#insect collecting

[mushrooms-and-millipedes]

YOINK

Hmmm this seems to be a Mayfly

[thismightyneed]

long time no see ya folks, been on a bad illness case, but getting finally better to return to my artist life even if i die on it! Have meanwhile a Shilo request from @thethrillof to vibe with the moods!

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[pollie-pockets]

Satyr rory summer fun transparents

[curiousrosymaplemoth]

TW bug

this is a pic of a male melissodes from a bee bowl, so, uh, wet and dead just fyi. Just thought the coloration was really neat, but bee aware.

Isn't it so neat that the clypeus is so absolutely yellow that it's THIS bright completely drenched ???? Also, I was so intrigued by the way the antennae curl after death. And not to mention the solid green eyes??? These guys really pulled out all the stops to impress the ladies lol

[arctic-hands]

Can anyone tell me how to best preserve spotted lanternfly wings? My only supplies are a small jar with a lid I'm gonna use to preserve the wings on, Mod Podge Dimensional Magic because I can't tolerate resin fumes and don't have any anyway, rubbing alcohol, vinyl gloves, plastic tweezers that have textured tips, and an intact dead lanternfly that randomly died on my window.

I've never preserved a bug or removed the wings off of one (I just want the wings), so I have no idea what I'm doing. Searching the net just gave me instructions on how to pin them, mummify them, or soak the bugs in alcohol, but none of them were about lanternflies specifically and I know their wings are fairly delicate.

(Also I really fucking hate bugs even dead ones so any advice on how to not scream or puke as I handle it or remove the wings will be greatly appreciated.)

[zoraweyrick-art]

Before I painted this I had no idea what fireflies looked like before they became beetles. Then after I found out they just became even cooler!

Also here are some cool facts I found out when I was researching them:

1. They can glow at every stage of their lives. From the egg to pupa stage its usually like a faint glow and then in the adult beetle stage they flash or blink.

2. They stay in the larva stage for like 2 years until they pupate.

3. When they're in the larva stage they eat all kinds of other insects even snails and slugs.

4. I just think they're really cool. Also after I finished this painting I served seeing so many firefly larva it was so cool!!

Also I do have prints of this illustration in my etsy shop. It's linked below. 👍

PRINT

[found-slides]

feb 58

death’s head moth (top side)

[thesleepingstag]

Back in June, I had the privilege of hiking the Peyroglyph Canyon in the Pryor Mountains of Montana/Wyoming. It was there I was gifted this beautiful Glover’s silk moth, who was lying, wings outstretched, at the foot of the canyon just begging to be taken home. So that’s exactly what I did! I preserved it for several weeks, rehydrated it, before encapsulating it in its forever glass home. Rest in beauty, little one 🦋