Does anyone know what this is? I found it years ago and haven’t seen it since. I was looking for it on HORG.com a few weeks ago and didn’t see it but maybe I’m blind or the site is slow to update? If it’s new or important, should I like… Send it in??? How does one even do that???

Not gonna lie, I never thought I’d see a P. stellanova in my life. My little brother worked at Wendy’s for a while and said they were so common that people would step on them without a second thought, so he thought they were worthless before my girlfriend (Also an avid occlupinologst!) and I flipped out when he brought one home. One of the last things he did before he quit was grab a handful of these babies for me to put in my book and it’s definitely my favorite two pages 🖤

I’m finally getting around to sorting out a big bag of occlupanids that I’ve collected since the beginning of the coronavirus. Turns out I have a bunch that were identified since then! This isn’t even all of them. I still have a few that I need to check the website for…

Ummm. What does one do when they have additional information about a species? I can confirm where a bunch of them came from but idk what to do with that knowledge

These guys have so many more uses than you’d think. Today I’m using a few P. Glyphodorsalis as stitch markers for a new crochet project since I can’t find my other ones

I know I don’t post on this blog very often but I have a few posts queued now so I can share my adventures as a novice occlupinologist :)

(Posts are scheduled for 8:00 PM Eastern Standard Time)

@redluminous said “Where did you get them may I ask? These are often only found in industrial kitchens, but I have seen them once at a small time local grocery store”

They’re from Wendy’s! My little brother worked there on school breaks for a few years and he said they were on bags of buns :)

And here’s a handful of occlupanids that I thought I’d never be lucky enough to see

And here’s a handful of occlupanids that I thought I’d never be lucky enough to see

Price Chopper (February 21, 2020)

From left to right:

Unidentia obtusamaxilla azureus

Porrectofrontus microstoma

Porrectofrontus mechadeus

??????????

Notes: First red P. mechadeus, still unsure of the function of the tail. Unidentified occlupanid is a member of the family toxodentidae. Second specimen acquired. Found on limes. All occlupanids found today were on produce

A tidbit from my Instagram to get things started. It wasn’t even enough tags.