creatures

adult | she/he

[vultureel]

// cw: for animals and insects that might freak you out!

[platycryptus]

Megalopyges are cute but beware, they are danger boys as well

(Florida, 12/27/18)

[bogleech]

lettin one walk on you is so brave but I bet it feels silly

[moonybyte]

danger boy? How dangerous are we talk-

[doomedvoyages]

[cattyanon]

@onenicebugperday I need more information…

[onenicebugperday]

Megalopyge is a genus of moth! In the US, the most common species is the southern flannel moth. The caterpillars (usually called puss caterpillars), as you can see above, are very cute and fuzzy! They can be grey, brown, tan, white, or even orange-ish. The one shown in the post looks like a fairly large later instar, but they can be quite tiny:

Photo by connlindajo

But this dude is one of the reasons I tell people not to handle bugs they can’t ID. It might be cute, but it has venomous spines on its body hidden within the hairs. It could likely crawl on your hand like above without risking injury because the underside isn’t fuzzy, but I wouldn’t risk it. If you brush the top hairs against your skin it’ll cause a rash of fluid-filled raised red bumps that radiate terrible pain away from the area. And like it says above, the pain can be so intense that it feels like a broken bone, and it can last hours.

It’s recommended that if you come in contact with one, you use tape to try to pull out any remaining hairs, wash the area with soap and water, apply an ice pack, and take an antihistamine.

On the plus side, the adult moth is VERY fuzzy and 100% safe:

Photo by barbara_thurlow

[gryffon]

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[vultureel]

please keep your cats indoors they both want to live full lives so badly

[yesterdaysprint]

Hartford Courant, Connecticut, March 9, 1906

[life-on-our-planet]

eepy mourning dove cupping its wings under its belly for cushion ©Ella

[pseudomantis]

What the fuck

[astarlingdiscovery]

It's a yellow bittern! They are very creechur.

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[pomgore]

i love learning about animals ive literally never seen or heard of before. what amazing diversity of life on this planet earth. what the hell is a japanese serow

[pomgore]

goat dog

[pilferedinstagram]

[parkchanwoohoo]

This kid is so fucking good holy shit. I love how into it the audience is, too

[megalodont]

yeah dude

[coquelicoq]

[Description: TikTok video from @/diabetic4one in which a kid is standing in front of a microphone in a school gymnasium holding up bird plushies and very precisely imitating the sounds each bird makes, as the audience of other children becomes more and more excited and impressed. Below it is a still from the video of a kid in the front row turning around and making a "mind blown" gesture. /end description]

[all-mammal-creechur]

Proboscis Bat Rhynchonycteris naso

It is found from southern Mexico to Belize, Peru, Venezuela, Bolivia and Brazil, as well as in Trinidad. The bats are nocturnal, sleeping during the day in an unusual formation: most of them line up, one after another, on a branch or wooden beam, nose to tail, in a straight row.

In the photo, the two bats on the lower left are carrying young.

img source

[all-mammal-creechur]

I really love how dedicated these guys are to queuing.

[fivetrench]

*Whimpers*

[onenicebugperday]

This is the jumping spider Neobrettus tibialis photographed in Indonesia by wildsumatra on iNaturalist.

Dorsal view by the same photographer:

And from the side:

[herpsandbirds]

Antilles Pinktoe Tarantula (Caribena versicolor), family Theraphosidae, endemic to Martinique in the Caribbean

The juveniles are mostly blue.

photos:  Urban Tarantulas, Jimmy Reid, Chase Campbell

[midwestemogirlfriend]

[herpsandbirds]

Huge fan of the fluffy spiders you've been putting on my dash today 10/10 would quietly mutter "fupfy..." to myself before scrolling on again.

Well, how do you feel about this special friend?

Panama Blond Tarantula (Psalmopoeus pulcher), female, family Therphosidae, Panama

photograph by Eric Reynolds

[maykitz]

>see bird creeping up and down a tree trunk >look it up >common treecreeper

can't make this shit up

[ratcandy]

we just keep naming bugs like this