lone laurel

additive edit from rbs n replies: also ppl with discolored teeth, and broken/damaged/decaying teeth, and missing/no teeth

Splendid Fairywren (Male, with breeding season plumage)

From the article:

French Polynesia has become the world’s largest contributor to the global 30×30 ocean protection target, after President Moetai Brotherson announced on 7 June that a further 520,000 km² of the territory’s waters will be fully protected from extractive industries. The move brings the total share of French Polynesia’s exclusive economic zone under full protection to around 30%, an area covering roughly 1.4 million km², more than twice the size of continental France.

For those who don't know, 30x30 refers to global efforts to commit to preserving 30% of land and ocean habitat by 2030. French Polynesia has now hit that target.

So about a month ago now I had the opportunity to rescue some horned worms! Really friendly lil guys ;u; I named one Samsonite (lmao).

Then the caterpillars dug under the ground (as this particular moth does) and some of them kept wiggling their way up to the surface so i got a few pics of my babies in the pupa stage!