Discovered this lovely katydid while working on the garden! She took to cleaning herself right away

[ slams fists on table I Am So Normal About This :,) ]

[ This, however, I am screaming and crying and weeping and- ]

sighs. opened yet another new document on gdrive...

im going to go ham with bug imagery for this one babes.

also do you have any ideas of what plimbo even is because i cant think of any sort of insect he could be

NO!!!! HE'S FUCKED UP AND EVIL!!!!!

Like let's look at our options. Bear with me. Plimbo as a concept drives me insane.

WARNING - MULTIPLE CLOSE UP BUG IMAGES BELOW

Wingless bug options:

Termites - Well nothing about him suggests wood eating to me. Also he's green, termites are typically not that

Female ants - We see an ant portrayed in game through Sozo, Plimbo does not look like him

Fleas - I mean hey these have a sort of "mustache!":

Silverfish - I don't think so, though these things do love water

Bristletails - I still do not think so

Some stick bugs - Don't have the body type (also their antennae tend to be far longer)

Some roaches - Same issue with antennae, but I mean...?

True lice - They do make an effort to show him having two claws so he'd have to be a Mallophaga if he's a wingless louse, and I mean... Body shape kinda fits?

Non-insect hexapods (Springtails, Diplurans, Proturans) - I kinda like the idea of him as a springtail, especially because I'm constantly seeing those little shits around water they LOVE lakes n such. Springtails can also be green! Diplurans and Proturans are unlikely since they lack eyes

Bugs with "pupils"

Ok well NONE have pupils like that. And the only one I can think of with even something pupil-adjacent are Mantises and Damselflies.

But then we run into the wing issue again. Especially with Damselflies, those things got wings for days. Which is a shame since Damselflies are also big water enjoyers, and those itty bitty antennae would fit for him.

Aquatic Bugs

There's way too many to go through honestly. Most are larvae, and he doesn't... toootally look like he's supposed to be a larva? Then again I mean...

Dragonfly larva is a possibility. It'd get rid of the wing issue! He doesn't have the mouth for it but then again the cotl devs have like a vendetta against the idea of portraying ANY mouth correctly (side-glancing all birds), let alone bug mouths, so I don't consider that to mean anything.

And you know what? We could really make this work if we want him to be a damselfly larvae, but

he's missing HIS GILLS (the three lil thangs on the back)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So. I don't know!!!! But he is NOT a grasshopper. I refuse the wiki saying that. Never lie to me ever again. They put that there because he's green I bet anything.

Plimbo could be any number of things. Fuck if I know what the devs' intention was. What do I headacanon him as? um. I. Don't know. Maybe a damselfly? Maybe a springtail? I dunno!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this is a question that will haunt me forever

Meet Scratch the Sneasler. They like chillin', having a good time, and infodumping about bugs and bug-adjacent creatures.

(Grasshopper info copied from first paragraphs of Wikipedia)

Oc infodump/ Verdugo speculative biology

@wisecrackingeric-2

This is part Mari post part verdugo speculative biology post! So please keep in mind this is all speculative x)

The basic story of the Verdugo is that there are two of them; Salazar's scientist and housekeeper. They are bioweapons that are basically made of gene spliced human, insect, and Plaga DNA, made by the scientist before turning himself into a Verdugo.

Mari is based off/ was infected by the scientist Verdugo (the one you see in the main remake) so we'll be mostly focusing on the traits of that one mostly!

(Also it's not confirmed in-game that the scientist Verdugo could infect people, but in the DLC the housekeeper Verdugo infects Ada with what seems to be it's own type of parasite/plaga, since it gets expelled from her body after the death of the Verdugo and that doesn't happen with other Plaga. I like to think that if Ada hasn't killed the Verdugo, she would've turned into one.)

Which was kinda the inspiration for Mari! Kinda a fun "what if" situation. What if the Verdugo had infected someone besides Ada, having been able to do so before?

