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Hilde van Zanten
@bugswithlime.bsky.social
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just some one who likes bugs
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coleopsoc.bsky.social
#LiteratureNotice Grebennikov et al. Deep-soil sampling in Chile reveals a new elateroid beetle family, Badmaateridae fam. nov. (Coleoptera) doi.org/10.1111/syen... #Beetle #Beetles #elateroidbeetle
floated sample containing the new species of beetle
October 8, 2026 at 2:05 AM
bugswithlime.bsky.social
imagine for a moment that your father died a bit over a year ago, and now your sister is thinking about cloning his voice so she can still listen to him talking. sounds fucked up right?
September 8, 2026 at 6:30 PM
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mossworm.bsky.social
Normal Beetles: coming to stationary near you (not really, but wouldn't that be fun?)
simple cartoon designs representing real beetles. upper left: "Xen" is a Xenomorphon. A wingless beetle who cries easily. He always wants to watch the same three movies. upper right: "Atra" is an Atractocerus. A very long and flexible beetle who can fit in narrow areas. He gets nervous in big crowds. lower left: "Clav" is a Claviger. A beetle who is always showing up in places without having been invited. He's a nice guy, though, so everyone is usually okay with it. lower right: "Para" is a Paratuposa. A very small and light beetle who is blown around by strong wind. She brushes her wings for two hours every day. simple cartoon designs representing real beetles. upper left: "Cal" is a Calodromus. A beetle with long legs who actually hates running. When he gets angry, he kicks things. upper right: "Platy" is a Platyrhopalopsis. A shy beetle who loves peace and quiet. She always gets nervous when it's her turn to order at restaurants. lower left: "Kero" is a Cerocranus. A fussy beetle who cares a lot about his looks. He is often late to things, because he gets distracted by mirrors and windows. lower right: "Ness" is a Cnestus. A small beetle who knows a lot about mushrooms. If she starts talking about something she likes, she will never stop. simple cartoon designs representing real beetles. upper left: "Mike" is a Micromalthus. A pleasant beetle who always tries to look at the bright side of things. People ask her when she will get married, but she says she is happy by herself. upper right: "Koto" is a Coatonachthodes. A small beetle with a big tail that looks like a termite. Her tail isn't alive, but sometimes she talks to it when she thinks no one is listening. lower left: "Mel" is a Meloetyphlus. A loud beetle who loves the sound of her own voice. Even though she has a huge head, she forgets things easily. lower right: "Trak" is a Trachelismus. A beetle who can always see over the crowd at concerts. He has been getting into origami lately. The twelve cartoon beetle designs standing together as if posing for a picture
September 2, 2026 at 3:09 AM
bugswithlime.bsky.social
just remembered it's #invertefest. sorry for not sharing my first embroidery with y'all immediately
bugswithlime.bsky.social Hilde van Zanten @bugswithlime.bsky.social · Aug 25
can't sleep, embroidered a wasp
August 26, 2026 at 9:22 PM
bugswithlime.bsky.social
can't sleep, embroidered a wasp
August 25, 2026 at 12:07 AM
bugswithlime.bsky.social
new beetle enclosure. took all day to set it up in my room, did so yesterday, and now my arms, legs, and back hurt...
August 4, 2026 at 7:16 AM
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hatethathedgehog.bsky.social
we already know no one who works at bluesky has drip, they have to have fuckin claude dress them. dont put that on me
August 2, 2026 at 5:41 PM
bugswithlime.bsky.social
"why is bug biodiversity doing so bad?" my sister got annoyed at a singular european yellow jacket trying to taste today's dinner and now she wants to get a wasp trap for the wasp biodiversity paradise that our backyard is
July 11, 2026 at 7:32 PM
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colinpurrington.bsky.social
The nearly 2 million bug zappers sold in the United States each year cause the needless deaths of billions of innocent insects. We need to get the word out that they don't control mosquitoes. Please share this list with your neighbors. #mosquitoes #insects colinpurrington.com/2026/06/10-r...
10 reasons why you shouldn't buy a bug zapper
Although scientists have known for decades that bug zappers do not control mosquitoes, gullible Americans buy 1.75 million of them every year. To help get the word out I thought I'd create a more exha...
colinpurrington.com
June 6, 2026 at 4:17 PM
bugswithlime.bsky.social
woke up early today, brain forced me to do art. enjoy
June 6, 2026 at 4:50 AM
bugswithlime.bsky.social
waiting for my bug pinning supplies, so i pinned myself
anthropomorphic moth in the family guy death pose, surrounded by sewing pins
June 4, 2026 at 11:31 PM
bugswithlime.bsky.social
okay, time for an actual pride post. this pride month i'll be celebrating the common cockchafer, which caused several gay panics in the 1800s for being one of, if not the, first observation and illustration of homosexual acts in the animal kingdom. happy pride y'all
June 4, 2026 at 8:43 PM
bugswithlime.bsky.social
the song is loud and beautiful, but i am not afraid
some sort fo wasp sitting on a leaf. also, happy pride y'all
June 3, 2026 at 11:38 AM
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louisathelast.bsky.social
Fyi the cupcake character is one created by Loryn Brantz, who has this to say about Buzzfeed using it without her permission.
