Fireflies, Mia Bergeron

life speedpaint of the blue death feigning beetle that lives on my desk. They don’t reach adulthood in captivity, so they are wild caught. I wonder if they miss the vast wilderness and majesty of the mojave… probably not.

support fat girls with weird curves

support fat girls with no butt

support fat girls with small boobs

dont just support the hour glass/big booty “acceptable” fat girl

Waaaaaaa…….nooooo

A proboscis monkey being released into the wild after being fitted with a satellite collar.

Hey so what the FUUUUUUCK happened in this beetle’s evolution??? For that matter why didn’t I know about these if they’re a “common wood-boring pest???”

https://www.nature.com/articles/srep27364 Under “normal” circumstances, they don’t form adults and the larva simply clones new larvae that eat their way out of the “mother larva.” If exposed to extreme heat, they’ll pupate and turn into little beetles like their ancestors did, and the little beetles go through a whole elaborate courtship period where the females fight with each other over territory and try to mount males or each other (apparently the first time same-sex coupling was observed in a beetle), with both sexes having unique little dances to communicate with each other. If I’m reading correctly the male has a mating display while the female has like a little “rejection dance” I think? And then it doesn’t matter because all adults are sterile so the population just dies off.

L'ala nera o Il tocco dell'angelo by Roberto Ferri

POPEYE?!?!??

I’ve never seen a wild red fox in my home state but I spotted this poor beauty on the side of the highway today. I really wish that I could have seen her out in the woods where she belongs and this sight broke my heart. Please please watch for wildlife when you’re out on the roads; animals don’t understand why their world is changing and their forests are shrinking. We have to do better by them. 

from being relaxed to seeing something scary

my love language is simple. i *hands you a mushroom sticker* *hands you a rock* *hands you a rock* *hands you a dried flower* *hands you a mushroom sticker* *hands you a twig* *hands you a leaf* *han