#armored woodlouse

[onenicebugperday]

Armored woodlice:

1. Pseudarmadillo spinosus 2. Unknown, Armadillidiidae 3. Loreola sp. 4. Loreola sp. 5. Unknown, Armadillidiidae 6. Echinarmadillidium fruxgalli

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[bugbot]

Metro Ref Sheet Update

[weirdmarioenemies]

Name: Melon Bug (again)

Debut: Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island

(I wanted to write some more about Melon Bug, and I liked the original post just fine, so this post will be a continuation since that one was so short!)

An isopod! Oh, joyous day! It may not look like one at all with that big ol’ nose, but when it’s rolled up, there is no mistaking it! Here’s a very fun fact: when an isopod curls into a ball, it’s called conglobation! Use that in your everyday lives.

Melon Bug technically isn’t an enemy, you know the drill, weird Mario friends, that usual thing. When curled up, Yoshi can lick them up and spit them out, defeating enemies they hit! Could this be the first instance of weaponized isopods?

The Player's Guide says "These feisty hoppers transform from bug to melon and back again." Feisty? They're only slightly more feisty than a real pill bug! And a real pill bug has a negative Feistiness Level. I don't think whoever wrote this has played the game, since Melon Bug is harmless! I also don't think they know about real pill bugs, because they clearly can't cogitate conglobation. A bug transforming into a melon? How unrealistic! What do they think this is, Trip World?

I think "Melon Bug" is a very good name. An incredible name, even! When Melon Bug curls up, it, obviously, resembles a melon, what with both being round with stripes. While real pill bugs don't really have "stripes", their tergites (armor plates) do give a "lined" appearance. If you ask me, Melon Bug could be a good name even for real terrestrial isopods!

What do YOU call pill bugs? I've always called them roly-polies, but they have so many wacky names. Woodlouse? Yeah sure, a bug that lives under wood, why not! Butchy-boy? I don't get it, but it's funny. Then there are all the names comparing them to pigs which I just do not get, but groundhogs also get compared to pigs in common names a lot, so maybe people just don't know pigs as well as they like to think. And THEN! England gave them a bunch of CHEESE-related names. What is happening over there? Are British people somehow making cheese from isopod secretions? Why would you call this creature a CHEESELOG? That's a straight up food! I kind of love this name for them for being so ridiculous! Anyway, my point with all this is that Melon Bug would be more actually fitting than the majority of the common names these have been given, but sometimes it is more fun to be unfitting!

Isn't it weird how Melon Bug's art doesn't quite look like the sprite? Such bulging eyes in the art, but little dots in-game... well, we now know the reason!

Remember Super Donkey, from the 2020 gigaleak? I feel like it's been far too forgotten for how interesting it is! Anyway, as I mentioned when talking about that game, Melon Bug was originally designed for it! It seems like the Yoshi's Island art was drawn before they decided to shrink its sclerae, and lighten its colors, but after they decided to give it little red shoes.

If you grew up calling roly-polies something else, or if you know fun names from other languages, I would love to hear them! And I hope you love and appreciate these creatures! They are so common and easy to observe, so rather than get jaded to their presence, celebrate them, and you will be able to find delight whenever you turn over a log!

[willtheweaver]

Writing share/ Last line tag

TY for the tag @sableglass @the-golden-comet @frostedlemonwriter @eternalwritingstudent

This line came to me during editing and revisions …I can’t find a place for it in A Feather in the Forest. But it’s too good to not use, so I’ll keep it, and hopefully in the future I can use it:

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Fortunately for Fen, the armorers had found a piece that only needed a little alteration to make it fit its new owner. No doubt it was made for a raven or an abnormally large crow, for it would have been rather uncomfortable for any other than a corvid. The front piece was a jagged plate shaped like the leaf of a trident maple. Tied to this by leather straps were back plates hinges and articulated like the armor of a woodlouse.

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[chimeride]

Is it ok to request? Only if you're keen though: five-armed starfish + ostracoderm

[kaijuposting]

The kaiju of the Pacific Rim draft script

Travis Beacham's Pacific Rim draft script has a ton of problems, but the kaiju are definitely none of them! They're definitely a little different from the movie kaiju, biologically-speaking. They have red blood rather than blue, and there's nothing to suggest that toxic blood is a standard feature. There's also no reveal that they're clones with identical DNA.

