabit shaded forests where they feed on leaf litter, but like silverfishes they frequently become established in warm human homes where they may reproduce rapidly (with females laying as many as 6,000 eggs throughout their lives in clutches of over 60 at a time) and emerge from sheltered areas mainly at night to feed on any digestible matter they can find - while they prefer sugary and starchy foods such as flour and cereals they may also eat organic textiles, paper, card, dried meats and the remains of other insects, with a diverse community of mutualistic bacteria housed in their digestive systems producing enzymes that allow them to digest almost anything organic.

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[tarantula-wizard]

Insert An Invert Week 1: Firebrat (Thermobia domestica)

[Image ID: A digital painting of a Firebrat, similar to a silverfish. It is a closeup of the Firebrat's face coming into the piece at the left. Its antennae stretch out of the piece, one coming toward the viewer, the other reaches over to the right side of the piece. The Firebrat is painted using light pink, and various shades of purple. The brushstrokes are blocky or square. It is on a purple gradient background, darkest on the left under the Firebrat, becoming lighter to the right. End ID.]

[suchusoid]

Monster oc profile masterlist

So Iw as gonna wait till I got all the prfoiles down to make this but I decided instead to put it up already and update it as I go along.

My moot @largefound's masterlist of mha mlb au characters gave me the idea. Thanks largefound!

Anywho:

Camoflerampant

Conglomerate

Huntsmanticore

Fearwyrm

Dexteroid

Barbwired devil

Serpentipede

Amphisiren

Firebrat

Wirestar

Kleptodactyl

Peeping willow

Laughingstock

Coneshot

Freezeray

Deinosaurus rex

Woman O'storm

Pleviathan

Patient zero

[dilemmadanger]

buggy ,

[magicmetalblog]

Participating in #InsertAnInvert2024 this year!

January's theme is "Bugs Among Us" Week 1 is "At Home"

Behold: the firebrat (thermobia domestica) He's just a weird lil guy.

(looks a bit janky 'cause I ran it through Glaze)

[abeautifulthingaday]

I’m at work and I spotted this little guy on the floor. I have an app called Seek that helps identify creatures, and according to it this is a Firebrat, a hexapod similar to the Silverfish. According to the sacred texts (Wikipedia) firebrats like warm environments (I’m in Alaska, why are you here) and feed of paper products (there’s a big shelf of books behind me). I can’t leave my post or I would take the little guy outside. Hopefully I’ll be able to find him again in a few hours so I can save the books.