I am horrified and disgusted by BuzzFeed taking my character, The Good Advice Cupcake, and giving it to an Al platform. My time at BuzzFeed was marked by continually being taken advantage of and lied to. They repeatedly assured me in good faith that they would never do anything with Cuppy without my input, yet offered me no legal options, insisting that I would never need them. The news that this character, who is based on my own personality and whom I created as a microphone to spread love and positivity, has been taken and turned into a soulless Al puppet feels like having my intestines pulled out of my body. Somebody leaked the news to me early on that there were talks happening, and I pleaded with the CEO Jonah Peretti directly not to do it. Instead, he tried to talk me into signing an NDA. Obviously, I did not. This is an assault on artists everywhere. I encourage you to boycott BuzzFeed and any Al-produced or adjacent animation.
May 28, 2026 at 12:08 AM
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alexwild.bsky.social
This is the way. Common names should not be regulated, it destroys the whole point of them.
humanbyweight.bsky.social 🦋 Alie of the Woods 🦋 (is looking at lichen in the cemetery) @humanbyweight.bsky.social · Apr 11
I'm strongly in favor of common name anarchy. If you want to call a bug something, that's a valid common name.
April 11, 2026 at 4:54 PM
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whysharksmatter.bsky.social
24 new species found in ocean zone eyed for battery metals mining news.mongabay.com/2026/04/24-n... 🧪🦑🌎
24 new species found in ocean zone eyed for battery metals mining
Researchers pulled 24 tiny new creatures from a deep abyss in the central Pacific Ocean, some with long, spindly legs and others with more squat, compact bodies. Some appeared to feed on the sediment…
news.mongabay.com
April 11, 2026 at 4:57 PM
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falkoopa.in
Yesterday the Indian government removed people's right to self-identify as transgender

The fact that this did made no news, even on LGBTQ focused sites like Pink News is just insane.
justarandomman.bsky.social Aman @justarandomman.bsky.social · Mar 25
I haven't seen many posts talking about the new Indian Transgender Bill here. Like at all! I had to actively search for it to find any posts talking about it here.

It's so unfortunate, because if a bill which left the decision of whether you're Trans or not to a Govt Body was introduced in US then
March 25, 2026 at 6:24 AM
bugswithlime.bsky.social
happy Eid al-Fitr to those who celebrate
March 20, 2026 at 3:21 PM
bugswithlime.bsky.social
ngl, getting real tired of people who make fun of my first language. like "ooooh, geef me een klap papa, dutch can not be a real language" stfu you speak english, a language with "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo." as a gramatically correct sentence
March 1, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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mossworm.bsky.social
simple mspaint drawing of the photo included in the article. dark brown sleeper shark approaching submersible to investigate, looking about as non-threatening as possible. they have a huge nose with a little mouth underneath like a moomin and blue eyes
February 19, 2026 at 5:23 AM
bugswithlime.bsky.social
i was going to go to a botanical garden today, got sick instead...
February 4, 2026 at 10:59 AM
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mossworm.bsky.social
I don't know which pokemon game Rika is from, but I really like how her design goes with her monster
pokemon character "Rika" is a woman in a tan shirt and suspenders with long green hair covering half of her face and a serious expression. on the right is Clodsire, a pokemon which is a medium brown colored very large and simplified cartoon salamander. Clodsire is drawn very crudely
February 2, 2026 at 12:18 AM
bugswithlime.bsky.social
so, since i haven't said it on here directly yet: fuck ICE, fuck Trump, fuck fascists. also, if you're going out protesting, wear your PPE. use the same protective gear you'd use if you were to mix arsanic to make a paint. gasmask (without your face visible if possible), jumpsuit, gloves, etc. etc.
January 26, 2026 at 8:52 PM
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soundoftheforest.bsky.social
I process a lot of what’s going on around me through insects. Inspired by a good friend I made this drawing of a bombardier beetle spraying acid at ice. Abolish ICE
Illustration of a beetle spraying acid out of its abdomen at an ice cube
January 25, 2026 at 3:35 PM
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fossilforager.bsky.social
fuck ice.
January 24, 2026 at 10:27 PM