#gnats

[nemfrog]

Head and prothorax of gnat larva. The Natural History of Aquatic Insects. 1903.

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[the-jonestown-holotape]

[thatsbelievable]

[blondebrainpowered]

Mickey's Garden, 1935

[platypusesforarms]

Glow Worms | New Zealand: Earth's Mythical Islands

Gnat larvae lairs are in dark dank forest overhangs where the extreme moisture is put to good use. As night settles, the genius of their deadly traps is revealed: the bioluminescence is generated by a chemical reaction within their tail, creating an irresistible lure. The hungrier they are, the brighter they glow drawing in victims like moths to a flame.

[art-by-zagreus]

When I kill a spider

I think of all the lives the spider ate

When I kill a gnat

I think of all the gnats never born

I tell myself

I do what I must for my safety

For my comfort

Last night I killed a firefly

I thought it was a cockroach

I watched it glow for the last time

It flailed

Legs stretched out to grasp another moment

Even one millisecond more of life

I cried

How cruel

How awful

To cry over one thing for its beauty

When I would in silence grieve creatures

That do not glow

When I die

I hope I do not have to explain

I hope there is no one who keeps count

Of the lives I have taken

Needlessly

When convenient

When I could have taken the time

The effort

To show respect

To other creatures trying to survive

Like me

[brenna]

Oh, I see we're in one-single-annoying-gnat-fucking-flying-in-your-face-no-matter-where-you-are season

[arctic-hands]

Hmm. I left 2 disposable containers of acrylic paint water, one full of mostly white paint and the other having mixed into a nearly turquoise color, to evaporate before throwing them away, and no less than 5 gnats have drowned themselves in the blue one while the white one is bug free

Entomologists get on it, we may be may onto something here