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[tuhbanbuv]

Welcome Home Bug Infestation Theory!

A lot of people (including me) think that something is up with Home, but I wanna introduce an alternate theory or idea because we're probably barely 1/8th of the way into the story and it's probably foolish to come to conclusions SO early.

This year's update to the Welcome Home website included a plethora of new content, including random gifs of cute little bugs! However, I started to get an idea...

A sudden infestation of bugs? In a studio that has been suddenly abandoned for seemingly no reason, with the official description of the project being "You are to accompany a colorful cavalcade of puppets as their beloved neighborhood begins to skew and distort into a nightmarish memory that they can barely recall." It feels like a recipe for disaster because there are a plethora of bugs that eat fabric like felt which is essentially THE PUPPETS' SKIN.

This is a carpet beetle. They are notorious for eating fabric, hence the name "carpet" beetle, and if you leave a bunch of stuffed animals or cloth in a corner to rot for a bit you'll be sure to find a bunch of their larvae stuck on them. Needless to say, they'd give The Neighborhood a bunch of trouble!

Here's some of the bugs from the website. While they're super cute and super stylized (actual bugs aren't this adorable), I can't help but think that they kinda resemble carpet beetles just a TEENY bit. Not a lot though, but there's more bugs than carpet beetles that eat fabric, like moths, cockroaches, silverfish, and even crickets!

While I don't know if the images on the About page are considered canon anymore, there's a lot of emphasis on decay in the background. While yes, Wally looks threatening, notice the lack of blood on his hands. He might just be a bystander. But there's also a trend of Wally perhaps putting the puppets back together. Huh. Also there's artwork of Frank, the residential bug lover, holding what looks like a censored letter, something that's associated with his love interest, Eddie, the mailman. In the clips on the website, Eddie is implied to do deliveries for Howdy, who basically sells everything to everyone. Frank would be curious and love the bugs, but if they're harmful or parasitic, they'd spread EASILY.

And Home might be as well. In the final recording, Barnaby and Home are talking about their day and joking around until they notice Wally acting weird. Home makes noises when Barnaby is asking if Wally is ok, but they don't seem to sound as threatening as they sounded in the beta clip of Wally singing to them on the first website. They seem a bit concerned as well. Maybe Home isn't intending to be bad, maybe that picture of Wally looking up to Home's eye isn't just Home keeping Wally stuck inside...

Maybe they're keeping something out. Maybe The Neighborhood got infested and Home, who presumably has control over keeping the doors and windows closed due to them being a part of Home, can probably keep Wally hostage to an extent if everyone else were infested, and maybe that's where the "isolation" part of the TWs on the About page comes in.

Maybe that's why Wally's posing with a headless Barnaby. He probably loses it after being "protected" by Home and discovers the replicas or backups of his puppet friends and tries to "fix" them.

That, and Wally's emphasis on having "more eyes than he used to" is interesting when bugs come into play. While people have connected it to the rush of fanart of Wally, what if this can mean something else? Maybe Wally found puppet back-ups of him or...he's talking about bugs that can also have more than two eyes, especially if there's swarms of them.

[practically-an-x-man]

I won't lie. I got distracted watching a video of a guy who's tent was being torn apart by leaf cutter ants and began researching the logistics of that.

BUT I'M BACK with an ask ONCE AGAIN. And it's bugged themed. For definitely unrelated reasons.

Your characters gain the ability to control one species of bug (specific species, not all of ants or all of wasps), and they have as much time as they need to research what bug they'd like. What qualifies as a bug in this case is subjective. Anything in class insecta is fair game but arachnida is cool too.

First of all, that documentary sounds fascinating and I can totally appreciate going down a research rabbithole like that :D

Second, I love this ask, let's dive right in!!

Rae: Copidosoma floridanum - a type of cosmopolitan wasp. The main reason she'd choose it is for it being cosmopolitan, she can utilize this power regardless of her travels.

Robin: Reticulitermes flavipes - the eastern subterranean termite. She'd pretty much exclusively use this power to keep them away from the operahouse and its wooden sets (same with her parents' house, since it's pretty old)

Madison: Pachydiplax longipennis - the blue dasher dragonfly. Technically any dragonfly would suffice, but blue dashers are common where she lives so she wouldn't have trouble finding them. Either way - semiaquatic, predatory, and edible in a pinch.

