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Painted Schinia Moths (Schinia volupia) feeding on Indian Blanket, family Noctuidae, East TX, USA

photographs by Craig Furr

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me and who

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angry baby

judgemental baby

old lady without her dentures looking baby

glaring at you like you just cursed in church baby

homophobic boomer who just saw you and your girlfriend holding hands baby

#she's so silly #crested gecko #gecko #crestie #exotic pets #lizard #reptile #reptiblr #herps #herpetology #herpblr

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isopod tea party 🥺

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african peach moth (egybolis vaillantina) | source

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Schrift-Proben von Schriftgiesserei - Benjamin Krebs - 1899 - via Paris bibliotheques

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walking for an hour is a such factory reset for when you want to kill yourself shoes on coat on hands in your pockets and keep it moving playa

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Follow The Leader (Ant Spiral)

block printed denim, cotton batting, thread, and gifted fabric backing

thinking about natural phenomena, repetition from a single block carving, adaptive and maladaptive behaviors, and dreams from years back where my blankets turned into swarms of insects

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My favorite photo of Persephone 🤍🌿 looking forward to summer days like this again <3

#pets #dog #spaniel #english springer spaniel #springer spaniel #english setter #dogs #hiking

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gonna hand this out as a sticker at a con

#stop this is so adorable #it fits the little guys so well #just silly goofy lil bugs

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she's just so silly! <3

#exotic pets #herps #herpetology #reptiles #reptiblr #gecko #lizard #crested gecko #crestie

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current reads 🌱📚

Buzz Words: Poems About Insects

This is a perfect book for anyone who appreciates insects, I've been reading the poems whenever I have a spare moment. I appreciate that the book is split into sections based on what type of insect is the topic of the poems.

The Illustrated Origin of Species by Charles Darwin

I have been looking for a nice copy of On the Origin of Species for a WHILE because every edition I find has incredibly tiny text and is impossible to read. I found this edition at my local public library, and it's not only formatted in a way that's actually legible but it also has illustrations which is great! Unfortunately the book itself is a bit beat up, but that's what you get from library books sometimes! If I love this edition like I expect I will, I might look into purchasing my own copy.

Improbable Destinies: Fate, Chance, and the Future of Evolution by Jonathan B. Losos

This is my absolute favorite book ever, I love the way it's written and you can truly tell that Losos loves his career. I've been reading it for almost a year now, only because I've been reading it slowly to properly appreciate each story that Losos shares. This book has been a huge deciding factor in my decision to study biology.

Feel free to share recommendations of your favorite science-y books! <3

#books #entomology #reading #insects #invertebrates #book #biology #evolutionary biology

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Ivy clad garden goddess from my garden.

Own photograph - heaveninawildflower

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Those two are so adorable! 🥹 I was told that Heather is around 1-2 years old and is still a juvenile. I haven't had a chance to measure her leg span yet, but she's definitely not even full grown yet.

Slow growing slings can definitely be discouraging, I had a very tiny H. formosus sling who unfortunately failed to thrive after barely reaching the size of a skittle </3 it's going to be so amazing to look back on photos of your babies in a few years after they've grown though!! 🖤 Hopefully they don't take too long to start looking less like lanky teenagers and more like Heather's young adult size 🙏

🕷 pet intro . heather

Heather is a 1-2 year old, confirmed female, captive bred, juvenile Arizona Blonde Tarantula (aphonopelma chalcodes) that I picked up at an exotics expo on January 28th, 2024.

She is named for the movie Heathers! <3

She has a very gentle and docile temperament 🤎

#I'm definitely going to try another pumpkin patch one day though #slow growing slings can be frustrating but so rewarding #definitely need some adults or some faster growing slings to balance out the anticipation lol #and h. chilensis are so beautiful!

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🕷 pet intro . heather

Heather is a 1-2 year old, confirmed female, captive bred, juvenile Arizona Blonde Tarantula (aphonopelma chalcodes) that I picked up at an exotics expo on January 28th, 2024.

She is named for the movie Heathers! <3

She has a very gentle and docile temperament 🤎

#entomology #exotic pets #insects #pet insect #invertebrates #pet bug #arachnid #arachnids #tarantula #tarantulas #aphonopelma chalcodes #a chalcodes #aphonopelma #spider #spiders

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Somehow I haven't kept isopods yet, so I picked up a small group of orange dalmatians (porcellio scaber) and I'm actually kind of obsessed and will be paying more attention to isopod sellers at the next expo I visit lol

#isopods #isopod #insect