#tiger butterfly sea slug

[have-you-seen-this-animal]

This animal was requested!

[dreamingdrafter]

Sea slugs! Did you know some sea bunnies are toxic??? 🥺

[pillowspace]

KNOWLEDGEABLE OF ALL THINGS SEA SLUG?? (The candy corn absolutely sent me, your service to the community is amazing and extremely wholesome.) might a request a.

a tiger-core sea slug? if he might be found within the expansive depths of sea :0

A tiger-core sea slug...!!! Let me see what I have!

Okay, so first of all, obligatory answer: this is called a Tiger Butterfly Sea Slug. I usually just call it Cyerce nigra, but it's... currently relevant!

Second answer: Placida cremoniana

Third answer: Chromodoris quadricolor. They're near identical to Chromodoris magnifica, but if I had to choose one for "tiger," quadricolor's shape felt better suited imo?

I like when I get to answer these, it's fun <3 enjoy your tigers

[anotheraccountonthisapp]

What TMA characters do you think would be as an animal? Here's a few of mine! Only just started S4 BTW so opinions may change. Also some of these I based of what the animal represents or their tendencies.

Jon - Moth vibes, dragon fly, fox, panther

Martin - maybe a fox due to appearances. Possibly Cow. Golden retriever personality S1, ooh or an Ainu maybe an artic wolf? Maybe a bear?

Tim - ferret, racoon, lizard, cool animals

Sasha - Mimic Octopus and blue jay for reasons... But yea maybe something mousey or like an owl especially for s1?

Melanie - Pygmy Goat, ram idk she just kinda guves that vibe. Like look at them and then look at her. Same thing.

Basira - crow/raven aka a corvid bcs she's smart

Daisy - wolf, Black-footed cat, other types of hunters

Elias - snake (obvi), jackal, eagle, owl, agree with the horned owl

Peter Lukas - polar bear agree with that, squid/octopus, Kelpie (not real but oh well)

Mike - birds. Idk which just birds. Preferably blue or white. Maybe the Impundulu or Alpine Chough. A goat/ram bcs thunder. Marten. Snow lepord

Michael - Adax, box jellyfish, sea slug, lilac breasted roller

Helen - butterfly, Livingstone's Cichlids, Orchid mantis

Georgie - fluffy cat! Bat, raven, Moth, black swan

Gerry - axolotl, bearded dragon, bat, again cool animals

Trevor - bear, wolf, hawk

Julia - hare, black ram, wolf

Nikola - coyote, cuttlefish, Angler Fish, vampire squid and yknow what screaching owl

Breekon & Hope - margay, rams, bulls, parrot, gorrila, tiger

Danny (Stoker) - honey badger

Any other ideas? Even if it's just one or two give it a whirl ❤️

[spookierz]

whos up thinking about aardvarks, african painted dogs, alligators, alpacas, anacondas, angler fish, anteaters, ants, apes, arctic foxes, armadillos, atlas moths, axolotls, bald eagles, banana slugs, barnacles, barn owls, bats, bearded dragons, bees, beetles, beluga whales, betta fish, bison, black bears, blackbirds, black widows, blow whales, bluejay, blue whales, boars, bobcats, botflies, box turtles, brown bears, brown recluse, budgies, buffalos, bulls, bumble bees, bunnies, butterflies, camels, canary, capybaras, caribou, cats, caterpillars, chameleons, cheetahs, chickadees, chickens, chimpanzees, chinchillas, chipmunks, cobras, cockroaches, cod, coelacanth, condors, cougars, cows, coyotes, crabs, cranes, crocodile, crows, cuttlefish, deer, dingoes, dogs, dolphins, donkeys, doves, ducks, eagles, earthworms, elephants, elks, emus, ferrets, finchs, fireflies, fish, fishers, fishing cats, flamingos, flatworm, flies, foxes, frogs, garter snakes, gazelles, gerbils, giant isopods, giraffes, goats, goldfish, geese, gophers, gorrilas, gray jays, great white sharks, grey catbirds, groundhogs, guinea pigs, guppies, hammerhead sharks, hamsters, hares, hartebeests, hawks, heartworms, hedgehogs, herons, hippopotamus, honey badgers, honey bees, horses, hummingbirds, hyenas, ibex, ibises, iguanas, inchworms, jackrabbits, jellyfish, jumping spiders, kangaroos, kiwi birds, koalas, komodo dragons, lady bugs, large brown bats, lemurs, leopards, lice, lions, lionfish, lizards, llamas, lobsters, locusts, luna moths, lynxes, macaws, maggots, magpies, manta rays, millipedes, moles, monarch butterflies,  monkeys, moose, mosquitoes, moths, mountain goats, mice, mules, naked mole rats, octopi, opossums, orcas, orioles, ostriches, otters, owls, oxen, pandas, pangolins, panthers, parrots, pelicans, penguins, pigeons, pigs, plankton, platypuses, polar bears, ponies, porcupines, possums, pufferfish, puffins, pumas, pygmy owls, pythons, raccoons, rams, rats, rattlesnakes, ravens, red snappers, red tailed foxes, red tailed hawks, rhinoceroses, river bass, roadrunners, robins, roly polys, rosy maple moths, salamanders, salmon, sea bass, seals, sea sponges, sea turtles, sheep, shrew, shrimp, silk moths, skunks, sloths, slugs, small brown bats, snails, snakes, snapping turtles, snowy owls, spiders, spongy moths, squids, squirrels, starfish, steller's jays, stick bugs, stingrays, stink bugs, swans, tanuki, tapeworms, tapirs, tarantulas, tawny owls, tetras, ticks, tigers, toads, toucans, turkeys, turkey vultures, turtles, vampire bats, vultures, walruses, warthogs, wasps, weevils, whale sharks, whip-poor-wills, wolverines, wolves, wombats, woodchucks, yaks, yellow jackets, zebra, and zebra-fish?

