#ant mimic crab spider

[onenicebugperday]

Ant-mimic crab spider, Amyciaea forticeps, Thomisidae

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

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

[morbidsmenagerie]

Ground crab spider and baby ant mimic mantis at the insectarium

[dianaidk55]

Blog no.1

Hello to whoever may be reading this! As I mentioned in my last post, I will be posting my first blog on Sunday, which is today. I have thought a little bit about what to post specifically and I decided to blog about insects, and I think that will be the focus of this account. 

To start off I want to explain the very basics on this topic. Firstly, the study of insects is called entomology, and secondly, insects are part of the phylum (or group) Arthropoda. 

The phylum Arthropoda is the largest phylum in the animal kingdom, and they make up about 84% of all known species of animals. The Arthropoda is commonly divided into 4 subphyla: 

Arachnids:

They have 4 pairs of legs, or 8 legs in total. They include spiders, scorpions and ticks. 

Crustaceans:

They have a hard exoskeleton and typically live underwater. They include crabs, lobsters and shrimps. 

Insects:

They have 3 pairs of legs, or 6 legs in total and a lot of them have wings. They include beetles, moths and butterflies. 

Myriapods:

They have many pairs of legs. They include millipedes and centipedes. 

Out of all these subphyla, insects are the most abundant and there is estimated to be 10 quintillion insects all over the world, or a ‘10’ followed by 18 zeros, or also about 80% of all known animal species. The most common insects are, unsurprisingly, ants which there are about 20 quadrillion of them, or a ‘20’ with 15 zeros. There are so many ants that there are about 2.5 million ants for every human. 

People are usually scared of insects and often find them ugly and disgusting but i do not think that is true. There are many beautiful and unique insects out there. Some of my favorites are: 

The flower mantis:

These are a specific species of praying mantises that use a special kind of camouflage, they mimic parts of the orchid flower. They do this to attract prey and to avoid predators.  

The domestic silk moth:

They are often used to produce silk from their cocoons. They cannot fly since they have been so genetically modified by humans and so can no longer survive independently in the wild. 

The bumblebee:

This is obviously a very common and well-known species. They are important pollinators, and they produce honey. 

There are so many more beautiful and unique insects, but I only named a few and described them very briefly, next week maybe I might go into detail on them or maybe on other insects, we’ll see by then.  

That’s it for now, I know this blog is kind of short, but I am tired and lazy atm. Sorry for posting so late but I was busy with cleaning and baking, and I sort of forgot to work on this the days before, but next week I hope I will post something longer and maybe even more interesting. That’s it for today, thank you for reading this far! 

[quitealotofsodapop]

HiB Spider Sisters idea:

I mentioned the 7 Spider Sisters in a few previous HiB sequel/au posts and I had a cool idea of how they'd work, inspired a bit by the 1999/00's cartoon + LMK's spider gang.

Gonna put these lovely ladies in one photo set to reduce arachnophobia.

Sister #1: Black Widow Spider - the leader of sisters. Not the largest but definietly the one with the biggest ego. Based on the Spider Queen

Sister #2: Joro Spider - thin and spindy, and obsessed with her beauty. Likes short men.

Sister #3: Signature Spider - the more bookish of the elder sisters. Enjoys caligraphy and decorating her webs.

Sister #4: Huntsman Spider - Frustrated middle child. Is a pursuit hunter rather than a web weaver. Ends up having a crush on Sha Wujing. Based on the Huntsman from LMK.

Spider #5: Chinese Fawn/Bird Eater - A lazy web maker who nonethless has a massive heart. Based on Goliath/Strong Spider from LMK.

Spider #6: Ant Mimic Crab Spider - An amatuer actress who takes on most of the chores around the home.

Sister #7: Java Yellow Jumping Spider - Youngest sister. Barely a teenager by demon standards. Can leap great distances.