Ophelia: Camponotus pennsylvanicus - the black carpenter ant. Am I stealing this from Ant-Man? Maybe. But she'd find a way to use them in her lab, for sure.

Gia: Apis mellifera - the Western honey bee. Having an infinite supply of pollinators is a surefire way to keep her shop, and her clover, as healthy as possible.

Jasper: Melolontha vulgaris - the May beetle. Oil from their larvae is sometimes used as a topical treatment for scratches, abrasions, and rheumatism in traditional medicine - it's not quite Neosporin, but it'll work in a pinch

Kestrel: Eristalis tenax - the common drone fly. Another cosmopolitan species, good for use on their travels, but small and unassuming enough that could be good for some quiet espionage.

Katherine: Anthrenus scrophulariae - the common carpet beetle. They're one of the four common species of beetles that cause damage to textiles and other artifacts in museums, so that's a 25% lower chance that they'll get damaged on her watch

Quinn: Pepsis grossa - a North American tarantula hawk moth. Its sting is said to be incredibly painful and is among the highest ranked on the Schmidt pain index - she'd go with the bullet ant, but she's a lot less likely to find those in the California desert.

Eris: Paraponera clavata - there's the bullet ant. Eris just wants to cause as much pain as possible, when they need to. What kind of bug could double as a weapon to be used in battle? Bullet ant.

Nikoletta: Periplaneta americana - the American cockroach. It's gross, and she honestly hates roaches (and half of this power would just be used keeping them away from her home), but they're so common in big cities like New Orleans that she's always got a few around to control. It's a similar strategy to Cleo and her rats, really.

Jimmy: Drosophilia melanogaster - fruit flies. Look, here's his logic: they were first used in genetics back in 1910, and they were a big deal, and he works with scientists now too... maybe they'd have use for this power of his? (also credit to the one scientific name I did not have to look up beforehand because I had it memorized lol)

Vivienne: Aedes aegypti - the yellow fever mosquito. Disease is... kind of a big deal in her time, there aren't a lot of cures for these horrific ailments, and while Vivienne itself is largely immune by being a siren, she doesn't want Wojchek or his crew stricken ill by some tiny little bug.

Spider: Sigh... I'd been so careful about strictly insects this whole time, but it would be wrong to give him anything but a spider. Hogna carolinensis - the wolf spider, and the largest wolf spider species to be found in America. He just thinks it would be cool to freak people out by having this massive wolf spider crawl out of his mouth or something. He's... an odd one, that for sure.

[goldemas1244]

You all must've been wondering where I've been, eh? Well look no further than character designing!

Tagging the wifey and creator of Dylan @kikiwooo , bestie @humanthatlikestuff , bestie @gremlinthatdevourscontent .

Here's Kastiya Mas, best known as KM! He's Zhask's son, and is a skilled self-trained archer and alchemist (this one comes from mom).

A little about the smol bean: READMORE

Name: Kastiya Mas

His name means 'Luck of Kastiya'. Kastiya was the planet he was named after. Various interpretations of the name can be found if you asked its inhabitants before the planet blew up, including 'Home', 'Protection', 'Prosperity', and 'Source of Power'. He is Zhask's greatest achievement.

Alias: Green Reaper, pufferfish (and many other nicknames) (by Dylan), son (by Zhask), little one (by Rista)

Age: In the above image, 16.

I have many different designs for him, each featuring a different insect as a base. For his current age as shown, his base is a Malaysian giant click beetle mixed with various other cute beetles I've found.

Occupation: Assassin, Informant, Weaver, Street Performer

He began working for Rista at the young age of nine, soon after he ran away from the Eruditio due to constant bullying on him and his previous caretaker. While he was working for Rista, his current caretaker, he became her informant due to how small and talented he was. She learned his squeaks so their messages were naturally encoded. He also worked to clean the carriage and give Erebus headpats.

As an assassin, he uses his bow and arrows, sometimes using a butterfly knife for close-quarters combat. His victims have never been found, only their eyeballs. He usually takes them home to store and eat.

He has never been caught, and will never be caught. He is unregistered in any database. His victims are on missing persons lists and he beams with pride whenever he sees the notice boards grow. He does not discriminate between men, women, children, either-ors, neither-nors, or animals. He is a threat. Don't bother locking your doors, don't bother with guns or bats. He will find you. He will kill you. And he will devour you raw.

