Recent content by Firenkyo

Oh that sucks, I'm so sorry! :((

I think these count as macro? I put my mantises under my microscope sometimes and get some neat pictures and videos of them. The quality is a little grainy, but I still think they look cool. Feel free to post your own pics/vids here if you'd like! Rhubarb cleaning her mouth after eating...

A closer look at the Spiny! Maybe I'll call this one Vanilla Bean? Rhubarb is a bit too big and my hands are a little bit too shaky to take good videos or pictures of her(?) under the microscope

Two new buddies! A big thanks to yen_saw for these guys! This is Rhubarb, a Giant Asian mantis! This little Spiny Flower mantis is currently unnamed! If they stayed looking like this I think the name Pepper would work, but I need to think of something that will fit their adult form too.

Yay! Glad I could help! Sorry you still have to redo the enclosure though, I hope you get rid of them all!

Could they be termites maybe? I don't know much about termite reproduction, but it seems weird that they'd be able to grow to such a population without a queen. I did find a couple articles on asexual reproduction and some info that worker females can turn into breeding females (but then they'd...

Thank you guys!!

About 5 months later....I finally did draw it! I drew a nymph and might try to draw an adult later. Plus some other bug art over the past few months. I got some crayons and watercolor markers for Christmas so I've been trying them out! And I've been trying out 3d modeling! I printed...

That's true! I don't think my time watching it was wasted, I still got to see some cool bugs. The camera footage was pretty good most of the time too.

Hmmmmmmmmm 1. Fig wasp - They're so cool! And I love figs! 2. Antlion - Their larval stage is shown a lot, but not their adult one, which would be cool to see in a documentary. 3. Glow worms! - I didn't even know they were real until like 5 years ago. Their hunting habits are cool and they...

I am interested in buying 2 nymphs of the following species - preferably around i3-i5. They don't have to be from the same person! I have two enclosures, so I made two "categories" of species that I'm looking for. I'm not looking to breed them, so male/female does not matter (slight preference...

Like yeah yeah I guess they're the most relatable/interesting to the general population but there's SO much diversity in bugs! When it wasn't ants, it was bees (thankfully not honeybees though). Plus some of the more 'well-known' bugs like dung beetles, mantises, monarch butterflies, and...

This recently came out on Disney+, and I was really excited to see a series solely about bugs! I'm pretty mixed about it, so here are my thoughts. Good - Bugs! - Nice footage - Some less popular bugs were featured - Some nice connections to integrated pest management and coexisting with...

. Wandering! I'm surprised at how well she can cling on to plastic (she has a mesh strip on the side for easier climbing, but she has never used it and seems to prefer a challenge)

I've seen mine drink pretty often! Mine seem to drink more often as adults, and sometimes I'll hold a dropper up to them so they can get a drink.