The HiB gang encounter these fine gals and immediately are on edge about having Liuer or Fa Ming near them (cus demons + monks = bad), only for the seven arachnid demons to crowd around the kids and coo;

Spider Sisters: (*pinching Liuer's cheeks and fussing over him*) Spider Sisters: "Oh he's so short!" "Barely a hatching!" "And he's so chubby, look at these cheeks!" "He's so cute I could eat him up!" Liuer, terrifed cus of what the adults warned him about: "Dasheng! They're gonna eat me!" (;﹏;) Spider Sisters: (*immediately give him more space and make sad aw-ing sounds*) Spider Sisters: "Oh no sweetheart!" "We don't want to eat eat you!" Spider Sister #4, joking: "Yeah, you're not ripe enough." Liuer, sarcasm failed: "....WAAAAHHH!!!" ｡･ﾟﾟ･(>д<)･ﾟﾟ･｡ Other 6 Sisters: (*disapproving glares at #4*)

Because an aspect of the Sisters from JTTW thats often glossed over; is that they are described as the adoptive mothers to seven baby bug demons.

These broody spiders take one look at Liuer and Silly Girl and start cooing at how much they want one of their own. <3

After the confusion is cleared up with the HiB gang, they quickly gain some new friends in the form of seven giant spider demons. The eldest three sisters do flirt with Fa Ming though - so the monkeys gotta keep on eye on that. And the fourth one has a crush on Sha Wujing. The only one of the demons that show any interest in Zhu Bajie is the youngest jumping spider having a bit of a puppy-crush on him, and that rightfully freaks him out a little too much.

[spider-snap]

Spider Life List

Got this idea from birders. I'm not exactly the type of person to 'collect' observations and find rarities or ID everything I stumble upon (I can't remember names with my crap memory lol). I'm more of a behavior watcher, and the reason why I watch spiders is because watching them do stuff is fun, like how they get their food/hunt.

So yeah this is my personal list of spiders I like to see/ watch certain behaviors from.

Orb weavers (not that they aren't common, I just don't have a photo of one yet) - especially those with huge webs

Ant/scorpion mimics (or any mimics in general) - they move differently from other spiders. There's more than one ant mimicking spider in my country (one crab and two jumpers), so I'm keeping an eye out for imposters! There's even a snake (head) mimicking spider. There are a couple that apparently look and smell like bird droppings, but I'm kind of hesitant to search for these (for obvious reasons).

'Social' spiders - a few species of spiders live in colonies, have huge webs and have 'social' behaviors like raising young. There's at least 1 research paper in my country of a species that sort of acts 'social' and live in groups, so I'd be stoked to see them.

Trapdoor spiders - hard to encounter and find, but that's why they're on a life list! I'd like to see this one hunt (if possible)

Fishing spiders - what it literally says. Spiders that dive into water and fish! Found in mangroves and wetlands.

Crab spiders - I want to see them ambush prey!!! They are pretty common, but I haven't seen them hunt. They walk weirdly for spiders tbh.

Yellow sac spider/ Brown recluse/ Black widow... from a very safe distance - they're nocturnal. Sac spiders and brown recluse hunt (which is pretty cool) and black widows use their webs. Honestly, I'd just take a picture and leave immediately. I'm more worried about squishing it by accident lol (most spiders attack when squished/ threatened, but generally keep to themselves).

Might add more, but this is enough for now

[dressedsalad]

What are your top 5 animals?

