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zuzsenpai · 6 months ago

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Zuzu's bug-ventures June 8-16, 2024 (insects/spiders from a state park in northeast Pennsylvania) (re-uploading because of file size issues)

I figured I would make a collage after getting so many! A couple of the above photos have duplicates, so all in all I believe I found 65 distinct kinds. I'm still working to ID some of them, but all the ones I think I have ID'd are under the cut. Anyway, it was truly a fun experience. Maybe next time I'll have a camera that isn't a shitty phone!

You can see full size photos of most of these here.

IDs under the cut

Just a note, I'm not 100% on any of these. My IDs are speculative based on google searches, reddit, and so-on. If you think something is wrong, PLEASE let me know!

Also, each image has 9 insects/spiders in a grid. I will be referring to each grid of 9 insects/spiders as a single image below, and identifying all 9 based on rows within the image. If that makes sense. Hopefully it does!

Image 1 (first row left):

Top row (from left to right): Northern paper wasp (I'm told it's carrying caterpillar meat); Hickory tussock moth; Ground beetle of some kind (could not ID)

Middle row: Fall cankerworm moth; Barn spider; Red ichneumon wasp

Bottom row: Long-horned caddisfly; Copper underwing caterpillar; Brush-legged mayfly

Image 2 (first row right):

Top row: Very loud very big bee (could not ID); Common blue mud dauber wasp; Harvestman spider

Middle row: Limoniid crane fly; Firefly; Hoverfly

Bottom row: Elegant grass-veneer moth; Tiger crane fly; Western honey bee

Image 3 (second row left):

Top row: Two-spotted bumble bee; Marsh fly; Yellow-collared scape moth? (could not ID)

Middle row: Wolf spider (male); Macaria moth; Tipula lunata (type of crane fly)

Bottom row: Robber fly; Brown-toed forest fly; Virginian tiger moth

Image 4 (second row right):

Top row: Blue dasher dragonfly? (could not ID. Dead in spider web); White admiral butterfly; Chalk-fronted corporal dragonfly

Middle row: Clubtail dragonfly? (could not ID); Hemlock borer beetle; Eastern tent caterpillar

Bottom row: Another Tipula lanata crane fly; Double-banded grass-veneer moth; Horace's duskywing butterfly

Image 5 (third row left):

Top row: Cabbage white butterfly; Spongy moth caterpillar; Dragonfly exoskeleton (could not ID)

Middle row: White-striped running crab spider; Jumping spider (could not ID, but yes there is a spider in this photo!); Orchard orbweaver spider

Bottom row: Soldier beetle; Fortunate wave moth; Another white admiral butterfly

Image 6 (third row right):

Top row: Tussock moth caterpillar; A third white admiral butterfly (this is the last one I promise! They just have so much variation!); Another spongy moth caterpillar

Middle row: Common green bottle fly; Eastern parson spider; Another orchard webweaver spider

Bottom row: Blue dasher dragonfly (possibly female); Calligrapher fly; Dun skipper butterfly

Image 7 (last row left):

Top row: Another fortunate wave moth? (could not ID); Orbweaver spider of some kind (Could not ID); Eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly

Middle row: Stonefly exoskeleton; Ontario sallfly; Lesser house fly

Bottom row: White-striped black moth; Pale metarranthis moth (this one is my favorite find); White planthopper? (could not ID)

Image 8 (last row right):

Top row: Millipede; Immaculate grass-veneer moth; Flat wireworm beetle

Middle row: Twobanded Japanese weevil (WEEVIL TIME!!); Earwig; Bob's yellow and black millipede

Bottom row: Click beetle; Sod webworm moth? (could not ID); Deer fly

And that's it! Again, let me know if I made mistakes or if you know any of the ones I couldn't ID.

#insects #insect photography #bugs #insect identification #tw insects #tw spiders #my photos #memories;#Zuzu's bug ventures

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sonicasura · 3 days ago

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The rogue Vehicons and even some of the ones still allied with the Decepticons start a tradition. They start painting really pencil thin stripes to mark who (not always comprehending Dart is one being) saved them. Each stripe is small enough to hardly be noticed by other cybertronians. Though, some like Knockout and maybe even Starscream notice the markings.

Pale brown for the mud monster. (Claymore/Lenopan).

Light blue for the stretchy phase shifter. (Skystinger, Imperi).

Orange-yellow for the insectoid. (Spewpa/Ball Weevil).

Red-orange for the living magma. (Heatblast).

White for the replicator. (Ditto).

Then, there’s the much more common stripe:

A small silver band for repair bitling. (Nanomech.)

This causes tremendous amounts of confusion among the Decepticons. Knockout and Starscream argue over this meaning the Vehicons have favorites. (Clearly the red-orange is for the hot-rod alt mode and silver for Starscream’s jet alt mode…)

—ROB’d Anon.

LMFAO Dart continues to unwittingly confuse the Decepticons even further. The Vehicons ain't clarifying or saying shit either.

#sonicasura #sonicasura answers #asks #anonymous #ben 10 #ben 10 series #ben ten #ben ten series #oc #original character #maccadam #transformers #transformers series #transformers prime #tf #tf series #tfp

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futurebird · 1 year ago

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Invertober 2023!

Invertober is back! The (mandatory) drawing challenge where you draw an invertebrate every day. It's for everyone and *mandatory.* Last year they had no ants on the list! I was very upset... this year there is one ant... an improvement, still so much more room to grow!

Let's shoot for 10 ants next year.

OK here is what you need to draw each day for the month:

Sunburst diving beetle (Themanectus marmoratus)

Silvery leaf cutter bee (Megachile leachella)

Little fire ant (Wasmannia auropunctata)

Emerald green snail (Papustyla pulcherrima)

Citrus root weevil (Diaprepes abbreviatus)

Coconut octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus)

Common banded hover fly (Syrphus ribesii)

Calico Crab (Hepatus epheliticus)

Elephant hawk moth (Deilephila elpenor)

Periodical cicada (Magicicada septendecim)

Fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster)

Eelgrass isopod (Pentidotea resecata)

Devastating grasshopper (Melanoplus devastator)

Blue glaucus (Glaucus atlanticus)

Owlfly (Libelloides macaronius)

Fuchsia flatworm (Pseudoceros ferrugineus)

Blue morpho (Morpho peleides)

Reddish-brown stag beetle (Lucanus capreolus)

White-spotted jellyfish (Phyllorhiza punctata)

European mantis (Mantis religiosa)

Pink crab spider (Thomisus onustus)

Red velvet ant (Dasymutilla occidentalis)

Asian forest scorpion (Heterometrus spinifer)

African monarch (Danaus chrysippus)

Horned sea star (Protoreaster nodosus)

Torpedo bug (Siphanta acuta)

Iceland scallop (Chlamys islandica)

Striped pajama squid (Sepioloidea lineolata)

Tiger centipede (Scolopendra polymorpha)

Leopard slug (Limax maximus)

Halloween pennant (Celithemis eponina)

Let's goooo!

