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[mashedbootatoes]

Shrugs

[heartnosekid]

rainbow tripod fish larva (bathypterois grallator) | source

[onenicebugperday]

Black saddleback caterpillar moth, Acharia nesea, Limacodidae

Found in Central and South America

Photo 1 by heimatlos, 2 by berniedup, and 3-5 by lilatomazelli

[shannonsketches]

I'm sure it's been discussed at length already but I think it's easy to assume saiyans are strong so their genes are dominant but I (like to) think it's the opposite. It's interesting to think that the ecological nature of a saiyan is stealthy and invasive, and according to Jaco a saiyan invasion was going to be extra dangerous to earth because they look like earthlings (and a lot of other human-like races in the db universe) and one baby saiyan will easily go completely undetected until it starts the extermination process.

so it actually makes a lot of sense to me that a saiyan hybrid would take more physical traits from a local species, while maintaining the potential to house a saiyan's strength and inborn power over ki (which I think due to the story following a group of people who use it is a thing we often forgotten is a super rare and dangerous ability in that universe, and inborn/instinctive to a select few very powerful races). Could also be a fun way to explain why their tails can detach and grow back, since that may be the only real Tell.

because like yeah gohan and goten look like goku but they also look like chichi ykwim? trunks and bulla look like bulma. pan looks like videl. thoughts i chew on.

I also just find parasitism a real good meaty horror concept to put in my little 'this is why everyone's afraid of saiyans' headcanon file along with 'can see in the dark, biologically strategic energy consumption, can go long periods without food or rest' and of course the canonical 'surprise monkey werewolf kaiju'

[xponentialdesign]

Argentum vermis // close up ADD TO YOUR COLLECTION

[tangledinink]

"owning reptiles is so fun and easy!" i say, waking up at two in the morning coz there's a bigass black solider fly buzzing around my room.

[templeofthev01d]

©️ ᐯ丨丂丨ㄥㄩ乂 - 2024

[cbab-freak]

Did anyone used to have a crush on this dude as a kid or is it just me?

(Btw this dude is from that one obscure show called Larva)

[blackswallowtailbutterfly]

Papilio polyxenes--Black Swallowtail Butterfly Part 1

Been some years since I've raised these, but it was a fantastic experience to do so! All photos are mine, most unedited, except for the one on the chicory plant because it was pretty dull lighting and I wanted to bring out the colour.

They caterpillars were munching away in my grandmother's raised herb garden, so I took them in and raised them. Then when they hatched I put them on various flowers in her garden. In college when I brought the last of the season's pupas with me, I put the ones that hatched on the wildflowers outside.

The caterpillars have five instars (some people say only three; I say they aren't paying enough attention). They start off looking like bird shit and with each moult they get stripier until they're green or white with black stripes that have yellow spots. Then eventually they choose a spot, take a massive shit, string themselves up, do a dance, shuck their skin and then harden.

The pupas are either green or brown depending on their environment. They aren't completely immobile. They will jerk about if something irritates them.

When the butterflies hatch it takes a little time for them to work up to flying. In that window, you can stage them and get your photos in before they take off.

The darker adults with the larger blue areas are female and the ones with the broader yellow stripes are the males. Most of mine ended up female. I personally think the females are prettier with their black and blue, but the males are still very attractive butterflies as well. See him face on the red geraniums. :)

Hand pictured is mine. lol

[ceros-says]

NOBODY UNDERSTANDS MAGGOTS LIKE I DO

[touhou-memories]

100th Black Market 1st Market - Minoriko Aki, Eternity Larva, Nemuno Sakata and Mike Goutokuji.

[onenicebugperday]

@bunnyglaive submitted: I believe this guy is a swallowtail butterfly caterpillar. he is also very angry (and stinky)

Yes, a black swallowtail caterpillar. When disturbed, they evert their osmeterium (orange horns!), which is a smelly organ meant to deter predators :)

[rattyexplores]

Black Slug Cup Caterpillars

I originally thought there was only one caterpillar on the tree's trunk, but looking at the photo months later, I spotted others.

I presume they're all ready to pupate.

Doratifera casta

21/03/23

[lilystargazerwhite]

My cirno day drawing 2021 vs 2023

I did the 2023 one last minute ha…

[softichill]

I should be asleep but apparently I'm gonna spend my night looking at bug pictures

[angelnumber27]

Pyrrharctia isabella (woolly bear caterpillar)

Photo by J.R. Baker, NC State University