ofc compiling a list is hard, since it's also quite dynamic! but imma try anyways. 1) Mimic Octopus I cannot get over how fucking cool this guy is, I love octopuses in general so much, but this guy takes the cake. I love mimesis so much and i love creatures that take it to its fullest possible extent. I've loved these for a very long time. 2) Armored shrew I've only discovered this species recently, as i was going through the wiki pages of all soicomorphs, and honestly, underrated. Insane spinal cord, i cannot lie I am jealous. This place may be taken up by other animals in the future but rn it's living in my head rent free. 3) Mexican mole lizard cutest weirdest reptile imo, also i cannot get over the fact that it only has 2 front legs, i've also loved this guy for a very long time. 4) Dragonflies I don't have a favorite species of dragonfly, but i rly can't expect to when i'm dealing w insects. Absolutely badass creatures, insane flight, insanely good hunters, big stupid eyes, just awesome. 5) Superb lyrebirds I wanted to at least include 1 bird, and this is def my favorite! I like it for the same reason i like mimic octopuses, mimesis! but with sounds!! stellar. Also i feel bad leaving out naked mole rats, axolotls (as a kid i was rly obsessed w them), star nosed moles, any nudibranchs, any crabs (in these cases i feel like the variety over all the species is more important to me than any of the species themselves), gerridae, eels, goblin sharks, portuguese man o' wars, stick insects, sun bears, golden snub-nosed monkeys, pangolins, armadillos, kangaroos , black widows, trapdoor spiders, any ants any bees, but as it turns out, 5 is not a big number. (also i've tried factoring out the bias that comes from the fact i've been looking into the taxonomy of mammals (to get a loose sense) recently)

[wyverewings]

Wyvere Reviews All the Monster Hunter Monsters (Arthropod Monsters)

If you know me, you know arthropods are one of my favorite groups of animals in the world. And of course, they're popular as monsters in media. So of course we have some bug monsters in Monster Hunter! We'll be covering multiple classes today, like we did with the last review.

Neopterons

We're starting off with the Neopterons, a class consisting of insect-like monsters. The first monster of note is Altaroth, an ant monster. I like those little crests on their heads, they kinda remind me of flowers, but what I really love is that they have bellies like honeypot ants! That's a wonderful touch of real world biology, which is always something I love with fictional monsters! 7/10

Tbh, the Konchu feels like they should belong in the Carapaceon class, seeing as how they have more similarities to crustaceans, especially pillbugs. Still pretty cool, 7/10.

The first of the big bug monsters is the Seltas Queen, who is obviously a bug queen. She's got traits of beetles and scorpions, but... kinda comes across as a sort of generic "bug queen" type monster? Idk what exactly it is, but I just don't enjoy the design too much. The tail is cool, at least. 6/10

Ahtal-Ka is a LOT cooler, and not just because they're a praying mantis with an Egyptian motif (though that is part of the appeal, of course). You see, they can create motherfucking mechas.

I AM NOT JOKING. LOOK AT THIS. IT IS CANON IN MONSTER HUNTER THAT THERE IS A SPECIES OF GIANT MANTIS INTELLIGENT ENOUGH TO CRAFT GIANT MECHAS MADE OF SILK AND STONE, AND ALSO CONTROL THESE MECHAS FOR COMBAT. THIS OPENS SO MANY STORY POSSIBILITIES BUT FOR SOME REASON THEY ONLY APPEARED IN ONE GAME AND NEVER AGAIN. 8.5/10

Okay okay, I need to cool off from the mecha-making-mantis, and talk about another cool bug monster. The Temnocerans are supposed to be spiders, but Nerscylla here has six legs, which clearly means they're an insect! But they are still a cool bug monster, made more interesting due to the fact that they wear the skins of their prey. Creepy, yes, but the Hunters are guilty of that too. Also, I love spiders, even if this is a spider mimic instead of a true spider. 8/10

I know I've made the unofficial rule to not talk about the smaller monsters, but the Rachnoid and Pyrantula are just so cute, and also I like how Pyrantula looks like a little pumpkin! 7.5/10

I got a picture of Rakna-Kadaki's plush because it's kinda hard to read the features on the official render. Plus the plush is cute (actually the Monster Hunter plushies are cute in general, go look them up). Anyway, Rakna-Kadaki is a pretty cool monster too, with how they've wrapped themselves in silk and take inspiration from the Jorogumo of Japanese myth! 8/10

