ascalaphid
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bugs and monsters, eyes and teeth
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They're up! come grab a couple shrews. I promise they look better in person than my crappy photos.
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finished updating my 2025 gallery. something on the order of 130 completed pieces and a bunch more doodles
ascalaphid.com/art/2025
ascalaphid.com/art/2025
2025
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January 11, 2026 at 10:03 AM
finished updating my 2025 gallery. something on the order of 130 completed pieces and a bunch more doodles
ascalaphid.com/art/2025
ascalaphid.com/art/2025
you do not get to enjoy my little guys
January 11, 2026 at 7:39 AM
you do not get to enjoy my little guys
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i appreciate the grace with which the tumblr zoology pedants allowed me to pretend this was intentional
November 12, 2025 at 12:56 AM
i appreciate the grace with which the tumblr zoology pedants allowed me to pretend this was intentional
brother gregor's fish dumplings
now in color
now in color
January 11, 2026 at 12:54 AM
brother gregor's fish dumplings
now in color
now in color
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I drew a field-guide type page on how it looks when wispers are born!! (excited excited I'm excited wheee)
🎨 #worldofwispers #bugpeople
worldofwispers.straw.page
🎨 #worldofwispers #bugpeople
worldofwispers.straw.page
January 10, 2026 at 7:35 AM
I drew a field-guide type page on how it looks when wispers are born!! (excited excited I'm excited wheee)
🎨 #worldofwispers #bugpeople
worldofwispers.straw.page
🎨 #worldofwispers #bugpeople
worldofwispers.straw.page
happy Movies Friday. love the movies
January 10, 2026 at 6:48 AM
happy Movies Friday. love the movies
twitter catholics and reddit atheists reading way too much into my dirtbag animal monks and getting mad about them for different reasons
if your current project became the Next Big Thing, what would the discourse about it be like?
January 9, 2026 at 11:15 PM
twitter catholics and reddit atheists reading way too much into my dirtbag animal monks and getting mad about them for different reasons
brother gregor's fish dumplings
January 9, 2026 at 6:53 PM
brother gregor's fish dumplings
I should probably be more chill about it but it does still get my goat when people tag my stuff as digital art on tumblr
January 8, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I should probably be more chill about it but it does still get my goat when people tag my stuff as digital art on tumblr
The exstacy of identifying a million little creatures
The agony of then having to generate and cut a million tiny ID labels
The agony of then having to generate and cut a million tiny ID labels
January 7, 2026 at 9:57 PM
The exstacy of identifying a million little creatures
The agony of then having to generate and cut a million tiny ID labels
The agony of then having to generate and cut a million tiny ID labels
2016 nova seed
2006 blood and red string
1996 killer condom
1986 big trouble in little china
1976 the magic blade
1966 tokyo drifter
1956 the good soldier schweik
1946 a matter of life and death
1936 popeye the sailor meets sinbad the sailor
1926 faust
2006 blood and red string
1996 killer condom
1986 big trouble in little china
1976 the magic blade
1966 tokyo drifter
1956 the good soldier schweik
1946 a matter of life and death
1936 popeye the sailor meets sinbad the sailor
1926 faust
What is your favorite film celebrating a decade anniversary in 2026? We're thinking films released in 2016, 2006, 1996, 1986, 1976, 1966, 1956, 1946, 1936, 1926, etc.
January 7, 2026 at 8:39 PM
2016 nova seed
2006 blood and red string
1996 killer condom
1986 big trouble in little china
1976 the magic blade
1966 tokyo drifter
1956 the good soldier schweik
1946 a matter of life and death
1936 popeye the sailor meets sinbad the sailor
1926 faust
2006 blood and red string
1996 killer condom
1986 big trouble in little china
1976 the magic blade
1966 tokyo drifter
1956 the good soldier schweik
1946 a matter of life and death
1936 popeye the sailor meets sinbad the sailor
1926 faust
they're a zine now ko-fi.com/s/3696021c0e
January 7, 2026 at 3:55 PM
they're a zine now ko-fi.com/s/3696021c0e
shrews have many uses in the scriptorium
January 7, 2026 at 7:26 AM
shrews have many uses in the scriptorium
Periscelis wheeleri, the most grumpy old man fly I've ever seen
January 6, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Periscelis wheeleri, the most grumpy old man fly I've ever seen
wait wait wait wait holy shit. did any other bugguide users know you could add /all to the end of a taxonomy page url to expand the tree? this changes everything
bugguide.net/node/view/13...
bugguide.net/node/view/13...
Superfamily Chalcidoidea - Chalcidoid Wasps
An online resource devoted to North American insects, spiders and their kin, offering identification, images, and information.
bugguide.net
January 6, 2026 at 1:45 PM
wait wait wait wait holy shit. did any other bugguide users know you could add /all to the end of a taxonomy page url to expand the tree? this changes everything
bugguide.net/node/view/13...
bugguide.net/node/view/13...
Epistenia coeruleata, one of our larger and more striking chalcidoid wasps. first time I saw one I thought it was a weird chrysidid. last pic is the same specimen just more professionally photographed
January 6, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Epistenia coeruleata, one of our larger and more striking chalcidoid wasps. first time I saw one I thought it was a weird chrysidid. last pic is the same specimen just more professionally photographed
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@ascalaphid.com Your zines showed up and I love them to death!! I put the sticker on my PC. 💖💖💖 Thank you so much!
January 6, 2026 at 7:35 AM
@ascalaphid.com Your zines showed up and I love them to death!! I put the sticker on my PC. 💖💖💖 Thank you so much!
Karl the merchant, purveyor of the finest cheeses, worm sausages, insect pupae, and sundry delectables and delicacies around
another art collab with my partner
another art collab with my partner
January 4, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Karl the merchant, purveyor of the finest cheeses, worm sausages, insect pupae, and sundry delectables and delicacies around
another art collab with my partner
another art collab with my partner
passed by two huge grotesque midjourney-generated nativity scene fence tapestries while walking the dog this afternoon but then we saw a squirrel eating a corndog which made everything better
January 3, 2026 at 10:35 PM
passed by two huge grotesque midjourney-generated nativity scene fence tapestries while walking the dog this afternoon but then we saw a squirrel eating a corndog which made everything better
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hey you should watch The Beast Pageant (2010). it's great. it's only 74 minutes long. The director put it up on archive dot org so you don't even have to deal with tubi ads
archive.org/details/theb...
archive.org/details/theb...
January 2, 2026 at 5:08 AM
hey you should watch The Beast Pageant (2010). it's great. it's only 74 minutes long. The director put it up on archive dot org so you don't even have to deal with tubi ads
archive.org/details/theb...
archive.org/details/theb...
i'm receiving words that the finns have tar flavored candy and i immediately need to bite this shit more than i've ever needed to bite anything in my life en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terva_L...
Terva Leijona - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 2, 2026 at 2:13 AM
i'm receiving words that the finns have tar flavored candy and i immediately need to bite this shit more than i've ever needed to bite anything in my life en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terva_L...
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in retrospect Termite Greg may not have been the best one to take the group holiday photo
December 15, 2025 at 4:48 AM
in retrospect Termite Greg may not have been the best one to take the group holiday photo