Even so, female colbalt beetles mate a lot; one scientist recorded a female that mated 60 times.

Nature is amazing 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️

Calling out to all my fellow minibeast™️ lovers!

What is your favourite minibeast and why?

Have you and your minibeast always had a special connection? Does it have a cool ability or gadget you want the world to know of? Is it super important but (sadly) super underrated? Did you just discover it and can't shut up about it?

As I'm currently reading The sounds of a wild snail eating I was reminded of how I have always loved snails, and, in particular the big garden snails (aka Helix Pomatia). They've always fascinated me and I find them to be very graceful and fun to watch inhabitants of my parents' garden. Whenever it used to rain, me and my brother collected snails and made a little playground for them, and on a particularly rainy day we found over 100🤯🐌 Fun fact, they can reach up to 20 years of age, and when put on your hand they'll start gnawing on your skin (which tickles and feels like a little spa moment🙂‍↕️)

Apart from that, reading Silent Earth by Dave Goulson has made me an insect defender™️ and has increased my love for most insects by a lot! 🐞🐝🪰

this is a feature i know has been requested on the roadmap already, but bc i cannot wait for that feature to be reviewed and bc i am noisy af, i am asking y'all to introduce yourself to the community with 3 emoji's 🦦

maybe we can connect simply through (emoji) vibe 💫

this is me: ⭐️🐚🫐