#invertober #invertober2023 #drawing #drawings #ants #bugs #bugblr #invertebrates #antblr #drawing ants #artists on tumblr #drawing challange #mandatory #for everyone

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strelles-universe · 2 years ago

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Clan Names - Bugs and Creepy Crawlies

Ant: Primarily a ThunderClan name. A black or red cat, usually someone diligent, hardworking and well-behaved, someone cooperative.

Bee, Bumble: Primarily a ThunderClan name. A cat who is thickly striped, someone who wiggles a lot or is clumsy, a cat who is industrious and determined.

Beetle, Scarab: Used by all clans equally. A cat who is tough and stands out, protective.

Caterpillar: A ThunderClan or WindClan name. A brightly colored or vibrant cat, to have great potential.

Cicada, Swarm: A WindClan or ThunderClan name. A mostly black or brown kit, someone who single loudly and frequently, someone social.

Cocoon, Pupa: Used by all clans equally. A white or silver cat, someone who is growing.

Cricket, Locust, Grasshopper: Used by all clans equally. A brown or black furred cat, someone with long hind legs.

Dragonfly: A RiverClan or ShadowClan name. A cat who is agile and sure-footed, someone with great confidence and skill.

Firefly: Used by all clans equally. A distinctive or easily noticeable cat, soothing or attention-grabbing.

Flea, Tick, Mite: Primarily a ShadowClan name. A cat who is small and irritating, annoying and bothersome.

Fly: A ShadowClan and a ThunderClan name. A mostly black cat, someone who is irritating, agile and clever.

Grub, Larvae: Primarily a ShadowClan name. A white or orange furred at, well-fed or rounded cat.

Honey: Used by all clans equally. A golden or yellow furred cat, one who is soothing or kind.

Hornet: A ShadowClan or a WindClan name. A bright yellow cat, a cat who is easily bothered or agitated, aggressive; someone territorial.

Ladybug, Ladybird: A RiverClan or a WindClan name. A mostly red or deep orange cat, welcome or friendly; dangerous.

Maggot: ShadowClan Exclusive. A bright white or yellow cat, vile or infuriating, able to make the best of bad circumstances, adaptable.

Midge: A ShadowClan or a WindClan name. A mottled or tortoiseshell cat, someone who is nervous or sneaky.

Mosquito: Primarily a ShadowClan name. A cat who is small and pushy, often and white banded cat.

Moth, Butterfly: Used by all clans equally. A distinctive cat, someone skilled with herbs or medicine.

Pillbug: Used by all clans equally. A gray furred cat, someone playful or shy.

Roach: Primarily a ShadowClan name. A dark brown cat, one who is adaptable and determined.

Scorpion: Used by all clans equally. A black or deep red cat, someone with a shiny coat; deadly or sharp-clawed.

Silk, Cobweb: A WindClan or a ThunderClan name. A white or blue furred cat, someone with very soft fur, a skilled craftcat; alternative to spider.

Snail, Slug: A RiverClan or a ShadowClan name. A silver or gray cat, cautious or slow to action.

Spider, Tarantula: A ShadowClan or a ThunderClan name. A dark furred cat, someone with legs, trapper; manipulator or planner; a skilled craftcat.

Swallowtail: Primarily a WindClan name. A cat who is brightly or strikingly colored, swift, clever and athletic.

Wasp: Used by all clans equally. A black or yellow cat, someone dangerous of quick-witted.

Weevil: A ShadowClan or a WindClan name. A black or dark brown furred cat.

#strelles au #strelles naming conventions #strelles worldbuilding #pride names and meaning #strelles the greenwood empire

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jimmy-the-frog · 11 months ago

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[ID copied from alt: 8 total images Image 1: A large horned beetle with yellow-green leaf patterns on its body. Instead of a shell, its back is a glass botanical conservatory with greenery inside.

Image 2: A black weevil on a pink background with gold-lined flowers and leaves in a pattern across its shell.

Image 3: A chunky oblong blue beetle with white and orange flowers and green palm fronds on its shell

Image 4: A red-orange beetle with splayed legs. It's entire shell is a bulbous onion-shaped dome as seen on St. Basil's Cathedral, with green and blue stripes.

Image 5: A large purple beetle with jagged spikes on its carapace and legs, and darker purple spots on its back. Its eyes are red.

Image 6: An elongated white beetle whose shell has faint cracks across it. Its shell has the gold pattern of a sun with a face and small swirls.

Image 7: An oblong, flattened beetle with a yellow shell. Three parallel stripes of dusty green, red, and orange loop across its back.

Image 8: A dark blue scarab beetle with a glowing grid on its shell. Its wings are partially extended and colored with a red-pink gradient and dark stripes. End ID].

bug parade continues apace! (additional beetles here)

ATLAS x CONSERVATORY | LEAF WEEVIL x CLOISONNE BESSBUG x HAWAIIAN SHIRT | BLADDER-BODIED MELOID x ONION DOME COCONUT RHINO x DARIGAN PAINT BRUSH | RED MILKWEED x LUSTREWARE PINK SPOTTED LADY x RETRO STRIPES | EMERALD EUPHORIA x VAPORWAVE

#image described #bugs #art

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backyardjoust · 3 years ago

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Hello and welcome to Match Number Seven of the Junkyard Joust Home Game! Let’s meet our teams:

First up is Code Red! This is our second red-themed team, you may remember the Red Rockets who won Match Number Two! Will red draw blood again? From back to front we have:

1956 Ford Thunderbird, 27 grams

Alfa Romeo SZ, 37 grams

Fun ‘E’, 37 grams

Dodge Dakota, 43 grams and

Peterbilt, 56 grams

Next up is Krash Kart! These competitors should look familiar if you own a Nintendo switch, or if you’ve played video games at all in the past 40 years! Introducing, from left to right:

Itsa him, Mario! 35 grams

Donkey Kong, 36 grams

Princess Peach, 40 grams

Bowser, 41 grams and finally

Yoshi, 44 grams

And our third and final team of this week’s match is the Road Crew! These are working vehicles that scrape, flatten, stripe, and sweep the roads. From back to front we have:

Road Scraper, 71 grams

A smaller vehicle based on the same type of machine: Scraper, 33 grams

Pavement Roller, 38 grams

Road Stripe King, 39 grams and lastly

Mini Swisher, 24 grams

As always, our buffer car Evil Weevil starts off every round—EW is down one wheel but refuses to retire.