[koiantlers]

If you'd like, the animal list! Hope you're having a great night!

Ohhhh its a long list cuz I love animals but here-

Also thank you I am having a good night :]

I have them in two categories of marine and land creatures, marine first-

*Atlantic Sea nettle Jellyfish that I plan to make to a subtle trans tattoo with pink blue and white colors

* Giant Octopus I am thinking of being on my hand

* Of course a koi fish with lilypads and water hyacinths

* Ribbon eel

* Hammerhead shark, my personal favorite shark.

* Whale shark

* betta fish

* moorish idol

* arowana

* nudibranch

* Alligator gar

* freshwater salmon

* peacock mantis shrimp

* leafy seadragon

* lungfish

* Cyerce Elegans (a pretty sea slug)

* butterfly tang

* common sea sponge and a pisaster brevispinus starfish as a reference to SpongeBob and Patrick lol

* seahorse

* Hermit crab

* Starry sturgeon

* neon tetra

* sea turtle

And for land ones-

* Frilled lizard, one if my favorite reptiles

* flamingo

* red kangaroo

* orange tailed marsh dart

* king cobra

* Orchid mantis

* jaguar

* Luna moth

* seven spined crab spider

* Japanese macaque

* poison dart frog

* golden Lion tamarin

* Bearded vulture, one of my favorite birds

* okapi

* snow leopard

* peacock

* African wild dog

* hare

* melanistic leopard

* pangolin

* zebra

* giraffe

Also some extinct fellas-

* quagga

* golden toad

* passenger pigeon

* Javan tiger

* bluebuck, also called blue antelope

* Carolina parakeet

* xerxes blue butterfly

[erherr]

In case you are like me and disappointed that this wasn't actually a like about animal adjectives

