After Years Of Observing These Caddisfly Larvae, French Naturalist And Artist, Hubert Duprat, Wondered

After years of observing these caddisfly larvae, French naturalist and artist, Hubert Duprat, wondered if the caddis flies would use any materials to build their cocoon. He introduced flakes of gold, pearls and opals to the caddis flies and they did in fact use them for their cocoons. They use their own silk as the glue to hold their pupal constructions together.

“…Set her on fire. Her costume is bulletproof, and I want this done. I need to attend to other matters.”

wh- it's made of spider silk, there's no way it can be

what in the god damn?

also shout out to this reddit user from 4 fucking years ago who read me like a book

Big fan of the way particularly large insects sound when they take off- like bvvvvvvvvv

baby, you’re a vampire—

you want blood, and I promised

I’m a bad liar—

with a savior complex

Brown-winged striped sweat bee, Agapostemon splendens, Halictidae

Found in the United States and Canada primarily east of the Rocky Mountains

Photo 1 by Judy Gallagher, 2 by aliandbrice, and 3 by vita-sativum

I hate that Tumblr's default is 1 day for a poll and not a week and i forget to change it, so here's another one