#Invertabrate

[windmills123]

invertober day FOUR (of twentyweny four)!!!

[cryptic-science]

some of my isopod molts :)

[fyanimaldiversity]

🐛

I’m not sure if I mentioned it on my other animal blog or here, I LOVE caterpillars, but the idea of touching one terrifies me! Even seeing pictures of other people handling harmless ones gives me the willies. Their spikes and fluff and warning colorations absolutely work on me, I don’t want to mess with them! Complete opposite of edible! Maybe I was a hungry predator in a past life who fucked around and found out?

Oddly enough, most venomous snakes are shaped like friends to me! I know better not to, but they look soooo touchable.

[eurydike-on-media]

Pickles!

He's an octopus called Pickles and will have been released back to Neah Bay in Washington by the time I return to the Seattle Aquarium.

At the Seattle Aquarium, they have an octopus on display for a few months, captured from nature and nurtured until they mature. Maturation is marked by increased activity, an indicator that the octopus is ready to reproduce and is looking for a mate. When they reach this active stage, they are released back to where they were captured where they may live out their natural life.

Pickles is a male Great Pacific Octopus, the largest species of octopus. They live three to five years but in that time can grow to be over ninety or even a hundred pounds. Pickles is guessed to be about sixty to sixty-five in these photos. Sexing an octopus is surprisingly simple, a male octopus will not have suckers on the tip of his third arm, whist a female octopus will.

I am sad to see Pickles go but happy to have been able to volunteer with him to educate and inspire aquarium visitors on all things Great Pacific Octopus. If you're ever in the area, I promise it's worth the visit, and maybe I'll get to say hi.

[ophiophxgus]

Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus)

05/09/22, Central Florida.

[ramenreptiles]

a centipede is a type of dragon

[weepingwidar]

Noelia Towers (Spanish/American, 1992) - New Door/Unknown Room (2024)

[paisleyhoneyco]

🐌 🪺 🌱 #invertabrate #snail #nature #floraandfauna #Mollusca #mollusca #pink (at Ubud, Bali, Indonesia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqkbkHwyo4a/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[etakeh]

This is so cool.

Tell me you've never wanted a molting cicada plushie. It's got iridescent wings. LOOK AT IT.

Also got a pitcher plant backpack...with a doomed caterpillar. Sorely tempted.

(he also makes glow in the dark plants) (and breeds monstera) (and has a free downloadable guide to plant breeding for cool characteristics)

anyway support independent artists or something? that make cool things?

[microbe-mage]

From a lichen and leaf litter sample taken on 01/06/2023 at 10:40. Notes from 01/09/2023 at 7:48 PM.

[grigadf]

omnomnomnomnom(devouring a flower together)

[foxsnails]

I'm moving into a flat with my partner soon so I'm gonna need to close my shop during that process! After this shop closure I'll be doing a big reshuffle of my stock so this is your last chance to get a lot of these designs!

I've got a lot on sale, plus 20% discount code to offload some stock and help me afford the move (boosts are super helpful rn!)

Use code LETSMOVE to get 20% off your whole order until August 1st!

-> Shop linked here! <-

[roses-in-the-glade]

Pacific octopus, camouflaging in a tidepool

[jaspersfeelinartsy]

Snail Gemmy-Gem

[spiderappreciation]

Gorgeous little moth I found hanging out on the roof 🧡

An Orange-Rimmed Satin Moth, I believe :)

[fishlung8877]

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