#butterfly swarm

[omegai]

Butterfly Swarm

a term for misces of any dynamic who are in, or want to be in, a butterfly swarm, or prioritize a butterfly swarm dynamic.

Taglist: @omegarchive , @miscearchival , @radiomogai , @rabidbatboy

[blueringbeetle]

Some bug sketchy-sketchy from my final class before uni break.

[backyard-beauty]

[botanyshitposts]

ah to be a fat bumblebee in a pollinator garden or restored prairie…..

[luminacerin]

How many times do we think Hua Cheng stared at a mirror during those 800 years like he was on an episode of Say Yes To The Dress deciding what form and what clothes he would wear when he would inevitably meet his Gege? So carefully circulating his wardrobe only to change it in the last five minutes.

[greatwyrmgold]

Yet more evidence that Robin is the coolest Straw Hat and needs to do more things.

[lycosiday]

once again redesigning this thing

[feywildflower]

I think having a little group of fae kin friends would fix me

[chaaistained]

YOU LITERALLY HAVE A PRINCESS FACE, LIKE I WILL KNEEL AND LET YOU MAKE ME YOUR PERSON BODYGUARD, MINISTER WHATEVER YOU WANT ME TO BE AND I WILL TAKE ALL YOUR ORDERS?!?

what if i actually just pull you closer by the waist and kiss you on the mouth rn huh? what if? bcs WHAT???

my literal reaction to your words :

trust anon , just trust i WILL take you up on this offer and live out my princess x royal bodyguard fanfic fantasies with you

i will be staring up at you like this

and i expect to receive princess treatment fit for an Actual princess

[random-things-of-mine]

𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 

Swarm Wally x GN Reader

Warning: Angst

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Y/n was climbing down a tree, their foot slipped off a branch making them tumble down. The only positive was that they wheren't that high up.

The fall was rough but nothing was broken.

Right??

"Did I seriously sprain my ankle, ughhh-"

They groaned, rubbing the sore spot. Now it would be longer before they got back home. Speaking of that they really needed to hurry as it was getting late.

Everyone warned them not to enter these woods.

And yet Y/n did, being a defiant lill shit that liked breaking the rules.

"And I'm lost... why am I like this?" 

Y/n stared at the trees, everything looked the same. They leaned against one the identical things, trying to think of a new tactic to get back to the main path.

A butterfly appeared landing on their nose.

Oh.

OH.

It was a pretty one. 

The butterfly was a dark red color, the top part of it's wings looked like it contained eyes but it was just the pattern giving that illusion.

"Are you my new friend?" They asked the lill creature in a silly voice.

"They could be your friend, they seem to like you."

Y/n turned their neck around, a bit to quickly causing neck pain and the butterfly to flutter away. It didn't stray far, it flew towards the stranger that startled them.

They where to focused rubbing their own neck, trying to ease the pain away from moving so fast to notice he stepped closer.

"You can refer to me as Swarm." He spoke up, his eyes locked on them with a odd fixation.

Suddenly there where more butterflies, surrounding the two people. Some attached themselves to the puppet and human and others just kept on flying in a swarm of their own.

"They seem to like you.”

"Damn there are a lot... like A LOT."

It's a bit intimidating how many there are.

Swarm seemed to be communicating with all the flying insects, they where fluttering happily around his head.

Y/n saw the red butterfly from earlier approach them again, it seemed to want something from them.

It allowed you to pet it, buzzing in delight once you did so.

"Yes, I... we've decided. We like you to come with us. Our home." He spoke up again.

"My mama taught me not to go with strangers to their houses or vans."

Y/n bluntly stated, at this point they didn't get a good vibe from this forest... or him. Even if it sounded rude. Swarm smiled at them, it wasn't a very nice or comforting one. He stared at them eerily, it felt predatory almost.

"I think I should take my leave..."

"Hmm you see I have a thing for collecting precious things, I'd like to add you to my collection."

…

AHEM WHAT??

"I KINDLY refuse."

Alright time to make a run for it... with your sprained ankle and non athletic build.

Y/n didn't even manage to run a few meters as the swarm of butterflies started to flock around them. 

All out to get them, they attached themselves to their clothes, hair, skin. They where in clear distress as butterflies crawled into and onto their mouth, nose and ears.

They never had a fear of insects but this was making them violently trash around on the ground in a desperate attempt to get them off.

"Don't be like that my precious, it would be better if you came willingly." He said, seemingly not bothered by the scene, worse even he looked amused.

"Get them off me! Get them off!" They panicked, every time they swatted away one of the tiny attackers two others took it's place.

They where everywhere!