(NOTE: I said earlier that it's unclear whether they have a hivemind, but I overlooked where Doctor Ivo Czerny said that there's a telepathic part of their brain that's tuned to signals from the Anteverse. The script doesn't use the word "hivemind," but the idea's pretty obviously there.) Here's a list of the kaiju from the draft script:

TRESPASSER: The first kaiju to pass through the Interstice. Category 5. Attacked Osaka and killed Mako Mori's father. Description: ...long and crocodilian, scabrously armored with rugged scales and scutes. Notes: This is the first of several kaiju to share a name with a kaiju in the actual film. However, Trespasser - like all of the others - doesn't have much in common with its movie counterpart.

UNNAMED NIGHTMARE KAIJU: Early in the story, Felicity "Flick" Kincaid has a nightmare about her dead fiance Yancy Antrobus, and sees a kaiju. Description: Hundreds of feet overhead, it's jagged jaws glow furnace-like from within. Ignescent saliva drips from it's teeth like molten napalm, fueling the encroaching wildfire. Notes: Yeah, toxic glowing blood is cool, but saliva that sets shit on fire? That's absolutely metal, man. DENGUE: Encountered by Newt and Flick in Miraflores, defeated by Puma Real. Description: Arachnoid legs bristling with hairs. Scores of black eyes above a wide reptilian grin. Some unholy fusion of tarantula and dragon. An obscene, alien spectacle. Notes: Dengue doesn't just resemble a tarantula - this beast can flick hairs like one, too! They don't appeal to be particularly damaging to the jaeger Puma Real, but at the size of arrows they're definitely a problem for the civilian population.

SLATTERN: Appears in one of Raleigh Antrobus and Mako Mori's training simulations. Description: SLATTERN boasts a shape like an armless carnosaur: a thick, serpentine body on mighty raptorial legs. A head vaguely like a moray eel. A long tail, barbed at the end. It draws patient predatory circles around us, lean and powerful as a panther, scales shifting between jet black and iridescent blue in the fog-stifled light. Notes: The way this is described sounds like it would look absolutely goofy if you drew it out, which is the opposite of a problem where kaiju are concerned.

TORTUGA: The kaiju that killed Yancy Antrobus. Shows up a lot through Raleigh's flashbacks. Description: Tortuga is described as "hulking and turtle-like, carapace studded with jagged rows of bony plates." It's also described with a "trifurcated beak" and a "harpoon-like tongue." Notes: On the one hand, Knifehead made a much more imposing figure than Tortuga. On the other... we don't really have enough turtle kaiju.

UNNAMED WOODLOUSE KAIJU: Lets off an EMP in Busan. Description: Described as "a mountain of crustacean armor, like an outsized mole crab or woodlouse." And "Under its semi-translucent carapace, something writhes and shifts." Notes: We were THIS CLOSE to having an isopod kaiju! Oh well, at least the kaiju skin mites look like isopods - I can't really complain too much, can I? INVIDIA: That thing squirming around inside the isopod is the cat-3 kaiju Invidia! Fought and defeated by Raleigh Antrobus and Mako Mori. Description: Described as "a spindly, mantid shape; tall as a skyscraper." She's described as having "a viper-like head" and "a set of long translucent wings." Notes: Invidia can't fly, but her wings give her added mobility - and create vortices in the air that throw vehicles around! Also, Invidia fills the same narrative role as Otachi - she's the first kaiju that Raleigh and Mako defeat together, using their jaeger's sword.

OOLONG: Appears in one of Mako Mori and Raleigh Antrobus's training simulations. Description: ...a chitinous crab-like dragon with black exoskeletal armor and giant pincers. Notes: I think a spider-dragon and a crab-dragon in one movie might be a little redundant, but I feel like this beast has potential.

KOMODO: A cat-4 kaiju that attacks Minato Mirai. Defeated by Duc and Kaori Jessup. Description: A long, lizard-like creature called KOMODO. Rows of teeth curl sloppily from his jaws. A baroque frill of coiled and braided horns embellishes his head. He scrabbles on six splayed legs; tail terminating in a spiked thagomizer. Notes: Do you know how many kaiju have thagomizers? Not nearly enough of them. Also, this GINORMOUS beast (it's taller than Lady Danger!) spits acid. Definitely inspired Otachi a bit.