Carapaceons

Time for crab! Carapaceons are crustacean monsters, with most of them being specifically hermit crab monsters. Also, they have a habit of collecting monster bones, often to act as shells, which is pretty damn cool. The Ceanataur is a pretty good crab, I like their scythe-esque claws. 7.5/10

Shen Gaoren has some long legs almost like a spider crab, and also a nice coconut crab face. 7.5/10

I think my favorite of the crabs, though, would be Hermitaur. Like real world hermit crabs, they wear armor to protect their sensitive skin, but instead of shells, Hermitaur wears monster skulls! They also have a very spooky and badass face to go along with their creepy defense mechanism! 8/10

Bonus Flying Wyverns

In order to pad this review out and also get rid of the need to review even more monsters with the Flying Wyvern post, we're using some of the monsters of that class who are distinctly more similar to invertebrates. We're starting this bonus round with Khezu, and... well, they sure are a weird cave monster. They sure are creepy and offputting to look at, and that goal was definitely achieved. 5/10, they are a good design, but one that makes me deeply uncomfortable.

Gigginox, at least, is much easier on the eyes. They're more weird than overtly creepy, and they also feel more like a leech monster than Khezu. 7.5/10

Fortunately, we end on what is possibly one of my favorite monsters in the series! Astalos is a freaking beetle dragon, which I obviously adore, and merges those aspects absolutely wonderfully! They're such a gorgeous monster, and a perfect note to end this post on! 9/10!

[parakaryote]

I realized I never posted the full Invertober art pages, so here they are!

References used (for the more heavily referenced ones):

Lanternfly

Malachite

Wasp

Goliath beetle

Bumblebee

[Image description: Three art pages with drawings of various invertebrates. Each animal has its common name written above and its full taxonomic classification (sans kingdom) written below. Most of them are shown from above unless otherwise specified.

Image 1 has a light blue background and twelve species:

A peanut-headed lanternfly, a light brown insect with a roughly peanut-shaped head.

A malachite, a butterfly with brown and pale green wings, sitting facing right on top of malachite rock.

A common cuttlefish, white with brown stripes, shown facing right.

A fried-egg jellyfish, a jellyfish with a bell resembling a sunny-side-up egg. A few of its thick tentacles are curled up at the tips, revealing blue and yellow bumps on their undersides.

A greater bee fly, a fly evolved to mimic a bee. It is covered in dark yellow and brown fuzz.

A Mexican redknee tarantula. It is black and orange (despite the name).

A ruby-tailed wasp. It has a blue head and thorax, a pink abdomen, and brown wings.

A hammerhead worm. It is mostly bright orange with a semicircular black head and a black-bordered white stripe going down its back.

An anthropomorphized dinosaur ant, a light brown ant with long mandibles. She is wearing a green onesie with a dinosaur on it and sitting with her knees bent and her upper right hand resting over her lower right hand.

A magnificent sea anemone, a wide anemone with a bright pink body and green tentacles.

A goliath beetle. It is black and white with brown elytra.

A Japanese spider crab, a red-and-white crab with very long and thin front limbs.

Image 2 has a light green background and twelve species:

An early bumblebee. It is yellow and black with the back of the abdomen being orange.

A redwood sideband snail. Its body is dark brown, and its shell is dark purple on the outside gradienting to yellow in the middle.

A comet moth. Its wings are a light yellow-green with a brown eyespot on each one and two long “tails” coming off the hind wings. Its body is yellow, and its antennae are brown and very fluffy.

A yellow-spotted isopod, dark grey with yellow spots.

A wingless dragon based on a female European glowworm. It has pale pink skin and dark brown horns and plating along the back. Bright yellow-green light radiates from the tips of its horns and tail in star shapes.

An Anna’s magnificent sea slug, a blue-and-black nudibranch with orange gills and antennae and an orange-and-white frill around its body.