Weaving is more of his hobby than anything. He sells off his handmade clothes for a fair price, affordable even to the poor. He weaves many things, including tapestries, clothes, carpets, and curtains. It's a lucrative business, and he can't help but keep it going.

He is also a street performer when he's not weaving. His voice sounds like a youthful trail mix. He wields a keytar, and his keys are secretly daggers.

Special powers: Implosion and Explosion

First discovered during a board meeting Zhask had with fellow informants, diplomats, and advisors. He was chewing on a salt cookie when his powers arose. He imploded the entire room, crushing anyone unlucky enough to be within the radius and turning their insides out quite gorily, and exploded them back out. There were only three survivors, Zhask, his wife, and baby Kastiya's maid. All of them thankfully on the other side of the table when it happened.

Zhask thought much of his power due to such a risk (after all, such power could kill him) but the moment he started crying and squeaking he just couldn't bear to. He picked him up, dusted off the shrapnel and blood, and gave him a nuzzle. And no more salt. Only sodium supplements.

After some research he learned that this was an ancient power that formed this planet. It was a power held by their ancestors who shaped mountains and rivers and caverns. A special son was born, and he couldn't pass out on this opportunity. There was a reason his name was Kastiya. Initially for honour, now he bore history.

He would not control this power until he turns 17, with Dylan's (his boyfriend) help. It would further be expanded upon by Zhask and completed at the age of 22.

He pulls in carbon based lifeforms and metals. He's like Magneto, if Magento also pulls in people and twists their guts inside out.

Flaws: Lack of outer exoskeletal plating, learned to read at 16 with Dylan's help, learned to count at 15 when his assassination payments felt off.

As a child he used to be a prodigy, having learned to read and count at the very young age of thirty-six months. Sadly, those were Kastiyan numbers and letters, and communication was squeaking so he did roughly in Eruditian schools. He avoided writing, reading, and counting altogether due to trauma-related incidents and he mostly did his work on pattern recognition and memorization. He can talk but he's illiterate until taught.

Due to his lack of an outer exoskeleton, he would be considered disabled by fellow Kastiyans since their definition of disabled is based on environmental survivability and sustainability. KM is more prone to severe injuries, illnesses, and above all, a really bad back.

History:

Hatched from an egg. Molted into a toddler-shaped Kastiyan at 6 months old. Learned to read and count at 1½ years old. Began learning princely duties at 5 years old. Kastiya exploded at 8 years old.

Spent six months in the Eruditio, and ran away from home aftere severe neglect, bullying, abuse, and overall general displeasure. Came to Rista's carriage and worked for her. Worked as a back-and-forth informant until 20 years old.

Killed his previous caretaker after an accident at the age of 16. He was talking with one of KM's victims and left the room. Soon after, KM took the shot. The arrow went in through an open window and he died. His caretaker came in for an item he left behind and saw the scene, reporting it to the authorities immediately. KM swooped in to claim the body unnoticed after he left the scene to call for help.

Returned to his distressed caretaker's home to apologise, but after receiving death threats he killed him with his bare hands. Couldn't bear to eat him, so just left him there.

Molted into juvenile at 13 years old. Began weaving at 13 years old. Began assassinating at 15 years old. Fell in love at 16 with a dolphin prince, Dylan. Met with Zhask at the age of 17. Learned how to count at the age of 15. Learned how to read at 16. Learned how to control power from 17 to 22. Adulthood molt at 21. Laid an egg at 24. Named her Carrie (wifey we'll talk about her later).

Lost his virginity on his 18th birthday. Thanks Dylan!

Armour:

Coloured in such a way for light-based eyestrain and camouflage. Strategic armour wearing protects internal exoskeleton and regulates body temperature. UwU mask claimed as a 'gift' from one of his victims.

Chainmail skirt because he's a femboy. Also owns a pair of pink bunny headphones.

Wing pattern:

Kastiyan Royal Insignia.

Initially a doodle by Zhask in the margins of his schoolwork, he pranked his people on his 34th birthday by announcing the change to the royal insignia. Expecting to reveal the truth that it was a prank by sundown, he was shocked to see the people adopting it, tolerating it, being very accepting of it. So after a hilariously hysterical board meeting it was changed to symbolise Zhask's his power and success.