#junkyard joust #1/64 scale cars #hot wheels #matchbox cars #johnny lightning #maisto

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peridots-pixiwolf · 3 years ago

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oh boy I am memorizing Too Many Species Right Now!! Most of them are because I have bug characters

Here is all of the information I can gather directly from my mind right now:

(mentions of lots of arthropods and a cnidarian under the readmore!)

Sphecius convallis - the pacific cicada killer wasp, closely related to but not to be confused with the more well-known eastern cicada killer, in the same genus with the species name speciosus. It's a tannish-orange color with yellow and off white markings, primarily on its face and abdomen.

Parides montezuma - Montezuma's cattleheart, a black butterfly with bright red markings on the tips of its forewings and on its abdomen, grayish stripes also marking the latter.

Dynastes tityus - the eastern hercules beetle, one of the horned beetles in a dull greenish-yellow, with black freckles on the elytra, as well as a black elytral/prothoracal "margin", prothoracal horn and head. It has tan fur on the undersides of said horn, as well as thorax and abdomen. As with most (all?) horned beetles the horn is only present in males.

Apis mellifera - way too prevalent for me to forget ever, the western/european honeybee. This is the bee that is normally and widely domesticated for honey. It has a light brown head and thorax and (in workers) a yellowish and dark brown banded abdomen, and is one of the rare social species of bees. While western honeybee numbers are in fact decreasing, they aren't close to extinction and are competing with native bees, who ARE indeed endangered.

Polistes olivaceus - commonly referred to as the yellow paper wasp, yellow oriental paper wasp or Macao paper wasp. Yellow, with thin and numerous tan, brown or black bands all along its body.

Sphex pensylvanicus - the great black wasp, or great black digger wasp. It's pretty notable for being all-black with metallic, dark blue wings, and was probably first examined in Pensylvania, U.S. considering the species name but can be found in several places that are Not There in the country. I found a dead one on the side of the road and I put her in my house

Tachypompilus ferrugineus - The rusty spider wasp. It's one that preys on spiders (several? only one?), dragging it (them?) back to her nest to lay eggs on. I've already nerded out about this for a reason, because seeing a red wasp with metallic blue wings drag a wolf spider 2x her size across your front lawn into a hole of unknown depth is a memorable experience.

Polydrusus impressifrons - A weevil. It's sort of pale lime green, sparkling with yellows and darker greens in the elytra chitin, which notably to me is not smooth but rather has straight thin "valley"s carved through it from end to end? I'm sure there's a better word for it but I can't currently remember.

Pleurobrachia pileus - A jellyfish called a sea gooseberry along with the other member of its genus. ...It looks like a drop of water.

Myrmecocystus mexicanus - An ant in one of the genuses holding those known as honeypot ants, but it's not really said if the species itself is in fact one with modified honeypot workers, so I assume it probably isn't? Workers are a light golden-tan, with the head being a bit darker.

Cranjon cranjon - It's a thin light brown shrimp, that iirc is often caught for food. I just think the name is cool

Vespula maculifrons/germanica/vulgaris - three very similar-looking species of yellowjacket in the same genus, the former called the eastern yellowjacket and both the latter called european yellowjackets, though germanica is also called the german wasp while vulgaris is called the common wasp. They're basically what the average person thinks of when hearing the word wasp, with striking bands of black and yellow. They construct papery nests despite not being part of Polistes, and I can't exactly remember their differences currently? There's a tree in my area they were all swarming around about a week ago and I fed them italian ice before one was carried away and eaten mid-flight by a larger bald-faced hornet. Fun times.

I can't remember the scientific name of this one, but it is most commonly referred to as Avispa de caballo (Horse's wasp, not to be confused with horse guard wasp) and it bears close resemblance to cicada killers, due to them both being sand wasps.

Megaloblatta longipennis - one of, if not, the largest species of cockroach. I don't know why I remember this?

Lampyris noctiluca - a species of lampyrid beetle, of which is otherwise known as a firefly or lightning bug, or a glowworm for the larvae and the larviform adult females. The species is one of the most commonly seen fireflies, I believe?

Coenagrion puella - a damselfly species. The male imagos are blue, while the females are green or brown, and both have black abdominal bands and thoracic stripes. It's one of the species that folds its forelegs up near its head.

Strategus aloeus - the ox beetle. It's chestnut brown, with the males having one long forward-facing prothoracic horn and two smaller ones facing back. It doesn't have haired elytra like Pygopleurus, but the underside sure is fluffy!

And that's not even counting all the times I nerded out while writing this, like about how cockroaches are actually most related to termites and that taxon is the sister group of mantises, or how brush-footed butterflies (including monarchs!) do the same thing (as puella) with their reduced forelegs tucked up behind their head so they stand on fours, or how odonates have such large eyes and great vision that they catch their prey 90% of the time, being the most successful hunters, and can predict said prey's movement. Or counting the many nudibranchs I remember the appearances, but not the names, of in vivid detail

Anyway. Uh. Writing this felt way shorter than the time it took. Goodbye

#how do i know all these things and still have enough brain cells to remember the entirety of the hollow knight ost #long post #wAIT I FORGOT ABOUT PYRAUSTA LATICLAVIA AND SIPROETA STELENES AND COTINIS MUTABILIS AND XYLOCOPA VIRGINICA AND TEMOGNATHA ALTERNATA #not my art #bugs

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cherryholleydraws · 4 years ago

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@drawfee inspired me to make a Team Rocket-sona, so here’s me dunking on Martin.

[ID: Ink illustration. Roz—a chubby light-skinned girl with a purple ponytail, unibrow & brown eyes, wearing a short white jacket over a white tank & white skirt, & red-&-white striped thigh-socks & black knee-boots—says ‘more like FARTin!!’ alongside her weavile, a teal weasel-like pokémon with claws, & purple ears & crest. Roz and the weevil are pointing at Martin, a man with beige skin, glasses & a goatee, wearing a suit and bowler hat. End ID]

On second thought, maybe I’m not cut out to be a villain...

