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hardmountaindew · 10 months

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yippee!!!!

wahooo!!!

#burbles #onychophora #velvet worm

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herpsandbirds · 6 months

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Velvet Worm (Euperipatoides sp.), family Peripatopsidae, QLD, Australia

photograph by Stephen Zozaya

#Euperipatoides #Peripatopsidae #velvet worm #onychophora #animals #nature #australia

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onenicebugperday · 3 months

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Velvet worm, Eoperipatus sp., Peripatidae

Photographed in Singapore by Nicky Bay // Website // Facebook

Shared with permission; do not remove credit or re-post!

#animals #curators on tumblr #bugs #velvet worm #worm #equatorial velvet worm #Onychophora #Eoperipatus #one nice bug #ok but the lil claws on their peets??#a lot for me to handle

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creatureimages · 4 months

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summer's meant more bugs in the open air but i'll always say hi to the worms in the logs

#velvet worm #onychophora #peripatopsidae #anoplokaros keerensis #da wourm

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samimarkart · 4 months

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sweet little velvet worm commission! colored pencil and acrylic on panel, 8x8 inches

commission request form

#my art #painting #art #queer artist #acrylic painting #bugs #velvet worm #worm #invertebrates

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humblegrub · 6 months

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sewing patterns for bugs! (pt 1)

these are just some I found on etsy. please add more you know about!

giant tropical velvet worm pattern by LilLeviathan

aphid plush pattern inspired by Grounded by TheWeaversTools

tarantula pattern (there's a crochet version, too) by LarriecraftsNL

jester the snail pattern by Oddnest

bee plush pattern and fruit fly plush pattern by CirquellCuriosities

isopod plush that stays rolled up with snaps or velcro by CholyKnight

snail plush pattern by CholyKnight

moth and butterfly plush pattern by CholyKnight

dragonfly plush pattern by CholyKnight

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barksbog · 1 year

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Slug and Velvetworms - Preorder Time!!

i´m doing a final run of preorders for these before retiring the printed designs and my old slug pattern alltogether.

these guys are Big and Large

weighted!

either all the leg or no leg

soft

handmade by me

could live in your home

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only a limited amount of preorder slots are available per color and they will close all together before friday the 27th!

adopt them in my shop - barksbog.squarespace.com

#doing a final run of these #i wasn´t planning to so i know it´s kinda spontanous #slug #velvet worm #handmade #plush #plushblr

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sitting-on-me-bum · 7 months

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Velvet Worm

Photographer: Pedro Bernardo / Shutterstock

#pedro bernardo #photographer #shutterstock #velvet worm #worm #animal #nature

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localratwithcowboyhat · 29 days

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I love how velvet worms r like straight out of an alien horror movie,, the way they hunt is just absolutely terrifying but make them small and look adorable.

THIS THIS THING LOOK AT IT

it literally shoots goop ( up to 1 feet) onto its pray that paralyses it, cuts it open with a sharp thorn like thing, inject a liquid that liquefies its organs AND SLURPS THEM UP

they r also completely blind, don’t have an exoskeleton and move by moving pressure

Goodbye

#velvet worm #velvet worm fact #bug #bug fact #thay look so cute #infodump #autism #alian #ramblings #fun facts #facts #god i love velvet worms

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dinoserious · 1 year

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day 24 pink velvet worm

#invertober #velvet worm #pink velvet worm #onychophora #bug

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blinkpen · 6 months

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randomly doodles 1(one) wormy boi

#mog art #artists on tumblr #dragon #bug #centipede #butterfly #velvet worm #just roll in a bunch its all good sprinkles

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forms-and-phyla · 9 months

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Phylum #16: Onychophora, the velvet worms!

"Lobopods", unarmored relatives of arthropods, have a long and rich history. While early forms like Hallucigenia remain unclear as to their affinities, another lineage had already split from the first arthropods. Velvet worms still thrive today, having left the seas for rainforests and humid crevices.

Instead of the arthropods' articulated exoskeletons, velvet worms kept a softer, unarticulated cuticle, with tiny round "papillae" covered in bristles and scales providing their velvet-like appearance. They still moult their cuticle regularily, but do not gain new legs doing so - the babies already look like miniature adults!

Adapted to many terrains thanks to their flexible body and clawed legs, velvet worms are true ambush predators. They come with a special weapon: a glue-like slime, immobilizing prey and repelling predators, shot from appendages on each side of their mouth.

Velvet worms are also intelligent, social creatures. At least one species, Euperipatoides rowelli, is known for hunting together, living in groups of up to 15 individuals with complex interactions establishing their social hierarchy. Individuals within a group are often closely related, with most species giving live birth and taking care of their young!

#forms and phyla #onychophora #velvet worm #bugblr #taxonomy #zoology #biology

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herpsandbirds · 2 months

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White Cave Velvet Worm (Peripatopsis alba), family Peripatopsidae, endemic to 2 cave systems in South Africa

Live bearing (viviparous).

Vulnerable, rare.

photograph by Rodrigo Ferreira

#velvet worm #peripatopsis #peripatopsidae #onychophora #africa #animals #nature #caves

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onenicebugperday · 11 months

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Do you have cool velvet worm facts? They're my favourite bug-creatures :3

I love velvet worms! Absolutely bizarre creatures. They don't have an exoskeleton and they move by changing the fluid pressure in their body. ALSO there's a species (Euperipatoides rowelli) that lives in social groups lead by a dominant female.

Let's admire that species.