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I love bug!

i keep wanting to draw anthro maggots but they end up looking like beetle larvae instead- any ideas on how one might stylize a maggot person to make it a little more distinctly A Maggot? it's especially hard to me bc maggots are like THE MOST featureless insect larvae.... which i suppose counts as a defining feature in and of itself- but i dunno. im mostly just curious to hear your approach!!!

Yeah beetle grubs, caterpillars and a lot of other insect larvae have armored heads with complete jaws structures as well as six little legs, plus they often have a defined looking "top" and "bottom" with ridged and wrinkles almost like they got soft armored down their back

But maggots are weird! They streamlined EVERYTHING down to where they have no legs at all, not even vestigial ones, and their body segments almost evolved towards something like radial symmetry by being the same all the way around!

Then there's the fact that they sort of lost most of a "head." Not only is there no exoskeletal cranial case (bug skull) to protect it but there are no jaws and never any eyes; there's just a little hole for drinking liquefied food, a pair of tusk-like hooks for gripping surfaces, and a pair of eye-like knobs that are actually chemosensory (noses)

The weird, tiny walrus-face is totally unique! They don't have any chewing mouthparts because they only need to "drink" the particles of rotting matter they live on, and like adult flies, they help this along by secreting digestive enzymes!

Maggots also have these very distinct, furry looking bands at every segment, which help them grip surfaces like a tire tread or the sole of a shoe. If you compare this photo with the one above you'll also notice how the segments can retract in and out like a telescope!

The last special thing about common maggot anatomy is that they are technically semi-aquatic animals, because maggots evolved to be buried head-first completely in their own food as much as possible and rotten corpses are WET. In order to breathe, maggots have a pair of breathing spiracles on their rear ends, which they try to keep exposed to the air!

There are exceptions to all of this, though; there are species that can be fully aquatic, fully terrestrial, herbivorous, parasitic or predatory, and some ancient fly groups (including mosquitoes!) whose larvae still have fully armored heads and even eyes. Everything above is universal to the maggots you find in rotten stuff though, so what most people think of when they hear the term :) When I designed a hybrid human and blowfly maggot for the Mortasheen setting I deliberately made it look like a doofy cartoon Walrus, and I gave its segments large spines that can be seen in some parasitic maggots, including botflies:

And when I made a maggot character for my webcomic Awful Hospital I designed her like a little spacesuit or a parka (the resemblance to Kenny was an accident)

Actually I don't think I ever shared this most recent "main artwork" of Maggie. I don't know what idea inspiration any of this might provide but basically a maggot is a prickly living sock with fangs. Or I guess from a design and engineering perspective, a maggot is a biological drill. The tiny end starts a hole, the rest of the body is just a flaring cone perfectly equipped to keep making the hole deeper.

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Anyone who has ever gone remotely near the weird side of Etsy should know that there is a very active Nicholas Cage decor community there.

That stuff is pretty common and standard, but the creativity of this one really impacted me, so I felt I should share it anyway.

#etsyhell #etsyfinds #weird stuff #nicholas cage #housewarming #gift ideas #etsy

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Biblical “vegetarian” ant pills.

Wouldn’t be a bag of ant pills without good old bible verses! And they’re organic — no growth hormones in these ants!

Fun fact- ants have a lot of muscles. I wonder what kinds of special cuts you could get…

#etsy #etsyhell #etsyfinds #ants #vegetarian #supplements #bible #bible verse #bugs

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Bro wtf

#etsy #etsyhell #etsyfinds #etsysale #wtf #wet specimen #weird stuff

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It’s been too long since I’ve stopped to appreciate the masterful work of @scoobydoomistakes . Just wanted to say thank you.

#scooby doo mistakes #shaggy and scooby #scooby doo #animation #thank you

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Nothing to add.

#hi3 #Honkai #Honkai impact #honkaiimpact3 #honkai impact 3 #honkai impact 3rd #kalpas #elysia #honkai eden #honkai su

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Oh, wow.

I know why the faces look so weird, but when I was doing this at 12 AM in my dark room I forgot that anything that tried to generate people would be an absolute nightmare and well.... this.

#what have i done #craiyon #dallemini #weird #surreal

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Leeches

one day I wanna raise some leeches

#adhd brain #this is your brain off drugs #leeches #goblincore #plague doctor #worm #oh worm #cute #cutesie #pet #pets #cute pets #weird pets

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This was one of the best gifts I’ve ever received. My friends are the best.

Gratitude aside, this beautiful boy has completely changed my life. Caring for him, feeding him, nurturing him with fresh sacrifices… it’s a joy I could scarcely comprehend before he was delivered to me.

But, fellow goblins and worms of the night, I’ve spent over three unsuccessful months trying to bestow unto him his perfect name.

Please help. I’m getting desperate. Please help me give him a name!

(This beautiful being, as you can see, was commissioned as being cowboy/western themed, with his tummy fuzz being inspired by the often gloriously hideous western women’s showing apparel. His name must be something western/country-y)

#long furby #furby love #custom furby #oddballs #please help #name ideas #strange aeons #plsstrangeyourfurbynamesarethrbest #western #furby name

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And this is why we’re on tumblr.

I love that musk is groveling asking people to pay for their blue checkmarks while tumblr's fundraising solution was to sell a tiny shitting horse, shoe laces, forced post visibility, and crab rain

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Awww what a precious baby!

Such a sweet and endearing face!

And teeth! Sharp teeth…

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I love humanity.

he said he’d love me if i was a worm and now he’s gone

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Ylike snails?

My genius remains unrealised

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Big fan of this worm. Any other big fans of this worm out there? I’d love to know if other people are big fans of this worm.

Heidi Klum won Halloween again this year.

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8 Feet Demon (Efd) Long Furbies and Scare Clowns

Hey tumblr I have seen a lot of misinformation going around about 8 Feet Demon Long Furbies and Scare Clowns, Demon Long Furbies and 8 Feet Demon Long Furbies are different. While Demon Long Furbies are extremely territorial and will try and take a bite out of your clown (especially a scare clown as they see them as a challenge) the  8 feet demon long furbies will just avoid your clown for a couple of months, then try and scare it with demonic screeching but if your clown doesn’t try and hurt and Efd long furby then the furby will usually calm down and actually become really protective of the clown! Efd long furbies just take a while to adjust so try and make them feel at home! 

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Indeed.

SO COOL