[ID: Ink doodle. A crying Roz yells ‘I’M SORRYYY’ at an awkward Martin. End ID]

#pokemon #team rocket #rocketsona #weavile #drawfee #my art #sona #fanart

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evergreenbutch · 6 months ago

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ID: a photo of a weevil, identified as the beautiful clown weevil (eudiagogus pulcher). it is black with wide shimmery orange-red stripes, has large black eyes, and the front of its head is stout and wide. end ID.

she's gorgeous. She has a sense of humor. She has soulful dark eyes and a big nose. She can be found in north america. I didnt say her name, but she popped into your head, didn't she?

#shes so cute....#weevil time #id added

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onenicebugperday · 4 years ago

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@glimbowrights submitted: Hey there I hope life is treating you well! Here are some little guys I’ve seen around my house in central/eastern florida. I have no idea what they might be but I think they’re super cute and hope others do too!

Hi! I agree they are very adorable. The first pal is a diaprepes root weevil - this one is black and white but they can also be red and black or orange and black or yellow and black. Look at this fancy lad!

Love them. Photo by dwverser

The second friend is a striped June beetle! :)

#bugs #insects #animals #submission #beetle #weevil #diaprepes root weevil #striped june beetle #scarab beetle

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themissinglynx · 5 years ago

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Table Rock Lake Clans - List of Prefixes by Color

An exhaustive list of all possible prefixes in the Clans of Table Rock Lake

I may make a category list soon

Black

Ani - derived from the grove-billed ani Ant - used for small cats Bat Bear - used for big cats - derived from the American black bear Beetle Black Bramble - refers to the ripened fruit - derived from the blackberry bramble Cherry - refers to the fruit - derived from the black cherry Cicada - used for tabbies Coal Coot - derived from the American coot Cormorant - derived from the double-crested cormorant Cricket - used for solids or tabbies Crow Dark Duck Eel - used for long-bodied cats Evening Flint Goose - used for black and white cats Grackle - derived from the common grackle Hornet Loon - used for black and white tabbies - derived from the common loon Mink - derived from the American mink Night Raven Shade Shadow Skunk - used for black tabbies or black and white cats - derived from the striped skunk (tabby) and the spotted skunk (bicolor) Smoke - used for tabbies Soot Spider Starling Storm Swift - used for black and white cats Turtle Vulture - derived from the turkey vulture Wasp Weevil Willow - refers to the bark - used for black longhairs - derived from the black willow

Brown

Bat Bear - used for large brown cats - derived from the grizzly bear Beaver Beetle Bison - used for big cats Bittern - used for light brown tabbies with white - derived from the American bittern Brown Chicken - used for light brown spotted tabbies with white - derived from the prairie chicken Chipmunk - used for small tabbies Cricket - used for tabbies Cougar - used for large light brown cats Deer - used for light brown cats - derived from the white-tailed deer Duck Dust Eagle - used for brown and white cats - derived from the bald eagle Elk - used for large cats Frog - used for spotted tabbies Grebe - derived from the horned grebe Grouse - used for spotted brown cats - derived from the ruffed grouse Harrier - used for brown and white cats - derived from the Northern harrier Hawk - used for brown and white cats - derived from the red-tailed hawk Honey - used for golden-brown cats Lizard - used for tabbies Mantis Mink - derived from the American mink Moth - used for tabbies Mouse - derived from the house mouse Mud Nightjar - used for spotted brown tabbies - derived from the common nighthawk Oak - refers to the bark - used for tabbies - derived from the black oak Oat - refers to the flower - derived from the wild oat Pecan - used for tabbies - derived from the pecan tree Quail - used for spotted and white tabbies - derived from the bobwhite quail Rabbit - derived from the cottontail rabbit Rail - used for dark brown spotted tabbies - derived from the king rail Rat - derived from the brown rat Rock Rush - refers to the flowers - derived from the common rush Snail Soil Sparrow - used for brown and white tabbies - derived from the house sparrow Spider Stone Sycamore - used for big tabbies - derived from the American sycamore Tawny - used for light brown cats Teal - derived from the cinnamon teal Thrush - used for spotted light brown and white tabbies - derived from the wood thrush Turkey - used for big cats Turtle Walnut - refers to the nuts - derived from the black walnut Weasel - used for brown and white cats - derived from the long-tailed weasel Weevil Wigeon - derived from the American wigeon Wren - used for brown and white tabbies

Reddish-Brown

Alder - refers to the bark - used for tabbies - derived from the hazel alder Cardinal - refers to the female of the species Cedar - refers to the bark - used for tabbies - derived from the red cedar Clay Crane - derived from the sandhill crane Ibis - derived from the white-faced ibis Owl - used for spotted reddish-brown tabby and white cats - derived from the screech owl Pheasant - used for spotted tabbies - derived from the common pheasant

Gray-Brown

Armadillo - used for tabbies Bass Birch - refers to the bark - derived from the river birch Boulder - used for large cats Coyote Dove Elm - refers to the bark - used for tabbies - derived from the American elm Hare - derived from the American desert hare Hickory - refers to the bark - used for tabbies - derived from the bitternut hickory Kinglet Lark - used for grayish-brown and white cats - derived from the horned lark Lynx - used for spotted tabbies - derived from the bobcat Magnolia - refers to the bark - used for tabbies - derived from the cucumber magnolia Mole - derived from the Eastern mole Pike - used for spotted tabbies Pine - refers to the bark - derived from the shortleaf pine Sand Shell - used for tabbies Vole - derived from the prairie vole Warbler

Gray

Badger - used for tabbies - derived from the American badger Bass Bergamot - refers to the flowers - derived from the plant Blizzard - used for spotted light gray tabbies Boulder - used for big cats Burdock - derived from the greater burdock Carp Chickadee - used for small gray and white cats - derived from the Carolina chickadee Cinder Coyote Dark - used for dark gray cats Dawn - used for light gray cats Dove Dusk - used for dark gray cats Evening Falcon - used for gray and white cats - derived from the peregrine falcon Fog Goose - used for gray and white cats Granite - used for spotted tabbies Gray Gull - used for gray and white cats Hail - used for light gray cats Halcyon - used for dark gray or blue cats with a little white - derived from the belted kingfisher Haze Henbit - derived from the common henbit Heron - derived from the great blue heron Junco - derived from the dark-eyed junco Larkspur - derived from the delphinium Lichen - used for light gray tabbies Lizard - used for tabbies Lobelia - derived from the great blue lobelia Loon - used for gray and white tabbies - derived from the common loon Lynx - used for spotted tabbies - derived from the bobcat Mallow - derived from the common mallow Minnow - used for tabbies Mint - refers to the flowers - derived from the hoary mountain mint Mist Mole - derived from the eastern mole Moth - used for tabbies Murk - used for dark gray cats Nettle - derived from the American stinging nettle Nuthatch - used for gray and white cat Opossum - derived from the North American possum Owl - used for large gray and white tabbies - derived from the barred owl Pale - used for light gray cats Pebble - used for small cats Phacelia - derived from the purple phacelia Phlox - derived from the woodland phlox Pigeon Pike - used for spotted tabbies Raccoon - used for gray tabbies - derived from the common raccoon Rain Rock Sage - derived from the wood sage Shade - used for dark gray cats Shale Shell - used for tabbies Shrew - derived from the northern short-tailed shrew Shrike - used for gray and white cats - derived from the northern shrike Silver Slate Sleet - spotted gray tabby Smoke - used for tabbies Soot - used for dark gray cats Squirrel - used for gray and white cats - derived from the eastern gray squirrel Steam - used for pale gray tabbies Stone Storm - used for dark gray cats Sycamore - used for big light gray tabbies - derived from the American sycamore Thalia - used for gray and white cats - derived from the powdery thalia Thistle - derived from the common thistle Titmouse - derived from the tufted titmouse Trout - used for spotted tabbies Vervain - derived from the blue vervain Vetch - derived from the common vetch Violet - derived from the birdsfoot violet Wolf - derived from the gray wolf

