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[onenicebugperday]

do you have any factoids about the pieris genus? particularly pieris rapae cuz i named my after them :) my name is pae (pronounced like the english word "pay") taken from the end of their name

unrelated thing about my name but it's unintentionally an anagram for "ape" which is fun because i'm interested in nonhuman primates

weeble for your troubles

Honestly I don't know much about them beyond what you can read on their wikipedia page! So I'm sorry I can't share any fun facts but I can share a few nice photos for you to enjoy! These are all Pieris rapae although all flutterbies in Pieris are lovely

Fuzzy lil caterpillar up close!!! Photo by flossiepip

Less close but still good. They are SO fuzzy and adorable. Photo by matt227

A nice yellow adult by Judy Gallagher

Chrysalises can be brown, tan, green, yellow, or a combination of those, so here's a couple:

Photos by jacqui-nz and jellyelfhomestead

And finally the egg!

Obviously this is an extreme close up, and they're VERY tiny...like 1mm. Photo by Gilles San Martin

[kmn7]

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Thursday 26 December 2024

Flowering into the autumn Solanum laxum 'Album' (white potato vine) is a fast-growing, semi-evergreen climber with twining stems. It will grow outdoors in a moist but well-drained soil in full sun or under glass in bright indirect light.

Jill Raggett

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A sphinx moth enjoying moonflowers in the garden.

Cochise County, Arizona, September 2023.

[zegalba]

leg garden | ramoji film city 

[nemfrog]

A hybrid petunia called "Glitters." Spring 1957. Seed catalog.

Internet Archive

[yorksnapshots]

Ruins through the Blossom.

[whichwaytofindmyself]

Almost looks like cream, have a lovely scent too

[acorviart]

I love designing socks

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[algonavtor-art-jungle]

Ok ok what if... Character, but eepy??? And its mom is there too. (Yeah I'm sure The Pure Vessel™ is not supposed to sleep or like, curl comfy up in the grass. Sshhhh. I had a vision. Hollow Knight being eepy ok??? And wanted to paint a cape.)

Also process pics of me absolutely losing my mind trying to paint this cape:

[blooming-lenses]

small copper on a white rose

2024/06/22

[onenicebugperday]

@rogueinkglitch submitted: Here I am again with more bugs from my family’s native plant garden here in Ohio!

Some butterflies caught in an intimate moment, a big ol’ bee, some beetles, and a wasp of some kind? I would love IDs for the beetles and wasp!

Looks like lots of nice friends are attracted to this garden! The beetles are wedge-shaped beetles, Macrosiagon limbata. The wasp is a thread-waisted wasp in the family Sphecidae, but I couldn't say which species. There are a few that look very similar.

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[fleur-aesthetic]

instagram | blowyinthewind

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Apple Blossom

[petitworld]

Satoyama Garden, Yokohama, Japan