As a Verdugo, she shares many similarities with with the insects the scientist had extracted the DNA from. Based off the Verdugo models, I would assume that they're cricket/grasshopper DNA! Several of the species I have as examples below are actually from Spain/Europe, so it's very likely the scientist used them in his experiments!

(Insects pictured: Mole cricket, Bush cricket, Giant Weta, and Grasshopper)

The legs, mandibles, even the unique 'hands' are all features that the Verdugo have! (Or at least variants of them) Even though Mari's design doesn't start far from the in-game models^ I usually keep the insect part of her in mind when drawing her!

The part where my own concepts/ speculation comes in is usually in her behavior.

Which begs some questions!

Could Mari chirp like a grasshopper or cricket?

Yes! It's my personal headcanon that she could grow wings and shed them at will (as alot of bioweapons in re can mutate at will) and while she has these wings, she could technically chirp!

What would her wings look like?

I would imagine that they would be transparent or a kind of ashy brown.

How does a Verdugo like Mari crawl through small spaces like vents? (Like in the game?)

I personally headcanon that she can flatten her body, much like a roach! This helps her fit into small spaces that she shouldn't otherwise fit into.

What other similarities does Mari have with insects?

Like Grasshoppers, Mari's ears is located on her side, just above her legs!

Does Mari have abilities like the other Verdugo/ bioweapons?

Mari can do basically everything the scientist Verdugo could do. For example, she is extremely difficult to kill and is pretty much impossible to kill by gunfire. She can also transform into that long-tailed form (like in the Verdugo fight with Leon) and use that tail with precise accuracy. Other than that, she has passive regeneration and can regrow a limb if lost in under a week. She also has the same weaknesses as the scientist Verdugo and becomes sluggish in the extreme cold. (TLDR: she has strength, agility, and can kill anything in many different ways while being kinda untouchable herself. Not that she'd want to, of course, but she could!)

Could she infect others and turn them into Verdugo?

Yes :3c

How does she get along with Ashley? Shouldn't she be under some sort of control via Plaga?

She may still have some residual instincts (because she is a bioweapon after all) but she isn't influenced to directly harm Ashley or well...anyone.

Usually Verdugos and bioweapons are hyper aggressive, but Mari isn't. She isn't "mind controlled" like the other Verdugo/cultists (at least not in the same way.) I don't know if I want to reveal too much of her backstory just yet but there's a good legitimate reason for all that stuff. ^ I tried to make her as canon adjacent as possible so she could actually be a legitimate character within the re universe.

But what was the thought behind The creation of Mari?

The whole reason I wanted to make Mari is to basically...give explanation to what Ashley is doing after the events of re4, as well as give her some more character depth and explore what we really don't get to see in the games: how does a bioweapon event/ attack effect someone long term? I wanted to explore Ashley's trauma and her desires and what she decides/wants to do moving forward, and Mari is kind of a narrative device to help with that. She doesn't just stop existing once she's saved, ya know?

Did I create Mari just because I wanted more Ashley content? Yes. Absolutely. I love Ashley as a character and I think she's so interesting!! I want to see more of her!! So Mari is just my excuse to pretend that I'm Capcom making filler content for what Ashley's doing LOL

Overall, props on whoever designed the Verdugo in the remake, because it's one of my fav monster designs ever and is just so beautifully detailed (as well as it's partial xenomorph inspiration!) and is just so cool in general!

So ya that's some facts/speculation about Mari and the Verdugos! ^-^

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Hi. This feels like the achievement get how did we get here. Yesterday I was like yeah sure you know what I'll make up a beast real quick for an excuse for why I draw Subz horns like that, something that wouldn't be relevant really. but then. Well:

End Drifters are an Enderman adjacent mob that live in end cities. They are omnivores that have sharp claws often used to harvest chorus fruit and break open shulker shells for food.

Drifters, compared to Enderman, have tougher outer skin and spines to deter Endermites. Drifters cannot teleport but instead developed wings to navigate end islands. Adult Drifters grow hard light purple plates that can deflect Shulker bullets, but in adolescence younger Drifters take advantage of Shulker's levitation to practice flight while their wings develop.