Y/n couldn't breath as they had crawled into their mouth, they attempted to spit them out but it didn't work. 

So they bit down on the butterflies, it left a bitter taste in their mouth.

"Don't be like that, my lovelies only want to be as close as possible to you, won't you let them?"

Swarm looked almost... disappointed that they where resisting so much, hurting his butterflies, which was hurting him as well.

Y/n couldn't focus on his words or expression as they felt one of the butterflies crawl onto one of their eyes.

More specifically it was trying to go inside your eye.

Their pained and horrified shouts echoed through the forest. He waited for them to faint, before picking them up in his arms.

"I'm gonna love and cherish you~ We all are."

Y/n awoke, gasping for air like a fish of the dry land gasped for water. Their throat was dry and raspy from the screaming.

Wait screaming...

No.

No.

NO.

Their vision was blurry, their body was bruised and hurting in many different places.

They remembered the traumatic event that took place earlier. When they recognized that familiar feeling of tiny little creatures climbing over them they started hyperventilating.

Your new ptsd was kicking in. Lovely.

Before Y/n could swat any of them away, Swarm held them back. 

Hé had placed them onto the couch in his cabin, his butterflies had nestled themselves into their hair and onto their body.

They where like a cozy blanket of living creatures. When he noticed they awoke he leaned over uncomfortably close.

"You looked so pretty when you where unconscious, it makes me wanna preserve your beautiful self."

"Wha-"

They looked at him if he was crazy. Wanting to curse him out for involuntary bringing them here and letting his creatures attack them but pain made it difficult get out any sounds.

They felt something moving in their left eye.

"My~ It seems one of my lovelies wanted to make a nest in your eye. This one particularly attached to you." He said, almost adoringly.

Y/n felt close to fainting again as a red familiar butterfly crawled out of their eye socket. Swarm pulled them close to his chest, starting to stroke their head like one would do to a favored pet.

You didn't like butterflies anymore was your last thought before blacking out.

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[syn0vial]

Common Bluebottle (Graphium sarpedon)

Taipei, Taiwan

3/17/24

[alicecorpseliddell]

This is the the current type of replycons we've come up with, dunno how happy we are with them so we might change them eventually, but for now!!!

[occasionalsnippets]

would mc ever actually become friends with any people / anomalies?

they definitely seem like the withdrawn type for uh, obvious reasons,

but ngl them and cain were so chill and awkward i love

MC is kind of friends with Cain and kind of Bright but they're umm a bit asocial so within the frame of the fic they won't become like close friends with anyone

[desertdruidcrafts]

My party is in the Shadowfell in my home game, so you all get a variety of creatures and residents of the plane of shadows. Including Zon-Kuthon and some kytons, a baku, death's heads, and more creepy monsters for gothic horror and spooky fun.

[abutterflyobsession]

*thinking about trigun and Zazie the Beast* @luxlightly likes bugs they'd like Zazie they're* bugs

*they/them like a swarm of bees because . . . they are

[basementdwellerinthestars]

A carnivorous butterfly roughly 3-5 inches, or a hand length, in size.

This hive-minded species is in a symbiotic relationship with a creature known as a Sessparatie, laying their eggs within its maw. In return, the Carneline cleans the outside of the creature, as well as hunting down food for it in times of low supply.

However, this secondary behavior is caused primarily because the Sessparatie will begin to eat the hive, and their eggs, if there is not enough food around. In a way, the Carneline acts as a backup food supply for the Sessparatie.

Given infinite food, a hive can have infinitely large swarms and an infinite amount of swarms. The only limiting factor is whether or not the environment, and the Sessparatie, can support them. Swarms are also not reacquired to stay together.

When a swarm is in danger and it can't defend itself, it may use a Shrieking Call. This is a distress signal made by gnashing the teeth on the end of their wings mid-flight, creating an extremely loud noise that can be used to call for help from hundreds of feet away. Doing this call reveals the underside of their wings. This is why "the underside of a Carneline's wings are the last thing you see".

There are three main ways a Carneline feeds. The first is through cleaning off their Sessparatie host, which is also how they acquire the bones for their nests.

Second, a Carneline feeds while immobilizing a food source for the Sessparatie host. As Sessparatie's eat through contact, a mobile food source may not stick around long enough to fully digest. To ensure it does, the Carneline eats any movement appendages the creature may have. In the cases of creatures that move without appendages, they are swiftly killed.

Third, when there are not enough creatures around a Sessparatie to feed. The Carnelines go out and hunt down food sources, taking two passes on a viable food source. On the first pass, the Carnelines grab as much as they can and return it to the host. On the second, they eat all remaining food.