Blue

Aster - derived from the flower Blue Bunting - derived from the indigo bunting Chicory - derived from the common chicory Gallinule - derived from the common gallinule Glory - derived from the morning glory Halcyon - used for dark gray or blue cats with a little white - derived from the belted kingfisher Indigo - derived from the blue false indigo Jay - used for blue and white tabbies - derived from the blue jay Swallow - used for blue and white cats - derived from the tree swallow

Ginger/Red

Apple - refers to the fruit - derived from the wild apple Ash - refers to the leaves - derived from white ash Bergamot - refers to the flowers - derived from the plant Blaze Bramble - refers to the unripe fruit - derived from the blackberry bramble Cardinal - refers to the male of the species Dawn Dusk Ember - used for small cats Evening - used for deep red cats Fire Fox - derived from the red fox Ginger Ginseng - derived from the American ginseng Hawthorn - refers to the fruit - derived from the red hawthorn Hazel - refers to flowers - derived from the Ozark witch hazel Holly - refers to the fruit - derived from the meadow holly Ivy - used for tabbies - derived from the poison ivy Maple - refers to the leaves - derived from the red maple Marigold - derived from the marigold Morning Lily - used for spotted tabbies - derived from the leopard lily Oak - refers to the leaves - derived from the white oak Persimmon - derived from the American persimmon Plum - refers to the fruit - derived from the American plum Pumpkin - refers to the fruit Red Spark Sumac - refers to the leaves or berries - derived from the fragrant sumac (leaf) and the smooth sumac (berry) Tanger - refers to the male of the species - derived from the summer tanger Wasp - used for tabbies

Gold/Cream

Amber Aphid - used for small cats Apple - refers to the fruit - derived from the wild apple Bee - used for tabbies Blaze Bolt Daffodil - derived from the narcissus Daisy - derived from the yellow ox-eyed daisy/black-eyed Susan Dandelion - refers to the flower - derived from the weed Dawn Finch - derived from the goldfinch Golden Honey Hornet - used for tabbies Lightning Locust - refers to the leaves - derived from the honey locust Lotus - derived from the American lotus Marigold - derived from the marigold Morning Mullein - refers to the flower - derived from the great mullein Mustard - derived from the black mustard Persimmon - derived from the American persimmon Poppy - derived from the celandine poppy Primrose - derived from the common evening primrose Sand Spark Tanger - refers to the female of the species - derived from the summer tanger Tansy - derived from the common tansy ragwort Tawny Velvet - derived from the velvet plant Yellow

White

Aphid - used for small cats Apple - refers to the flowers - derived from the wild apple Avens - derived from the white avens Bramble - refers to the flower - derived from the blackberry bramble Blizzard Bolt Bright Cherry - refers to the flowers - derived from the black cherry Cloud Clover - refers to the flowers - derived from the white clover Cohosh - derived from the black cohosh Cotton - refers to the seeds - derived from the upland cotton Dandelion - refers to the seeds - derived from the weed Egret - derived from the snowy egret Flax - derived from the bastard toadflax Frost Gaura - derived from the gaura flowers Hail Haw - refers to the flowers - derived from the blackhaw Hawthorn - refers to the flowers - derived from the red hawthorn Hemlock - refers to the flowers - derived from the poison hemlock Ice Light Lightning Lotus - derived from American lotus Milkweed - refers to the seeds - derived from common milkweed Mint - refers to the flowers - derived from the hoary mountain mint Mistletoe - refers to the berry - derived from the American mistletoe Onion - refers to the bulb and flowers - derived from the wild onion Orchid - derived from the Adam and Eve orchid Pale Parsley - refers to the flowers - derived from garden parsley Plum - refers to the flowers - derived from the American plum Rose - derived from the wild rose Sage - derived from the wood sage Sleet Snow Spark Swan White Willow - refers to the catkins - used for white longhairs - derived from the black willow Yarrow - derived from the common yarrow

Patched/Bicolor

Duck - used for black and brown cats Eagle - used for brown and white cats - derived from the bald eagle Falcon - used for gray and white cats - derived from the peregrine falcon Grebe - used for brown and white cats - derived from Clark’s grebe Harrier - used for brown and white cats - derived from the Northern harrier Hawk - used for brown and white cats - derived from the red-tailed hawk Iris - derived from the iris flower Jaeger - used for black and white cats - derived from various jaegers Jay - used for gray and white tabbies - derived from the blue jay Nuthatch - used for gray and white cat Merganser - used for black and white cats - derived from the common merganser Patch - general bi/tricolor Plover - used for black, gray, or brown and white cats - derived from the various species of plover Scaup - used for black and white cats - derived from the greater and lesser scaup Shrike - used for gray and white cats - derived from the northern shrike Skunk - used for black and white cats - derived from the spotted skunk Sparrow - used for brown and white tabbies - derived from the house sparrow Swallow - used for blue and white cats - derived from the tree swallow Thalia - used for gray bicolors - derived from the powdery thalia Thrush - used for spotted brown and white tabbies - derived from the wood thrush Weasel - used for brown and white cats - derived from the long-tailed weasel

Patterned

Speckle - used for spotted tabbies Spotted - used for spotted tabbies There’s others but writing them down would make this section bloated...

