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Top view of a black hornet with a reddish-brown head and scutellum. The second segment of its abdomen is a bright orange band like the skin of a somewhat dirty orange. Its legs and wings are splayed out

The hornet now viewed from a diagonal, from below angle. There is a focus on its bright red head with dark red and black mandibles.

Vespa tropica (haematodes)

My impression of this wasp is its brutish life cycle of robbing and destroying paper wasp nests, the black mandibles sell the bandit look even more. Nonetheless, a gorgeous, decently big wasp, to find a dead one is a treat.
#wasplove #inverts

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A mating pair of yellow and black ambush bugs on a matching colored goldenrod flower. The female bug is also munching on a bee. A lego figure is clinging to the petals of the flower and looking at the bugs with a horrified expression.

I usually carry a Lego figure as a handy scale reference when I'm out photographing insects, and I often can't resist inserting it just for fun. Mating pair of ambush bugs on a goldenrod, the female is eating a bee (Indiana Dunes National Park). #insects

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i’ll also never forget the time someone posted their “goliath beetle hunting” haul on the insect subreddit. 60+ specimen, taken out of the wild all in a short amount of time, for no purpose other than greed. i remember everyone was pissed in the comments

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genuinely once i found out the ethics behind specimen trade i just kinda decided i would avoid it. i get so much more joy out of being able to care for an insect until its last moments anyways. that care makes the act of pinning them so much more intimate and special

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i just realized i have three actual professional entomologists following me oh my god. the pressure is real

18.10.2024 14:34 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

damn i have to rebuild my feed. no more genshit i need bugs NOW!!!

18.10.2024 14:32 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

bugs and birds! 🐛 🕊️

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funny

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no

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thanks i’m only putting the finest of posts on this one

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Report: Free Dead Bodies Buried Underground Seemingly For The Taking CHARLOTTE, SC—Alerting the public to “the deal of the century,” sources confirmed Monday that a number of free dead bodies buried underground were seemingly there for the taking. “None of t...

"Whatever shape or size cadaver you need, they have."

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