accipitrine hawk

anserine goose

aquiline eagle

asinine ass

avine bird

bovine cow

bubaline buffalo

cameline camel

cancrine crab

canine dog

caprine goat

cervine deer

corvine crow, raven

crocodiline crocodile

elephantine elephant

equine horse

falconine falcon

feline cat

ferine any wild animal

hippopotamine hippopotamus

hircine goat

hirundine swallow

hystricine porcupine

lacertine lizard

larine gull

leonine lion

leporine hare

lumbricine earthworm

lupine wolf

murine mouse

myrmecophagine Anteater

aleclaphine, bubaline, antilopine antelope

simian ape

tolypeutine armadillo

ovine sheep

pardine leopard, panther

passerine sparrow

pavonine peacock

picine woodpecker

piscine fish

porcine pig

pteropine bat

ranine frog

scolopendrine centipede

serpentine serpent

soricine shrew

struthionine ostrich

suilline swine

taurine bull

tigrine tiger

ursine bear

vespine wasp

viperine viper

vituline calf

viverrine mongoose

vulpine fox

vulturine vulture

zebrine zebra

zibeline sable

anguine snake

arachnoid spider

batrachian toad

bovine bison

cervine elk

cetacean whale

cygnine swan

delphine dolphin

dipterous fly

eusuchian alligator

formic ant

galline chicken

gastropodian snail

vermian worm

murine rat

musteline badger

ostracine oyster

otarine seal

pieridine butterfly

scyphozoan jellyfish

simian monkey

testudine tortoise

vespine Hornet

percesocine barracuda

apiarian bee

rupicaprine chamois

viverrine civet

coralline coral

elapine cobra

didine dodo

myoxine dormouse

draconine dragon

cervine elk

piscine fish

musteline ferret

pulicine flea

pteropine flying fox

vulpine fox

gazelline gazelle

cricetine gerbil

cricetine hamster

hyenine hyena

macropidine kangaroo

hirudine leech

microtine lemming

lemurine lemur

patelline limpet

homarine lobster

pediculine louse

manatine manatee

musteline marten

musteline mink

acarine mite

talpine mole

arctian moth

didelphine opossum

orygine oryx

lutrine otter

pantherine panther

musteline polecat

pythonine python

crotaline rattlesnake

ceratorhine rhinoceros

glirine rodent

capreolinae roebuck

zibeline sable

salamandrine salamander

limacine slug

hippocampine sea horse

atherine smelt

sciurine squirrel

musteline stoat

termitine termite

acarine tick

microtine vole

musteline weasel

pongine orangutan

phascolomian wombat

icterine blackbird

turdine bluebird

pyrrhuline bullfinch

emberizine bunting

buteonine, cathartine buzzard

pyrrhuloxine cardinal

rangiferine reindeer

phalacrocoracine cormorant

phocaenine porpoise

varanine monitor lizard

alectorine crane

cuculine cuckoo

columbine dove

charadrine, scolopacine woodcock

vulturine vulture

meleagrine turkey

cypseline swift

cygnine swan

ciconine stork

oscine songbird

charadrine snipe

coturnix quail

pullastrine pigeon

charadrine plover

alectorine, phasianine pheasant

perdicine partridge

psittacine parrot

struthious ostrich

strutious ostrich

philomelian nightingale

mimine mockingbird

icterine meadowlark

hirundine martin

anatine mallard

garruline magpie

psittacine macaw

milvine kite

halcyonine kingfisher

falconine kestrel

garruline jay

trochiline hummingbird

larine gull

fringilline finch

accipitrine falcon

You know how the word "feline" refers to cats, and "canine" refers to dogs? There are a whole bunch more animal adjectives, and here are some of them:

equine -> horses

bovine -> cows

murine -> mice/rats

porcupine -> porcupines

wolverine -> wolves

marine -> marmosets

saline -> salmonella

cosine -> cosmonauts

citrine -> citrus

combine -> combs

famine -> your fam

bromine -> your bros

palpatine -> your pals

alpine -> alps

christine -> christ

asinine -> asses

machine -> the speed of sound

landmine -> explosions

migraine -> migrants

trampoline -> tramps

dopamine -> dopes

medicine -> the Medici family

praline -> prey

masculine -> mascara

feminine -> femurs

latrine -> latissimus dorsi

fettuccine -> fetuses

poutine -> sadness

turbine -> turbans

engine -> england

supine -> soup

valentine -> valence electrons

Follow for more nature facts!

[furbetweenmyfingers]

sideblog of https://cathartidaemadness.tumblr.com/ specifically centered around furry stuff <3

this is a MAINLY sfw blog; however, there will be slightly suggestive posts (including bikinis/lingerie, slight bondage, nudity where nothing explicit is shown, SFW vore, etc). 18+ viewers only thank you.

this blog contains furry stuff, but also therian and other -kin type stuff! i apologize if i offend anyone by tagging things as ‘furry’, it’s just for my own ease of tagging

blog is currently themed around my caribou fursona, Juneau, who has a chocolate and roses theme

my fursonas here

tagging system under the cut :]

