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Cutest parasite around ! Bombylius hoverflies shoot their eggs into the nests of (mostly) mining bees (Andrena), their larvae eat the bee larvae and the pollen stash. The adults are very cute and fluffy and lovely with beautiful wings, last post i reblogged reminded me of them. Like an opposite of the big mean looking guy only kills to feed their offspring - this is sweet fluffy guy deposits eggs in other guys' nests so their offspring can eat them.

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my cute mole cricket basya

The first giant red velvet mites of the season.

They don't look very fearsome, but these little fluffballs are predators. They live underground, and the adults only emerge after heavy rain to hunt for swarming termites. You can read more about them at BugGuide.

#Febugary2026 dump!

there are a whopping FIVE spiders in the lineup so here ya go, spiders be upon ye. I put miss pelican spider in a triangle bc she ended up looking like a caution sign and I thought it was funny :P

Day 1: family Archaeidae (pelican/assissin spiders)

Day 8: Peucetia viridans (green lynx spider)

Day 11: Uroballus carlei (caterpillar jumping spider)

Day 17: Eresus kollari (ladybird spider)

Gorgone macarea

Known from drinking tears from sleeping birds, aka lachryphagy, which allows them to fulfill their nutritional need of salt

Other moth species have been found to have this same behavior, one video even catches moths drinking moose tears!

Found in the Amazon rainforest

They use their probiscis to pierce the eyelid, or slide it in between for access

Don't worry, this doesn't harm the birds!

This unique behavior has limited documentation in moths, but still very cool!

If parasitic, why so friend shaped???