#wooly bear

[nymsley]

Garden friends from the last few days

[mobietin]

opinion on bugs?

Bugs are animals and I love animals so I love bugs!

I'm actually really proud of the progress I've made to intentionally conquer my intense childhood fear. I used to be petrified of them like, screaming-crying running away and avoiding going outdoors at the mere thought of running into an insect kind of petrified. My conditioned fears and fascination for the natural world were at constant odds.

It took the conscious choice for me in adulthood to change my gut-reaction from fear to curiosity / appreciation. I'm not sure when this epiphany happened but it was only within the past few years. I had been terrified of 99% bugs for the majority of my current life.

All that being said, my overall opinion is we share this world with bugs and we should respect that relationship by supporting environmental protections and avoiding needless cruelty (looking at you mosquito torture tiktok. go fuck yourself)

Also baby mantis <3

[coywolfcollections]

🪷🐛Life Cycles🐛🪷 You can pick them up here!

[holy-leapin-splits-batman]

[novaerog]

I keep forgetting to share this cutie pie Bug Friend of the day!

Lil Wooly Bear was crawling around outside our front doors, I of course rescued them before they got smooshed.

[bugthingsdaily]

Trick or treat!!👻

Also i gave myself this isopod tattoo a few days ago pls enjoy

oh my god thats the sweetest!!!!!

here have some wooly bears

[herpsandbirds]

Can you identify this little fuzzy guy? They were in my basement in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Picture with cats included for scale - they are both about 9 lb.

Caterpillar Friend - MN, USA:

Hello, yes, this is most def the caterpillar of an Isabella Tiger Moth (Pyrrharctia isabella), family Erebidae, sometimes called a Red-banded Wooly Bear. It appears to either be dead or ready to pupate (enter the pupa stage).

Pyrrharctia isabella - Wikipedia

[crowon4ours]

It’s fall again