FULCRUM: A kaiju that attacks Minato Mirai along with Komodo. Defeated by Mako Mori and Raleigh Antrobus. Description: Tentacles hide his jaws. Longer tentacles trail from his taloned arms. A scourge of tails whips the air behind him. He is kaiju FULCRUM -- an alien chaos of tentacles and dinosaurian limbs, his movements fluid and menacing, as much like a predator stalking primeval jungles as like a kraken prowling sunken ruins. He glisters with bioluminescence. He climbs ashore and rises to his full height -- almost a third bigger than the Mark-2. He lashes out with one of his long tentacles. The mech dodges and as the tentacle rakes past us, we see the rows of cruel, hooked claws running the length of it. Notes: Not to sound like a kaiju groupie, but I love Fulcrum. This absolute BEAST tosses around these things called "Berserkers" - small tentacle-covered creatures that grab and rip apart anything they can get hold of before they swell up and EXPLODE. Oh, and when they rip its head off? Its body just keeps going! Role-wise, Fulcrum seems to have inspired Leatherback a bit - and perhaps inspired the tentacles on Leatherback's head? UNNAMED WORMLIKE KAIJU: Briefly attacks Lady Danger. Description: Described as "wormlike" and having "crocodilian jaws." That's all there is to it, really.

TENGU: Appears toward the story's climax, as Lady Danger approaches the Interstice. Defeated by Duc and Kaori Jessup. Description: A horrific skein of dozens of viper heads on long sinuous necks erupting from a body like a naked bat. Notes: Absolutely hideous beast! Makes me think Ghidorah and Rodan. I'd honestly like to see this one on film. PHARAOH: Appears toward the story's climax. Defeated by Kaori and Duc Jessup. Description: Something between a scarab and a bull, with vicious mandibles and long horns like a rhino beetle. Notes: This one just sounds like a scaled-up beetle. It's a little difficult to imagine that it would be anything other than a Very Good Boy if left to its own devices. I mean, it's probably only attacking the jaegers because it thinks they're mating rivals. SCUNNER: Appears toward the story's climax. Defeated by Kaori and Duc Jessup. Description: Beige-hued skin lends it a disturbingly human look; but grotesquely misshapen, joints bulging and twisted. A skull-like face, jaws over-crowded with jagged teeth. Notes: I really think the sudden appearance of a human-looking kaiju would have been very jarring! It wouldn't have worked in the film that was actually made, but part of me wants to see a movie where this could have happened.

[gamemakings]

Dungeon Crawlies v1.2 released!

Here it is! This update has a LOT of stuff, from new enemies to new mechanics and a big overall overhaul to the game. Try it out on your browser over on Itch!

You can check the changelog down here, under "Read more"...

-Updated to Godot 3.4.2

-Exhaustion mechanic removed

-New mechanic: Rerolling! You can now reroll encounter rewards. You gain uses of rerolling each time you don't reroll any of the rewards of a room

-New mechanic: Elites! You can encounter a new room in the dungeon where you'll fight a stronger battle but get better rewards

-Reworked all the room spawn chances

-Rat Phalanx now can Protect their allies, and have more aggressive AI. Like a real phalanx, a couple of them together get much stronger!

-Wasps have a new skill: Warning Buzz

-Wasps have new AI tactics

-Fly Ninjas and Ladybugs have more aggressive AI

-New enemy: Woodlouse! Protects itself after being attacked

-New enemy: Rat Archer! Rat Archers coordinate to all attack the same target, with deadly results

-New enemy: Beetle! A lot of health and hits like a truck; pretty simple yet pretty deadly

-A lot of new encounters all through the game (now there are almost twice as many as before)

-Late game encounters are harder

-(Knight skill) Flaming Retribution: Removed from the game

-(Knight skill) Counterattack: MP Cost 25 -> 30, Duration 1 -> 3

-(Knight skill) Unbreakable Guard: MP Cost 15 -> 20, +Armor 5 -> 10

-(Knight skill) Unshakeable Will: MP Cost 5 -> 15, also grants +15 Spirit

-(Knight skill) Intimidate: MP Cost 10 -> 15, Accuracy bonus +20 -> +10, now inflicts Cold rather than Shock