Happy birthday, dad!

A year later, KM was born, and as soon as he hatched from an egg, he funnily enough had the insignia birthmarked onto his back. An obvious way of saying "PROPERTY OF ZHASK DO NOT TOUCH OR YOU DIE".

After a toddler molt, it appeared on the underside of his wings. In his juvenile molt, it appeared on the outside of his wings, and assisted in Zhask's recognition of him the first time they met. It's as if it knew they would reunite.

Insignia disappeared in adulthood. After an illness leaving him in critical condition (Cordyceps), Zhask had to dissect him and found out that the insignia was inside his body all this time. AS THE ORGAN PLACEMENT.

I SHIT YOU NOT HIS ORGANS WERE ARRANGED EXACTLY LIKE THE INSIGNIA.

To honour his survival and this newfound discovery,he had it succubus/incubus-tattooed onto his lower stomach, courtesy of Alice.

Visualization:

Also visible: The similarities between the design and Zhask's own physical form.

(The X represents the peeny. He's 4 inches long, and maintained that in adulthood.)

Libido: High.

What did you expect? I'm horny as fuck~

If it weren't for his trauma, he'd be a whore instead of an assassin. Let that sink in.

In-game:

Skill 1: Explosive arrows. Damages targets in a small range.

Skill 2: Potions. Like Luo Yi, potions that will be thrown will be shown. One of three in a medium range. Healing, Damage, Stun.

Skill 3: Keytar. KM pulls out his keytar and shoots out his dagger-keys. Has a timer and an attack limit like Yve's ultimate. Medium range.

Ultimate: KM ingests salt (ultimate loading animation like Zhask) and implodes, pulling in all enemies and enemy minions, damaging them and leaving them in an airborne state. Will explode them out in various locations, also dealing damage and leaving them stunned. Ultimate can be used multiple times within 10 seconds, but damage decreases with each usage so make the first implosion count!

Recall animation: Gay hand flip.

Trivia:

Has a black cat named Michael. It can stand on two legs.

Has a pair of pink fluffy bunny-eared headphones.

Talks with a hint of a squeak, like Valentino from Hazbin Hotel.

Voice claim: Um. Me. But if I took testosterone (not that I would, I have enough of it).

Singing voice claim: Get Scared lead singer, Brandon Urie (if he tries hard enough), Michael Crawford (on rare occasions).

Adult voice claim: Ru Paul.

Adult singing voice claim: Shit there's a lot of them, he's an expert at mimicry. Notable ones include Stolas from Helluva Boss, Us the Duo (the sexy guy), Will Wood, Simon Curtis.

Kinks: Where do I start.

NOT Kinks: Generally disgusting stuff. Ew.

Preferred kink: Overstimulation.

Lives in a haunted house in the woods. Had to ask Helcurt to keep them away. Uses his assassination money to renovate, albeit discreetly to avoid suspicion.

Favourite food is curry noodles and eggs. Favourite drink is mixed berries.

Self-loathes occasionally.

Slight OCD.

Anemic.

Needs a masseuse every fifteen days.

Birthday: 24th March.

Zodiac: Aries.

Personality: A bitch, but the most loveable bitch you'll ever meet in your life.

Is gay and slay.

[ivanaskye]

omg BUG DRAMA right on my wall... wasp of some kind Hecking a carpet beetle larva.... pest control.

[coffee4jordan]

Not me rewatching the entirety of Aladdin (1992) to fact check something I said in a Tumblr post 💀 anyway here’s what I found, not all of it is related to TW:

- there was a warning at the beginning that this movie is racist???

- I still want an edit of Scarabia singing “Arabian Nights”

- I’m realizing it’s “Scarabia” as in a Scarab beetle like the one in gold(?) that leads Jafar to the cave

- It’s odd that there’s nothing like the lamp or Abu or Rajah in Scarabia

- Are the attempts on Kalim’s life supposed to be like Aladdin almost getting caught by the guards when he steals?

- I didn’t realize Jasmine was trying to run away from home before, I just thought she liked to walk around the city as a commoner and go back to the palace

- Why didn’t Jafar just tell Jasmine he let Aladdin go or something?

