Candy cane snail, Liguus virgineus, Orthalicidae
This arboreal species is found in Haiti and the Dominican Republic
Photo 1 by pedrogenarorodriguez and 2 by margomora
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posting my old pixel art day 19
made in 2021
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when you’re being mean to me this is who you’re being mean to
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It is officially BUG SEASON! in Chicagoland! @crevicedwelling , @onenicebugperday. I am delighted 🥰
I found a lovely Two-Spotted Stink Bug today!…
An adorable plume moth!…
… And this butterfly that I’d like a bit of help ID’ing. They’re doing courtship flights right now.
I love Bug Season 🐛🐜🐞 Some of my favorites are “stinkie bugs.” They are all named Jerri/Gerry.
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I haven't posted bug pics in a while so here's a few I found :) clockwise they are an oil beetle, flesh fly, bottle fly, and ground beetle
if I got any IDs wrong lmk!!
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What’s your favorite turtle and also favorite parasite?
How could I ever choose?! I can’t pick absolute favorites but I can definitely choose some top contenders
Turtles:
- Alligator snapping turtle (I deeply love any type of snapper but these guys are just totally something else- once you work with one you’re hooked forever)
- Gopher tortoise (keystone species with talk show host level charisma)
- Bog Turtles (the cutest animal on earth??)
- Radiated tortoise (I love all the Madagascar tortoise species but these take my breath away)
- Eastern box turtle (if these dudes don’t fill you with childlike wonder I don’t get you)
- Diamondback terrapin (makes me feel how I assume old white guys feel when they see a fancy muscle car. Just a great looking kickass turtle here)
Parasites:
- Screwworms (parasitic larvae of a fly but terrifying and fascinating- these worms are the reason we have sterile insect technique)
- Toxoplasma gondii (best parasite to go down the rabbit hole researching; this protozoan is running the world)
- Parasitic wasps are morbidly fascinating to me so I’ll also say Jewel wasp (can perform brain surgery on the exact part of a cockroach’s brain that would allow it to escape)
- Any type of pentastomid (mysterious and cool, will never forget finding a dead snake filled to the brim with them)
- Guinea worm (interesting worm with cool history and life cycle- former US president Jimmy Carter once vowed to eradicate this parasite in his lifetime)
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This pattern is where I found the insects I used in my midsummer/Kupala piece.
'Bugs Sampler' by MaryHickmottDesigns available on Etsy for download
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Hi, found this spider in a screened in porch, and released it into the yard. Thought maybe it was a wolf spider, but not stripey enough, what is this? Thanks!
What a beauty! Definitely a wolf spider, there are a ton of species and they're not always stripey. I can ID the species exactly if you want to share the location it was found.
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