They usually have purple or green eyes and light purple markings that can vary in exact shape, but always originate largely on their right side. Their wings are similar to elytras but not the same, elytra are an artificial recreation of Drifter wings, this is not common knowledge among players as worlds with actively spawning End Drifters are very rare.

[ID: Several colored marker drawings of ItzSubz in relation to a mob called an End Drifter. Subz is a pale skinned guy with long brown hair, one purple and one green eye, and three sets of horns, two sets being black and a smaller front one being purple.The left side of his skin is black and purple. He is wearing a black and purple trimmed coat with a large collar. He has like purple shoulder armor. The End Drifter is a tall lengthy creature with the same set of three horns, black skin with purple markings across the body coming from the left, light purple armor on the shoulders and knees with patches around it, light grey wings, purple eyes, two sets of arms with dark claws and legs with spikes down the back like a grasshopper and forked feet. There are multiple areas with text in boxes of light blue. The drawing in the top right corner is a bust up of Subz looking more similar to the Drifter. Text reads “wogh”. A drawing below is another bust up drawing Subz normally smiling looking to the left. Text reads “Normal(er) guy mode” and “[usually like this]”. The next two drawings are full bodies of Subz and a Drifter next to eachother. Text reads “(human leaning) >End Drifter Player” and “>End Drifter Mob”. Some qualities are listed bullet pointed to the right of them reading: “shulker bullets bounce off their “armored” areas.” “can also eat the non-shell part of shulkers” “Their wings and elytra are simular, but not exactly the same” “fugkin beast” “eyes come in green OR purple”. The last drawing is a simple chibi of Subz with his mouth wide open like an enderman. The inside is light purple. Text reads: “full of glow” End ID]

Me n' My Honey as Small Omenses - I'm a carpenter bee and she's a grasshopper! (Semi-related, if anyone out there is looking to commission me for something Valentine's Day adjacent please let me know before Jan 15th! I have 2 slots available)

Mäusebussarden (Buteo buteo) Er ist ein Greifvogel der aus der Familie der Habichtartigen stammt. Sein Lebensraum besteht aus Wiesen und Äckern mit angrenzenden Waldgebieten. Kaum eine Vogelart ist in der Gefiederfärbungen so variabel wie der Mäusebussard. Auf dem Speiseplan stehen an oberster Stelle Mäuse, Eidechsen, Frösche, Heuschrecken und Regenwürmer. Buzzards (Buteo buteo) It is a bird of prey belonging to the hawk family. Its habitat consists of meadows and fields with adjacent forest areas. Hardly any bird species is as variable in plumage coloration as the buzzard. Mice, lizards, frogs, grasshoppers and earthworms are at the top of its menu.

What are some bugs that you love?

First and foremost butterflies. Always. Moths are up there too, which has been a fairly recent appreciation despite me loving butterflies since my teens. (.. honestly, I've had weird encounters with butterflies as a kid, too, nvm) I'm pretty sure I just love winged creatures.

Speaking of which, when I was a kid we ALWAYS had a ladybug infestation around the same time of year in our bathroom. And since my bedroom was adjacent to it, these little buggers would come crawling into the corners of my bedroom as well 🐞 I didn't mind, I thought it was hilarious and a but of a wonder even though it was a yearly occurrence. My mother, on the other hand, was less amused... lmao

I've also always been fascinated by grasshoppers and their anatomy. How high they jump, the shape of their faces, the sounds they make. As a kid I somehow became one of the boys because I'd hunt them with the boys for a fisher at a camping site in return for free ice cream. It felt like a rite of passage when the boy turned to me and said "I'll teach you how to catch them, you're more like a guy anyway." Suddenly I felt Seen. At one point we befriended another girl there who joined us, but she thought it was a little cruel and wanted to keep them as pets (she already kept stickbugs as pets, so she wasn't your typical girl either). And so we stopped catching them for the Cruel Exchange of Nature (fish bait > ice cream for our own tummies) and only caught a few for her to keep and nurture. It's interesting, because both grasshoppers & ladybugs are associated with abundance and luck iirc.

tw: ion know, deadd bugs/ killing them

when i saw your grasshopper post. I remembered when I was like, 9 ,I would catch grasshoppers and either trade them w/ my cousin 4 other bugs, or literally tear them apart to examine their organs and all that. I changed in those very few years but yeah. I love bugs though :D

The grasshopper trade sounds interesting tho lmao, I’ll trade you this lil green one for a cool spotted brown one HAHAHAHA

And abt the bug dissection; its fine dw, you were probs just a curious kid and wanted to see how they worked.

