#bugs/worms/insects/arachnids included

[alterhuman-culture-is]

Wormhearted + questioning wormkin culture is i am SO gonna be hated on

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[mylittlecalico]

I don't really find any insects unsettling; the only animal that squicks me is the leech, which I guess could count as a bug, broadly speaking. I think that a lot of people refer to segmented worms as bugs, but I digress. I'd say that the typical "gross" insects, arachnids, and worms do, including leeches. I don't see why they wouldn't exist in any version. Insects in general are really neat, so I'd like to think so anyway. (Minus any diseases, preferably.)

based wholly on opinion and headcanon, not canonical shots of them in any generation. i'm trying to take stock of what bugs are kind of included in the series because i don't recall mentions of roaches, mosquitos, etc. in the series i was exposed to, but i know the ones that were mentioned most often (butterflies, ladybugs/ladybirds, dragonflies, etc.).

obviously what counts as gross is subjective—i have a fear of roaches so i included them—so i and other people are not claiming your favorite bug is inherently gross. please rb for bigger sample size!

tl;dr: do you think whatever bug you find unsettling/gross is in the universe of mlp?

[melonisopod]

Small brain: "Bugs" refer to only the order Hemiptera insects such as cicadas and aphids.

Average brain: "Bug" includes any insect but not arachnids and arthropods. A mosquito is a bug but a spider is not.

Big brain: "Bugs" are any insect, arachnid, or land-dwelling arthropod. Spiders, pillbugs and centipedes are bugs.

Bigger brain: "Bugs" include any arthropod including sea-dwelling crustaceans like crabs and lobsters.

Galaxy brain: "Bugs" include any invertebrates like snails and worms.

Third-eye open brain: Hummingbirds are a kind of bug.

[onenicebugperday]

I hope its not a dumb question but why do you consider arachnids and myriapods when they're not proper bugs (insecta or hexapoda), also are some gastropoda bugs for this blog/to you?

There is really no such thing as a "proper bug." For most people (and this is US-English-centric), "bug" is just a common term referring to all kinds of mostly terrestrial and sometimes aquatic invertebrates and doesn't really refer to any specific thing. There is the order Hemiptera which are referred to as true bugs, so I suppose you could get semantic about it, but that's not very fun. For this blog, I include insects and other hexapods, arachnids, myriapods, terrestrial isopods (which are crustaceans), all kinds of terrestrial worms, land gastropods, and probably others I'm forgetting. I do not generally include anything marine except for terrestrial species that live in tidal zones like some isopods.

[studentinpursuitofclouds]

howdy!! hope ya don't mind but for vanilla and sve bachelors, got any hcs for a farmer with a massive interest for entomology and generally all things creepy-crawly (so this includes worms, slugs and snails, arachnids, etc)? To where they tend to excitedly catch any little critter they can find to passionately tell their spouse a whole novel's worth of information of what they're holding, down to the taxonomy? ...Even if they happily explain that what they're currently holding in their bare hands is dangerous, and that bites and stings can be extremely painful, cause permanent damage, or even be deadly. - 🐇

Good to see you again, bunny anon ❤️ Thank you for the question, hope you and others enjoy some headcanons 😊 🫶

SDV and SVE bachelors react to Farmer who are into entomology, herpetology and other creepy creatures:

SDV bachelors:

Sam:

Ewww! But also wow!

Sam didn't understand a lot of the complicated terms and names that Farmer started showering the young musician with when telling him about the bug species, but Sam was still curious!

Man, it's so ugly and so cool at the same time!

(Is Sam allowed to touch it? Or at least take a picture of it?)

Although he will be a little worried when he finds out that a particular bug is poisonous. Sam will ask his lover not to hold this thing with their bare hands.

Scary, but it's still pretty cool!

Shane:

*deep breath* "Are you out of your fucking mind?"

Ok, that was rude of him, Shane didn't mean to insult his spouse in any way. But the fact that Farmer was holding a black snake with such a naive smile, saying it was deadly poisonous...

"You can tell about those creeping vipers without holding that fucking black snake in your hands!"

Well, he has no aversion to the rest of the creatures, especially the Farmer is so detailed and interesting about the same snails and worms.

They're even kind of cute.

But, for Yoba's sake, not deadly dangerous creatures!