Tortoiseshell/Calico

Brindle - used for any tortie Clay - used for brown torties Copper - used for dark torties Dapple - used for any tortie Dawn - used for dilute torties Dusk - used for dark torties Eagle - used for darker torties - derived from the golden eagle Ember - used for small torties Evening - used for dark torties Fox - used for diluted torties - derived from the gray fox Fritillary - used for brown torties - derived from a tribe of butterfly Grebe - used for dark torties - derived from the eared gribe Kestrel - used for spotted red torties or blue torties - derived from the American kestrel Morning - used for dark or dilute torties Mottle - used for torties with little to no white Oriole - used for darker torties - derived from the orchard oriole Owl - used for brown torties - derived from the great horned owl Pansy - used for any tortie - derived from the garden pansy Patch - used for any calico Pheasant - used for brown torties Robin - used for brown torties - derived from the American robin Skipper - used for brown torties - derived from the skipper butterfly Squirrel - used for diluted torties - derived from the fox squirrel Tawny - used for diluted brown torties Toad - used for diluted torties Towhee - used for darker torties with white - derived from the eastern towhee

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zoomology · 7 years ago

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A year ago today, Tom and I wrote our first blog post on Zoomology.

It has been a very rewarding journey. We have learnt so much with each post we have written, not only about the species and places we have covered, but also about our own ‘voice’.

Here are all of our blog posts to date by location. We certainly endeavour for there to be many more in the future!

OCEANIA

New Zealand (Emma’s home country)

Coromandel Peninsula –Meeting Archey’s Frog – The World’s Most Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered (EDGE) Amphibian Species –Hochstetter’s Frog – 1 of the 4 Native New Zealand Frog Species –A Rare and Elusive Species: The Coromandel Striped Gecko [Toropuku “Coromandel”]

Invercargill –The Toheroa Twist

Mahoenui –World’s Heaviest Insect: Hunt for the Giant Wētā

Muriwai –A Guest Among Gannets –Booby Trapped

Tongariro National Park –New Zealand’s Smallest Endemic Bird isn’t a True Wren, it’s the Rifleman

Waverley –Greenhood Orchid Survey

Wellington –Takahē: The World’s Largest Living Rail

Whanganui –From the Garden –Captured on Film: Hihi Nesting in Tawa Tree –New Zealand’s Sacred Kingfisher –New Zealand Falcon in Bushy Park –A Native New Zealand Centipede –New Zealand’s Longest Beetle: the Giraffe Weevil (Lasiorhynchus barbicornis) –Plague Skinks (Lampropholis delicata) at Gordon Park Scenic Reserve, Whanganui, NZ

From the Garden: https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2016/11/15/from-the-garden/

Captured on Film: Hihi Nesting in Tawa Tree: https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/

New Zealand’s Sacred Kingfisher: https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2016/11/29/new-zealands-sacred-kingfisher/

A Native New Zealand Centipede: https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/01/06/a-native-new-zealand-centipede/

World’s Heaviest Insect: Hunt for the Giant Wētā: https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/01/31/worlds-heaviest-insect-hunt-for-the-giant-weta/

The Toheroa Twist: https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/03/31/the-toheroa-twist/

Meeting Archey’s Frog – The World’s Most Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered (EDGE) Amphibian Species: https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/02/14/meeting-archeys-frog-the-worlds-most-evolutionarily-distinct-and-globally-endangered-edge-amphibian-species/

A Guest Among Gannets: https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/03/13/a-guest-among-gannets/

New Zealand’s Smallest Endemic Bird isn’t a True Wren, it’s the Rifleman: https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/04/17/new-zealands-smallest-endemic-bird-isnt-a-wren-its-the-rifleman/

Takahē: The World’s Largest Living Rail: https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/05/09/takahe-the-worlds-largest-living-rail/

Plague Skinks (Lampropholis delicata) at Gordon Park Scenic Reserve, Whanganui, NZ: https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/11/17/plague-skinks-lampropholis-delicata-at-gordon-park-scenic-reserve-whanganui-nz/

A Rare and Elusive Species: The Coromandel Striped Gecko [Toropuku “Coromandel”]: https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/04/08/a-rare-and-elusive-species-the-coromandel-striped-gecko-toropuku-stephensi/

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EUROPE

United Kingdom

ENGLAND (Tom’s home-country)

Brownsea Island –Red Squirrels on Brownsea Island

Cheddar –Gotta Count ’em All – Butterfly Bonanza –The Hazel Dormouse AKA ”The Sleepy One”

North Somerset –Getting to Know UK Wildlife: The Great Crested Newt –British Orchids in Bloom –Putting a Face to a Sound: The Speckled Bush-cricket

Weston-super-Mare –Blue Tits and Their Chicks –The Green Woodpecker: Professor Yaffle Comes to Say, “Hello!” –Our Local Green Woodpecker Family –Ruby-tailed Wasp: Beautiful, But Deadly*

WALES

Skomer Island –A Day on Skomer Island, West Wales –The Atlantic Puffin: Fun Facts Edition!

Getting to Know UK Wildlife: The Great Crested Newt: https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/06/07/getting-to-know-uk-wildlife-the-great-crested-newt/

Blue Tits and Their Chicks: https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/06/09/blue-tits-and-their-chicks/

British Orchids in Bloom: https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/06/22/british-orchids-in-bloom/

The Atlantic Puffin: Fun Facts Edition!: https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/08/05/the-atlantic-puffin-fun-facts-edition/

Ruby-tailed Wasp: Beautiful, But Deadly*: https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/07/09/ruby-tailed-wasp-beautiful-but-deadly/

Putting a Face to a Sound: The Speckled Bush-cricket: https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/08/31/putting-a-face-to-a-sound-the-speckled-bush-cricket/

Red Squirrels on Brownsea Island: https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/09/19/red-squirrels-on-brownsea-island/

The Hazel Dormouse AKA ”The Sleepy One”: https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/09/29/the-hazel-dormouse-aka-the-sleepy-one/

Gotta Count ’em All – Butterfly Bonanza: https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/06/29/gotta-count-em-all-butterfly-bonanza/

The Green Woodpecker: Professor Yaffle Comes to Say, “Hello!”: https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/06/15/the-green-woodpecker-professor-yaffle-comes-to-say-hello/

A Day on Skomer Island, West Wales: https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/07/08/a-day-on-skomer-island-west-wales/

Our Local Green Woodpecker Family: https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/07/14/our-local-green-woodpecker-family/

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Spain

Goizueta, Basque Country –Sphingids of Spain: Is That a Hummingbird? No, It’s a Hawk-moth! –Sphingids of Spain: The Broad-bordered Bee Hawk-moth –Common Wall Lizards Basking in Basque Country –On the Road: Stag Beetles (Lucanus cervus)

