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mainly posting bugs i keep or find in nature 🍃 Polyneoptera enthusiast 🦗 header by me (Tettigonia cantans), pfp by saltedpeanuts on pinterest

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𓆧 cute monsters enjoyer 𓆧 @0rthoptera.bsky.social · Jul 5

woke katydid... call that wokedid

thank u soggy for help, even
tho ur barely there @thesoggiest.bsky.social

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𓆧 cute monsters enjoyer 𓆧 @0rthoptera.bsky.social · 3h

tympanal organs (for hearing) of a katydid

Siliquofera grandis nymph pictured from the front. tympanal organs on forelimbs (specifically tibia) circled red

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David W. Williams @vc40orthops.bsky.social · 1d

A male Dark Bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera) seen earlier this week in Brambles near the River Severn in Telford. This species sticks almost exclusively to the Severn corridor in Shropshire, perhaps because of the warmer microclimate?

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𓆧 cute monsters enjoyer 𓆧 @0rthoptera.bsky.social · 3h

fat wingless ensiferans 🗣️🗣️

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Perry Beasley-Hall, PhD @pbeasleyhall.bsky.social · 17h

The Mexican Jerusalem cricket (Stenopelmatus talpa) calls to mates by beating its chunky abdomen against the ground, producing a drumming sound. Each species of Stenopelmatus has a different drumming song. #EverydayEnsifera

📸: Jalil Rodríguez M

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cambrian epic wet animal @dinoserious.bsky.social · 2d

#invertober 8, bee killer robber fly. GO my diptera 👐

#invertober2025

thick lineart drawing of a bee-killer robber fly from the side, head angled to look towards the viewer. there is a pattern of simple bees and honeycomb on the yellow background

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Spidercat 🕷️🐱 @spidercat.io · 2d

I call it cultural arachnophobia because I firmly believe it is, in large part, taught. "Icky bugs" in general. Ever see kids with bugs? Kids love bugs. They're so often *taught* to find them icky and gross and scary.

🦋 Alie of the Woods 🦋 @humanbyweight.bsky.social · 2d

Arachnophobia is interesting to me because it's so specific. Like, people generally aren't afraid of crabs, even though they're hairy and skitter around. And they're not afraid of bugs, even though they have about the same number of eyes. Most people will never even see a dangerous spider irl.

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𓆧 cute monsters enjoyer 𓆧 @0rthoptera.bsky.social · 1d

LETS GO

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Perry Beasley-Hall, PhD @pbeasleyhall.bsky.social · 2d

The Cook Strait giant wētā (Deinacrida rugosa) is an anostostomatid from New Zealand. It's one of the largest insects in the world! Major threats to this cutie include land clearing and predation by rats. It's listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. #EverydayEnsifera

📸: d_kluza (iNaturalist)

Source: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/6343096

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𓆧 cute monsters enjoyer 𓆧 @0rthoptera.bsky.social · 1d

i think i wanna try keeping earwigs... i should have kept this one i found 2 weeks ago, its getting cold

𓆧 cute monsters enjoyer 𓆧 @0rthoptera.bsky.social · 1d

well, my katydid... is not as fat as i thought

a female katydid, species Nesoecia nigrispina, on an analytical scale. it shows she is 5,8700 g

𓆧 cute monsters enjoyer 𓆧 @0rthoptera.bsky.social · 2d

forgot i had annam sticks now i have these babies

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CuttleDreams 🪱🪳 @cuttledreams.bsky.social · Aug 26

Bug time!! Got this one done just in time for #Invertefest ~

An illustration of the earwig Oreasiobia fedtschenkoi. It is swooping down wings outstretched. Around it is a wavy golden boarder and star shapes. The background is waves of pastel purples pinks and greens with glitter-like sparkles.

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Perry Beasley-Hall, PhD @pbeasleyhall.bsky.social · 23d

Say hi to Micropathus ditto and M. zubat, two #NewSpecies of cave cricket from forests in southern Tasmania! These crickets are threatened by climate change, land clearing, and logging. Giving them names is an important step towards their conservation. But why did we choose these ones? #bugsky 🧵 1/6

Macro photos of the morphology of Micropathus zubat, showing the head, ovipositor, and genital plates. Superimposed in the corner is a sprite of the Pokemon Zubat.

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Owen Leyshon @dungenessowen.bsky.social · 3d

Taken the lawnmower way out to the Pilot Path, Dungeness today for its annual mow

This is to help the Autumn Ladies Tresses as there are no sheep or goats to do the munching

Moved a Large Conehead out the way - which is my first of the year

@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@kentfieldclub.bsky.social

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𓆧 cute monsters enjoyer 𓆧 @0rthoptera.bsky.social · 3d

can i participate in the hashtag

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Perry Beasley-Hall, PhD @pbeasleyhall.bsky.social · 3d

Cooloola monsters are weird, chunky insects endemic to South East Queensland, Australia. They're probably related to king crickets (Anostostomatidae), but not much is known about their evolution. The wingless females live permanently underground. #EverydayEnsifera

📸: Visit Gympie Region

A pale insect with tiny eyes digging underground. It looks almost like a fat potato with legs.

Source: https://www.visitgympieregion.com.au/great-experiences/wildlife/

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𓆧 cute monsters enjoyer 𓆧 @0rthoptera.bsky.social · 3d

>gets mad at the usage of gendered terms toward me
>mainly has feminine profile pictures
many such cases...

𓆧 cute monsters enjoyer 𓆧 @0rthoptera.bsky.social · 3d

ENSIFERA !!!!!!!

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Perry Beasley-Hall, PhD @pbeasleyhall.bsky.social · 4d

There are ~18,000 species of katydids, crickets, & allies worldwide - over 32,000 if you include questionable names. I thought it'd be fun to showcase some weird, beautiful, or unusual species daily. First up is Orophus tessellatus, a katydid from Central America! #EverydayEnsifera

📸: Karl Kroeker

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𓆧 cute monsters enjoyer 𓆧 @0rthoptera.bsky.social · 5d

gives you a bouquet of Siliquofera... (no worries, the dry leaves were changed)

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𓆧 cute monsters enjoyer 𓆧 @0rthoptera.bsky.social · 5d

everyone to their own leaf 🍃

Nesoecia nigrispina male (top) and female (bottom), sitting each on their own dry oak leaf

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𓆧 cute monsters enjoyer 𓆧 @0rthoptera.bsky.social · 5d

hashtags are a thing there? nice actually

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𓆧 cute monsters enjoyer 𓆧 @0rthoptera.bsky.social · 5d

because people are stupid
nobody bats an eye when someone says they like wolves

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MarcelWasp @marcelwasp.bsky.social · 5d

I hate that any time I mention liking wasps the immediate follow up question is "well have you ever been stung" as if being stung would change my opinion
If my pet cat scratches me that won't automatically make me hate cats now
So why would it for any other animal

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𓆧 cute monsters enjoyer 𓆧 @0rthoptera.bsky.social · 5d

knew u would love him hehe

thats from he was smaller and they were taking awful care of him in the pet shop so i had to rescue him

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