Harvey:

When the Farmer told Harvey they wanted to show him a "cool snake they found," the doctor expected a harmless one. But not, by golly, a giant python!

And the fact that Farmer is holding the huge predator calmly in their hands as if they weren't talking about a dangerous creature, but a little puppy.

Despite the horror, Harvey is very admiring of Farmer's knowledge of herpetology.

But don't even ask Harvey to hold the snake in his hands. No thanks, he's not crazy.

Constantly worried about Farmer's health, because they already have a couple snake bites on their bodies.

Alex:

For all his love for Farmer, Alex would be a little skeptical of their hobby.

"Hon, are you sure it's okay to touch that? I don't think it's even safe to look at."

He suppressed the overwhelming urge to knock the creepy insect out of Farmer's hand, figuring he'd make it worse that way.

Didn't understand anything the Farmer was telling him, but it was still pretty interesting!

(As long as he doesn't hear the words "deadly", he's cool with his spouse's little weird hobby).

Sebastian:

In Sebastian's eyes, Farmer is the coolest person on the planet.

He is bothered by the fact that Farmer can hold very biting (and sometimes poisonous) spiders, but thinks their spouse knows what they are doing.

He loves to listen to Farmer for hours when they pick up a random worm or spider and start talking about these creatures in detail.

At times he will pick up a found crawling creature himself and ask the Farmer what it's called.

"Cool" - the most frequent word Farmer will hear from his spouse when they tells another story.

Elliott:

It took Elliott a lot of effort not to shriek in terror or faint.

He and his dear spouse walked through the woods and chatted about the weather until Farmer found a nest of live snakes. A whole nest with a dozen of the crawling critters, and the first thing Elliott's love of his live decided to do was to take the ball of snakes in their hands.

Unfortunately, the writer was too absorbed in his inner screaming to hear Farmer's interesting account of this species of snakes.

For Yoba's sake, tell him that the snakes in the Farmer's hands are not poisonous...

SVE bachelors:

Lance:

Lance is also an explorer of sorts, and although it's mostly about monsters, he's very interested in learning something new about the local fauna from his love.

That, however, does not prevent the adventurer from scolding his beloved Farmer for such a careless attitude to their own safety and health.

Lance will load the Farmer with vials of antidotes for poisonous snake and tarantula bites.

Maybe even cast a protective spell. And don't let the Farmer complain or grumble about it - Lance has every reason to worry about them.

He'll still be amazed at Farmer's deep knowledge.

Victor:

*Worried husband mode activated*

Victor is as amazed by the Farmer's intimate knowledge and their bravery as he is horrified by their utterly calm attitude towards the poisonous bug they have in their hands.

Wouldn't the Farmer rather put that bug back where they found it? So that, you know, Victor would stop worrying about the health of his precious spouse?

Still amazed at how accurately Farmer tells him about the classification of various reptiles and insects. Even his books don't go into that much detail, wow!

("Just don't get all the bugs and spiders in your bare hands again, please. Especially dangerous ones, okay, dear?")

Magnus Rasmodius:

"No. Not that. No, no, and no. NO."

Magnus uses magic to instantly teleport the bug that was in his lover's hands as far away as possible into the forest where the Farmer got the dangerous critter from.

A heavy scolding in three... two... one...

Magnus understands their passion, but they can also talk about this interesting fauna without putting his and their lives in danger.

He happens to have a book in his library describing the same snails, worms, beetles, and snakes. Only these creatures have magical properties.

Magnus will give them the book because of their fascination with the subject. But on the condition that his spouse will be a goody-goody and not look for trouble. Deal?

[toastombee]

because ive met a surprising amount of people who dont!!! they are 100% animals to me i love bugs

*im using "bugs" here as a catch-all term for a bunch of little guys, including insects, arachnids (spiders, scorpions, etc.), myriapods (centi/millipedes), worms, slugs/snails, etc.

[franki-lew-yo]

Honest thoughts entomology-tumblr

*An example of "some other things" may include Nausicaa for featuring bug monsters, A Monster in Paris cause the monster is a giant bug and idk maybe Kung Fu Panda for Mantis. To me though, a single notable main insect character or a subplot involving bugs does not a bug-film make. Also, for the sake of this pole yes arachnids can count as 'bugs' enough so you can put down Charlotte's Web; however Turbo is too far for me. Worms and mollusks can be in bug movies but this is a list made for non-crustacean arthropods.

