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Hercules beetles #bugs

EMERGENCY 🏳️‍⚧️🚨 this is so humiliating but please help. im transmasc and i cannot fucking bear to live thru a pregnancy. i need abortion care help, im so sorry throne.com/freakingangel

And I am an ally. If you are too, let the world know.

Right. Transphobic asshats have got a petition to repeal the GRA to over 10,000 signatures. Fuck that. Let's get this one higher: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

Somebody at my recycling center is getting exasperated.

i don't get to see my psychiatrist until april so my brain will Not be working until then. i've come to accept that i need to be medicated pretty badly

It's right behind me isn't it #ostracod

Race a tiger beetle, blow up a pipeline, eat some dry leaves! You can do anything as an isopod! 🦐🧲 Isopod demo is OUT NOW and will be available until the end of Steam Next Fest on March 3rd! store.steampowered.com/app/2053910

oh my god so many notifications. hello everyone

I found a #fly (Physocephala floridana, left photo) that looks strikingly similar to my favorite paper #wasp (Polistes metricus, right photo). Is it wrong to have a favorite fly based on its similarity to a favorite wasp?

Microwasp sorting day

actually. the insulindian phasmid will heal my soul once again.

NEW: I wrote about a new study on the rapid evolution of purring crickets and parasitic flies—and what scientists dealing with federal funding cuts can learn from these resilient lil guys 🧪 read it in @atmosmagazine.bsky.social:

Public comment is now open for passport gender marker changes. You can go here to go to each of the three proposed passport rules, and submit comment. My suggestion: be unique, argue for trans-inclusive policies, against the constitutionality of the changes, etc. www.reddit.com/r/Passports/...

How susceptible are insect pollinators to population fragmentation due to anthropogenic land-use changes? This review identifies research gaps and needs on population genetic connectivity for bees and hoverflies @respublications.bsky.social resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Pritzker: If we don’t want to repeat history, then for god’s sake, in this moment, we better be strong enough to learn from it.

Made it into the news! Now if I can only get this kind of coverage for my big monographs with 70 new microparasitoids... 🧪🐝

In the spirit of Werewolf Wednesday, here are the 3 illustrations I was hired to make for Werewolf the Apocalypse for the 2023 5th edition rule book!

Reopening for Pokémon gold and silver style sprite commissions! They are $30 each.

Have to pay rent today which will leave me with less than I need for my deposit in my business bank account which is required for my visa. Please help me out

Those eyes! 😵‍💫

Seems as good a time as any to revisit a story of a Cassandra who is believed by enough to make a difference, a group who build a better world, and a successful fight against an authoritarian

hey so google is just straight up installing spyware on your shit if you have an android. ai-driven content classification that just looks at shit you look at and decides what to mask/remove. www.protectstar.com/en/blog/andr...

But first, they must catch you

I enjoyed the lone, tiny myrmecophilic springtail in this one Citronella ants + mealybugs + springtail

#EmotionalSupportSpood Little nugget giving himself puzzled head scratches

Coppery Dancer (Argia cuprea), San Saba County, Texas. #photography #macro #inverts #damselflies

A cuckoo wasp (Chrysididae) on a mirror. About 5-6 mm long, and found in Bloemfontein, South Africa. Nikon D5200 with Sigma 105 mm f/2.8 macro lens, Godox speedlight, and DIY diffuser. 1/200 s, f/16, ISO 200. Hrodulf Steinkampf

Tarantula Hawk scouting out his territory. Female Tarantula Hawks hunt large spiders and are reported to have the most painful sting in the world, but she'd rather use her venom on prey than on defense. Males can't sting at all. #WaspWedneday #Inverts Pepsis sp., Otavalo, Eduador

Mud Wasp putting the final touches to its nest before sealing it. #photography #nature #insects #mudwasp #Australia

Banded Demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens). A seriously beautiful creature!

damn everyone was right when they said youtube comments section is unhinged. you can say the most neutral shit on there and someone will Still find a way to take it the wrong way

I have access to my fundraiser again! If you want to help me get on my feet here in the Netherlands, you can donate here. Right now I need help with rent and health insurance. gofund.me/0d4ac2ad

🍀A Klonoa model I did a few years back💨