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I set up a light trap in my yard to try and attract a lady friend for one of my two male rhino beetles but I found another male instead.. so I guess I have three male rhino beetles now! I’ve given him some beetle jelly to snack on in his temporary home and he seems to be enjoying it :]

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hmm

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ERASER@YepWn

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“sun god’s rhino beetle” acrylic painting on a 6x6 wooden canvas ❤️☀️✨

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Hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules) plush photo & listing: [KEAIart]

[id: a realistic plush rhino beetle with a black body, yellow elytra with black stripes and spots, and a long, brown horn which has fluffy orange fur on the underside. the first image is a side view; in the second the beetle is facing the camera; in the third you can see the underside, which is black, with realistic brown beetle legs coming out. /end id]

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"chase the moon", oil pastel on wood panel, 2023.

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So on my birthday the other day I was absolutely BLESSED and found this magnificent rhinoceros beetle! He was just sitting on the ground in a train station car park, so I have taken him home to pamper him with assorted fresh fruits 🍌🍒

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more bugs more drinking

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I baked some beetle bread!! <3

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Hello! If you'd like, could you make some pngs of golden tortoise beetles, or maybe jewel beetles? Thank you and have a great day !!

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A perfect newborn leafcutter ant was recently born at a zoo but nobody cared because it wasn't a piece of shit hippo

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wake again after rest

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boogs .

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Ya girl has been published 👀👀

My gynandromorph amazon ant find and photoshoot is featured in the fall edition of the American Entomologist journal! Just a perfect bizarre creature ❤️🖤

(Polyergus longicornis, male alate/female worker split)

When I found this creature in 2022, I would have been far more comfortable starting this post with "ya boy"

Another reason this creature is and probably always will remain my favorite find.

Happy Intersex Awareness Day. ♥️

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glimpse into my beautiful imaginary world where arthropods are really big and we domesticated them

edit: people are starting to say some "my worst nightmare" or "eeeww no that one is yucky and scary" comments on this like they do on any bug post and id like to say. it's fine if you don't like bugs it's fine if you're scared of bugs but don't put that on MY post clearly talking about how much i like them and how cute i think they are. you can make your own damn post about how much you hate wasps or spiders or whatever. i'm blocking people who make these kinds of comments.

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reading an online discussion about fairy shrimp and someone remarked that "what they lack in charisma, they make up in vigor" and maybe I'm just hopelessly bug-pilled but I think these sad little feathers with the dot eyes deserve at least some universal cute credit

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I found such a sweet little elephant weevil today! <3