#own post - posts made by me :3

#furry - furry stuff (the line is blurred between furry, therian, and animal-kin stuff on this blog)

format: #art, #writing, #photos, #gifs, #comic ↪ #fursuit, #sculptures, #crafts, #bracelets, #music

people tags: #patricia taxxon, #bonegloss, #alexander panos, #nascent

species: 🐕 canines: #dog, #fox, #wolf, #maned wolf, #fennec fox, #coyote #husky, #shiba, #african wild dog, #nova scotia duck tolling retriever, #bernese mountain dog, #leonberger, #bull terrier, #beauceron, #hovawart, #australian shepherd, #mastiff, #mudi, #papillon, #doberman #werewolf, #lycan, #hellhound 🐈felines: #cat, #lion, #tiger, #leopard 🐟water species: #shark, #fish, #sea slug, #axolotl, #beluga, #seal, #otter #koi, 🐦avians: #bird, #goose, #duck #pied falconet, 🐛insects: #bug, #bee, #butterfly, #moth, #snail, #slug 🤖robotic: #robot, #protogen, #phonodroid 🔧inorganic: #plushie, #pooltoy, #airplane, #ferrofluid, #angel, #alien, #taur, #clip, #food 💕hybrids/combos: #airplane dragon, #shark dog, #fish dog 🐉fantasy: #dragon, #jackalope, #satyr, #dutch angel dragon, ����other: #bunny, #deer, #goat, #bear, #hyena, #possum, #mouse, #rat, #cow, #sheep, #giraffe, #kangaroo, #ram, #dinosaur, #ferret, #pangolin, #tanuki

fandoms (?): #pokemon ↪ #vaporeon, #sylveon, #eevee, #jolteon, #arcanine #palworld ↪ #quivern #wof ↪ ##seawing #sonic

pride: #trans, #nonbinary, #genderfluid, #gay, #bisexual, #pansexual, #lesbian, #demisexual, #aro/ace, #asexual, #aromantic, #demiromantic #pronouns

other: #disabled, #disability #hypnosis #paws, #barking, #collars,

work on later: #species unknown, #i think? - i need to go research to find out these species for certain #ah…. i’m shaped like this i think :3 - art that i think represents my body type :3

[astrolotte]

Seeing as I just made a post about how people should make more non-'ling OCs, I figured it might be a good idea to make a list of all the various species included so far in Splatoon!

All species with only a few members are listed with those examples next to them, including where they're from. This is so it's easier to look them up and find examples of the species on Inkipedia, so you can get a guide faster :p

italics = in-game/3D model

bold = especially humanoid

Band and Shop

Sea Anemone (Annie [Cooler Heads], Harmony [Hotlantis, Chirpy Chips], Mayaya [Ink Theory]) Crab (Shikaku [Chirpy Chips]) Double Lined Fusilier (Taka [Hightide Era]) Herring (Nishida [Hightide Era]) Stonefish (Kuze [Hightide Era]) Sea Urchin (Murasaki [Squid Squad], Aachin [Ink Theory], Kitamura [Ink Theory], Spyke, Murch) Betta Fish (Fin Bottom [Bottom Feeders]) Seaweed (Tangle Bottom [Bottom Feeders]) Yesso Scallop (Murata Bottom [Bottom Feeders]) Shark (Fuka Bottom [Bottom Feeders], Master Mega [Shiver's shark]) Globefish (Blow Bottom [Bottom Feeders]) Cutthroat Eel (Tsumabushi [Wet Floor]) Candy Crab (Kazami [Wed Floor]) Nautilus (Karen [Ink Theory], Gnarly Eddy [Naut Couture]) Scaly-Foot Gastropod (Karla [SashiMori]) Koi Carp (Ryu-Chang [SashiMori]) Largehead Hairtail (Taichi Sawaberu [SashiMori]) Cuttlefish (Cuttlefish Idols) Bivalve (Unknown Front Roe Member) Horseshoe Crab (Sheldon [Ammo Knights], Ammoses Shellendorf) Japanese Tiger Prawn (Crusty Sean [Shrimp Kicks]) Sea Slug (Flow [Headspace]) Spider Crab (Bisk [Shella Fresh]) Goldfish (Staff/Marigold) Coconut Crab (Mr. Coco [Crush Station])

Deep Sea Metro

Sea Angel Ping-Pong Tree Sponge Deep-Sea Jellyfish Predatory Tunicate Gulper Eel Flashlight Fish Birdbeak Dogfish Siphonophore Blobfish

Main Creatures

Inkling Jellyfish Manta Ray Octarian -Octoling -Octotrooper -Twintacle Octotrooper -Octoball/Octodisco -Octo[sniper/commander] -Octostamp -Tentakook -Octohurler -Octoballer -Octocopter -Octobomber -Octomissile -Octozeppelin -Octopod -Octorpedo -Octostomp -Octonozzle -Octowhirl -Octomaw -Octo Oven -Octo Samurai -Octo Shower -Tentacle Salmonid -Chum -Smallfry -Cohock -Snatcher -Steelhead -Flyfish -Steel Eel -Maws -Stinger -Drizzler -Scrapper -Fish Stick -Flipper Flopper -Big Shot -Slammin' Lid -Chinook -Griller -Goldie -Mothership -Mudmouth -Cohozuna