- MC rides the flying carpet in Book 4 even though Kalim owns it

- This movie is more violent than I remember

- The sultan tries to ride the magic carpet and almost crashes like Kalim goes out of control when flying lol

- I guess Mostro Lounge is the oasis in the desert the carpet took them to

- I didn’t remember that Jafar actually shoots Aladdin across the desert but both MC and Kalim were thrown in TW so that doesn’t tell me much lol

- Damn, Aladdin got to ride the magic carpet back to the palace while MC and Kalim got waterboarded riding Jade and Floyd back to Scarabia lmao

- The scene where everyone is praising Jamil is based on the scene where Jasmine pretends to be in love with Jafar to distract him

- Bruh, Jasmine had to kiss Jafar and that still wasn’t enough distraction for Aladdin? Come on man

- I’m realizing it’s a genie silhouette that shows up behind Jamil during the fight with him, idk why I thought it was a snake

- The golden bracelets that Jamil wears are probably based on the “shackles” that Jafar wears when he becomes a genie

- In support of someone’s comment that Jamil is also a parallel for Jasmine, the choker that Jamil wears looks like the crown that Jafar tries to force Jasmine to wear as his bride

- The jewel and red feather in Jamil’s hair represent Jafar’s hat

[rodrigobera04]

Bug Type is next, finishing off my favorite types:

BUG pure:

Jumping cockroach that uses a stick to pole vault.

Very thin stick insect like a stick figure, it camouflages itself as a bush that blocks paths.

Frog bug with a mouthpiece to suck insect fluids, like a frog's tongue.

Wingless moth shooting silk to defend itself.

Spiders living in communities, together to hunt and defend themselves.

Beetle imitating an arachnid Pokémon, such as Ariados and galvantula.

Edible larva resembling homemade bread.

Literal honey ant that, when crushed, spreads sweet secretions.

Woodlouse rolling like a ball and leaving marks like a tire.

BUG/GRASS

Wasps making a nest inside a fig which explodes in a swarm bomb.

Pollinating insect, a bee or butterfly, blowing allergic pollen from its wings.

Spider with a pitcher plant for its abdomen where it traps insects.

Huge beetle similar to a sloth, covered in fungi and algae.

Termites gnawing on wood and throwing sawdust, related to carpentry.

Apple with worms coming out of it like snakes from a gorgona.

Katydid covered in thorns, where it houses its pre-evolution.

Larva inside a bean moving like a spring.

Cochineal producing a fungus that is harmful to plants.

BUG/STEEL

Deathclock beetle with a mechanical appearance, like a toy car.

Millipede looking like a little train, transporting things on its back.

Lanternfly with a serrated protuberance on its head, like a winged saw.

Silverfish rusting metal to better digest it.

Butterfly with sharp wings to cut off aerial predators.

Earwig with a stretchable hook tail.

Mechanical-looking drone fly used in espionage.

Giant cockroach resembling a shield, where it protects its young.

Whip spider fighting with metallic claws like steel clubs.

BUG/FLYING

Spider mimetizing a fly to trick insects, using webs as wings.

Locusts creating hurricanes with their swarms.

Moth making noises with its wings that sabotage the bat radar.

Female strepisiptera using a wasp as an airplane.

Bird parasitic mite flying on a feather like a board.

Crab using its hind legs as wings to fly in the air.

Flea jumping so high it seems to fly.

Beetle looking like a science fiction flying car.

Bee with Z-shaped wings, creating annoying sound waves.

BUG/ICE

Saber-toothed flea, specialized in parasitizing mammoswine.

Icebug literally made of ice, melting in contact with heat.

Ice age worm or larva, preserved and resurrected.

Springtail who lives in the snow, looks like a bunny or a lemming.

Arachnid rolling your body and creating a snowball.

Snow mayfly, melting in the spring heat, alluding to its short life.

Fly from the frozen pole, covered with ice to protect itself from high temperatures.

Carpet beetle stealing fabric to stay warm.

BUG/FIRE

Draconic-looking hairy caterpillar with boiling hairs.

Flaming mosquito that causes fever through its bite.

Volcanic beetle with a carapace formed from hardened lava.

Explosive wasp launching itself at targets.

Hellgramite, which lives in lava, has flaming jaws in its adult form.

Camel spider with solar powers in allusion to its other name, sun spider.

Vinagaroon spraying flammable liquid from its tail.

Killer insect blowing smoke to catch insects.

Ant with explosive bomb abdomen.

