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Hello! Entomologist and crustacean biologist from Florida, USA! Also art and game development. AuDHD. has anyone seen my phone
is this monster design anything or is it just diet kangaskhan
December 8, 2025 at 11:43 PM
is this monster design anything or is it just diet kangaskhan
Ok, I'm reasonably sure now that the mystery lifeforms are bdelloid rotifers. Hello bdelloid rotifers. They move by crawling around like an inchworm
December 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Ok, I'm reasonably sure now that the mystery lifeforms are bdelloid rotifers. Hello bdelloid rotifers. They move by crawling around like an inchworm
thank you my beloved friends for standing around on this bridge in the cold just to help me recreate this scene
December 8, 2025 at 3:55 AM
thank you my beloved friends for standing around on this bridge in the cold just to help me recreate this scene
Apparently someone has been tagging the city of Portland with "shrimps is bugs". That was surprisingly NOT me, but yes, I did see them
December 8, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Apparently someone has been tagging the city of Portland with "shrimps is bugs". That was surprisingly NOT me, but yes, I did see them
look, they can be nice and large. nice comfortable 6 mm long. not meiofauna. I promise it's not that bad
December 8, 2025 at 2:42 AM
look, they can be nice and large. nice comfortable 6 mm long. not meiofauna. I promise it's not that bad
it's like EPT are at the top of the effort level, then the other bugs, and then the non-insects are only for extra credit or something. these is also bugs
December 8, 2025 at 2:38 AM
it's like EPT are at the top of the effort level, then the other bugs, and then the non-insects are only for extra credit or something. these is also bugs
I put the cup outside when it rains to get Tree Drippings just in case there are some choice micronutrients in there
December 7, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I put the cup outside when it rains to get Tree Drippings just in case there are some choice micronutrients in there
Could be lacrimaria, a kind of cilliate with a silly extendo-neck, but I have no idea why they are all cuddling
December 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Could be lacrimaria, a kind of cilliate with a silly extendo-neck, but I have no idea why they are all cuddling
I have a cup of bromeliad water inside, just in case something happens to the original plants, and of course there's a whole colony of something unknowable in there now. The giant serpents are some kind of chironomid larva
December 7, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I have a cup of bromeliad water inside, just in case something happens to the original plants, and of course there's a whole colony of something unknowable in there now. The giant serpents are some kind of chironomid larva
this is rimworld pikeman to me
December 7, 2025 at 3:22 AM
this is rimworld pikeman to me
There are shimps everywhere, but not my special favorite endemic genus
December 7, 2025 at 1:24 AM
There are shimps everywhere, but not my special favorite endemic genus
fanart of the thing ever
December 6, 2025 at 3:07 AM
fanart of the thing ever
they have a bunch of leggies in there, I think maybe ten leggies? but no one ever draws them unless absolutely necessary because they are horrible
December 6, 2025 at 2:51 AM
they have a bunch of leggies in there, I think maybe ten leggies? but no one ever draws them unless absolutely necessary because they are horrible
No photos of Bryospilus, but they're related to Alona which look like this (this one is pregananant)
December 6, 2025 at 2:47 AM
No photos of Bryospilus, but they're related to Alona which look like this (this one is pregananant)
"The Non-swimming Chydorid Cladocera of Wet Forests, with
Descriptions of a New Genus and Two New Species" Frey 1980. what do you mean they just ooze around the world
Descriptions of a New Genus and Two New Species" Frey 1980. what do you mean they just ooze around the world
December 6, 2025 at 2:30 AM
"The Non-swimming Chydorid Cladocera of Wet Forests, with
Descriptions of a New Genus and Two New Species" Frey 1980. what do you mean they just ooze around the world
Descriptions of a New Genus and Two New Species" Frey 1980. what do you mean they just ooze around the world
bug with no relevant adjectives
December 5, 2025 at 6:49 PM
bug with no relevant adjectives
they would literally rather live in Hell than Florida apparently
December 5, 2025 at 4:56 AM
they would literally rather live in Hell than Florida apparently
Hobbs Jr on the left, H3 on the right
December 5, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Hobbs Jr on the left, H3 on the right
here are some of the cave ostracods that only live as epibionts on cave crayfish. I assume their freaky long legs are so they don't fall off
December 5, 2025 at 12:36 AM
here are some of the cave ostracods that only live as epibionts on cave crayfish. I assume their freaky long legs are so they don't fall off
horton holcombe hobbs jr named his son horton holcombe hobbs III and they were both obsessed with caves and crayfish and cave crayfish and cave ostracods and cave crayfish epibiontic cave ostracods
December 5, 2025 at 12:32 AM
horton holcombe hobbs jr named his son horton holcombe hobbs III and they were both obsessed with caves and crayfish and cave crayfish and cave ostracods and cave crayfish epibiontic cave ostracods
I dropped a piece of cereal in such a way that it bounced into a spider web, and the spider took interest in it rather than being scared away, so here is a spider investigating a corn pop
December 4, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I dropped a piece of cereal in such a way that it bounced into a spider web, and the spider took interest in it rather than being scared away, so here is a spider investigating a corn pop
please look at this photo of eurypauropods from upupa-epops on iNaturalist, just living on a wet log in a herd like perfect little baguettes
December 4, 2025 at 6:21 AM
please look at this photo of eurypauropods from upupa-epops on iNaturalist, just living on a wet log in a herd like perfect little baguettes
photo from September of me sticking my hand into the water underneath a concrete tunnel while looking for shrimps and the swimmy beetles literally eating me alive (very slowly)
December 4, 2025 at 4:19 AM
photo from September of me sticking my hand into the water underneath a concrete tunnel while looking for shrimps and the swimmy beetles literally eating me alive (very slowly)
