5 min sketch
african peach moth (egybolis vaillantina) | source
Here's the finished artwork since the video doesn't do the up-close textures justice, pretty happy with this for my first proper go at oil pastels 🌈
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Ladybugs quench their thirst on raindrops mirroring the reflection of a nearby flower.
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THE SCRONJUNJIN
vegans making honey a bee labour issue is the funniest thing imaginable because like, you picked the one animal that has already unionised
You literally could not exploit bees if you TRIED
"Oh well if you stop the queen leaving the bees are trapped" wrong, bees can and will swarm without a queen. They will also make new queens if they don't think theirs is good enough
"Bees don't consent to their honey being taken" wrong, bees are actually more than intelligent enough to know we take the honey. They LET us take the honey if they think what we provide in return (shelter, food, protection) is a fair deal.
"Taking honey starves the bees" WRONG AGAIN! Domestic bees overproduce honey. A beekeeper NEVER takes honey the bees would need because then you piss off the bees, and if you piss off the bees you don't have any bees. They stockpile honey for the winter, but because domestic colonies do way better than wild ones they stockpile too much. That's why beekeepers can take out whole frames and then have them filled in no time. Domestic bees actively overproduce because they know humans are going to skim some off the top.
And if they didn't want humans to take it, beekeeping WOULD NOT work.
To keep bees you have to let them fly free. If they can fly free they can leave. Meaning if they don't like what you're doing, they WILL leave.
The whole idea they're basically slaves to the queen is also not true, they can just make a new queen literally whenever, and if they don't like her, they kill her.
There is no way for a beekeeper to exploit their bees. The bees are EMPLOYEES.
Employbees, if you will.
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fireflies lighting up a rural Pennsylvania field at dusk
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As a european i sometimes forget furefkied are actually real and not american folklore/cryptids. Like you’ve got friendly little bugs that glow in the dark….. b r uh
in case europeans were worried: we love them very much! even tho they’re clumsy and slow and sometimes bump into you, no one swats fireflies here, or takes them for granted. even grownups sometimes reach out in the summer and gently catch a firefly for a minute before letting it go.
By “reach out” that’s meant quite literally–you just kinda. Stick your hand in their flight path and they land on you and will sit on your hand for a bit. Sometimes if you’re just walking or standing outside while they’re active you have to shoo them off you because they’ll just. Sit on you.
They’re harmless and very pretty and it’s always a treat to see because they’re out for a relatively short time each year.
@eros-ghoulette you guys don’t have these?
Yeah, I actually still can’t believe they really exist tbh
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How to make the spoons hot? Also how hot, like, burning-ish hot or a step above warm? /genuine question
I usually just run it under hot tap or dip it in boiling water from a pot for a few seconds. hot enough to press against your skin without burning yourself. I usually quickly test it against my cheek or chin.
It usually takes a few rounds for the proteins to be fully broken down, but it works and its been my favorite piece of advice from tumblr ever.
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fireflies honestly make me cry a little. out of gratitude and wonder. thank goodness we live in a world with bioluminescence. thank goodness we live in a world where it can fly.
It’s my birthday today and I found a ladybug on my car!
💗🐞💗
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Crickets are charming bards and wanderers, always willing to brighten a tavern or hall for a few coins
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Stink bugs are cheerful inventors who only occasionally dabble in mad science and chemical warfare
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Most ant soldiers will defend their colony fiercely and to their last breath
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Emmet is an escaped ant, they're a little scared of the world outside their colony but learning to love the freedom that comes with it