[haveyouseenthisanimal-irl]

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#bug tw - will apply for most if not all things commonly called bugs. This includes insects, spiders, worms, millipedes, centipedes, snails, slugs, butterflies, moths, isopods

#insect tw - will apply for insects, as in animals in the class Insecta

#arachnid tw - will apply for arachnids, as in animals in the class Arachnida

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List of Classes of animals I’ve done a poll for (each link leads to another post which breaks the class down into orders I’ve covered):

Actinopterygii

Amphibia

Arachnida

Aves

Cephalopoda

Chilopoda

Chondrichthyes

Diplopoda

Insecta

Malacostraca

Mammalia

Myxini

Reptilia

Scyphozoa

Tentaculata

I use Miklos Udvardy’s Biogeographic Realm map (I lump Oceanian into Australasian):

Tags for the ranges:

Nearctic

Palearctic

Afrotropical

Indomalayan

Australasian

Neotropical

Antarctic

[breed-the-stars]

A poll for the bug fuckers out there!

[tarot-muses]

on sexual dimorphism & reproduction in xenomorphs

let's start by establishing some facts.

throughout canon, xenomorphs are referred to colloquially as bugs. presumably this is because of their chitinous exoskeletons. however, this metaphor is more than skin deep (pun intended). some of their life cycle is based on that of the tarantula hawk wasp, wherein the wasp incapacitates its prey (arachnids), drags it into its den, and leaves it for new hatchlings to devour. most notably, however, of the insect inspirations, is the parasitoid wasp. its life cycle includes injecting eggs into the bodies of caterpillars, wherein the larvae feed on the internal tissues of the host until they're ready to burst free.

[ cut for length. ]

insects aren't the only source of inspiration for their life cycles, however. we also see aspects of sea life draw in as well. with jellies, we see a stage of development following the larval stage, wherein the jelly forms into what is called a polyp. polyps grow over time and accumulate buds, which then release one at a time from the central structure to become individuals and genetic clones. the parallels here between the polyp stage and the facehugger stage are clear; they both form an intermediary form which distributes the final genetic material which will eventually become the individual.

pivoting from biology, now we need to discuss art history. accounts on the veracity of this claim vary, but many believe that giger was largely inspired form his biomechanical orgy motif following a sexual encounter with two trans woman and some lsd. others claim that the motif arose from trying to cope with recurring sexual nightmares he confided in having to his therapist. regardless, we can all agree that there is something uniquely and particularly sexual about his artwork, which often blurs the lines between what is and is not organic and what is and is not an individual. the concept of connection and the blurring of the lines between the self and other entities, be they mechanical or organic, evokes the feeling of gender fluidity. but perhaps that's my own personal bias. i'll admit to that fully. i would like to believe his art was inspired by trans women obliterating his mind on lsd. that would've been pretty cool.

anyway. all of that was to establish a base line for the following headcanons. they call it cultivating ethos & logos in the biz. i did a bunch of research and what youre abt to read is gonna make sense bc of it. now onto the actual content.

in the canon, we see xenomorph hives arise from single drones. some animals we've observed in nature capable of asexual reproduction are called self-fertilizing hermaphrodites. among these animals in nature, we find such bangers as the mangrove killifish, nematode worms, sea slugs, and earthworms. its actually a pretty common phenomenon, and when it happens, the resultant offspring is a perfect genetic clone of the parent.

other animals which sexually reproduce fall into the following categories: budding, fission, fragmentation, and parthenogenesis, the last of which being the next most likely reproductive cycle for the xenomorph. however, none of these (with the exception of the last), align with their known egg laying trait. so, we must conclude that either the drone xenomorph lays an unfertilized egg which is capable of hatching, or that it internally fertilizes its own egg before laying it.

as such, if xenomorphs have genitals at all, it is like that they they have a seminal appendage capable of fertilization and a reproductive orifice capable of laying eggs. or, alternatively, they have a single cloaca for all reproductive and digestive needs and internal testes which produce semen.

so why have queens at all? where do they come from, if a hive can begin with a single drone?

