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Day 3: Pill Scarab Beetle
These wonderful bugs can completely close out the cruel harsh world around them (although they’re still peeking). A truly remarkable insect and although they don’t have a lot of bizarre facts about them, they don’t need it, they’re stunning and have a very impressive party trick.
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Just learned about this challenge the other day (run by gooberthesquishyartist on instagram!), so I spent today playing catch up! I'm always looking for an excuse to draw bug-inspired designs~ I got a bit lazy with the moth fly because I already had a design for one, so I saved him for last, and then realized I was too tired to do a more detailed sketch.
This was a lot of fun! I'm excited to tackle the rest throughout the month!
Day 9 Carpet Beetles
If you’re cold, they’re cold, let them inside 😂
Carpet beetles do a great job devouring and processing materials, unfortunately, we quite like those materials, but the poor beetle doesn’t know that!
Looking up close at these bugs was awesome and I feel a lot more sympathetic towards their munching ways!
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Day 7 Praying Mantis
So many facts I didn’t even get to! The first fact most people learn about these bugs relates to the snacking while mating behaviour, making it a dying act for many males.
Some other amazing facts I didn’t have time for in this video: As well as amazing sight and reflexes, they also have an ear?! Mantises have greenish/blue blood because instead of hemoglobin like vertebrate use for blood, they have a copper-based protein called hemolymph, and that turns blue when oxygenated!
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Day 2: Rosy Woodlouse
Trying a new video editing software!
Woodlice go to church and feature in cookbooks?!
Did you know either of these two bizarre facts?
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Day 8 Fire Ants
Learning about these was as fascinating as it was horrifying. An incredibly well adapted creature for survival and thriving, they have become a serious threat to ecology and economy!
There were plenty of science papers to delve into but sadly not enough time today to read more than a few abstracts!
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Day 5 Matador Bug
These are stunning bugs, are the fancy relative to the much more commonly seen shield bug/stink bug. They are named after their leg waving behaviour which they use to defend against predators (rather than bulls).
Thank you to my wonderful partner for making the amazing bug music, I love that each video gets slightly better than the last 🥰
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Day 4: Moth Fly
Oh how looks can be deceiving, the fluffy antenna and iridescent wings makes the feel like adorable little moths, but alas, these tiny flies bring grief to many.
The painting though came out gorgeously!
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