-(Knight skill) Cleave: MP Cost 10 -> 15

-(Thief skill) Backstabber: 85% -> 70% chance of Poison 5 -> 10

-(Thief skill) Dodge: +0 -> +25 Strength bonus

-(Thief skill) Teamwork: MP Cost 45 -> 55

-(Thief skill) Deathmark: MP Cost 30 -> 35, duration 2 -> 3

-(Mage skill) One for the road: Proc chance 40% -> 15%, description reworded for clarity

-(Mage skill) Firestorm: MP Cost 10 -> 20, Burn chance 50 -> 70%

-(Bard skill) Embolden: MP Cost 5 -> 20, Strength bonus +0 -> +25

-(Bard skill) Bully: Temporarily removed from the game

-(Bard skill) Thunderous Performance: MP Cost 35 -> 40

-(Bard skill) Demonic Performance: MP Cost 35 -> 40

-New Knight skill: Fire Infusion

-New Knight skill: Sparks

-New Knight skill: Unmatched Vigor

-New Knight skill: Battleline

-New Thief skill: Vital Points

-New Mage skill: Collateral Damage

-Fixed an issue where Envenom Weapons (Thief skill) would not appear as a reward

-Hovering over the party status display while on the map will make it visible above the current event

-Skill reward events now have their UI centered on the screen

-New icons for several skills and status effects

[bogleech]

Do you have any tips on handling woodlouse spiders? My arachnophobia is hugely better thanks to you but being close enough to relocate is still difficult, and the people I asked who are less bug and spider savvy have been acting like i'm in mortal danger to get close to it alone which. Isn't helping. But I figured you would at least know some better factoids on them and your spider talk has majorly helped me in the past with handling the lil dudes so I thought I'd ask if you wanted idk

people for some reason assume woodlouse spiders must be dangerous, I guess because of some deep-rooted assumptions about colorful wildlife and that their fangs are very large and visible. However their venom is harmless to humans and they’re not prone to biting defensively; if you can MAKE one bite you, which takes a little effort, it might feel like touching the lit end of an incense stick. A sudden, tiny jab and burn that fades away. This is how a lot of small venomous creatures feel, like house centipedes, most of the smaller scorpions, and some of the smaller wasps and bees, something you might not even notice happened if you weren’t paying attention or expecting it!

They need jaws that big and long because they share their environment with very heavily-armored prey, such as millipedes, ground beetles and obviously woodlice. Woodlice are so common in the same environments as these spiders that for a long time it was believed they preferred them as food, hence their name, but when put to the test it turns out they don’t like eating woodlice any more than eating anything else in their size range!Since they like hiding in dark, low places like leaf litter or under rocks, they’re easy to scoop into a container with a crumpled paper towel or a soft brush and won’t put up a whole lot of fight. They’re not very fast either, and can’t jump as far as I know; they’re specialized to hunt in narrow spaces where that doesn’t matter! Like many spiders they’ll dehydrate and die in most bright, open buildings, but if you lose track of one and there’s a basement, crawlspace, or a crevice to the outdoors nearby they’re likely to find it eventually as they follow along walls and corners in the dark, and will go back to hunting little crustaceans on their own!

[thecreatureawaits]

The Creature Awaits #87:

Each week I plan to feature an amazing creature, admiring God's fantastic artistry.  Hopefully it’ll brighten someone’s day to see something new and interesting if they haven’t seen it before. : )

(Above photograph courtesy of the fantastic NOAA Ocean Exploration & Research Team, Photograph below taken by amazing multi-genre photographer, Eric Kilby (both CC BY-SA 2.0))

Giant Isopods

Scientific Name: Nearly 20 species within the genus Bathynomus (Bathynomus giganteus pictured)

Region: Western Atlantic and Indo-Pacific Oceans

Size: "Giant" species range from 3.1"-5.9" (8cm-15cm), while "Super-Giant" species, like the one pictured, typically range from 6.7"-19.7"(17cm-50cm)

Interesting Note:  Like many of their relatively-tiny terrestrial and semi-terrestrial crustacean cousins of the woodlouse family, they can curl up into a tight, armored ball (conglobate) when threatened.  

