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One Nice Bug Per Day

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**See pinned post at the top of my blog for submission guidelines and other info.** A blog dedicated to the love of bugs. One featured bug post per day plus lots of submissions. Submissions do not count towards the one (1) nice bug per day! Hover over photos and click the chain icon to view photographer credits. FAQ Run by: Taylor (ex0skeletal-undead) (he/him) Luna moth header/background by Clara McAllister.

Asks and submissions are now OPEN!

If you want your bug identified, please include the location it was found. Location can be removed upon request from submissions (but not from asks).

Some people have been having trouble with the submit page - seems like a problem on tumblr’s end so not much I can do, but if you can’t submit via the regular page, you can use the ask box.

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Please avoid asking very general questions (example: Can you share some facts about wasps?). Due to the sheer amount of species and information available, these questions are difficult and time-consuming to answer. The more specific, the better.

Thank you!

How Rain Evolved Its Distinct Scent—and Why Animals and Humans Love It

New research reveals the ancient symbiotic relationship behind geosmin, the chemical compound responsible for the scent of fresh rain

The distinctive, earthy smell of fresh rain isn’t just wet dirt. According to new research, it’s the chemical potion bacteria have been using to attract tiny arthropods for more than 400 million years.

Read the full article here.

Photo by Ryan Hodnett

Article by Alex Fox via SmithsonianMag

an american giant millipede (a Narceus species in the americanus/annularis complex) traversing a lichen-covered boulder on a mountaintop (Massachusetts, 8/7/23)

Sometimes referred to as “iron worms”, these large millipedes are often locally abundant in mature forests and mountainous areas in the northeastern US. They spend most of their time hidden in decayed logs and leaf litter but regularly emerge to wander in the open, climbing rocks and trees to graze on lichen. Protected by toxins that deter most predators, they do so even in broad daylight, especially during wet or cloudy weather.

@poryphoria submitted: a beautiful woman decided to post up on the roof of my golf cart to have her meal (very messy!! she was getting crumbs everywhere!!!)
(sorry 4 the poor quality, she was very wobbly n i feared she'd fall if i got any closer!! location was in New Jersey if you'd like to give IDing her a go :3)

Is she just...hanging there by one leg lol? Cute. She's a bald-faced hornet as far as I can tell.

@wigglepiggle submitted: hi! found this handsome lad in southeastern [removed] (remove location please) yesterday and I was curious as to what it was

The absolute SHAPE of this woman!! Incredible. She's a bicolored crown of thorns wasp - crown wasps are parasitoids, usually of wood-boring beetle larvae. The long ovipositor is used for laying eggs and not for stinging.

A closer look at her because I think she's deeply worth admiring:

Wow :')

Photo by eframgoldberg

@anonniemouse submitted: Hi! I really wanted to show you this cute cicada I found! I think it might be a dog day cicada or a walker cicada but I’m not sure? Location is in North Texas, I’d love to know what you think! I got other pictures of them too but I can’t figure out how to submit more than one pic at a time and I thought this was the cutest! Thank you!

Hello! This lil dude is precious! Looks like a dog day cicada in the genus Neotibicen, probably a superb dog-day cicada, but I’d need to see a photo of the markings on the top side to be sure.

@m0nster-babi submitted: Found this little one in my house and caught them in a glass to let them outside so they wouldn't be hurt by pets or arachnaphobic mother
Pictures are VERY zoomed, reality was about the size of a quarter, and was found in Colorado Springs, Colorado
They were a speedy little thing
Let my one year old niece look at them and she loved them!

What a cutie! I love to show bugs to kids, they always appreciate them so much. Just a lil funnel weaver probablyyyyy a grass spider in the genus Agelenopsis. They are VERY fast!