#tiger bee

[tokyozilla]

Tigerbee

[doctor-lewin]

Drew up a little Tiger Bee sketch of one of my furry characters, his name is Rex »»———————————————————-

[eniruok]

My dumbass tried animating something using LAYERS IN INFINITE PAINTER

Not fun. 0/10. Turned out SOOOOO so cute tho

Oc belongs to @daftpatience 😎🩷

Get attacked loser

[potatovali]

Orpheus as a Tiger Bee

[the-great-lucario]

Little sketch I did of my Sona in a Tiger Bee kigu

[neonwolves243]

My own Tiger bee OC

Original species by twitter.com/Tokyozilla

Base made by dubzpixelpaws.gumroad.com/

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[treasuregamble]

soft cute bath rug

[buffetlicious]

For this homestyle Fried Bee Hoon (炒米粉) or rice vermicelli, mum prepped omelette, added the leftover boiled pork belly with scallops, tiger prawns and bean sprouts since only the two of us are eating.

[a-flaming-idiot]

So remembered an animatic that said every Ladybug holder was destined to abandon their Black Cat and they'd never see each other again. So I quickly threw together a set of curses for all the Chinese Box.

Ladybug - They are destined to always die alone with their goals unaccomplished

Black Cat - They are fated to always be abandoned by the person they hold closest

Fox - They are fated to always destroy the person they love most

Turtle - When it counts most they won’t be able to protect those they hold most dear

Bee - They are fated to drive others away at their most vulnerable

Butterfly - They are fated to have their good intentions twisted sour

Peacock - They are fated to put their faith and love into the wrong person and destroy themselves

Snake - At the end of things, they will always end up alone

Dragon - They are fated to never have the strength they most need

Bunny - They are destined to see the worst fates of their friends repeat over and over again with no chance to save them

Tiger - They are destined to always squeeze too tight and break those they love

Pig - Their kindness and desire to help will be their downfall

Mouse - They are fated to feel the weight of every task and eventually be crushed by it

Ox - They are cursed to be destroyed by their own growing doubt

Horse - They are fated to always be a moment too slow and be ruined by it

Monkey - Their happiness will come at the cost of the misery of others

Goat - They will be consumed by their passion and desires

Dog - They will devote their lives to a goal and only in their last moments realize they were wrong

Rooster - The people they hold closest will be unreachable

My rough idea is that the Miraculous of the Chinese Miracle Box are so powerful that their magic naturally backlashes onto the user in the form of a curse. So if someone wears a Miraculous for too long, they will be doomed to the curse even if they take it off.

[indigrassy]

Beeutiful butterfly

[tokyozilla]

weh?

[antiqueanimals]

Ranger Rick's Nature Magazine; January 1967 edition. Illustration by Bob Hines.

Internet Archive

[kari-go]

They're girlfriends <3

[jonnysinsectcatalogue]

Tiger Bee Fly - Xenox tigrinus

Earlier this week we examined another specie of Bee Fly which had an appearance reminiscent of this larger, more common specimen. It's as if this large, robust insect is the big brother here. In all seriousness, it helps to have a comparison between the 2 species to make identification more simple when searching for insects in the neighborhood and wilderness. While size is the biggest factor here between these two Flies, the easiest way to distinguish this Tiger Bee Fly from an Anthrax genus relative is by looking at the wings. The wing veins are always prominent on a Tiger Bee Fly. In addition, the patterning along the wings is much more saturated and pronounced compared to Anthrax Bee Flies who appear to have more of a splotchy look. Of course, with this Fly's size, it's more likely to be mistaken for more rotund, fuzzy insects which hover and buzz around flowers and live in a hive or (preferably) in a wooden cavity. This specie is particularly keen on finding Carpenter Bees for the same reason that an Anthrax Bee Fly is keen to find certain types of Digger Wasps: flicking their eggs near or into the nest/cells as they hover near the entrance. If you wish to try and observe this behavior for yourself, it would help to know which Xenox is male and which is female.

Although the first may be to look at the head of this variety of Fly and measure the gaps between the eyes, quit while you're ahead for this specie. This specie doesn't follow the convention of eyes being "close or apart", which is strange as other species within the Bombyliidae family do have compound eyes differences. For example, the Greater Bee Fly males have eyes that are closer together, while the females have their eyes further apart (as can be seen with this blog's first specimen). I suppose the question is, "Among Bee Flies, what is the exception and what is the rule?" Getting back to our Tiger Bee Fly friend: since the eyes aren't reliable, we will discover the differences between males and females by carefully observing their bodies. There's likely to be variation between individuals, but it seems that male Tiger Bee Flies have darker bodies and a "collar" of white tufts behind their head. Meanwhile, the first abdominal segment (just behind the thorax) of a female features lighter hairs, and the overall coloration of her thorax skews toward greyish brown. So it looks like we have a male in these pictures today. There is one other clue: if you find a similar-looking Fly hovering in place and focusing dead ahead on an opening or a crevice, it's very likely that you've found a female. Please snap a picture if possible!

Pictures were taken on August 28, 2024 with a Google Pixel 4. For additional information (and a visual aid), you can review this Bugguide submission of a pair of Flies found in Pennsylvania.

[lovertm]

animal pins by Occasionalish

[thegoldenavenger]

Some tiger bingliu cuddles!!!!