Also, the Pokémon, Golisopod, is said to have been based on this fascinating and strangely adorable creature. : )

[valwaraneko]

Dinosaur 😉 #creature #bug #woodlouse #nature #naturelovers #macro #shell #cloporte #armure #armor #armour #kissinthegreenjungle

[radiodark]

did you know spider families have the best common names? a list of araneomorphae names from some wiki page i’m looking at:

araneomorph funnel-web spiders tangled nest spiders anyphaenid sac spiders orb-weaver spiders pelican spiders sac spiders dark sac spiders tropical wolf spiders net-casting spiders intertidal spiders coneweb spiders false violin spiders woodlouse hunter spiders velvet spiders crevice weavers flat-bellied ground spiders large-clawed spiders dwarf sheet spiders tree trunk spiders lampshade spiders White-tailed spider Tooth cave spider dwarf / money spiders liocranid sac spiders wolf spiders shield spiders pirate spiders long-legged sac spiders spurred orb-weavers cave cobweb spiders midget ground weavers disc web spiders dwarf hunting spiders lynx spiders palp-footed spiders philodromid crab spiders daddy long-legs spiders nursery web spiders long-spinneret ground spiders jumping spiders spitting spiders tubeweb spiders wall spiders recluse spiders huntsman spiders dwarf orb-weavers long-legged cave spiders armored spiders long jawed orb-weavers cobweb spiders ray spiders crab spiders hackled orb-weavers ant spiders

are the names that good or does everything sound great with the word SPIDERS after it? YOU BE THE JUDGE

[onenicebugperday]

oh! no pictures but I never told you one of my best bug stories ever, just from this past fall. I was walking at night and saw a small woodlouse hunter spider. then, not far away, a woodlouse (isopod) himself, although he looked like he might be too big for her. expertly, the spider looped around to intercept his path, and POUNCED-- the isopod paused-- but then she ran away in spider embarrassment, not even having managed to get her fangs through his armor. he went right back to trundling along.

Ohhhhh embarrassing for her that you witnessed her failure :\ Lucky day for the woodlouse, though! Better luck next time lil spidie

[bugbot]

WIP Ref Sheet Update

[goodlouse]

Giant woodlouse monster. Lost the ability to curl into a ball due to its size, but is heavily armored by exoskeleton.

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[jacanteros]

👇🇪🇸&🇧🇷👇~ 🇬🇧 Do you have the feeling this wasp is wearing an armor? You’re correct. Cuckoos wasps from the subfamily #Chrysidinae parasitize the nest of other wasps (the hosts) and their strategy is a simple one: just enter the host’s nest, lay an egg in the cell or on the host’s larva and get out. They don’t mind if the female host is around to protect their offspring –they will avoid being stung or bitten curling their heavy, hard and beautiful exoskeleton like a woodlouse.
🇪🇸 ¿Tienes la sensación de que esta avispa está usando una armadura? Pues estás en lo cierto. Las avispas cuco de la subfamilia Chrysidinae son parásitos de nidos de avispas (los hospederos) y su estratégia es bastante simple: entran en el nido del hospedero, ponen un huevo en la celda o sobre larvas hospederas y se van. No les importa si la hembra hospedera está cerca, protegiendo a su prole. Evitan ser picadas o mordidas curvando su pesado, duro y hermoso exoesqueleto como un bicho bolita.
🇧🇷 Você tem a sensação de que esta vespa está usando uma armadura? Pois é, certo. As vespas cuco da subfamília Chrysidinae são parasitas de ninhos de vespas (os hospedeiros) e sua estratégia é bastante simples: elas entram no ninho do hospedeiro, colocam um ovo na cela o sobre a larva hospedeira e vão embora. Elas não se importam se a fêmea hospedeira está por perto, protegendo sua prole. Elas evitam ser picadas ou mordidas curvando seu pesado, duro e lindo exoesqueleto como se fossem um tatuzinho. [[|]] #macro #Arthropoda #Hymenoptera #Chrysididae #Chrysis http://ift.tt/2CfbueV

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