Moss - Blog Posts
AHHHHHHH MOSS MY BELOVED THIS IS WONDERFUL !!!!
for the lovely @consequencesbylovejoy
i hope yall enjoyed this shitty play through, i will probably upload a better one when not everyone in my house is asleep :)))
New sona i made 4 myself!! Honestly congrats if you can make out anything going on in here because i drew the darn thing and still dont know whats happening
Did you know that the tallest moss species only gets to ~20 inches?
Very accurate
𝙼𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚢 𝙿𝚊𝚝𝚑, 𝚃𝚒𝚗𝚢 𝚃𝚛𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚛. . .🍀
Yellow Spotted Millipede [ Harpaphe haydeniana ]
The only millipede who release Hydrogen Cyanide (HCN) ☠️
https://www.instagram.com/irisofceylonphotography?igsh=MTE3ejQ3NGQzaDMwZA==
Commission for @magmethius !!
Ty so much again for comming me! I’ve been such a fan of moss and empy for a good while now so I was over the moon to see you wanted me to do something of them! I’m very pleased with how this turned out ^^
This boy is going up for sale at 100$ USD via Paypal, Personal use, first come first serve comment or message to claim!
OPEN
I wonder if I'll ever get to the end of them?? Don't be offended if I moss yours!
MOSSMAN
Day 19: Ponytail
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The Mossman is a cryptid first reported in 1978 in the coastal city of Boca Raton, Florida, near the Everglades. The creature is known to come out while the weather is murky and foggy.
Forest vibe 🌳🌲😘
Feel it... 💚
Fallen in life...
You reblogged a post about the negative impacts of harvesting mosses and lichens from the wild which made me wonder about my own relationship with (and use of) wild mosses. I enjoy creating terrariums (for my isopod colonies for example) and tend to harvest wild moss to propagate in these. I dry it out in the sun (and make sure to remove any insects) before cooking it to remove bacteria. I then rehydrate it once I've found a place for it. I take moss from areas that are already thick with it and treat collecting it as I would any other wild plant - making sure I take as little as possible so as to have the smallest impact on the ecosystem. Despite this, I don't think I had realised the frailty of this flora and am now worried that I might have had a much more negative impact than I'd originally believed. Do you have any tips/information on how to harvest moss in a way that causes the minimum amount of impact (such as places to harvest from and techniques to employ while harvesting). If the solution is that doing so is just inherently inexcusable, could you give me tips on how to propagate the moss I already have as efficiently as possible, so that I may have enough for bigger projects (like a bioactive vivarium for my snake)? Thank you very much for your time, - A worried moss enjoyer
I’m so glad you’re thinking about this and what actions you can take! It sounds like you’re being thoughtful and intentional about your harvesting practice and not harvesting for commercial use or profit. I recommend identifying the kinds of moss you’re harvesting and doing research on their growth and vulnerability. It’s also not legal to collect moss in many areas, so be mindful of the law and local cultural practices — it’s important to be respectful to the plants and the people who care for them. You also have to consider the environment they grow in — can you replicate it well? What substrates can you provide?
Try not to take from the same place if you can avoid it — give the moss a chance to recover. Monitoring their growth after harvesting can give you an idea of how much you affect them.
Mosses are diverse and their needs and growing speeds are different. My personal recommendation is to harvest a very small amount (and maybe some of the substrate, to make sure you don’t damage the underlying structures) and attempt to grow it at home. If you can’t support it, I would choose a different moss. I would try to find a moss that you can grow so you can harvest a small amount and let it spread naturally over time.
For propagation, my mosses live with my carnivorous plants so they have high humidity and light. Not all mosses want light though, so really check where they grow.
Thanks so much for writing in and being environmentally conscious! I hope you can keep enjoying moss for many years to come.
