#fivetrench

[onenicebugperday]

Is this a firefly larva? Found in NE Ohio. Thanks in advance :3

It is! Photuris sp., I think :)

[vanglaggle]

Fat grub. The fattest grub.

oh hell yas

[lylahammar]

Hey! I saw your fat liberation month post and wanted to ask you a question. I hope this doesn’t come off as rude or anything, I just figured you might be knowledgeable on the subject. I hear a lot from fat liberation activists that being fat doesn’t mean you’re unhealthy, which I agree with to an extent, but I don’t know if it’s that simple. I mean, I’ve heard that obesity causes more strain on your heart/lungs/joints, causes elevated blood pressure/cholesterol, can mess with your hormones, the list goes on. I believe that fat people should be respected, accommodated, and treated as people no matter what their health status is - I mean, I’m fat myself - but I just don’t know if I believe that being fat is without negative health effects. I don’t think fat people should have to change anything about their bodies to be treated with respect, but it doesn’t make sense to me that being fat would have no effects on your body. Again, I’m not trying to be rude, this all comes from a place of genuine curiosity. Thank you for taking the time to read this!

Hi! So I don't really have the emotional bandwidth to educate you on this issue, but I can at least throw some resources at you to hopefully educate yourself 😅 I hope this helps!

This is a really great video that is long but very thorough and it answers a lot of questions you might have:

And here's a great post with a whole lot of links to different sources

Also frankly just @fatliberation's whole resources tag has a hell of a lot of information for you

Edit: forgot to add @fatphobiabusters' really great FAQ/resources google doc!

[snoozysniff]

Hello the sneeb... hiiiii hello 👋🐛

hi trench !!!!@!@! slops you

[onenicebugperday]

Any clue who this fellow is? Found in northeast Ohio.

I'm afraid the scale loss on this fella is too significant for me to be able to ID! But it is still very cute :)

[onenicebugperday]

Found in NE Ohio, pretty sure it’s an ichneumonid wasp but don’t know the species!

It's one of the short-tailed ichneumonid wasps in the subfamily Opioninae, but I couldn't say exactly which species.

[vanglaggle]

*Shovels dirt into your mouth like this*

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[vanglaggle]

OOMFY IM SO SORRY I BLOCKED UOU ON ACCIDENT 😭😭😭😭 forgive me 😢😢

THIS IS KILLING ME