Arugulala
@arugulala.bsky.social
Emily (she/they)
Bug enthusiast. Polyamorous kayaking houseplant nerd.
Bug enthusiast. Polyamorous kayaking houseplant nerd.
I met a frog. I named him Freg.
April 8, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I met a frog. I named him Freg.
Armadillo did a little pounce on the leaves! It didn't mind me being so close. (cute scaly tail at the end) #armadillo
April 2, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Armadillo did a little pounce on the leaves! It didn't mind me being so close. (cute scaly tail at the end) #armadillo
Playing with pyralid moth antennae #lepidoptera
February 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Playing with pyralid moth antennae #lepidoptera
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I just had to draw the 2025 vibe I was feeling. #2025 #illustration
February 6, 2025 at 3:19 AM
I just had to draw the 2025 vibe I was feeling. #2025 #illustration
I caught a bug in a beaker! (then I escorted it outside) #hymenoptera
February 4, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I caught a bug in a beaker! (then I escorted it outside) #hymenoptera
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Word up. It's #FossilFriday. This week, meet Eophrynus. This is a ~315 million year old member of the trigonotarbids - an extinct group, related to spiders, whip spiders, and whip scorpions. Check out the spines! I love this fossil.
⚒️🧪🦀🦑 #evosky
⚒️🧪🦀🦑 #evosky
January 17, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Word up. It's #FossilFriday. This week, meet Eophrynus. This is a ~315 million year old member of the trigonotarbids - an extinct group, related to spiders, whip spiders, and whip scorpions. Check out the spines! I love this fossil.
⚒️🧪🦀🦑 #evosky
⚒️🧪🦀🦑 #evosky
I found a cute stink bug today for #Invertefest
December 29, 2024 at 8:09 PM
I found a cute stink bug today for #Invertefest
3 days until #InverteFest!!
Greetings, chordate comrades. #InverteFest is upon us.
tl;dr: Over the last 7 days every April, August, and December, we invite you to show the internet your coolest bugs & slugs.
Go find critters, post your art, write wikipedia pages, do whatever you like to celebrate invertebrates with us!
tl;dr: Over the last 7 days every April, August, and December, we invite you to show the internet your coolest bugs & slugs.
Go find critters, post your art, write wikipedia pages, do whatever you like to celebrate invertebrates with us!
December 22, 2024 at 3:20 PM
3 days until #InverteFest!!
I experienced Meow Wolf!
December 22, 2024 at 2:32 PM
I experienced Meow Wolf!
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MISSED CONNECTION: I was the guy who posed nude for your class. You were the math professor who called campus security
December 19, 2024 at 4:33 PM
MISSED CONNECTION: I was the guy who posed nude for your class. You were the math professor who called campus security
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What is the opposite of "reckless optimism?" The term was initially appealing until I realized that it may be responsible for our most recent presidential election results.
December 4, 2024 at 12:31 PM
What is the opposite of "reckless optimism?" The term was initially appealing until I realized that it may be responsible for our most recent presidential election results.
I found a large bag of forgotten pothos nodes. Check out those roots! (Face for scale)
November 30, 2024 at 6:20 PM
I found a large bag of forgotten pothos nodes. Check out those roots! (Face for scale)
Chironomid larva #BenthicMacroinvertebrates
November 29, 2024 at 9:20 PM
Chironomid larva #BenthicMacroinvertebrates
Tiny dragonfly nymph catching daphnia #invertebrates
November 29, 2024 at 3:13 PM
Tiny dragonfly nymph catching daphnia #invertebrates
This big dragonfly larva was hanging out under a floating log in my favorite kayaking creek. #BenthicMacroinvertebrates #InverteFest
May 1, 2024 at 2:54 AM
This big dragonfly larva was hanging out under a floating log in my favorite kayaking creek. #BenthicMacroinvertebrates #InverteFest
I met a moth pretending to be a bumblebee 💛 #invertebrates
April 6, 2024 at 4:10 PM
I met a moth pretending to be a bumblebee 💛 #invertebrates
So happy to find Stonefly larva in my favorite kayaking creek! #healthystream #texasinsects #benthicmacroinvertebrates #stonefly #invertebrates #aquaticinsects
March 3, 2024 at 8:09 PM
So happy to find Stonefly larva in my favorite kayaking creek! #healthystream #texasinsects #benthicmacroinvertebrates #stonefly #invertebrates #aquaticinsects
Sometimes I find little hitchhikers like this tiny damselfly larva in our field-collected specimens at work. #DissectingMicroscope #BenthicMacroinvertebrates #InverteFest
December 27, 2023 at 7:33 PM
Sometimes I find little hitchhikers like this tiny damselfly larva in our field-collected specimens at work. #DissectingMicroscope #BenthicMacroinvertebrates #InverteFest