A girl is always at fault. Girls shouldn't talk to strangers, girls should behave. girls are responsible for their own safety. I was tired of hearing this countless times from women around me, but today my mother says the same. What a beautiful day to be a girl. Wonderful day.

That ant nest turns out to be a weaver ant nest. I found weaver ants on the tree.😄😍🐜🐜

Interesting case of a bagworm😄 #indiaves

Patrycja Humienik

Lacewing larva (Osmylops sp.) camouflaged on the surface of a leaf in ambush for invertebrate prey. Like a unique merging of a bear trap and peek-a-boo. I wrote a short blog post about this cool find in the tropics of Far North Queensland, Australia: gilwizen.com/stop-tricking-…

Leafhopper comic! Because I want people to stop asking me if they’re the same thing as grasshoppers.

Welcome! Come on in....? Tiger beetle larva

If you happened to read my essay on Jamal Ara, India's first 'birdwoman', you might recall that one of my biggest heartbreaks was learning that Ara, in her final days, had burned down all of her life’s work. One of the highlights since then has been the fortuitous discovery of +

Perisphaerus is a genus of atypical roaches that conglobate, meaning they roll up into a ball when threatened. Here's a brood of little pills snuggling up under their mama.

My sister created this beautiful mixed media art by combining my tanka sequence and two of my watercolor paintings. I really love how it turned out. ✨