Sphingids of Spain: The Broad-bordered Bee Hawk-moth: https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/08/08/sphingids-of-spain-the-broad-bordered-bee-hawk-moth/

Common Wall Lizards Basking in Basque Country: https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/08/12/common-wall-lizards-basking-in-basque-country/

Sphingids of Spain: Is That a Hummingbird? No, It’s a Hawk-moth!: https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/08/07/sphingids-of-spain-is-that-hummingbird-no-its-a-hawk-moth/

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France

Saint-Bômer-les-Forges –On the Road: Stag Beetles (Lucanus cervus)

On the Road: Stag Beetles (Lucanus cervus): https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/08/14/on-the-road-stag-beetles-lucanus-cervus/

Cycling through France – Sphingids of Spain: Is That a Hummingbird? No, It’s a Hawk-moth!: https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/08/07/sphingids-of-spain-is-that-hummingbird-no-its-a-hawk-moth/

On the Road: Stag Beetles (Lucanus cervus): https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/08/14/on-the-road-stag-beetles-lucanus-cervus/

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ASIA

Peninsular Malaysia

Endau-Rompin National Park, Malaysia –Exploring the Malaysian Jungle: Endau-Rompin National Park –The Rhinoceros Hornbill : Malaysia’s National Bird –The Baya Weaver (One Way to Please Her: Become a Master Weaver)

The Rhinoceros Hornbill : Malaysia’s National Bird: https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/05/21/the-rhinoceros-hornbill-malaysias-national-bird/

Exploring the Malaysian Jungle: Endau-Rompin National Park: https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/05/20/exploring-the-malaysian-jungle-endau-rompin-national-park/

The Baya Weaver (One Way to Please Her: Become a Master Weaver): https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/05/29/the-baya-weaver-one-way-to-please-her-become-a-master-weaver/

Exploring the Malaysian Jungle: Endau-Rompin National Park: https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/05/20/exploring-the-malaysian-jungle-endau-rompin-national-park/

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Borneo

Kinabatangan River, Sabah, Malaysia –Into the Jungle: One Week at a Field Research Centre in Borneo –Orangutans of Borneo: Woken by the People of the Forest –Orangutans of Borneo: An Encounter with a Flanged Male –A Last Minute Lantern Bug (Pyrops whiteheadi) –A Few Forest Frogs –The Horsfield’s Tarsier: The Only Species Found in Borneo & Sumatra –A Bornean Tarantula with Iridescent Teal ‘Toes’

A Bornean Tarantula with Iridescent Teal ‘Toes’: https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/11/21/a-bornean-tarantula-with-iridescent-teal-toes/

The Horsfield’s Tarsier: The Only Species Found in Borneo & Sumatra: https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/11/13/the-horsfields-tarsier-the-only-species-found-in-borneo-sumatra/

A Few Forest Frogs: https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/11/08/a-few-forest-frogs/

A Last Minute Lantern Bug (Pyrops whiteheadi): https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/11/07/a-last-minute-lantern-bug-pyrops-whiteheadi/

Into the Jungle: One Week at a Field Research Centre in Borneo: https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/10/20/into-the-jungle-one-week-at-a-field-research-centre-in-borneo/

Orangutans of Borneo: An Encounter with a Flanged Male: https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/10/28/orangutans-of-borneo-an-encounter-with-a-flanged-male/

Orangutans of Borneo: Woken by the People of the Forest: https://zoomologyblog.wordpress.com/2017/10/21/orangutans-of-borneo-woken-by-the-people-of-the-forest/

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Vietnam

Cúc Phương National Park –Butterfly Trap

An image from our post ‘Butterfly Trap’

Thank you

Many thanks to all of our friends and readers for coming along with us on our wildlife journey!

Much love, Emma and Tom

Our #blog turns one today! Check out our posts organised by #country. Thank you, all! A year ago today, Tom and I wrote our first blog post on Zoomology. It has been a very rewarding journey.

#Borneo #Emma-Louise Crawford #England #France #Malaysia #Nature #New Zealand #Spain #Thomas David Miles #Travel #United Kingdom #Vietnam #Wales #Wildlife #Wildlife Photography

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beastkachu · 7 years ago

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12/24: An Earth Prime Christmas

Night had fallen on Earth Prime’s Paragon City, and the towering buildings glittered in the magnificent array of dancing lights. Shops had put up their seasonal red, greening, and illuminated displays, offering candy canes and gingerbread men on napkins to passersby. Carols echoed in blissful harmony up and down the streets while bells rang in accompaniment. Blanketed in the charm of falling snow, the season of Christmas was delightfully welcomed among the old, young, and otherwise. Despite the smells and sights of the largest Primean settlement, Matt still had very much planned to complete before the glorious day arrived. Every minute mattered.