BUG/NORMAL

Assasin insect looking like an anteater.

Rubber toy that imitates a real insect.

House spider with long legs, covered in dust.

Fuzzy mite looking like a stuffed animal.

Camouflaged insect, with its body adapted to hide in the environment.

Giraffe beetle that looks like a literal giraffe.

Ant delivering things, carrying objects on its back.

Furry and smelly Pokémon, with symbiotic flies to protect it.

Small insects controlling a mannequin or doll, pretending to be a person.

BUG/ELECTRIC

Parasitic fly that inhabits the hair of mareeps.

Dragonfly fast as lightning, leaving a trail of light.

Ladybug with spots that glow in the dark, serving as a guide.

Scorpion adapting its stinger to a lamp, attracting insects.

Insectoid creature made of pixels that causes a "bug" in the game.

Lanterbug com asas brilhantes como LED.

Bee creating energetic and colorful honey that gives a lot of energy.

Pikachu's convergent Springtail.

Bioluminescent cockroach that inhabits appliances and sockets.

BUG/GROUND

Sprinting tiger beetle leaving a trail of sand.

Sauvas soldiers carrying buds and leaves as weapons.

Carpenter bee using a snail shell as a hive.

Termite mound golem controlled by termites like a mecha.

Millipede imitating a snake seen from above.

Insect monster imitating a coffin, with its abdomen pretending to be a corpse.

Weta digging the ground and biting the opponent's feet.

Camel spider looking like a mole.

Ant lion larvae acting like a school of piranhas, tearing apart prey.

BUG/ROCK

Arthlopleura looking like a brontosaurus, like Armaldo looks like a carnosaur.

Meganeura similar to a pterodactyl, counterpart to the arthlopleura.

Beetle decorated with precious jewels and crystals.

Cave insect that uses its claws like pickaxes to dig holes.

Cadsfly larva with a stone dwelling and hikikomori personality.

Butterfly with crystal clear wings like a mosaic.

Huge insectoid-shaped tectonic plate, based on jinshi mushi, causes earthquakes.

A literal emerald cockroach.

Fly fed with salt, gaining a square and rocky shape.

BUG/FIGHTING

Fly with structures resembling deer horns.

Epomys beetle, rival of Toxicroak, Poliwrath and other frog Pokémon.

Tongue parasite controlling a "walking" fish.

"Batman" style anti-hero moth fights birds and bats.

Wasp with stingers in its fists.

Spider using two smaller spiders as yo-yos.

Cricket with long antennas used as Olympic ribbons.

Beetle with two horns looking like an angry ox.

Flea that bit a werewolf and became a powerful monster.

BUG/WATER

Diving dragonfly, adapted its wings to swim in water.

Water flea creating water replicas of itself, alluding to its multiplication.

Tadpole shrimp sleeping for years and waking up today.

Stick insect imitating an umbrella with its wings.

Butterfly creating waves in the water by flapping its wings.

Fly inside a bubble to dive.

Flying insect living near water with a bait and hook sting.

Cleaner shrimp capable of curing poison and other damage from other Pokémon.

Sea flea hiding in the sand and quickly devouring its prey.

LEGENDARY:

Butterfly bug/flying dying and resurrecting back to its caterpillar form; personifies cycles.

[verifiablebot]

today in 'adventures in millennial homeownership': the carpet beetles are back and the pest control guys have informed us that we have to replace the insulation underneath our 58 year old double-wide and also steam clean our furniture. at this point i kinda just want to burn the damn thing down

[meowingcreach]

Update on the pest problem: they are not dead. I think there might be a lot of them. Found a loose part of edging around the bottom of the bedroom wall. There were carpet beetle larvae there (all dead I think, but still!!!). Been spraying red cedar oil.

We are like 99% sure they were here when we moved in, since they are not in my apartment whatsoever, and also not in our clothes that have not had contact with the closet floors.

Hopefully pest control can come here next week bc i am done with this shit. After the find along the floorboards I am just. I don't want to do this anymore. I just want the damn place to be sold so we can move on but we have to have done our best to get rid of the buggers first ｡⁠:ﾟ⁠(⁠;⁠´⁠∩⁠`⁠;⁠)ﾟ⁠:⁠｡

[blackbackedjackal]

Sorry if this has been asked before, but is there any care you need to do for wallhangers? They won't dry up or degrade or fall apart will they? I just got my first wallhanger and I don't know if I need to do anything to care for it!

