more bugs and monsters and eyes and teeth

a magic potion isopod

Poor pretty baby seemed a bit weak in the wings :[ regardless, seeing a common blue mud dauber up close is always lovely

If you've ever wondered what's going on under the canopy of a stand of mayapples, it's this.

scribbling the heron 🌿

It may look like he’s doing nothing but on a cellular level he’s quite busy

"Mountain Climbing Horror Stories" by SoysenSyndrome

This spider hunter can be found in Panama and much of the Amazon region and appears to go after curtain spiders in the genus Linothele. Despite being first described in 1885 and its distinctive wing tips, there is not much information available on this wasp. I did, however, find one paper that said young males of P. egregia are oddly hairy.

Pompilids are always so leggy

This family of wasps are often called pincher wasps for their raptorial forelegs that they use to snatch their hosts before giving them a quick temporarily paralyzing sting. They also can be seen at times standing and even walking on their hind legs like little mantis wannabes.

Get scruggy with it

You ever get so bored you turn yourself into a Bee?? Yeah I had to make this my whole thing being Bees and such. Can’t believe I can finally be a Bee?!

The Andalusian Reapers (1935) André Masson, oil on canvas

OOAK handmade art doll

Please Hold My Hands

This adorable baby is the eryoneicus larval stage of a deep-sea lobster. These fuzzy globs of cute float and feed in the water column until they're ready to change into juvenile lobsters and settle on the seafloor. During this stage, they are covered with thousands of tiny hairs, which they eventually lose as they develop into adults. This larva is about five centimeters (two inches) long. You're welcome. 😍

Voilà! Opossum family sculpture before and after paint, one of my favorite little pieces, hope you like it tooooo (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

Not exactly sure of the id on this plume moth (possibly genus Dejongia) but the family remains every amazing to ogle when individuals show up at the light.