#arthropods

[trunswicked]

Bunch of arthropod guys - refs created for OC purposes! ;)

#furry art #furry #insects #insect #bugs #arthropods #anthro #wasp #beetle #moth #locust #scorpion #animaliaverse #original characters #original character #kassart

[mintflavoredart]

#digital art #arthropods #insects #bees #meme

[the-overthinktank]

Oh my god they are haveing sex

#tiger beetles #insects #beetles #arthropods #invertebrates #animals

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

Today locusts are most commonly thought of as a biblical plague, but in fact swarms of them occur almost every year in Africa, North America, Asia, and Australia. The largest swarm ever recorded occurred in Kenya in 1954; it covered 200 sq km (77 sq mi), and the population was estimated about 10 billion individuals!

(Image: A desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) by Mourad Harzallah)

If you send me proof that you’ve made a donation to UNRWA or another fund benefiting Palestinians– including esim donations and verified gofundmes– I’ll make art of any animal of your choosing.

#locusts #Orthoptera #Acrididae #swarming grasshoppers #short-horned grasshoppers #grasshoppers #insects #arthropods #uncharismatic facts

[saspitite]

wehhhh. so epy. i return to my spherical state.

#sas says #isopods #arthropods

[wikipediapictures]

Copepod

“Copepods of various species. Photos were taken using a Biolam R-11 microscope. For photography, the dark field method was combined with polarization. Thanks to polarizing microscopy, the glow of muscle stripes in the bodies of some crustaceans is visible. Each photo is the result of panoramic shooting and focus stacking.” - via Wikimedia Commons (original description translated from Russian using Google Translate)

#wikipedia #wikipedia pictures #nature #animals #copepods #copepoda #crustacean #arthropoda #multicrustacea #arthropods #marine life #marine biology #marine animals #marine creatures #fish lice #crustaceans #sea animals #sea creatures #sea critters #ocean animals #oceancore #ocean aesthetic #ocean creatures #ocean critters #zoology

[hawkpartys]

Nomad Bees (Genus Nomada)

#inaturalist #naturalist #nature #ecology #zoology #biology #photography #nature photography #wildlife photography #hawks photos #insect #insects #bug #bugblr #entomology #bugs #hymenoptera #bugposting #arthropods #bee #bees #nomad bees

[chronicsheepdrawing]

This is cause for Celebration! ( I'm genuinely really excited. )

Picture of him eating under the cut ( Arachnophobia Warning )

#My Sona #Animals #Invertebrates #Arthropods #Spiders #Arachnophobia #Arachnids #Tarantulas #Red Leg Tarantula #Brachypelma emilia #insects #roaches #Dubia Roach #Blaptica dubia #Carrot Cake the Tarantula #He was fed in his cage and then left alone #I didn't just feed him in an open area next to my bed- that's just for the illustration

[jupiterswasphouse]

[PHOTOS TAKEN: MARCH 31ST, 2024 | Image IDs: Four photos of a black and yellow male eastern carpenter bee with translucent wings feeding from and pollinating the white and pink flowers of an apple tree /End IDs.]

#Bee #bees #Apidae #Carpenter bees #Hymenoptera #insects #insect #bug #bugs #entomology #Bugblr #invertebrates #arthropods #Invertebrates #Inverts #photos #Photos #Photo #Wasp House Sights

[vexwerewolf]

Being autistic is weird because I think I'd be entirely entirely immune to the maddening effects of witnessing an Elder God but learning that barnacles are arthropods rather than molluscs nearly gave me an existential crisis

#barnacle #arthropods #molluscs #nature #taxonomy #autism

[scribblyspaceskeleton]

Speaking up and educating people on why the most hated life forms on the planet are important and meaningful is a thankless task.

How do we reach out and get people to care about insects and spiders when the average reaction is either "EEWW KILL IT WITH FIRE" or blind panic?

Arthropods are crucial to the survival of life as we know it. Yes, even commonly vilified bugs like wasps and mosquitoes have ecological niches that the world CANNOT do without.

I cannot overstate their importance.

#serious topics #bugs #insects #arthropods #spiders

[tibli]

I love when arthropods have a pseudopupil. It's so whimsical and cute, and they come in so many varieties!!

little kitty cat eyes!!!

bombastic side eyes!!!!

cartoon character eyes!!!!

bigass anime eyes!!!!!

BE NOT AFRAID eyes!!!!!

#biology #arthropods #crustaceans #insects #crab #praying mantis #grasshopper #damselfly #butterfly #sorry i just googles -athropod name- eyes #so im not sure exactly what species these bugs are (yes crabs is bugs) #honestly im not sure if thats actually a praying mantis #it could just be like. a regular mantis #who cares anyway pseudopupils are so fucking cool!!!!!!! #i ESPECIALLY love damselflies they are so fucking cute and have no right to be that way #also grasshoppers have such funny faces #they all remind me of like. distinguished and rotund victorian gentleman. no idk why that is

[the-overthinktank]

Beautiful women named callobuis severus are appearing in my sink

#callobius severus #spiders #chelicerates #arthropods #invertebrates #animals

[uncharismatic-fauna]

What is your favorite worm. What's your favorite crustacean. What's your favorite true bug. What's your favorite parasite. What's your favorite non-true bug insect?

Oh gosh you're asking all the wrong questions-- I'm a herpetologist, and I've never really been particularly interested in anything without a spine. Nevertheless, I shall try to answer to the best of my ability.

Favorite worm: Giant tube worms, because they live near volcanic vents and basically live off the sulfer, which is crazy!

2. Favorite crustaceans: Japanese spider crabs; when I was a kid I could spend ages watching them at the Shedd Aquarium. I love their long legs!

3. Favorite true bug: Annual cicadas, because I always associate them with summer (although stepping on their old shells was. unpleasant.)

4. Favorite parasite: Parasitoid wasps; I think their method of parasitism (laying their eggs in or on other arthropods) is really neat!

5. Favorite non-true bug insect (not a fair question imo, considering how many species are included): Probably fireflies, again because I associate them with summer-- when I was a kid I'd see how many I could catch before it got too dark.

And there you have it! I'll admit some of these were easier to answer than others; as I said, inverts are not my specialty by any means. But this was a lot of fun to answer, even if I did have to look up a few things!

#jack speaks #asks #answered #arthropods

[humblegrub]

triops are one of my all-time fave little guys

#triops #tadpole shrimp #dinosaur shrimp #crustaceans #arthropods #branchiopoda #tiktok #found elsewhere and uploaded by me

[futurebird]

Wasps so tiny you will question everything.

Imagine being so teeny tiny that you are an endoparasite on *leafhoppers* Leafhoppers are already in the "so small they go unnoticed" category, and you're just a little pest on a minuscule thing.

Of course the group that's most likely to choose this life? The wasps Wasps are some of the smallest insects. There are "fairy flies" that are parasites of the eggs of certain insects.

They are so small that air is "thick" to them and their wings have feathered edges are are oar shaped.

Some fairly flies are so tiny that their neurons are cells without nuclei. They got rid of them to save space. They can still think though... presumably the tiniest little thoughts.

Photo by Alexey Polilov, 2012

They lay their eggs inside of the eggs of 1-2mm long crop pests.

And... read the article to see what the males are like... they are even smaller somehow, but it's ... disturbing.

#tiny #too tiny #so smol #smol #hymenoptera #wasp #wasps #fairycore #fairy flies #Megaphragma mymaripenne #Megaphragma #little #bug #bugblr #cute bugs #arthropods #insects #invertebrates