A yellow tube sponge. It looks exactly the way its name implies.

A three-banded lady beetle, a ladybug with five rectangular spots (two pairs on the outer edges of the body, one band across the middle).

A strawberry squid swimming with its body tilted to the right. It is dark pink, and one of its bright green eyes is noticeably larger than the other.

A Linne’s cicada, green with darker green markings, sitting with its wings folded.

An orange-legged dronefly sitting facing right. It has a yellow head and thorax, orange abdomen, light pink wings, and dark brown legs with orange feet.

A giant Asian mantis standing facing right, only the front of the body shown. It is light green with light yellow eyes.

Image 3 has a light yellow-orange background with seven species:

An Indo-Pacific horseshoe crab. It is a light greenish grey.

An ivory millipede, a black-and-white millipede, walking to the left with its body curved into an S shape.

A yeti crab, a greyish pink crab with thick white fur around its pincers.

A wavy-lined emerald moth, a light green moth with white line markings on the wings.

An anthropomorphized bold jumping spider shown from the waist up. They are dark grey with four black eyes, six arms, and a handful of hairs sticking up around their head, and are wearing a bright green tank top. They’re waving with their upper left hand.

A Johnson’s sea cucumber, red-orange with white “spikes” and tube feet, shown from the side.

A Halloween crab, a black and red crab with purple and light blue front limbs / pincers. It is standing facing the viewer. There are thick yellow markings over its eyes that make it look like it’s doing a pleading face.

End ID.]

[hk2int]

This crab spider, Amyciaea, mimics Oecophylla smaragdina (weaver ants). It has two spots on its back to mimic eyes, and uses the hindlegs as fake antennae. It dangles from a silk thread to evade the ants, and then comes down and bites one in the neck to paralyze and eat it.

It took me a while to realize this is not just one ant :D

[peepintothewild]

Into the webs

Introduction: 

From 8 to the 80s, almost everyone knows about spider man. And when we hear this WORD, probably what comes first to mind – is a fictional character of the movie wearing a red and blue suit, gloves, boots, and mask. But that does not come to mind what exists in this nature – a generally dark or sometimes light-complexioned small creature with several eyes and legs having the tag of the most feared animal among the public, especially girls, jokes apart  it is none other than – “ SPIDER.”

So, this blog highlights some of the intriguing aspects of Parasteatoda tepidariorum, commonly known as Spider.

Characteristics

First of all, let me clear the most common misconception that it is an insect. But in reality, a spider is the most significant order of arachnids. They differ from insects in having only two segments of the body, eight legs, not six or eight eyes (generally two in insects). Unlike insects, spiders do not have any antennae.

Spiders occur in an extensive range of sizes. The smallest, Patu digua from Colombia, are less than 0.37 mm in body length. The largest and heaviest spiders occur among tarantulas, with body lengths up to 90 mm and leg spans up to 250 mm. While in many spiders, color is fixed throughout their life, in some groups, color may vary in response to environmental, internal conditions, and preying circumstances. Some spiders’ diets include nectar, flies, mosquitos, moths, ants, and other small insects. Most spiders are solitary animals and meet each other during mating by various methods – pheromones, tactile and complex courtship displays through dance (by jumping spider), and visual.

Web – 5x stronger than steel:

 Spider uses its proteinaceous silk to produce its webs, generally for capturing prey or, in some cases, the web acts as an auditory sensor. Various types of webs are –                                                             

Orb webs

Cobwebs

Tubular webs                                                

Funnel webs

Sheet webs

Human uses of webs:

 In traditional European medicines, it was used for wound healing aid. It is also used in cobweb painting, for reticles in telescopes, other medical devices, and consumer goods.

