Like this post if you haved tried a chocolate covered bug

new dish dropped

Slug moth caterpillar, Belippa sp., Limacodidae

Photographed in China by insectyu

We watched a bug find and eat an apple slice in bug class today. People cheered when it started eating.

Popcorn | 1991

I ate a wasp.

horse eats a donut

(Tachycines asynamorus)

Another Brazilian animal in the welcome home version 🐜

The big, cute and charming anteater 🐾

how many times was this boy told he'd be as big as arthur one day aka how many time was this boy LIED TO

✨Her✨

Bindweed Seedeating Bug (Graptostethus servus) on Chinese Celtis (Celtis Sinensis).

@onenicebugperday Bit of an unfortunate update, but not without hope.

A week ago as of posting this, Green Bean Casserole had a pretty severe mismolt. I think they fell and got stuck behind their favorite stick in an awkward position after leaving the exuviae. I only found and assisted them the next morning, but by then their exoskeleton had already hardened up. Thankfully all of their limbs are intact and functional, but, well... The situation is far from ideal, as you’ll see.

At first I was pretty worried they wouldn’t make it; they seemed to be struggling to move around due to the deformity, falling when climbing and generally looking wobbly. I moved them to a different terrarium set up for my flat headed snake Absinthe, both because of the softer substrate and the lack of skinks that might be bold and attempt to take advantage of a weakened mantis. I wasn’t even sure if food would be able to pass through their system, and they had no interest in prey at all, which wasn’t a good sign. However, with some adjustments to the layout of the temporary terrarium I moved them to, they did climb and manage to hang from the lid with some effort. GBC seemed like they were a fighter, and the day after the bad molt they accepted and ate a grasshopper, so I decided to see if I could get them to their next molt and hopefully allow them to recover.

They’ve since adapted to their new shape, and I’ve moved them back to their usual terrarium for easier monitoring and better sun access. They’re climbing and hanging without falling, eating well, and drinking water droplets from the screen lid when I water the terrarium. I’d say they’re about as close to thriving as they could be in this situation! Here’s how they’re looking today. Ignore the escapee grasshopper in the background, its jailbreak was short lived…

I do feel a bit mean for making this comparison, but…

There’s a bit of a resemblance, isn’t there?

1989

Perinereis nuntia

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