#emperor butterflies

[onenicebugperday]

Yellow pasha butterfly caterpillar, Herona marathus, Apaturinae (Emperors)

Photographed in China by jiangyou

[heartnosekid]

the great purple emperor (sasakia charonda) | source

[keydekyie]

Got a bilateral gynandromorph pin from @greer-art (aka @pangur-and-grim ) and Wow 👌

[puppyeared]

tricky treats >:) 🎃🍬🍭👻🕸

treat!!! you get.. japanese emperor caterpillar

[coffeenuts]

[raffi-cat]

emperor

[baldursghaik]

this was going to be part of a larger joke comic but Lae'zel just looked SO homophobic that that's it, that's the joke

[herpsandbirds]

Lesser Purple Emperor (Apatura ilia), family Nymphalidae, Lohja, Finland

photograph by Matti Okko

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

Although it has no true governing power, the Emperor of India butterfly certainly deserves its royal title! More commonly known as the Kaisar-i-Hind in Hindi and Urdu, this species is renowned for its bright green wings. This color comes from microscopic structures called photonic crystals, which scatters light to create a vibrant, iridescent color.

(Image: A male Kaisar-i-Hind (Teinopalpus imperialis) by Cheongweei Gan via iNaturalist)

Want to request some art or uncharismatic facts? Just send me proof of donation of any amount to any of the fundraisers on this list, or a Palestinian organization of your choice!

[emmanuel-the-manual]

A rainbow of moths and butterflies I’ve drawn this year!

Also there won’t be art for a while- I’ve broken my dominant arm and cannot draw for a month while it heals up.

Thank you so much for the love on the bug drawings!

[highways-are-liminal-spaces]

A windy August afternoon in Chicago

[onenicebugperday]

@emordnilap-fr submitted: went on a walk recently, thought you may like some of these guys :]

unidentified caterpillar making the :3 face! i tried looking but couldn't ID it; location is southeast louisiana if you have any ideas

a couple varying orb weavers: orchard orb weaver, yellow garden spider, and spiny orb weaver!

and golden orb weavers!! you can see the gold silk, the one on the right was fixing her web and eating(?) the damaged threads!

That caterpillar is absolutely precious. It's one of the emperor butterflies - they have cute lil horns. In your area either a hackberry emperor or a tawny emperor.

VERY nice collection of spiders. The southeast is very lucky to have such a huge range of cool spider species. Please blow them all a kiss from me.

[scottpartridge]

Posting something for #summerbuggin24 - a #purpleemperor #butterfly . It seems there are a few Purple Emperors - this one is the Japanese or Great Purple Emperor, Sasakia charonda.

#summerbuggin2024 is hosted by @lisap_illustrations@kirstensneathart and @artyreg77

[tornrose24]

Was thinking of those other ideas @artistcaptainbendy and I shared and I had to get it out of my system.

We were in agreement that the lycans should be just people turned into Goofy... or Goofcyans (Goofcyans?) if you will. The idea was so hilarious and I couldn't stop giggling over drawing it. And yes, the inspiration was from that one nightmare sequence from A Goofy Movie (which I admit scared me as a kid, but hey I made good use of that trauma now).

I also wanted to do an official reveal of the lords... and once again, find some humor in the situation. It was probably obvious who the Mother Miranda equivalent was going to be, and then I had an idea of who I wanted for the Duke. (Side note, his va has played the game–I watched his playthrough with a certain friend of his awhile ago.)

(Also, keep an eye out for hidden Mickeys.)

[heartnosekid]

golden african emperor butterfly (nudaurelia dione) | source

[snototter]

An African emperor moth (Gonimbrasia zambesina) in Kruger National Park, South Africa, Africa

by Bernard Dupont