Personally I dont love ALL bugs, I love arachnid adjacent ones the most lol.

This is what I was taking a picture of when I noticed a grasshopper on an adjacent leaf, which turned out to be the much more interesting shot.

Trois décors maximalistes pour ce jeudi après-midi d'automne, tous trois tirés du nouveau livre de Carl Dellatore 1. Avec ses panneaux dorés, son mobilier vintage et ses objets de collection, cette bibliothèque conçue par le designer @KenFulk n'est qu'un exemple des espaces remarquables présentés dans le nouveau livre de @CarlDellatore "More is More : Today's Maximalist Interiors", publié par @RizzoliBooks. - Photo par @DouglasFriedman #Repost @galeriemagazine #KenFulk #Rizzoli #GalerieMagazine #LiveArtfully 2. #Repost @carldellatore This dynamic space was designed by LA-based Kevin Isbell--and was expertly captured by photographer Annie Schlechter. It appears in 'More Is More Is More: Today's Maximalist Interiors' in the chapter focused on COLOR. Kevin shares his thoughts on the room, “Being part of a larger room overlooking Central Park, this dining area needed a personality of its own. The cool powder-blue Venetian plaster is the perfect foil for the warm tones of the gold satin–upholstered walls in the adjacent living area. The grasshopper-green upholstery and pillows provide the perfect counterpoint—a nod to the verdant trees just outside the windows in spring.” Second shot pattern: 'Dawnridge' in peacock by Cristina Buckley. Available through Schumacher #Repost @carldellatore Designers steeped in the aesthetic genre understand the importance of mixing patterns in maximalist interiors, and perhaps none more than New York based Markham Roberts. This image, which aptly appears in the chapter on PATTERN in 'More Is More Is More' underscores the point. Roberts shares some insight into the space, “In the dining room of the late nineteenth-century sea captain’s cottage overlooking Puget Sound that I share with my partner, James Sansum, I upholstered the walls with a Décors Barbares print designed by my longtime friend Nathalie Farman-Farma that I custom colored to work in the room. The similarly colored yet differently scaled pattern of the Bessarabian rug is effective in tying the two patterns together without being repetitive.” 📸 Nelson Hancock https://www.instagram.com/p/CkyLFhnN_qc/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Praying Mantis Characteristics

The imploring mantis is a medium-sized bug that has many fascinating stylish characteristics. The novel situating of its front legs causes the bug to show up as though it were supplicating, spreading the word. You can track down the supplicating mantis in the wild as well as a fascinating pet in certain homes.

However a great many people are know all about the imploring mantis, not very many expertise much variety there is among this bug request. Truth be told, there are 2,400 types of mantises, around 430 genera, and 15 families. Likewise, the way that their nearest family members are cockroaches and termites is additionally prone to astound you.

The attributes of the imploring mantis The supplicating mantis is a bug that actions somewhere in the range of 4 and 4 3/4 inches long. It merits bringing up that females will generally be bigger than their male partners. They have a long chest and two long radio wires that emerge from their heads.

The most unmistakable component of the mantis has to do with its front legs. These legs are in an imploring position, as we made sense of previously, which makes sense of the normal name for these bugs. Also, their legs have spines which help them trap and clutch their prey.

The shade of the asking mantis relies upon the climate where it last changed its skin. Tinge can differ from green to brown, and the object is to assist the bug with disguising itself.