in ants, queens serve the purpose of hive governance as well as allmother. they are the physical embodiment of the hive. ants, and other hive insects, act in perfect altruism to the hive -- willing to die to preserve the queen. if all else fails, if the queen survives, then the hive hasn't been defeated. she represents an enormous resource, and with the ability to lay many eggs over a period of time, she ensures the hive will never fail.

ants remain the most useful touchstone for the genesis of queens in hives. but bees also can be used as an analogue. both insects provide the intended egg or larva with specific nutrients to ensure that it will develop into a queen. in ants, it's a very high protein diet. xenomorphs are likely the same, since they're known to be carnivorous.

as such, it's likely that even queens have a vestigial seminal appendage in addition to their external female reproductive system. making them also hermaphroditic in at least some sense. though that's largely speculation on behalf of this writer.

yeah. that's all i got for now. sorry it's so long. and sorry i shouldve included more sources but i started running out of steam in the middle im ngl

[stuck-in-the-ghost-zone]

@intertexts MORE ASSORTED TAYLOR BUG THOUGHTS BC IM SO LOCKED INTO THIS BRAINSPACE RN

ok ok ok. disclaimer i do not know how the power system in worm works yet. so this may all be rendered useless in. however many chapters it takes for me to get there. BUT. there are 2 options in my mind for how to define taylors powers and they are LOGIC and PERCEPTION. basically the way i see this going. until i learn more. taylors powers hinge for me at least on the definition of bug

im gonna talk about perception first bc i have more to say about logic. perception hinges on the definition of bug being the colloquial term and not the scientific term. taylor can control anything that people who arent in the field would look at and go "oh ew a bug" so that includes. worms! spiders! centipedes! isopods! stuff that is NOT insects and not even necessarily arthropods but look/behave similar . this allows for a LOT of leeway with fucking with the rules which i think would be SUPER fun !!!!! however i cannot escape my biology brain so

LOGIC !!!! this is the. assumption that her powers/powers in general follow some sort of scientific rules. i say scientific loosely bc this is ultimately a superhero setting which by definition is not logical BUT i like 2 think about it anyway. i said this before but my first assumption with the word bug would automatically be INSECTS, but we already know that shes not just limited to insects because of the spiders! so the next classification up the taxonomy chart that includes both arachnids and insects would be. arthropods. so maybe taylors powers are scientifically "she can control arthropods" WHCIH OPENS UP. A WHOLE NEW DOOR OF POSSIBILITIES THAT I AM SO INTO. if i dropped taylor into the ocean could she control shrimp and lobsters. what about horseshoe crabs. if i give her a giant isopod could she tell it what to do. i dont think we've seen her do anything with centipedes yet so can she actually control centipedes?!?!? (they are neither arachnids or insects they are their own separate thing)

SO MANY POSSIBILITIES. i mainly made this post to ask whether Taylor could control an army of crabs

[wormbloggign]

“I think you’re off target,” I said. “You’re talking about Foil, I get it, and Parian, and now the Chicago Wards and Glenn. But all of the decisions they made were when I wasn’t anywhere near them. Unless you’re implying I have some sort of mind control.”

yeah taylor, about that,, your category of control is attributed to insects but it also includes crustaceans, cephalopods, arachnids, not to mention the microscopic parasites and WORMS. it seems your category of control is a lot more open than you think, possibly even able to expand.

all im saying is mind control isnt that far off.

i dont think taylors ever snap decided someone to be bad just because of how they interpret and summarise her actions, i wonder whats different here

We won, I thought.  We beat him, and you’re quibbling over details.

ah, she doesnt consider her actions here wrong.

that's how canary gets out? i had ideas but none of them were endbringer fodder

We won, you bastards.  I clenched my fists beneath the table.

this is really getting to her, fuck.

how arent they noticing this? bugs dont go this ignored, especially if someone in the room is a bug master, am i going crazy?

she's been caught from the start, damn.

…He won’t have our assistance, I thought. I heard the words, and my bugs spoke them.  Every bug, within the building, repeated him, verbatim.  The good, the bad, the details that damned me.  It wasn’t a question of finding the right person, or saying the right thing.  It was everyone, saying everything.

!!!

whent things go bad, taylor spot checks, when things get worse SHE SPOT CHECKS HARDER

“It’s exactly what Chevalier wanted,” I said. My eyes dropped to the table. I didn’t meet his gaze, didn’t try to engage the visitors. “Open, honest. Exposing the rot at the center.”