“Alright, get those boxes up and out!” Matt called, “We must ship fast but gifts too slow!” Muscles van Stranglehaus effortlessly lifted another large pallet of multi-colored crates onto a large wagon. Fully loaded, the harnessed therapod Bob Wrex pulled them into Alpha Station, where Melvin and his robots, the Unitoroids, led by Unit-46, sorted them by product for mass shipping. Unloading had taken far too long than expected, but this was a crucial step in making sure no presents got lost. Matt was not getting kitty pjs again, if he could help it. Truth be told, this was the first time had been a part of a process like this perhaps in all his life, born on E.P. and away on the Earth he lived. Despite the hectic nature of it all, a bit of him was glad to have something he felt he belonged to, if not for a moment. It was also nice to not have to rely on Sword or Knife for anything drastic, he chuckled to himself. Those two could use a break. Knife’s puffy cream-white snow cap bobbed as she chased Duke, Matt’s long-haired German Shepherd. Duke bounded over the fallen snow whenever she drew near. Sword, in a more somber black coat to Knife’s white, made the two seem more like sisters than Weaponsonas. She kept tiny glimpses of a smile on her face as she watched them play, not knowing Matt was eyeing her. He was about to say something when a purple blur filled his vision. “Merred Crambles, Kami-sama!” Junpei cheered. Matt rolled his eyes, “Not now, Junpei. Getting the last of it accounted for. How’s everything inside?” “Peach-tastic! Mr. Person says we’ll be ready in no time!” “Rinteru and Kagehiro back yet?” “Still on delivery. Must be Fumatori Kagehiro-san’s murders taking so long.” “What?” “Nothing!” “Beastakyuu and Shoto?” “Handling Tree Hollow’s gifts right now. He’ll be free as soon as he can.” “Raf and Miuna?” “Who knows?” “Fine, must be important,” Matt shook his head. “I know Efpy’s AFK and Marx is busy with his bar right now. Seems we’re stretched pretty thin.” Junpei put a sleeve to his chin. “The Red Nosed Bazilisk can still work like a charm. And no hide or hair of Afterglow or Motay!” “Good…”, Matt sighed. He ran his fingers through the black fringes of his hair. “Tell Person I’ll be inside soon.” Junpei saluted with his purple sleeve. “Roger, Kami-Salami!” He plodded through the snow in his brown boots, chanting “Yume” until he was inside. “Anything I can help with?” Sword asked, now closer to Matt. He jumped at the sudden sound of her voice. “Wah! Frag, you got me!” “It wasn’t my intention…”, Sword muttered. “No, don’t worry!”, Matt fixed his red jacket. ”I want you two to enjoy Christmas. You do so much work every other day of the year. You deserve to relax.” Matt waved her inside, Knife and Duke following behind. Sword wished to say more, but kept her request in silence. With the last shipment of gifts inside, Matt began the search for Mr. Person in the main control bay. The mysterious man in a suit and gas mask greeted Matt with a nod. The screen told him everything he needed about the stock of presents: train sets, markers, dolls and action figures; batteries for robots, model kits, and game boards; books, drones, sports gear and bikes; all shipping out to every corner of the fourteen continents. When the fifty foot Main Street Christmas Tree is lit, that is the signal to begin the gift giving. All was going according to keikaku. “All’s going according to keikaku!” said Junpei. Matt glared. “Don’t ever say that again.” Mr. Person chuckled. “Do I get a present too?” Knife asked. “Of course you do,” Matt said. “Everyone will. But it’s a secret.” Knife looked at Duke. “Yours too.” Duke tilted his head. She smiled and patted Duke’s head with her gloved hand. Matt was about to leave when a loud rumbled tripped the perimeter alarm, causing Duke to whine. “That’s coming from Shipment!” Mr. Person yelled. ”The Master Unit!” “Not the keikaku!” Junpei cried. The group rushed down to find a hole blown into the roof. Panicked Unitoroids clambered about, trying to seize fallen presents. Atop a hoverpod far too big for him smirked an all too familiar insect-like foe. “Ho, ho, ho, you tinseled fools! It is I, Weevil, the Tiny Master of Evil!” Matt growled. “Again with this slag, Weevil? I thought I left you chillin’ over an open volcano?!” “Your boy wasn’t hot! And neither will your holiday be, now that I have THE MASTER CONTROL SWITCH! And… this thing which was right next to it!” In Weevil’s gritty silhouette hand rested a tiny green and red striped box from the stack. It was dotted with snowflakes, a smiling snowman, and fixed shut with a red bow. Weevil shook it. “What is this anyway?” “Don’t shake that!” Matt roared. “It’s important inside!” “Since it’s so important to you, it’s coming with me!” Mr. Person drew his gun, but Weevil’s hoverpod had a few more gun. “Everyone, get back, Matt shouted, reaching for Sword. She transformed and shifted her stance into Greatsword. The hunk of metal easily blocked the array of lasers. Weevil took the opportunity to escape to his main ship, link the hoverpod, and fly off into the wintery night sky. Matt reverted Sword to standard and gazed after the ship, furious but reluctant. “What are you doing?” Sword asked. “I just… I wanted you to have a day off! That was the whole point of this Christmas!” “Nonsense! This is what I was made to do! Now after Weevil or everyone’s work would’ve been pointless!” Matt changed her stance to Wing, gaining four floating swords on each side. “Junpei! Person!” Matt called, “Take Knife and Duke and get everyone into position! We’re having this Christmas!” With that, he flew off after Weevil’s ship.

Weevil set the Master Control and Matt’s gift on the dash. He didn’t need to steal any presents if he could destroy the tradition. How else would anyone receive any gifts, or even know to commence the festivities? Truly a diabolical scheme. So much so, he couldn’t resist breaking into song: “I don’t want a gift for Christmas! That happiness will make me gag! My wish is true: All I want for Christmas Is Doom~!”

A violent rumble emanated through the hull. Weevil brought up his screen to communicate with his Weevbots.

“That better not be what I’m thinking it was back there, soldier.” “No, sir,” the Weevbot replied. “No violent decapitations here, sir.” “Good- wait what?” A swipe of a blade, and the screen turned static. “Gah! If ya want something done right, build a gun to do it,” Weevil grumbled. He reached for a laser gun when there was a tapping on the door. Knowing exactly who it was and how mad he would be, Weevil tiptoed closer to the door, crouched low, and open fired. Twelve smoking holes were left in the door, killing the last remaining Weevbot on the ship behind it. “Oops,” Weevil shivered. “Yeah, oops.” Matt said behind the evil bug (?) man. He kicked him through the door and retrieved both his present and the control switch. “You retrieved both your present and the control switch!” Junpei beamed, having teleported into the cockpit because it’s Junpei. “Will you knock that-look out!” Matt blocked a laser from Weevil’s gun with his present, protecting Junpei with it, while using a Wingbeam to disarm Weevil. The two escaped out the window, but not before striking the Emergency Explode on Weevil’s dash. “NOOOO! WHY DO I EVEN HAVE THAT BUTTON?!” Behind Matt and Junpei was an explosion that looked more like fireworks than anything else. The Primeans adored the lightshow above as the Main Street Tree glowed like a halo. Tonight, everyone would receive a touch of love in the holiday spirit. But it was not without its tragedies. Returning to Alpha Control, They were met by Mr. Person, Knife, and Duke once more. Duke’s present, a red and green ball, found itself swiftly buried in snow. Sword returned human, and stood by Matt’s side. “Is it okay?” She asked. Matt unwrapped it to inspect the fullness of the damage. There was nothing that could have been done to salvage the destroyed gift, a large burn through the center of the frame. “It was a picture of all of us…” Matt said. ”It wasn’t much, but I wanted to get something all of us could share. I guess with how everyone is, it was a dumb gift anyway.” “Nuh-uh!” Knife protested. “I like it!” She gave Matt a hug. “The important tasks are done here,” Mr. Person said. “Think you’ll be going back home?” “Think they’ll need me down there?” Sword looked down. “You made our Christmas great, so it’s fair you make theirs as well.” Matt nodded in agreement to her words. “And I’ll go with you!” Junpei smiled like a cat. “Heck no.”

#Litcember #I'll never write again #writing #short story #Beasty's Stuff

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