#butterfly antennae

[billionneuronscurious]

Emigrant Butterfly.

Its Anterior: Eyes, Proboscis, and Antennae.

[axoqiii]

hello drawig request...can you draw lizzie ldshadowlady maybe?

hello anon ask from half a year ago. yes i certainly can here u go!!

[thefreelanceangel]

@ahollowgrave's Odette meets her very first butterfly pooka because Coriline just had to know what she was doing.

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

butterfly Howdy... he must be the prettiest girl at the party.... also so so tired

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It looks like I won this year's Texas Butterfly Festival photo contest, which is also a fundraiser for the National Butterfly Center. How cool!

The photo is a Sleepy Orange covered with morning dew, found down the road in Palominas, AZ.

[detroitlib]

From our stacks: Illustration "Partners are found by matching the butterflies on the girl's shoulders to the antennae that the men wear," from Party Book. Framingham, Mass.: Dennison Manufacturing Co., 1929.

[ricopop]

Would you let him into your house yes or no. anyways i thouvht itd be cute if he was a mailman. okaayyy bye

@superbellsubways

[purpleleafsyt]

Super ultra fast propaganda for the best bow mini tournament, you guys should vote for Lenore :]

@ultimatebabygirlsupremebattle​

[leohtttbriar]

this is what im constantly thinking about with jadzia dax by the way. the phrase "the corporeal pleasures of becoming-with"

like, in another version of this speculative science fiction, this sort of thing would be horrific. in alien, the implanted bug kills the host. in the thing the infected creature is rendered monstrous and de-formed. but haraway, in this narrative about people mutating themselves in order to embody certain other-species, and with the practice of "symbiont joining" in ds9, exemplified with jadzia dax, these sort of body-morphs and "infections" are pleasurable. there's a sort of "return to eden" theme underlying aspects of these ideas--or more scientifically, an acknowledgment of matter. there is no "mind over matter" here and in fact pleasure and sensation are these moral goods which can guide life into survival. and with Camille and Jadzia, it's like a duty to sensation.

this also shows up with odo and the changelings, though the spin of making the changeling society fascist and devoted to control is like this strange twist of mother nature fighting back. like, the beings that can be anything and everything and always together and reshape their bodies at will are the ones most afraid of otherness--for the risk that otherness poses. as if knowing too much what's it like to know a rock or a bird can lead to an innocence and ignorance of uncertainty. where camille and jadzia elide this pitfall is their zeal not for authorship over other beings but to be authored by others--to take the Otherness onto the self--to be mutated and pledged to the critters around and within.

it's a distinction that i think ds9 did so well.

[lunathewafflelord]

"Oh, that explains a lot"

[phosphorus-noodles]

So I made this post about my Mezalean lore and my friends asked about "secret stage 6" bc in my lore Joel is a ghost possessing a clay doll so I made this-

(it was mostly just an excuse to figure out how his clay body works)

I love my Joel design he's so special and precious to me,,

[cyndalyssa]

A little something for my boy Apple.

Bio under the cut.

Apple Merrimouser is a friendly, curious, and bright six-year-old boy who's always had a liking for heroes--be they fictional superheroes, the legendary Jackalope, or his own late father, who was a firefighter who sadly was killed in action. As such, his greatest dream was always to be some sort of hero.

At his age, the definition of hero could be a little shallow--cool guy who does cool things and saves people. And well, he has a notable insecurity that he thinks makes him uncool: of all things to have as a mutation, why butterfly wings and antennae? It irritates him to no end whenever he's confused for a girl, and sometimes he feels he has to act extra manly or tough like his adoptive brothers to compensate.

The source of this mutation was him, at age one, simply catching and eating a butterfly that had so happened to be enchanted by the Great Comet the night before. He ended up forming a chrysalis (which understandably freaked his mother out), and when he came out, there were the wings and antennae.

The extra appendages do provide powers for him to use--with wings, he can fly, and he turned out to be a natural for it. He can fly at supersonic speeds, create gusts of wind and tornadoes, and has incredible agility. The wings also can daze opponents into a trance with their hypnotic bright colors, which can help him either catch the foe or flee if said foe is too much for him.

His antennae have the ability to detect danger, which is often how the rest of the Squad knows it's time for action. However, at first it was difficult to distinguish the danger sense from Apple just feeling a change in weather patterns, but he eventually got the hang of it. And the antennae can also fire lasers at his opponents (or that frustrating jar that won't open).

So, ironically, that mutation he finds embarrassing actually contributes to his will and desire to be a hero. He just wishes his wings were cooler (at the very least, can they be blue? It's his favorite color!).

However, what makes him a hero isn't merely the powers (lest we forget about supervillains), it's the fact that he's so kind and conscientious, always willing to help out when and where he can. His sweet, innocent smile can brighten up someone's day, and there's no doubt that he's always ready to learn something new.

Still, he's six--that means he can be bratty or whiny when he's in a bad mood. He gets easily frustrated when his wings get in the way of getting dressed, or knock something over, or the fact that the weather can affect him in ways that it doesn't for others (can't fly in the rain, gets drowsy in the winter, he can get blown away easily if he's not careful).

But overall, he's a good kid that loves life. He enjoys flying, learning about animals, playing games with his friends and siblings, eating lots of food (flying requires a lot of energy), and of course, reading stories about great heroes, which continue to inspire him, and he in turn inspires others (especially his little twin siblings Tootsie and Boots) to be heroes in their own little way.

Fun fact, his original inspiration was actually Bubbles from the Powerpuff Girls and an episode of Dexter's Lab called "Mom and Jerry". Can't remember what inspired me to give him the butterfly appendages (he did used to have an apple on his head, hence his name).

[emuwarum]

Avenday when she was a baby. The size of two praying mantises

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[aliferousdreamer]

when i was on a walk today i found a big beetle, turned around to the person i was walking with and said "ooooh do you wanna see a big beetle???? 😃👉🪲" like a freaking 5 year old

[autisticgayplushie]

Would you ever consider making an autistic pride flag plushie dog? Also I love your plushies btw 💖

Aww thank you!! I absolutely want to do some neurodivergent pride plushies!! I've had these designs for an adhd dog and autism cat in my head for a few months.. please pardon these very messy sketches I did a while ago and colored with highlighters slkglks

I'd really like to get them made some time soon but I'm hoping to do a little research actually as to what other fellow neurodivergent people like most in a plushie! I want them to be sensory friendly and have lots of elements to stim with - so they're extra special designs to me which is why I've been thinking about them for so long lol 😅