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I like drawing Virgil a little too much and drawing specific headcanons even more

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Okay well not only do I rarely draw anymore I also basically never draw digitally and do not own a stylus. But I’ve been rewatching sanders sides after years and decided to do a quick sketch and didn’t feel like grabbing a notebook so you all get to see it now I guess

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If you have a bad day and love bugs I strongly recommend looking up Pachypodistes (genus of moths)!

Trust me. You NEED to see these guys. You won't regret it.

There's no love like an entomologist's love for their favorite weird-looking bug. This love is the purest biggest love ever.

Like I have a professor who studies weevils. He's excited about them like a child, even after years and years of studying them. And nearly every time someone mentiones weevils around him, he IMMEDIATELY joins the conversation and infodumps about his long-nose-buddies for 30 minutes, even if no one asked. When working in his lab, students have one rule: DO NOT MENTION WEEVILS, if you don't want to get stuck in endless weevil lecture.

I find that precious.

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Above: a carnivorous pug moth caterpillar, Eupithecia orichloris, ambushing a fly

Lepidopteran predators are extremely rare, but they do exist. Some of the most interesting examples include the carnivorous pug moth caterpillars of the genus Eupithecia, the ant-eating casebearer, the Hawaiian snail-eating moth, and the bone-collector caterpillars of the genus Hyposmocoma. Curiously, almost all of the species on this list are endemic to Hawaii.

Above: Eupithecia orichloris

The carnivorous pug moth, Eupithecia orichloris, is probably the most famous predatory caterpillar in the world, thanks to the striking and unusual method by which it captures its prey -- this species is an ambush predator that often disguises itself as a twig and then pops up out of nowhere, violently plucking its prey from the foliage. Eupithecia is the only lepidopteran genus that is known to contain ambush predators, which makes this behavior seem even more striking.

The ant-eating casebearer, Ippa conspersa, is another carnivorous caterpillar that feeds on ants and other insects (both as a predator and as a scavenger). This species uses silk, sand, and other fine debris to build a flat, peanut-shaped "shell" around its body, and the "shell" acts as a kind of camouflage, allowing the caterpillar to sneak into ant nests and hunt.

Above: the ant-eating casebearer and its unique "shell"

As its name implies, the ant-eating casebearer often feeds on ants, but it has also been known to eat cockroaches and other insects.

Above: an ant-eating casebearer feeding on a cockroach

Hyposmocoma molluscivora, commonly known as the Hawaiian snail-eating moth, is a casebearing caterpillar that feeds on live snails. It uses strands of silk to immobilize its prey, tethering the snail in place so that it can climb into the victim's shell and feed on the soft flesh within. The caterpillars of this genus are the only lepidopterans that are known to feed on molluscs; all of the other predatory caterpillars feed on arthropods (insects and arachnids).

Above: this photo shows a Hawaiian snail-eating moth using strands of silk to hold its prey in place

The genus Hyposmocoma also contains the predatory "bone-collector" caterpillars, which cover themselves with the body parts of other insects and arachnids, often scavenging the leftover pieces from spiderwebs. They carefully trim each piece of exoskeleton and then arrange them all together onto a portable silk mesh.

The caterpillars often live side-by-side with spiders, as they opportunistically feed on the insects that they find trapped in spiderwebs, and their macabre body ornaments likely serve as camouflage; they allow the caterpillar to avoid being detected or attacked by spiders.

Above: a bone-collector caterpillar covered in the body parts of other insects, including a large weevil head that is clearly visible near the center, several ant heads, a fly's leg, the abdomen of a bark beetle, a wing, and several pieces of antennae, among other things

Other carnivorous moths have been featured in at least two of my previous posts, including this post about the "vampire moths" of genus Calyptra, which have been known to drink human blood, and this post about planthopper parasite moths, which are technically more parasitoid than predatory.

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