I Love Bugs - Blog Posts

yall we got a roach in the bathroom (mom thinks theyre coming from the pipes) and tell me why when i came home from my driving lesson, i wanted to wash my hands (covid has instilled washing your hands immediately when you come home in me) so i opened the bathroom door, turned on the light, and saw the roach RUNNING from the toilet to back under the washing machine where it hides 😭

i was spooked but then calmed down and found how it moved so funny 😭

wish i was able to take a picture but the two times i saw it i didnt bring my phone with me

i have an odd fascination with bugs. i love to look at them but sudden movement from them makes me scared bc the way they move is always so funny/odd to me

This is me if you even care✧

I actually found a weevil in my home once and was shocked how tiny they are. It was still like seeing a celebrity, i was like "OMG is this the bug, the myth, the legend? The snoots and boots insects i`ve been reading about and seeing photos of? In MY house? Visiting ME?" Took some photos and let the lil guy out

Bug of the day: WEEVIL!!!

This is a weevil appreciation post

What insects should I draw next?

AAAAAAAA THIS IS SO DAMN COOL :D BEST THING EVER

AAAAAA LOOK AT ITTTT @artcorvid

fresh tattoo with a lil blood under the cut

Need help with turning this into an actual font. I tried using Caligraph.com but it only works properly with black and white pictures and the water color texture messes up & doesn`t convert well into vector.

So if anyone knows how to make something like that

thing, it would be soooo cool.

I might touch it up in krita, since at the time, i was doing this project as a concept as fast as possible. So i would like to try an draw over it in krita to make the pencil lines more visible, cuz right now it`s just scanned water color drawings and the detail of the little worm faces is hard to see.

Beetle of the day: HERCULESE BEETLE!

I already have some cool bugs in mind for next drawings. People suggested some sick ass bugs i didn`t even know existed! Definitely will post more if i find time between homework

*raises from the dead* what a nap

school's been kicking my ass lately, and so i return to simple pleasures of tumbrl

also the grip cotl (and by extension helob) has on me is unbelievable, 2 months and still going strong

im very much fighting with my artstyle about the cotl style, and so far i am losing miserably,,, hopefully not for long because these little sillies are too cute

"needs more personal space" fun fact! ever since i was nine, whenever i see a wasp i pick it up and let it crawl around on my hand. i only (reluctantly) let go once i have to go indoors. i have never been stung by one in my life. whenever people are scared of wasps i become genuinely confused

I have no regards for their secrets, They are moth.

A Puriri Moth, to be exact. (Males have white, females have black. I think it was.)

I drew this for my partner, it's a moth and it's their sona and they are very very gay-

i love you wasps i love you flies i love you beetles i love you moths i love you non-bee pollinators i love you "uncharismatic" organisms who nonetheless carry our ecosystem on your backs

Bug types (a personal favorite type of mine) are often underestimated, due to the plethora of weaknesses known to it and very few advantages, which are mostly only useful in specific battling rings or matchups. However, this is partially due to the way that standardized battles are structured in order to create fairness in our League Circuits and Conferences. One-on-one, up to three-on-three battles are all sanctioned by the league, and the amount of Pokemon has be equal on either side. However, this has created significant weaknesses for a couple of Pokemon types, which can be exploited. For example, rock types thrive in this environment, being fully capable of defending themselves on their own, as many rock types live solitary lives finding food and caring for themselves, only living with other members of their species when they are a mated pair, or are caring for young.

Bugs and Dark types are the polar opposites of this. They are often considered frail, having low defense stats in most cases, and often cannot survive long-term, one-on-one engagements. They are not meant for this kind of battle, instead, where they excel is teamwork and numbers.

Bugs are in roughly 90% of species, social Pokemon. They might exist in a small swarm of 3-10, or in a massive hive with thousands of members. Bug Specialists are limited to their 6-Pokemon capacity, often having to focus on bugs that are naturally strong, or are more suited to solitary lives, such as Scizor, Pinsir, Volcarona and Drapion (yes, this isn’t technically a bug, but since it suffers with the third type problem, I’m including it). However, a truly talented bug specialist might have a range of 7-10 Pokemon all suitable and trained for the standardized arenas of the Leagues, while on a personal space, having tens, if not hundreds of smaller bug Pokemon that all work as a part of a trainer-fostered “hive,” as a community, to be unleashed upon a series of targets on a whim.

This has been witnessed several times by bug specialists in the present and the past. A more modern example is Elite Four Aaron of the Sinnoh League. When members of the Sinnoh League were dispatched across the region to try and wipe out any Galactic Bases (the most notable of which is Sunnyshore Gym Leader Volkner, who wiped out an estimated 75% of all bases eliminated by the League on his own), footage of Aaron’s battling style was unveiled to the public: he did not use his signature team as his only fighters, instead unleashing a gargantuan swarm of an estimated 10,000 bugs to infest the base (comprised of Yanma, Ninjask, Ariados, Combee, Venomoth and Beedrill), systematically eliminating anyone (save for civilian hostages) found inside. 

So next time you see a bug, don’t underestimate it, as while it may be weak on its own, the swarm might be in another nearby bit of trees, listening for the cry of distress that will invoke the wrath of the collective.