As a kid, I always loved to watch the "Bionic Six" on TV. "Bionic, Bionic Six uh-oh-uh-ooh!" 😆😆😆
In 2007, I just invented the "new BIONIC 2.0"! 🤔😅🙃

This is a titmel. It's been first described in 2007. Other than camels, it lives in the mangroves only. When the flood comes, it sticks its long trunk inside a tight and wet hole. The thickening at the tip of the trunk serves as an anchor. At the back it has two huge humps which always float on the surface. They feel very nice. Because the titmel can't breathe underwater, there's a nose on each hump. It can't flee in water, so it follows a very interesting defense strategy. If an enemy appears (mostly sea cucumbers), it sprays milk out of its noses. That's very confusing for the enemy, because milk signals offspring. Every predator knows not to fight a feeding mother. When living at land, this weird animal behaves almost like a common rabbit. Always hopping around, looking for huge carrots and fresh holes. Scientists still try to figure out the reproductive system of that species. There's no evidence for sexual reproduction yet. It seems as if they just appear out of random holes in the swamp. Scientists definitely need to dig much deeper, harder and faster!

Crane fly,
Tipula sp.❤
(05/2003 in Oberursel, Germany)

Isn't it beautiful?😍 Crane flies are completely harmless.😁 Many believe they are huge mosquitoes.😆 Their mandibles are only suitable for absorbing water and nectar and can't penetrate through the skin.☝ What can end fatally, however, is to get the giggles from people panicking around the whole apartment.😂🙈🙉🙊




Do you see behind the wings these small stems with the thickening at the end? In evolutionary terms, these are reduced wings and serve as orientation. They are called halteres and are a fascinating development of Mother Nature. Many other flying insects have that too. Simply said, the halteres swing through the wing movements, and as the animal changes direction, the vibration also changes.💡

🕸🕷 Tag your friend for a HAPPY HALLOWEEN surprise!👿

Great house spider, Eratigena atrica 🕷💕
When someone asks me to identify a spider, it's usually the great house spider. With a size of up to 2 cm, it's the largest spider found in German houses. It's pretty nimble: 50 cm per second! The bite can cause a light swelling, but they don't bite without being provoked. By the way, the wasp spider is even bigger than the great house spider (up to 2.5 cm). But those can only be found in nature.

Common crab spider,
Xysticus cristatus 🕷💕 She came to my apartment because it's getting cold outside. I gave her a lesser mealworm. We can become good friends! 😊

🌸🚁 Marmalade hoverfly (male),
Episyrphus balteatus
(06/2019 in Oberursel, Germany)

Marmalade hoverflies always follow the nice weather! 🌞 This species belongs to the migratory insects and forms dense seasonal swarms. In autumn, these travel from Central Europe to the Mediterranean region (vice versa in spring). The hoverflies cross the passes of the low mountain ranges, the Pyrenees and the Alps! 👍🐝



🎶 Music: "Hey, Are You Here?"
👤 by Kara Square 🔖 Licensed under
Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial 3.0 🔊 Sound effect: "Helicopter"
👤 by navaneetha kris 🔖 Licensed under
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0

On the edge of the world, where dreams come true! 😃☄🐛☄
At least that's what some geckos think, I think. 😂

My new roommate "Piñata DeBicho"! 🤗
It's a conehead mantis (Empusa pennata).
But you shouldn't believe everything. ☝
There is also some evidence that it comes from the planet Remulak! 👾🚀
Who cares! Just let the little conqueror march a bit! 😍


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Music: Mixed parts of "Haze" by Doxent Zsigmond (2018) and "Muy Caliente" by Apoxode (2019). Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0)

Clever place for a cobweb! 🕸🕷🏵 Breakfast is safe, 🐝✌
just need to wait! 🍽⏰🙃
Could watch the sky a little bit....🔭 Oh, what kind of weird beast is that watching me? 😲 Does it have moths in its fur?🙈🙈🙈

Me and my bro, Banana Joe! 😉