Prey: 

Have you ever wondered how this tiny creature captures its prey? Crab spiders are sit-and-wait predators. They are often seen perched on garden flowers with their long front legs held out, crablike, to seize insects visiting the plant. Wolf spiders are brown and furry; on sunny days, large numbers can be seen running through vegetation to hunt prey. On bright walls, black-and-white striped jumping spiders can be seen stalking and pouncing on prey. The distinctive nocturnal woodlouse spider hunts woodlice under stones and flower pots.

Some interesting facts you would wish you had known earlier

A few species of spiders (Jumping spiders)  can see UVA and UVB light and other spectrums which we can’t see.

There are over 100 species of spiders that mimic ants by having similar appearances and even similar pheromones. Most do it to evade predators and also help them prey on ants.

Some spiders eat their own webs.  Abandoning one web and building a new one every night would be pretty wasteful. Instead, some orb-web spinners recycle the amino acids that make up the silk proteins by ingesting the silk as they systematically dismantle their damaged webs.

Spider inspired a dance locally known as “ Tarantella.” During the 16th and 17th centuries, it was believed that a bite from a species of wolf spider (named tarantula) would be fatal unless the victim engaged in frenzied dancing to a specific piece of music.

Spider cannibalism - Many spiders can happily eat other spiders, and many can even cannibalize individuals of their species. The nursery web spider's mating session is a clear example of spider cannibalism. When courting a female nursery web spider, he should present a silk-wrapped fly to his prospective mate. If he doesn't, he will be rejected outright; according to new research, he won’t have anything to defend himself with if she tries to eat him. Female nursery webs rarely attack suitors. But when they do, the male loses everything. In the case of a red widow, the male force feeds himself to the female by placing himself into her mandibles. If she ‘spits him out,’ so to speak, he will keep putting himself there until she eventually eats him.

Historical & Mythological significance:

Spiders have been the focus of stories and mythologies of various cultures for centuries. In a story told by the Roman poet Ovid in his Metamorphoses, Arachne was a Lydian girl who challenged Athena to a weaving contest. Arachne won, but Athena destroyed her tapestry out of jealousy, causing Arachne to hang herself. In the act of mercy, Athena brought Arachne back to life as the first spider. Stories about the trickster-spider Anansi are prominent in the folktales of West Africa and the Caribbean. Dreamcatchers are depictions of spiderwebs. The Moche community in Peru depicted spiders in their art.

Spiders play a crucial role in the ecosystem, which makes them an essential part of the natural world. Whether you love them or fear them, there is no denying the incredible abilities of these eight-legged creatures. Hope you will not see it as a havoc during an encounter.

By,

Souronil

[onenicebugperday]

@watcherscrown submitted: some bugs from this week!

freshly peeled ladybug larva

some red admirals having a lunch date

a gorgeous beetle

and finally, the only friends I want help IDing

this crab spider and ant mimic!! (all bugs from Chicago except the spiders, which are from NW Missouri)

Lots of good friends!! Love the beetle. The first spidie looks like a ground crab spider in the genus Xysticus. Maybe Xysticus texanus? Not sure if the markings quite match up. The spider looks like some kind of ground spider but I can't really tell which one from those photos!

[ecuadorlife]

Turtle ant mimic crab spider, Bucranium sp. by Andreas Kay Via Flickr: from Ecuador: www.youtube.com/AndreasKay

[crowcalled]

Aphantochilus rogersi, an ant-mimicking crab spider from Bolivia, having killed one of the Cephalotes atratus ants that it was mimicking. If it weren't for the extra legs, I'm not sure I would have realized this was a spider!

Everyone wants to be an ant.

Read more here: https://twitter.com/7StellarJays/status/1530965605318262784

Read More: https://twitter.com/Myrmecos/status/1223977145057366018

[xjumbled-up-brainx]

This is a project I’ve been crafting for a while through my re-run of everything english dubbed Octonauts. A brand new A-Z list of EVERY SINGLE CREATURE THE OCTONAUTS HAVE EVER MET:

*Vegimalese*

What’s that Tunip, you and the Vegimals want to learn about even more creatures?

