one of my house centipedes molted and she is looking polished and pearly

(Scutigera coleoptrata)

“New Year, new me!” It’s time to shed the old year and welcome the new one. Meet the green anole (Anolis carolinensis), a small lizard found throughout much of the southeastern United States. Did you know that as an anole grows, it sheds its old skin? This process, called ecdysis, helps the lizard get rid of damaged or infected skin and allows for new healthy skin to replace it. In fact, most reptiles (including turtles and snakes) shed their skin as they grow.

Photo: Outdoor Alabama, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, flickr

Happy new year! Since I promised to post about this in advance: the 180p asoryuu doujinshi preorders will come to a close in 10 days. awooga

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Nothing compared to being the Mudblood Slytherin girl. Too evil for another house, too dirty for the one I called home.

Hermione becomes the first Muggle-born student in Slytherin House.

Ecdysis: the process of shedding old skin.

(Slytherin Hermione, No Voldemort-AU, Slow burn Dramione, Morally Grey Hermione Granger, Hogwarts years 1-7, Slytherin-centric, Hermione-centric)

(art by @softkombuchart)

The cicadas have been quieter here this year, but on any evening when we get monsoon rain some will emerge and begin to sing in the treetops. After our last rain I found a late-stage nymph crawling across my doorstep and brought it in to watch its final molt. Almost as soon as its exoskeleton began to split it lost its grip on its perch. Then its wings failed to unfold. This kind of emergence failure – and the consequent wing and leg damage – is fairly common with cicadas. The process of ecdysis is fascinating to watch. It is normally hidden from us, taking place high in the trees in darkness. But the transformation is miraculous, even when it goes wrong.

New year, new me!

Colourful guy, freshly moulted!

Unknown Owlet Moth caterpillar (Noctuoidea sp.), on Sandpaper Fig (Ficus coronata).

[ID: a photo of a baby tarantula, freshly molted in a small naturalistic enclosure. The limbs are pale and abdomen dark. In the background is the molt, revealing the fangs. End ID]

Caught my darling baby freshly molted the other night and got a good picture of her all pale and soft <3

She was given to me free with either another tarantula or an enclosure (don’t remember) and at the time I was told she was a “pinkfoot birdeater”, but having looked at more pictures of Theraphosa apophysis slings her hairs seem much sleeker. My guess now is that she’s actually a Lasiodora parahybana (salmon pink birdeater), because that matches the sleeker hairs and the color contrast between the rear abdomen and rest of the body much better.

I try not to pick favorites with my animals but this little beastie has such a special attitude and appetite that I can’t help but gravitate towards her. Really need to give her a name!

You never know what you can find in your house. (Possibly a brown tree snake)

freshly molted Madagascar hissing cockroach. isn’t she lovely?

(Gromphadorhina portentosa hybrid)

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Any snippets from the next edcysis chapter? :)

Here's a small Draco and Hermione interaction :)

“What are you all smug about?” Draco sneered, getting back to work. “You’re here just like us.” “I’m not serving detention, you idiot.” “So why are you here?” “Wouldn’t you love to know.” I stuck the label on the vial and popped on a cork, then set it aside and cast a sterilising charm that Snape had taught me specifically for lab equipment. Draco worked silently for a while. I could hear the snip of pliers as he segmented the lavender. It smelled like spring in the classroom. Or a holistic shop. “What did you mean ‘choosing petty revenge over self-worth’?” he asked a couple minutes later. For the fun of it, I taunted him with the classic, “You mean you didn’t hear about the fight?” He bristled, giving me his signature sneer. “Are you referring to when you almost got yourself killed by our Quidditch team?” I paused, not expecting him to bring it up. Marcus had steered clear of me since the altercation, though I constantly had my guard up because I couldn’t tell if he was biding his time or if I’d actually scared him into leaving me alone. I let only a second of surprise pass over my face before I made an obnoxious incorrect buzzer noise. “Wrong. Try again.” “I’m not playing games with you.” Oh, I really was getting under his skin. Very good. “In other words, Pansy’s keeping you in the dark as always.”

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