Other Creatures

Clownfish (hover around anemones - Moe [Cooler Heads], Harmony's Clownfish [Hotlantis, Chirpy Chips]) Emporer Shrimp (similar to clownfish but with different species - Craymond [Headspace])(Great) Zapfish (energy resource) Cat (only Judd and Lil Judd) Bear (only Mr. Grizz) Bird (various) Butterfly Nudibranch Turtles (mentioned) Eel (Frye's eels) Human (extinct) Dog (extinct)

Sunken Scrolls

(my apologies, but this part will look different. The above was made in my notes app and copy pasted, while this is added in edit)

Airborne Microbes (Sunken Scroll 14, Splatoon 2)

Clams (Clam mochi mentioned in Sunken Scroll 1, Splatoon 3. Also the dead clam graffiti)

Fiddler Crab (Glen Fiddler, Sunken Scroll 6, Splatoon 3)

Plankton (mentioned in Sunken Scroll 12, Splatoon 3)

Pond Snail (okay technically I should've included it in the Band and Shops section, but I can't edit it now. Nails, Naut Couture/Sunken Scroll 13, Splatoon 3)

Once we finally get information about the members of C-Side, Damp Socks, etc., I'll be sure to update this properly. Until then.

[have-you-seen-this-animal]

here have some more - pika - mottled cup moth caterpillar - fruit piercing moth caterpillar - tortoise beetle - empusa fasciata - australian prowfish - chistmas tree worm - tiger butterfly sea slug - phyllodesmium serratum - skeleton panda sea squirt - violet boxer shrimp - harlequin shrimp - telescopefish - pygmy seahorse

Thank you! I'll start at the top and go from there, if I've done one too recently I'll skip.

Photos thanks to caiawatha & sydcannings on iNaturalist!

[niftyandinterestingstuff]

Tiger Butterfly Sea Slug (Cyerce nigra)

[parrotwatcher]

(All) If the ROs had fursonas what would they be like?

I'm going to assume that this is the same as their favourite animals, and I've already answered that here (The One Chosen) and here (Totem Force).

To sum up:

The One Chosen: Ædmund: Wolf; Helena: Butterfly; Teri: Sea slug; Charlie: Unicorn; Xiulan: Dragon; Max: Some cats, maybe; Dahlia: Eagle; Kevin: ALL ANIMALS. EVERYWHERE. EVER. (But his absolute favourite is his own cat, Jeremy.)

Totem Force: Kay: Everything; Sammy: Cactus (he claims it counts); Anara: Octopus; Chi: Rabbit; Phil: Monkey; Ryu: Panther; Akira: Spiders, snakes, and scorpions; Lani: Miniature dog; Mirabelle: People (I guess not really a fursona...)

As for the rest:

Lovecraft Academy: Veera: Frogs, as they can swim, but don't have to live in the water; Fothy: Refuses to say, but it's obviously cats; Robin: Likes birds, but doesn't really know much about them; Will: Likes birds and knows everything about them; Jasper: Also likes frogs (I guess he should chat with Veera at some point), but his favourite are rabbits; Bignell: Tough, manly animals, like bulls and tigers.

Unearth your Gays: Toby: Squid; Aiden: Koala; Seth: Cats, as he still considers them sacred; Lan: Cats, because he thinks they're cute.

[polythremed]

wheres the essay op i want whitsun bugs

there might not have been an essay before, but there is now! bugs and inverts are hugely overlooked. however, the victorians loved insects! they were huge inspirations in art, shells were used in fashion, so what would be more vogue than a giant bug for a pet?

(Punch, September 29, 1877)

the bulk of this talk will be under the cut but tl;dr is that arachnids still offer a lot of potential, beetles and moths live in the neath and were popular at the time, and there are a lot of lesser-known bugs that fit fallen london

also cw for bug images because there’s a lot of them beyond here, this is for people with good taste only

firstly: arachnids

FL has a lot of arachnids and this year’s whitsun saw the introduction of a squirrel with a scorpion tail! i think it’s a fun design personally, but arachnid companions are Not obsolete. the most relevant arachnids are crabs, and crabs are more varied than you might think!