*Vegimalese*

Well, let’s go again!

The Octocomputer will show you all the creatures the Octonauts, and Octo Agents, have met, on both land and sea!

Cheepa Cheepa!

Anaconda 1

Albatross 2

Anemones 3

Angler Fish 4

Arapaima 5

Adele Penguins 6

Alligator 7

Amano Shrimp 8

Anteater 9

Arabian Camels 10

Armadillo 11

Bowhead Whale 12

Barracudas 13

Beluga Whales 14

Black Caiman 15

Blobfish 16

Blue Whale 17

Blue-head Wrasse… 18

Bottle Nose Dolphins 19

Bat 20

Baboons 21

Barnacle Goose 22

Bear 23

Black Giant Squirrel 24

Black Winged Stilt Bird 25

Blind Shrimp 26

Burmese Python 27

Brittle Stars 27

Bombardier Beetle 28 and

Bomber Worms 29

Capybara 30

Carrier Crab 31

Catfish 32

Conocono Crab 33

Conocono Crab?

Coconut Octopus! 34

Colossal Squid 35

Comb Tooth Blenny 36

Cone Snail 37

Cookie Cutter Shark 38

Cuttlefish 39

Convict Fish 40

Caiman 41

Caterpillar 42

Cave Fish 43

Cave Shrimp 44

Chameleon 45

Clam 45

Chinstrap Penguins 46

Chinese Mitten Crab 47

Christmas Tree Worms 48

Coelacanth 49

Coral Polyp 50

Coral Snake 51

Crawfish 52

Crocodile 53

Crow 54

Crown of Thorns Starfish 55

Dormice 56

Deer 57

Damselfish 58

Dogfish 59

Decorator Crab 60

Duck-Bill Platypus 61

Dwarf Lantern Shark 62

Eel 63

Electric Eel 64

Elephant 65 and Elephant Seal66

Elk 67

Egyptian Vulture 68

Emperor Penguin 69

Fiddler Crab 70

Frogfish 71

Fire Ants 72

Flamingoes 73

Flying Fish 74

Flying Fox 75

Fruit Bats 76

Giant Clam 77

Giant Comb Jelly 78

Giant Isopod 79

Giant Spider Crab 80

Giant Squid 81

Giant Grass Carp 82

Giant Pacific Octopus 83

Giant Panda 84

Giant Weta 85

Golden Coral 86

Golden Mole 87

Giraffe 88

Garden Eel 88

Gray Whale 89

Grey Reef Shark 90

Grouper 91

Guard Crab 92

Gull 93

Great White Shark 94

Gulper Eel 95

Hammerhead Shark 96

And Harbor Seal 97

(Inhale hoo inhale hoo)