As such, on the off chance that the shedding happens in a space with heaps of grass, the mantis will be green. Notwithstanding, in the event that there is a great deal of debris or straw in the space where a mantis sheds, then it will be brown. On account of this flexibility, the imploring mantis can mix into its current circumstance quite well… making it hard to recognize.

Another intriguing trademark that the mantis has is the capacity to pivot its head 180 degrees. This permits these bugs to see what's behind them as well as what's before and adjacent to them. Future The future of the supplicating mantis is roughly one year. Inside this time span, they shed their skin multiple times to arrive at their full grown-up size. They hatch from legs which female mantises lay in large numbers. What's more, when they're youthful, they have similar appearance as grown-ups however at a lot more limited size.

In spite of what many individuals accept, the imploring mantis isn't harmful and doesn't actually nibble people. In addition, mantises can assist with controlling specific bug plagues in open spaces. Thus, as opposed to being a hazardous irritation, having a mantis in your nursery is entirely helpful.

Conduct The mantis is a carnivore and an extremely tolerant hunter. It's ready to hang tight for its prey while residual totally still and afterward assault its objective rapidly and totally unsuspecting.

The asking mantis takes care of basically on moths, flies, crickets, grasshoppers and other little bugs. In any case, a few observers have guaranteed that, offered the chance, a mantis can chase and eat creatures of land and water, reptiles, and, surprisingly, little birds. As a matter of fact, a review certifies that the imploring mantis chases little birds, for example, the hummingbird-substantially more than we naturally suspect. Moreover, they chase utilizing their strong front legs which move at a speed that subtle to the natural eye. In a moment, they expand these legs and trap their prey in their spikes.

Mantises are lone bugs that typically will generally live freely. They just join with different mantises to mate and, assuming that two or guys meet, they will battle until the very end. Just the victor will actually want to mate. In any case, a few females mantises really eat the heads of guys after they are done mating. Luckily for the guys, this conduct is more uncommon than many accept.

Territory The supplicating mantis comes initially from Europe and Asia and was presented misleadingly in North America by man. Today, you can track down them all over Europe, the upper 66% of Asia, and practically all of North America. In addition, there are a few areas of focal Africa and the most southern piece of South America where you can likewise recognize them.

The mantis is a field bug that frequently resides in nurseries, fields, and places with minimal human presence. It's certainly not a bug you will find walking around the city. Rather, it very much wants having the option to tuck away among the grass, leaves, and tree limbs. Just this way might the supplicating mantis at any point exploit its environmental factors to anticipate its prey.

The top of the asking mantis. The mantis as a pet As we referenced previously, the mantis falls into the classification of a medium-sized bug. Notwithstanding, contrasted with different carnivores, it's really bigger than most and, in addition, can chase prey its own size and, surprisingly, bigger (like little birds). Consequently, having a mantis as a pet has become fairly famous.

To have a mantis as a pet, you want a terrarium where it can reside. It ought not be too huge, or probably the mantis might struggle with tracking down its prey. Simultaneously, it can't be little to such an extent that your pet doesn't have space to move around. With respect to taking care of your imploring mantis, you ought to give live bugs that your pet can chase.

At last, you really want to fog the terrarium consistently with new water. This will keep the climate clammy while likewise giving drops of consolidated water that the mantis can drink.

To find a mantis, you can either search for one in a yard or nursery or probably by eggs in a specialty store. Simply recall that they need to live independently to keep away from battles.

If anyone would like some insight into The Kind Of Person I Am, I just got out of bed in the middle of the night because a cool bug landed on my arm and I wanted to let it outside. If anyone would like some insight into The Kind Of People My Family Are, multiple people had to admire the bug before I let it out

@deep-sea-cryptid submitted: Hiya! I found this dude outside my dorm room, I think it might be a spur-throated grasshopper or something adjacent? Either way I think they’re lovely and I stayed to make sure they crossed the path before bidding them a lovely day <3 (Location - [removed], remove for privacy pls!)

They are beautiful and leggy and I love them. Definitely looks like a spur-throated grasshopper but I'd need more photos to say which species in that subfamily :)