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The weekend is upon us….

Here’s some walking to help you relax for it!

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Since no one follows me here, I can post what I want. Including millipede updates. This means I don’t have to annoy my friends via ‘pede updates.

Giant African millipede update #1:

I’ve realized that Hox doesn’t enjoy “hidden food” in his enclosure. I have a decently sized extremely shallow food dish for him where most of the food goes, but I tried putting some stuff elsewhere so he can “sniff it out” as some sort of enrichment. I know he’s seen it cause he literally crawls on it but the dude only eats what’s in his dish. I can’t tell if he’s smart or picky.

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A stag with the normal number of legs taking a drink from an icy lake

(actually a Eulophidae sp. wasp boy getting a sugar snacc while I snap a 100 pics of that rack 😍😍)

2/13/23. N. Florida

Such a good boy 🤎

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This quote plays on repeat in my head

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Wait pinned posts are a thing on this website now?? Ok uhhh

Heyo, you can call me Hopper! I’m an autistic transmasc studying animal ecology and invasive entomology!

I used to use tumblr a lot back in the 2012-2017 era, but left since then. Now I’m back so I can talk about inverts <3

I use it/he/they pronouns and am 21! I also adore slashers and horror (specifically 80s + 90s) but won’t talk much about that here! I may post some fun bug art now and again though :3

Warning:

This entire blog is about bugs and inverts, I won’t always tag my reblogs because of this!! If you are scared of ANY sort of invert (and I mean any) I don’t recommend following cause this page is gonna be covered in them!!!

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Tiny large (for their family) pinchy lad roaming out in the open looking for something to pinch 🤎🥹

3/12/23

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Finally rejoining tumblrs after years of being off of it. I’m only here to post about inverts and all the small guys.

Anyways this is my pet giant African millipede :3

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bug toys!

alright, here’s my mini-guide to getting into the world of Weirdly Articulated, almost entirely Japanese bug toys.

some caveats:

1) most of these toys aren’t great for kids. they have a lot of small lose-able, breakable, poke-able parts and can fall apart pretty easily. 2) i’m in the US, so i’m not quite sure how to acquire these things if ebay and Buyee don’t work for you 3) ‘bugs’ for the purpose of this guide (and entire blog tbh) is any invertebrate why would i want fake bugs when i can get real bugs? 1) fake bugs don’t die and can be neglected forever. they will never bite, sting, poop on you, or be stinky (unless you make them stinky) 2) fake bugs can be handled constantly, they will not get stressed out or pick up any germs from you 3) fake bugs can be much larger than real bugs, or be species that would be impossible or unethical to own or breed. they can even be fun made up creatures 4) fake bugs don’t require any kind of tank, substrate or food, and they will not breed uncontrollably (or at all) 5) they cannot escape and become an invasive species 6) buying them doesn’t support shady or unethical ‘breeders’ who just take bugs from the wild (not saying all bug breeders do this, but it’s definitely a problem with certain kinds of bugs)

this is not to discourage any responsible bug-culturing you might want to get into, but for me, as a pretty depressed person without a lot of space, these are all big plusses!

onto the fake bugs

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