Harlequin Duck 98

Harpy Eagle 99

Hippos 100

Hoatzin 101

Honey Badger 102

Hornbill 103

Hourglass Dolphins 104

Howler Monkeys 105

Hyenas 106

Hermit Crab 107

Humpback Whale 108

Humphead Parrotfish 109

(Slower) Humu-humu-nuku-nuku-a-pua-a! Haha! 110

Ice worms 111

Iguanas 112

Indochinese Tiger 113

Immortal Jellyfish, 114

Jellyfish 115

Jaguar 116

Jawfish, 117

Kangaroos 118

Kea Parrots 119

Kelp, Fish 120

Leatherback Sea-Turtle 121

Loggerhead Sea-Turtle 122

Lemon Shark 123

Longfin Eels 124

Leopard 125

Lions 126

Lion Fish 127

Lions Mane Jellyfish 128

Long Arm Squid… 129

Leafy Sea Dragon 130

Mangrove crabs 131

Mantis Shrimp 132

Martens 133

Microbe 134

Monarch Butterfly 135

Mound coral 136

Mountain Goats 137

Mud Skipper 138

Moray Eel 139

Mimic Octo-Pus! 140

Marine Iguanas 141

Manta Ray 142

Mana (Mana?) Mana (Mana?) pause. Manatee…! (Clears throat)3

Narwhal 144

Needlefish 145

Nile crocodile 146

Nile monitor lizards 147

Nine banded armadillo 148

Nutria 149

Okapis 150

Omuras whale 151

Orca 152

Oarfish 153

Octopus 154

Prowfish 155

Pelicans 156

Polar Bear 157

Pilot Fish 158

Parrotfish 159

Piranhas 160

Porcupine Puffer 161

Porcupine 162

Puffin 163

Pangolin 164

Pikas 165

Pin-tailed whydahs 166

Poison dart frog 167

Pygmy 3 toed sloths 168

Quino checkerspot butterflies 169

Queens-land-Lung-fish 170

RedRock Crabs 171

Reef Lobsters 172

Remipedes 173

Remora Fish 174

Rainbow blanket octopus 175

Rats 176

Raven 177

Red deer 178

Red eye tree frogs 179

Red fox 180

River Dolphin 181

Rock climbing gobies 182

Ruffed grouse 183

Sand grouse 184

Sand viper 185

Screaming piha 186

Seals 187

Sehuencas water frogs 188

Squid 188

Skinks 189

Skua bird 190

Skull Spiders 191

Snail 192

Spinner dolphins 193

Suckermouth catfish 194

Sun bear 195

Sunflower Star 195

Sunfish 196

Surfing Snail 197

Sailfish 198

Sardines 199

Salt-water croc-o-dile 200

Sea gulls 201

Sea squirts 202

Sea tulips 203

Sea Otter 204

Sea Pig 205

Sea Skater 206

Sea Snail 207

Sea Snake 208

Sea Sponge 209

Sea Urchin 210

Sea Horses 211

Siphonophore 212

Slime Eel 213

Snapping Shrimp 214

Sperm Whale 215

Spook Fish 216

Sea Star 217

Surgeon Fish 218

Swordfish 219

Shovel Nosed-Guitar Fish 220

Swell (sigh) Shark (sigh) 221

Snot Sea (panicked) Cucumber! 222

Tiger shark 223

Tokay Geko 224

Toucan 225

Tree frogs 226

Tree lobsters 227

Tree snails 228

Trout 229

Turtles 230

Tulum cave remipede 231

Tube Worms 232

Triggerfish 233

Tor-pedo Ray…! 234

U: You? Me? Me? You? V!

Vampire Squid 235

Vent Shrimp 236

Vole 237

Watchman goby 238

Water dikkops 239

Weasel 240

Wisent 241

Wolves 242

Wood louse 243

Wolf Eel 244

Whale Shark 245

Walrus 246

Water Bears 247

Weddell Seal 248

Whale Louse 249

White-Tip-Shark 250

X: Xylophone solo!

Yellow bellied sea snakes 251

Yeti Crab 252

Zebra 253

Zebra fish! 259

Dadadada!

[cantankerouscatfish]

spiders that are tolerant of being held: wolves, bold jumpers, ant mimic M. formicaria.

spiders that don’t like being held, to the point of leaping/purposefully dropping out of your hands: cellar spiders, cross weavers, smaller jumpers, other small orbweavers (sometimes these try to kite/balloon which is adorable actually).

spiders that will try to fight you, in some cases running at you full pelt with their arms up from like 2 entire feet away, even though they are tiny and harmless: bark crab spiders.

bitey bastards: yellow sac spiders.

[scarewulf]

Bug ask game: 3, 4, and 5!

3.) Favorite order in insecta

Hymenoptera :-)

4.) Do you have a favorite member within chelicerata?

They aren't bugs by any means but I do very much love horseshoe crabs 😭😭 but of course spiders are my ultimate favorites, some of them including ant mimics and bold jumpers

5.) What species within myriapoda is your favorite?

I think dragon millipedes are really fun! I love a bright pink bug 😊