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Absinthe wrote:
Not an insect but tardigrades. Tough motherfuckers. Tardigrades can be found in the tops of Himalayas, hot springs, in the depths of the sea and under forever frozen snow (idk what it is called in English, in a nutshell, the snow that has for been frozen for centuries without melting, usually hold organisms that are only not found elsewhere.) If that is not enough tardigrades are one the only animals that can change their metabolism to cryptobiosis.

December wrote:
omg yes pls

Absinthe wrote:
Adelotypa annulifera, a metalmark butterfly. The butterflies feed of bamboo nectar and co-exist with bullet ants, sometimes even stealing bamboo sap from the ants. The egg are laid in bamboo culm sheaths and later in life the caterpillars of the species fool the ants to nurse them with chemicals.  The pattern of the adult butterfly mimics the ants' pattern which provides protection from predators and helps fool the ants.

Absinthe wrote:
Braconid wasps, Heerz tooya because of the pun. The wasps are not your "common" wasps but usually parasitoids usually to larvae of the wood-boring beetles. Same way as the name drew me in with the braconid wasps, so did your name the first time l saw you.

Absinthe wrote:
Umbelligerus woldai. l have to admit l don't much at all of them and there cant be a lot of information found but l do love how the insect looks