Quilbug-rbs

Metalmark butterflies in the genus Anteros

Found from Mexico down through Central America and into South America

Photo 1 by Andreas Kay, 2 by gregory_nielsen, 3 by jaspersail, 4-5 by rogerritt, 6-7 by associazione_lepidotterologica_italiana, 8 by gregordz, 9 by eduardo_axel, and 10 by lilavander

Bonus caterpillar, Anteros acheus:

There is no victory in skipping dinner, or lunch, or breakfast, or morning coffee, or dessert.

There is no victory in refusing heaters and air conditioners and fans and heated blankets.

There is no victory in denying yourself sleep, or showers, or movement, or water, or a comfortable bed, or taking the elevator vs. the stairs.

There is no victory in refusing pain meds and heating pads and ice packs and medical help.

There is no victory in punishing yourself needlessly, in telling yourself that this pain you feel is because you are bad to the core and deserve it.

There is no victory in choking back your laughter and your tears, to keep an imagined equilibrium of safety that is really just a dry, cracked, empty, endless emotional desert.

You are here. You are in this body, and this body is yours. You deserve good things. You are alive, and that is messy and loud, and messy and loud are okay.

My first sticker pack is live! Unfortunately, as I mentioned before I am not ready to ship physical copies internationally, but you can get ready to use files for personal print-our use for 5$ All the proceeds will go to develop more fun designs and perhaps allow me to ship these abroad at some point! Thank ya'll very much for being here with me, this would definitely not happen without your support!!! 💜✨

... And go: WAIT.

I've been screenshotting the nice tags I get for years, and at this point it would be literal thousands of lines if I still had my old files. I love u tumblr users <333333333

I have absolutely no clue how many people will see this, so spread it around to reach more members of Bugblr! I'd love to have a bigger audience, and I have such a passion for these creatures.

If this is your first time coming across my posts, I am an Invertebrate Breeder & Curator! I keep a bit of everything and have been for over a decade now.

Feel free to ask me anything.