Long Overdue Introduction
Hello, I go by Morbid! This is my bug sideblog, primarily about the animals I keep but I want to do more bug walks and practice some collecting techniques in the future. Also practicing photography, I use a TG-7, and it's my first actual camera I've owned. All pictures are mine unless otherwise noted.
I've kept a lot of different kinds of bugs, I had more a few years ago but had to go on a hiatus from the hobby. I've more recently gotten back into it. My main experience and interest is with scorpions, also experienced with isopods. I volunteer at the PDXinsectarium so I take care of other kinds of bugs that I don't personally keep.
I would love to receive scorpion pictures and questions, I also can do ID requests. If I don't know an answer I can probably find someone who does.
This is a bug positive blog!
I promise you I know that not everyone likes certain kinds of bugs. I don't care. I don't care if you have a valid reason or a phobia, I don't need to hear about it on posts I make specifically to showcase bugs I like. I tag animals with as specific an identification I can get and common names if applicable, I will also tag things as #spider, #scorpion, #beetle, ect if you want to blacklist a tag. I don't generally tag things as #arachnid, #bug, or #insect because it's very broad, nor will I tag things as #arachnophobia because it's not conductive to what I want this blog to be.
If I had one goal of what I want to accomplish with this and what I want to do, it would be to help people appreciate the bugs they have in their area, or the often overlooked bugs that don't get as much attention as things like honey bees, butterflies, and jumping spiders. You'd be absolutely amazed at what you can find in your own backyard, and I hope that I can help show people some of these animals.
Other Links:
Wasp Zine
Making Better State Insects
Brown Recluse Identification Poll/Info
PDXinsectarium website
Best Beginner Scorpions
US Native Scorpion Identification
Emperor Scorpion Size
Shipping Scorpions Masterclass
Keeping Medically Significant Animals
Scientific Literacy and Cat Policies
Cricket Care
Scorpion Behavior
Scorpion Care Part 1
Scorpion Care Part 2 Intro to Disease and Emergency Care