#mouseposting

[serenadeformice]

waow! thats a ant!!

Weaver ant mimicking moth, Homodes sp., Erebidae

Found in South and Southeast Asia and Australia

Photos 1-3 (caterpillar) by sohkamyung and 4 (adult) by prosenjit

[mousegirlheart]

mousegirl gf who had to hire a Warhammer player to do her wedding makeup because that's the only person who could paint that small

[mooshroomterrarium]

umm big stretch or something idk

[taffywabbit]

hey. tiny joyful fieldmouse sitting in a big flower. ok?

[cutiepieautistic]

Big fan of these little guys

[worlds-smallest-epsilon]

That’s fucking it! No more Mr Mice Guy!

*transitions*

[lumithing]

*flight intercom* "this is the pilot squeaking -" *plane falls out of sky because mice can't fly aeroplanes

[serenadeformice]

spiders get a lot of credit for making huge complex webs, but y'know who never gets enough credit for their work? the humble WEBSPINNER! an insect of the order Embioptera, they're one of the very few animals on our earth that produce SILK!

images of insects (no spiders!) and fun facts under the cut!

their closest well-known relatives are the phasmids, which might be apparent from their long body plan. Take a look at that cutie. See those big dumb front hands? those enlarged tarsomeres have their silk-producing glands, and to see one in action is really fun. they tap tap tap, move their hands over, tap tap tap, and string their silk along to make their webbing. they live in colonies are called Galleries, which are dark warrens of tunnels so narrow that their inhabitants often can't turn around in them, so they have extremely well-adaptive senses for walking backward and figuring out their environments through touch! this link here is a beautiful demonstration of their unique movement and weaving techniques:

"The Curious Webspinner Insect Knits a Cozy Home", by Deep Look, PBS Digital Studios https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_JP3RbJ8zk

that video also covers how sensitive their front legs are to going off at unexpected times. most insects use their forelegs to grab their antennae for cleaning, but because of their silk glands' aforementioned sensitivity, webspinners don't use their front legs to clean their antennae! they fold their antennae down under them, using their mouthparts and the ground to keep them in place for cleaning.

in the grooves of this stone wall they've webbed it up to make their beautiful moist, dark little homes.

They're also dedicated moms! Females live gregariously, in large colonies caring for their eggs. males wake up, reproduce, then die. one species, Rhagadochir virgo, wraps their eggs in a mix of silk and lichen to ensure their babies have a little meal when they wake up! isn't that swell?

Webspinners are strange and underappreciated hard workers. i adore them so much, and i hope this has made you adore them maybe a little bit more too!

[wandel-hamenesne]

What if a mousegirl said cheesus christ - What if a mousegirl said squeaky clean- What if a mouse girl loved you. and wanted you to love her back truely, not because of her mouse mannerisms but because of her heart What then

[thuktunflishithy]

Pizza places for mice be like: Little Cheeser’s

[skydreamtakesflight]

[2deadkat]

Why are there so many lesbians at the gazette

Can’t forget this one

[mousegirlheart]

mousegirl gf who spends all night gaming. you thought she came to bed, but you find her by the computer, eyes bloodshot with a can of redbull with a silly straw in it. Turns out she got really into the lesbian animal game and didnt want to stop.

[mooshroomterrarium]

r/malelivingspace post from etho about his ex-wife moving in with him in his roofless gravel shack. not a complete thought but do you see my vision

[taffywabbit]

i will probably try this again later with a little more thought and effort but here is a doodle of Soleil as a mouse. do you understand my vision

[mousegirlpodcast]

Did you know you can make really creative bdsm furniture for your local mousegirl out of Lego?