(image by abc.net.au)

the yeti crab was the first crab to come to mind, related to hermit crabs and living in hydrothermal vents in the deep ocean. it means we’ve got another underground beast, and could you imagine this as a spired crab? it could be the product of shapeling arts, and the yeti crab’s famously hairy arms have the potential to be used as arm warmers or 1890s uggs for the discerning londoner!

there’s also the japanese giant spider crab, which might be more lanky than it’s neathy angler crab cousins, but look at those legs! how big do you think it is? how about taller than the average person?

you have to understand how badly i want to be this man they also inhabit vents near the bottom of the ocean (the crabs, not this man), they’re omnivores and one specimen’s measured in at 3.8 metres (12ft) across its outstretched legs! it’d probably be a dreaded companion by the sheer size of it, but imagine the walking sticks you could get from those legs

arrowhead crabs and horseshoe crabs are also runners up for this!

mites also came to mind, being small arachnids- the mite above is an adult female tea mite, and not much is known about mites! they’re primitive but have a terrible reputation, and FBG have shone the spotlight on other unloved creatures in the past. there’s also Caveat Emptor which tells us that the bazaar has parasites which are probably like mites? you could have your own romance vampire, surely nothing could go wrong

and if you’ve come here for spiders, how about the pelican spider? with a pelican-like head, pelican spiders prey exclusively on other spiders! isn’t that a fun way to counter sorrow spider infestations? introducing new species is a good thing, right?

higher tiers of this companion could start to own the whole pelican thing. i’ve seen monster designs of spiders with human heads but never a spider with a pelican head!

(image by me)

all he needs is some love and spiders

close arachnid contenders that i want to mention before this whole post is made up of eight-legged companions: camel spiders, harvestmen, and whip scorpions!

secondly: beetles

as john b. s. haldane once said, “god has an inordinate fondness for beetles”. and he’s right because there are more known species of beetle than types of mammal

in fact, the victorians fucking loved beetles (and butterflies but we’ll get to that)

we have phosphorescent scarabs as luminosity items and a few mentions of beetles in airs texts and in sunless sea, the latter where a beetle has been eating through your ship’s supplies. being from england, i have a vague idea of what sort of beetles would end up in london!

there are still stag beetles, rove beetles, and even cardinal beetles, but these by themselves might feel pretty basic. they’d be good t1 companions, but why not have a companion that’s a whole insect keeping setup? there’s even some colourful beauties like the scarlet malachite beetle which are now incredibly endangered

but if you want something Huge and Large and easily convertible into a fashion accessory, hercules beetles have a lot of potential! horns that can be used for knives in dockside brawls, or you could take most of the bug features and place them on a furry animal like a guinea pig since seas already gave us the guinea page

these beetles could also add diversity for the phosphorescent scarabs- and speaking of phosphorescent beetles, why not look to fireflies? they aren’t fire and nor are they flies, but to carry on with FBG’s habit of “slapping animals together to see what happens”, you could easily make something with the features of a firefly larvae

or you could take the even more interesting approach of having a grub the size of a cat, for example. hercules beetles have some of the largest larvae and the feast of the rose gave us maggots, so why not have one of these babies but the size of a cat? and glowing? they’re a possible light source that might make you more bizarre or respectable

a close runner up that i wanted to mention was diving beetles and how freaky they can get if they’ve adapted to the zee but the sabretooth longhorn beetle is going to close this segment as an embodiment of a dangerous and respectable companion- it already looks like it’s been carved out of wood! i think a carved polythreme beetle would be incredible

(see also: bombardier beetles, weevils, oil beetles, tiger beetles, harlequin beetles, trilobite beetles, and giraffe weevils!)

moths, and less commonly found underground, butterflies

another love of the victorians: butterflies!

butterflies are basically moths by a different name (there are way more moths than butterflies) and we do have canon dreams where a frostmoth the size of your head appears in your window, and wouldn’t that be useful for hunting in parabola? much like the beetles, there’s a lot of diversity that can be explored especially if we add shapeling arts

white plume moths are also found in the UK and just look at those wings

we can have a usual approach of adding the wings to something else, like a particularly unlucky bat, or just have something bizarre with the moth itself! more eyes? more eyes has been a common theme lately, or you can combine an insect with an arachnid and give it whip scorpion hands

these wings would be one hell of a decoration because white plume moths are considered to be micromoths

on the other end of the spectrum and taking the role of a respectable companion, the white witch moth is considered to be one of the largest insects on earth because of its wingspan! maybe they’re a more risky cousin of the frostmoth, maybe you could turn the markings on these wings into shifting sigils? don’t set your moths on fire