YYEEEAAAAAAAGGGGGHHHHH

what does the chief director mean by that... taylors right, they were opposed from the get go.

if chief west was on her side, that would mean very disturbing things for the PRT (cauldron compliant)

“You want me to make a move. Powerful enough to shake them, break the status quo, not powerful or blatant enough to break my probation or give them an excuse to drop the book on me.”

given that she was always going to do the first half, (this is taylor after all) glenns basically just asking her to hold back and be careful

ugly crying.

uglier crying.

UGLIEST CRYING.

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okay im back

“This space was for vehicles, but Stardust graduated three years ago, died a year after joining the Protectorate. We’ve been using it for storing paperwork, and your moving in was a good excuse to get some things sorted out. Your workshop.”

yesssss textile manufacturingg :):):)

maybe?? taylor MAYBE????

STOOPPP

oh it was hazing, i was really worried about the direction of the story for a bit there

“Don’t sue me for sexual harassment,” Annex told me. I smiled a little.  “I’m not going to sue.  I’ve been around people who did worse.”

taylors the kind of person who people apologise to after she talks about stuff shes gone through

i want to like these guys, i really do.

lets hope they get more development and become more distinct

(i've already forgotten who has what powers)

[ceescedasticity]

what is a 'bug'

There is a specific subset of insects which entomologists consider true bugs. Wikipedia offers the common definitions:

"member of order Hemiptera": Includes cicadas, aphids, bed bugs, and others, but excludes beetles, ants, bees, flies, and others.

"insect": Excludes spiders, centipedes, millipedes, and others.

"terrestrial arthropod with at least six legs": (I can't immediately think of any terrestrial arthropod with fewer than six legs, but then I'm not an expert.) Includes arachnids, centipedes, etc; excludes worms, snails, slugs.

"member of order Hemiptera": Includes cicadas, aphids, bed bugs, and others, but excludes beetles, ants, bees, flies, and others.

"insect": Excludes spiders, centipedes, millipedes, and others.

"terrestrial arthropod with at least six legs": (I can't immediately think of any terrestrial arthropod with fewer than six legs, but then I'm not an expert.) Includes arachnids, centipedes, etc; excludes worms, snails, slugs.

I think people do sometimes lump in worms and/or snails/slugs with bugs. I don't think I've ever heard it non-figuratively for a vertebrate, but really, who knows.

People also sometimes use 'bug' for at least some non-insect aquatic arthropods, but since that's a different axis of generality I'm leaving it out of this poll.

[reallycoolsoup]

I love my job, I love explaining bugs and evolution and nature to people, but sometimes people ask a question I don't know how to explain in less than 40 minutes

A dude last fall asked me "so are worms bugs? If not what are they? And how many types of worm can there be?"

How much time do you have?

Like how do I bridge the gap of layman and scientific specificity without boring people?

if you're wondering about worms there's many phylums, most common earthworms would likely bring in the annelida phylum, for segmented worms. They are not bugs or even arthropods (insects arachnids and crustaceans) if you try to include every phylum that is worms it's like a lot of them, cause they're are many types of worm

Try reading the first part of the Wikipedia and if anyone has suggestions on how I can explain this to kids easier let me know

[magnoliasandbeardedtooth]

heres the thing soft bodied animals like worms slugs and snails are not bugs. bugs is insects and arachnids, things with exoskeleton. there should be 2 new words, one for just the little soft things in your garden, and a word for both the soft and the hard things in your garden. maybe even including frogs and newts

[neopronouns]

Could you create a term similar to buggender with a more specific definition that includes invertebrates that aren’t insects but are generally considered bugs? Like arachnids, isopods, slugs/snails, worms, centipedes, etc

For a more concise definition you could use “a gender connected to or otherwise influenced by bugs and other invertebrates, such as arachnids, gastropods, annelids, isopods, myriapods, etc”. I guess it would be a subset of buggender, so you can add that to definition as well :3

For the flag, I’m fine with keeping the same general palette/composition of the original green and brown flag, but maybe you could add some more reddish hues? I associate centipedes and worms with the color red, and a lot of other invertebrates have some sort of reddish coloration!

Tysm in advance!!! ^_^

- 🐛☀️

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