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The olm is an exclusively subterranean and underwater species, and as such it's difficult to make field observations. Individuals in captivity have been observed to live up to 68 years, and in the wild they may have a life expectancy of over 100 years. ©
flatid planthopper nymph, Singapore. hemipterans (true bugs) like these have mastered the art of covering oneself in weird waxy filaments, which are shed along with their last juvenile molt, revealing a sleek, gossamer-winged adult
What’s a spiny lumpsucker? No, it’s not a nickname for your ex: The spiny lumpsucker (Eumicrotremus orbis) is a fish that inhabits parts of the Pacific from the Washington State coast to Japan and up into the Bering Sea. Typically growing only 3 in (7.6 cm) long, it can often be spotted camouflaged in grass beds and rocky areas, avoiding predators such as cod and lancetfish. Its body shape and small fins mean that it isn’t the best swimmer, but a powerful pelvic fin helps this fish stick to solid surfaces, acting like a suction cup to hold it in place.
Photo: Sara Thiebaud, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNaturalist
If I were a fly, tumbling sleepily and slowly through still, sunlit air, my dazzling but slightly dulled wings brushing past illuminated motes of dust on my final day of life, I would happily settle here, on the golden leaf, in the embrace of green, in the shadow of health; and I would feel the warmth soak into my dark exoskeleton, I would feel my hemolymph thicken and crisp within me, I would let the kaleidoscope of leaves shimmer within the 360 gaze of my composite eyes. I would drink it in, fully present, and I would die there, happy to fertilize the soil of this gorgeous beast with my humble form, my last moment an offering to this beautiful god.
Toxic Terrestrial worm learning to swim in your backyard pool
Dinosaur Ant :)
Invertober day 9, dinosaur ant!
Most bug looking bug that ever bugged. A rotund specimen. Lovely
Bloody-Nosed Beetle (Timarcha tenebricosa)
Family: Leaf Beetle Family (Chrysomelidae)
IUCN Conservation Status: Unassessed
Also known as the Blood-Spewing Beetle, the Bloody-Nosed Beetle is a large, wingless, herbivorous species of beetle named for its unusual defensive adaptations: when threatened, members of this species secrete a thick, blood-red liquid from their mouths, giving the impression that they are experiencing a heavy nosebleed. The “blood” secreted by Bloody-Nosed Beetles is actually haemolypmh (a typically transparent bodily fluid found in the circulatory system of most arthropods which serves the role of both the blood and lymph of vertebrates) which contains both haemoglobin (giving it its striking red colour and allowing for more efficient oxygen transportation while in the body) and numerous foul-tasting chemicals that make the beetle unpalatable to most animals, deterring the majority of predators and causing hesitation even in those that are not deterred by the taste. Fairly common in grasslands, heathlands and other densely-vegetated habitats across much of Europe, adults of this species are slow-moving and active mainly at night, using their strong, hook-tipped legs to climb through dense vegetation and relying on their long, segmented antennae to aid them in finding bedstraws (small, often hairy plants in the genus Galium,) which they feed on exclusively. Adults lay their eggs on or near bedstraws to ensure their offspring have access to food after hatching, and while they are unable to survive the low temperatures of their range’s winter their larvae (which are jet-black with short antennae and rotund, wrinkly-looking bodies) burrow underground to pupate as the temperatures get lower, emerging as adults in the following spring.
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Image Source: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/118838-Timarcha-tenebricosa
What The Fuck (appreciatively)
i learned that there's a Japanese beetle that when eaten by a frog will haul ass through its digestive system and escape out the back end unscathed (x)
Snail girl oc (≧▽≦)
Pffft
I think one of my favourite jumping spiders is Opisthoncus necator just because its common name is just “The Murderer” for some reason, so if I ever go to look at it on iNat, I am greeted with this very accusatory title and what is essentially its mug shot