(image by Acrocynus)

white witch moths themselves have a lot of diversity while cup moths are another contender for an animal you could combine with another animal

(image by itchydogimages)

why not add the tail of a squirrel to this one? or a scorpion’s tail? a lion? with enough of these, you could end up with a very striking tawny coat. this thing is the embodiment of being neathproofed. even if they’re opposites of frostmoths and are associated with embers because of it, or if the tail is closer to being a candle!

moths are also good at mimicking in order to defend themselves, which is why you see so many moths and butterflies with eye patterns on their wings. birds hate eyes so much so there’s room for some real eyes on your brand new butterfly or moth companion

but some moths also mimic snakes, so for any fingerking fans out there: behold the atlas moth

this is such a mithridacy companion. can you imagine the t3 version of this where the snake heads are alive? we have a two-headed terror bird, so why not snakes on a moth? there’s even jokes to be made about one head telling truths and another telling lies, maybe the only head that could tell you the difference is the moths!

for butterflies themselves, we have butterflies that drink the tears of alligators and tortoises- so melancholy butterflies that only appear to feed on lacre? (and they might not be butterflies down here, you might’ve already mistaken a day-flying moth for a butterfly, not that the difference matters for much in the neath)

another strong mention is vampire moths if we’re carrying on the theme of insects drinking odd things, but a vampire moth with bat wings could be wonderful at ruining the lives of taxonomists

luna moths are also massive and could be more fitting now that we know who the creditor is, and that whitsun is talking so much about the bazaar and the masters

other lesser-known but interesting insects

we don’t entirely need to cover bees and wasps but it would be nice to have a piece of media showing wasps in a way that doesn’t present them as evil, but wasps could wait until hell is really significant again since wasps and bees are incredibly cool cousins. and thread waisted wasps!

(image by Bev Wigney)

get a load of that! these don’t even have the ability to sting humans, what would a thread waisted wasp-themed spindlewolf look like? how much shadowy with something with these colours give you? imagine the corsets inspired by these things

assassin bugs are another dangerous option considering how good they are at hunting other insects, and the neath wouldn’t be complete without more creatures that burrow underground and can find themselves in this weird cavern

(image by Fir0002)

their forearms are specifically developed to dig! perhaps they can dig through a rival’s belongings, or perhaps you can fashion their claws into brass knuckles or a belt buckle?

(image by faraaz abdool)

another fashionable, lesser-known invert is the velvet worm! we have plenty of slugs in fallen london, but you know what they’re lacking? legs

about 200 species of velvet worms have been described and they’re already quite rare! they all fall under the onychophora name and there isn’t anything else like them. you could easily have some persuasive with this, or if you turn it into a stole that can hold however many hands you want!

(image by docj96)

also, thrips! i found out about these today and apparently you’re likely to hear about them if you’re into gardening. sometimes they have crab claws for forelegs, so hey- more bazaar similarities! they have an interesting method of flight (clapping their wings together) but this might not bee too impactful unless you want a novel way to raise your investigating

flies are also criminally underrated, but i couldn’t tell you how many flies live in fallen london. stalk-eyed flies, however, are gorgeous things that would work so well as t2 companions! you could even go all out with a horsefly taking on attributes of an actual horse

(image by minden pictures)

the stalk eyed fly sees you five minutes before you can see it

there are genuinely so many more that come to mind (even neathy types of mantis- orchid mantids that have adapted to blend in with mushrooms! imagine!) but a good way to finish this off is with a love story

there are centipedes who will guard and hold their young close to them! giant centipedes are protective mothers and you can get hundreds of companions in one- or perhaps just one companion who really misses her hundreds of kids. and they hold their eggs just as carefully whilst waiting for them to hatch!

isn’t that a good love story? there’s a lot you can combine this with, but i’ve spent most of today writing this one! do with these creatures what you will, i definitely enjoyed talking about neathy possibilities for insects!

