#palomena

even by pentatomid standards, this green shield bug (Palomena prasina) nymph has a pathetically sad looking face, as if it's weakly asking me not to take a photo of it

Oooo excellent theme! :D Let’s sort these out! (Please note most of these should not be taken seriously as I would never, for example, push someone down the stairs) (on purpose)

Send me 10 characters and I will tell you who I would…

Marry: Daniel (shhhh we’re pretending there aren’t ships involved and that we’re the same age, grumpy protective-older-brother wolf boy is my favoriiiite and if I HAVE to pick one—)

Drink tea with: Athelas (look, statistically speaking, he’s been at his least problematic while enjoying a cup of tea, and I’m assuming he has no reason to poison me)

Party with: Morgana (I wanna have a gamer party with this girl, show me ALL the cool things!!!)

Kiss: Pet (platonically, on the head, combined with a hug and a “good job,” the girl needs hugs for all she’s been through)

Go out on a date with: Zero (it would be awkward for both of us, but I might get lucky and see him defrost enough to tell me some interesting stories about Behind or his adventures)

Push down the stairs: Marazul (1. He really annoyed me in the first series, and 2. I’m assuming his wheelchair is enchanted not to dump him so I am envisioning a cartoony juttering-down-the-stairs sequence)

Slap: Jinyeong (I enjoy his character but you know he deserves it, esp. if he goes on about how beautiful he is)

Invade the dreams of: Camelia (idk what this really means, am I showing up in her dreams or just watching them like a movie? I’m running out of options and she seems like maybe she’d have interesting dreams)

Take a nap with: YeoWoo (I feel like her fluffy gumiho form would be comfy to nap against? This is all assuming she would even allow this.)

although i didn't spot these green shield bug (Palomena prasina) eggs in time to see the intact eggs themselves, i caught the nymphs very shortly after hatching, and was able to keep an eye on them as they grew. i know the common name claims they're green, trust the process

it didn't take them long for a few of them to molt again, and the rest followed suit shortly after. as you can see their numbers decreased pretty suddenly, probably due to predation, with only these six individuals remaining. they must've caught on, because they were pretty active and not clustering anymore

here's the final result in its promised greenness. although only five nymphs are visible here, the sixth survived too and dispersed as i was taking the photo, shortly before the rest did. they still had a lot of growing to do, but multicellular status was successfully achieved

aheem heem whimper

Grøn bredtæge (Palomena prasina)

Grøn bredtæge (Palomena prasina)