I Mean, I Suppose I Was Being A Bit Too Aggressive

Spider plushies by plaything_co

I think it's hilarious that hands down the worst way to learn magic is the actual rulebook. Please do not read that. It's just there for reference when something weird happens

People who like mantises but aren't that into entomology are always "orchid mantises" this and "orchid mantises" that. Overrated. Can we talk about Toxodera integrifolia for a minute:

(Image links because as much as it pains me I've never seen one of these beauties irl: 1 2 3)

Like how are these things real. Girl what is that thorax shape. Why are you wearing eyeliner. And the colors? Absolutely fire. This is a 10/10 insect if you ask me.

thought this was neat

one thing to know about me is that i am a boy who likes to reblog

why is hideki naganuma insane. who is teaching a middle aged japanese man to say shit like this

woman walking a husky and a maltese and her arms are splayed out like christ on the cross cause of their opposite temperaments. husky pointed like an arrow down the path and the maltese smelling the concrete with great slow consideration. she is grimacing. this is a new tarot card to me, but just another day on earth

Magnificent bolas spider, Ordgarius magnificus, Araneidae

Found in southeastern Australia

Photos 1-2 by doggy48, 3-4 by michaeldoe, 5-7 by nicklambert, 8 (for scale) by rhett_dodd, and 9 (egg sacs) by imcmaster

It’s too late to save the world

Ash trees sprout in cracks in the asphalt. The gutters collect leaves, which become soil, in which dandelions sprout.

There’s nothing you can do

A man plants an entire forest. A young girl teaches a drone to deliver saplings. The elderly volunteer to clean up radioactive waste.

You might as well give up

Wolves return to ancestral hunting grounds. Bison return to the prairie. Otters return to the kelp beds. Young oaks push roots deep into reclaimed farmland.

Who cares anyway?

Children draw pictures of flowers. Festivals are held for cherry blossoms and pecans and apples. A crowd cheers as the last line is cut away from the ensnared creature.

I have disobeyed worse than you

The world does not die on my watch

Goldenrod crab spider/blomkrabbspindel. Värmland, Sweden (June 22, 2014).