(bogleech also has a fantastic article on insects that should be used as the basis for pokemon designs, if you want even more out there bugs be sure to look here)

[mayor-rosie-of-riga]

ACNL icons - fish

originally ripped by redblueyellow

cropped and saved as individual images for embedding purposes - useful for blog buttons, favicons, custom mouses, etc.

full list under the readmore, listed alphabetically for easy searching

fresh water

angel fish

arapaima

arowana

barbel steel

bitterling

black bass

bluegill

carp

catfish

char

cherry salmon

crawfish

crucian carp

dab

dace

dorado

eel

freshwater goby

frog

gar

giant snakehead

goldfish

guppy

killifish

king salmon

koi

loach

mitten crab

neon tetra

nibble fish

pale chub

pike

piranha

pond smelt

pop-eyed goldfish

rainbow trout

saddled bichir

salmon

soft-shelled turtle

stringfish

sweetfish

tadpole

yellow perch

salt water

barred knifejaw

blowfish

blue marlin

butterfly fish

clown fish

coelacanth

football fish

giant trevally

hammerhead shark

horse mackerel

moray eel

napoleonfish

oarfish

ocean sunfish

olive flounder

puffer fish

ray

red snapper

ribbon eel

saw shark

sea bass

sea butterfly

seahorse

shark

squid

surgeonfish

tuna

whale shark

zebra turkeyfish

sea floor

abalone

acorn barnacle

chambered nautilus

clam

ear shell

flatworm

giant isopod

horsehair crab

horseshoe crab

lobster

mantis shrimp

octopus

oyster

pearl oyster

red king crab

scallop

sea anamenone

sea cumcumber

sea grapes

sea slug

sea star

sea urchin

seaweed

snow crab

spider crab

spiny lobster

spotted garden eel

sweet shrimp

tiger prawn

turban shell

[littleguymart]

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specific pokemon, digimon & neopets: bellossom, caterpie, chomby, cybunny, delcatty, ditto, dragonair, grundo, hoppip, flaafy, jubjub, kacheek, kougra, machoke, pikachu, poogle, skitty, usul, venusaur, wigglytuff, wocky, wormadam, zafara, zubat

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[jonesduncan]

We’ve Only Just Begun

by Duncan Jones Armadillos, aardvark, capybara, tiger shark Stegosaurus, magpie, panda, blue-ringed octopi Yellow jackets, wolverines, hornets, wasps, jumping beans Honey bees, killer bees, locusts fill the sky Black mambas, giant squids, chimpanzees, arachnids Jellyfish, scorpions, koalas, kangaroo Meerkats, ladybugs, wooly mammoths, snails, slugs Canis lupus, stingrays, the king is in a zoo Jack rabbits, crocodiles, wild dogs, run for miles Rattlesnakes, hawks, vultures, eagles, falcons, owls Reindeer, elk, moose, duck, duck, mongoose Altai argali, oh, how the wind howls! Alligators, butterflies, salamander, lemur eyes Snapping turtles, flying squirrels, mussels in the sand Komodo dragons, unicorns, griffins, phoenix, rhino horns Centaurs, minotaurs, forest wonderland Saber tooth, beaver, swan, chocolate labs, python Echidna, ants, silverbacks, elephants, giraffe Mantises, cape buffalo, seal, walrus, dingo Orangutan, gazelle, lion, cub, fawn, calf One fish, tuna fish, red fish, blue whale Orcas orchestrating hunts, iguana, cobra, dove Penguin, lobster, polar bear, dolphins spinning through the air Camel, caterpillar, cow, beetles, jungle love Parrots, hippopotamus, carcarion carcarius Otter, ostrich, antelope, impala, sea star Thoroughbred, hedgehog, rainbow poison dart frog Seahorse, eel, cheetah, peacock, emu, jaguar Bandicoots, lorikeets, wildebeest, centipedes Coral reef, anemones, hyena, baboon House cats, mice, rats, flies, gnats, fruit bats Lightning bugs, mosquitoes, crazy as a loon Woodpecker, porcupine, coyote, bison, clam, swine Amphibian, chinchilla, goats, coats made of fur Oysters, salmon, crab cakes, jewel scarabs, fire drakes Titi monkey, shrike, where the wild things were Tarantula, chameleon, sea urchin, raven, alien Anglerfish, angelfish, nudibranch, koi Weasel, ferret, latrodectus, Kodiak, homo erectus Gila monster, mastodon, caiman, Corduroy Grasshoppers, manatees, platypus, wallabies Raccoons, marmot, striped horse, crickets, civet, ox Wombats, cockatoos, gibbon, tortoise, jabiru Geckos, heron, llama, toads, sugar glider, fox Dragonfly, jackal, lynx, velociraptor, tapir, minks Black-capped capuchin, the Irish elk is done Great apes, shih tzu, kudu, newt, kinkajou Alpaca, sloth, Tyrannosaur, we’ve only just begun ...