In general, and assuming the leather was tanned well, you have a good 3-5 years before you'd have to worry about any upkeep. So long as pelts are stored in a dry and climate-controlled space they'll last for a very long time! I have some from 10 years ago that still feel like I just got them and I've only brushed them out a few times and checked for dry spots and bugs once or twice a year.

My advice is to check the tails and the paws at least once a year (if they still have them). Those are the areas that dry out first and tend to need a little extra care. If the leather starts to feel dry in those areas you can paint some diluted tanning oils and break in the leather by gently tugging and stretching it until the oil conditions the leather. Other then that, I recommend spraying the fur and leather side of the hide with Bedlam Plus (not sponsored) once a year to prevent any insects from chewing on them. It's not usually an issue unless you know you have like pre-existing carpet beetle or clothes moth issues, but better safe than sorry!

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[macroglossus]

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can’t vent to family abt bugs bc they don’t believe we have an infestation yet+i talk about it too much. can’t talk to best friend abt bugs bc i don’t want to scare her. can’t talk online about bugs because i’ve been talking about it so much. can’t go on forums abt bugs because everyone in there is like ‘this will never end and you’re fucked forever especially you specifically’. can’t talk to therapist about bugs because she wants to focus on arfid. can’t *** bc it’s such a stupid reason to and family will still be left with bugs and i feel bad about that. can’t move because i’m broke and insane so i can’t get a job and i would probably track them to new place anyway. can’t call exterminator because family thinks it’s not an infestation and mom says the house needs to be clean before person comes over. house needs to be spotless to have effective exterminator treatments. house is so fucking messy because there are five people here and none of us clean. been working on deep cleaning the kitchen for hours every day for a week and not even halfway done because i have to get every inch in order to feel comfortable. think i’m going to have to clean the whole house basically on my own bc both my parents work full time and one of my younger brothers is in school and the other one just sits on his computer all day and won’t help. keep finding new bugs and people see them when i point them out so i know i’m not hallucinating but none of them have pointed one out on their own a single time and they keep telling me that i’m seeing them because i’m looking for them. family refuses to wash their clothes even once in hot water and clean their rooms because i haven’t proved it’s an infestation yet. was going to buy pheromone traps online to prove it’s an infestation but the SINGLE one that was rated even at all well for carpet beetles by users/pest control professionals also is $129 for a pack of TEN and i only have $143 dollars in my bank account total with no way of making more. can only leave my house for doctors appointments. get yelled at for doing too much laundry but every preventative measure i read says you should change clothes to keep them from spreading and if i’m the only one doing anything i need to be extra careful. keep finding bugs on the couch that i sit on because apparently they fucking follow me around and i don’t know how to stop them even though i shower every day and wash clothes every day and change twice/three times a day while moving from room to room. have to wait until things are clean to do diy treatment and even then there’s some furniture items that i don’t think i’ll be allowed to move to treat behind them even though dark dusty places is where they want to live. AGH

[todaysbug]

December 21st, 2023

Varied Carpet Beetle (Anthrenus verbasci)

Distribution: Cosmopolitan; found throughout North America and Europe, as well as the Near East, North Africa, South America and northern and eastern Asia.

Habitat: Most commonly found on flowers, as well as plant and animal-based materials; common indoors, in houses, flour mills, warehouses and attics, as well as under siding, and in bat roosts and bird nests.

Diet: Larvae feed on natural fibres, such as keratin and chitin, including dead animals and insects, animal hair, feathers, natural fibres like silk, wool, leather and cotton, carpet fibres, linens, napkins, curtains and other household items, as well as stored food. Adults feed on the pollen and nectar from flowering plants.

Description: While they are pretty in their adult form, varied carpet beetles are serious pests inside homes, universities and museums. Their caterpillar-like larvae have been known to decimate biological collections belonging to museums and universities, and due to their extremely varied diet, they're known to wind up fairly frequently inside houses.

The varied carpet beetle was the first insect studied for its circannual cycle, with environmental conditions controlling larval development, which may last up to two years. Temperature seems to be the most limiting factor to larval development, but relative humidity and food availability may also play important roles.

Images by Jean-Raphaël Guillaumin (adult) and André Karwath (larva)