#other bugs

[hollow-knight-husbandry]

These guys! Big guys, love em!

Holy shit. A Stagway beetle? Did you actually find one of these?

You may not know it, but this is one of the rarest insects there is. It’s estimated there are only about 20 left in the wild, if any. They’re so terrifyingly close to extinction I could actually cry.

All hope is not lost, though—the good news is that a captive breeding program called the Stag Nest Project is working hard to raise their numbers and hopefully reestablish a substantial wild population. Team Cherry (a hollow knight rescue I’ve mentioned before) donates a lot of money to them. The Stag Nest Project recently posted a photo of one of their fabulous Stagway studs! Look at this glamorous guy!

They’re planning to breed him with one of their females soon and hopefully produce some nice and healthy eggs. I’m cheering for them!

Obviously, anything that endangered is not a pet. No animal that low in numbers could possibly be domesticated—maybe tamed, but domesticating them will require breeding a lot of new individuals.

If you have one of these beetles captured or happen to see one, call or email the Stag Nest Project or better yet, go to their location and give them the beetle, if you have it captured. It’ll be safe there and with any luck it will be able to pass down its genes and increase the population. They already have a decent number of both females and males, but the more genetic diversity the better.

[hylasregillasisopods]

i would absolutely buy captive bred colorful amphipods from you, just fyi. assuming you could ship them anyway

I'd love to do that someday!

I'd need to get a proper handle on care and transport before I feel comfortable shipping them. These are the only amphipods I've ever kept, but they seem slightly more sensitive to new water than the Gammerus species that're popular in the aquarium hobby. I'm thinking about doing some test shipping (packaging them up as if you were going to ship them and leaving the box in a garage or shed for a few days) to see what they can handle.

If you're into amphipods feel free to get in touch. I really like them but there's not much of a community.

[cupcakeshakesnake]

Uncaring

[egophiliac]

buckle up lads we're going BACK INTO THE BOOK

[starrysharks]

friendship is magic

closeups:

[raddest-laddest]

scug bug names and such

[satsuha]

little sister

[lilybug-02]

It's the bug gang!

Bug Fact: Caterpillars have 12 eyes! Kinda. They have simple eyes called, stemmata, all along their body. Vision is very blurry.

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Volume 2 Masterpost

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[flamingpudding]

Code: GHOST

It all started when a number code flashed across the screen of the Batcomputer while Tim was working on a case.

7 8 15 19 20

Flashed across the screen several times to the point it made Tim think that someone somehow managed to hack into the Batcomputer. It was also a number code he was not familiar with at all. So Tim reported it back over their comms in hopes that maybe one of the others knew what the numbers meant. Because all he managed to figure out from it was that the number code was an alert on the Batcomputer, one that came with coordinates that lead into the middle of nowhere.

Tim was about to join the discussion Dick and Jason were having on it when Bruce silenced them all apruptly speaking up.

"Answer code 2 1 20, sent them to the coordinates attached. I will be in the cave in ETA3 and take over from there."

The sudden silence on their communication line spoke volumes especially when Tim new the numbers was a simply code for Bat. He still did what Bruce asked him to do but that didn't stop the questions running through Tim's mind. He watched on the screen of the Batcomputer how the moment he sent the code in return, Programs started like on autopilot. A map opening that contained nothing at first but then changed into a map of a whole good damn city. Tim could only gap at what was happening on the Batcomputer before Bruce appeared and pulled him away from his seat to take over himself.

Bruce without a beat of delay started to input more codes and apparently access codes too as more and more windows opened on the Batcomputer. Tim did not realise that with time Dick, Cass and Damian had joined him as they watched Bruce work away on the Batcomputer. At some point an audiotrack opened but all they could hear was only static. They thought Bruce was going to run it through one of the noise filtering programs.

But to the shock of them, Bruce suddenly triggered a hidden compartment on the console, causing it to flip over and reveal communication link build in a way non of them had ever seen before. It was silver with green accents and looked far... older and less sleek than any of the ones they used. It was clearly not designed to stay completely hidden if put into your ear.

They watched how he simply put that earpiece on and then replayed the audiotrack.

The batkids shared a look of confusion. Non of them sure what to make of the situation until suddenly Bruce stood up from the Batcomputer.

"Prepare for a rescue mission. Nightwing, Orphan and Robin will come with me, the rest of you will stay in Gotham." Was all the man said before storming of towards the Batplane.

"Bruce what is going on?!" Dick instead of going to prepare asked stoping the man before he could get away from them. "What is the meaning of that code? Aside from the fact that simply translated it means ghost."

Bruce eyed the batkids present for a moment before letting out a grunt. "Ghost is finally ready to join the family."

"Ghost?" Tim echoed confused, never having heard that alias for any of them.

"Father what do you mean, 'join the family'?" Damian chimed in clearly frowning with suspicion.

The man eyed them once more his eyes going over each of his children, it looked like he was contemplating telling them more for a moment before he stood to fully face them and let out a sigh. "Like Clark, I too have clone child."

There was a stunned silence. No one speaking up until Dick did. "How long...?"

"14 years ago"

The silence continued as they all did the mental math. Once more it was Dick who spoke up first, clearly stunned. "You had a clone since I was eleven and now is the first time I hear of that?! You never bothered telling any of us?!"

There was a long suffering sigh. "We got to Danny before he was aged up, he was a normal baby even if created in a laboratory, so it was best for him to grow up normally, with the league we arranged for him to be sent to selected family since I had my hands full with you and-"

"Danny?!" Dick cut in. "His name is Danny? Does he even know about us?"

"Dick." Bruce called out his tone warning. "Of course I kept an eye on Danny's life. And I did made contact with him when the time was appropriated considering some of the things that were happening for the boy as he grew up, however he is not aware that he is a clone and it will stay that way. He will get to know all of you once we finished this rescue mission."

Before Dick or any of the others could say anything more Bruce spoke up firmly again. "Get ready now, we do not have any more time. Anything else will be handled later."

[hollow-knight-husbandry]

I have three mantis (all of them rescues) and one of them is starting to get really old, hardly moving and hardly eating, the vets told me she may die soon and I don’t know what to do ;-;

Unfortunately death is an unavoidable part of life. Focus on ensuring she’s comfortable and happy for the remaining time she has left. Spend some quality time with her and spoil her with her favorite treats. When it’s time for her to go, be there for her and ensure she’s relaxed.

[hylasregillasisopods]

Sorry for all the amphiposting recently, but I want to show off their eggs.

I only found black, blue, and yellow atm, but I have also seen white, bright green, and salmon-y pink.

Like with shrimp you can see a 'saddle' form inside the female's back before the eggs are ready to be fertilized. Of course, the egg color also affects the saddle color.

Edit: On second glance the yellow is probably a different species. Smaller and lacking pigmentation.

[ender1821]

do NOT let their asses run a restaurant together

[hometoursandotherstuff]

[parker1048]

“i don’t follow orders, neither does he.”

“i’m invited to hq? WHOO!”

and the way hobie slings his arm around miles is so familiar and beautiful and i’ll never get over it

[shepscapades]

@zhukzucraft YOU ARE DOING SOMETHING INDESCRIBABLE TO ME!!!