Crickets bring good luck! 🍀😍
Loki was very happy! 💖😋
That was a "great green bush cricket" (Tettigonia viridissima). It's one of the largest grasshopper species in Europe. They're very common. In late summer, they wander 👣 from the herbaceous layer 🌾 into the shrub and tree layers 🌳. That's why you will find them more often at home.🏡
The video was shot in late September.🎥

Houseflies mating,
Musca domestica
(08/2015 in Oberursel, Germany)

Insects have a different nervous system than vertebrates like us. 🎉🎊 Not everything is controlled by the brain. 🙃🌳 The nerve cords are similar to a rope ladder. ☝🐝 In each body segment are two interconnected ganglia. ✌🐜 In the head several ganglia are fused together and form the brain. 👈🤓 The brain isn't really needed for survival, because the vital functions 💕 take place in other body segments. 💪😃 However, the fly can take without head no liquid or food. 💀🌈

A quick drawing I did today. 🤗

Laser eyes! 🐍🔥

Tachinid fly,
Tachina fera
(04/2019 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany)

The German name of this fly is Igelfliege, which means hedgehog fly. ❤ These loveable creatures lay their eggs on leaves. 🌿 When the maggots hatch, they crawl into caterpillars.👍🐛 One maggot per caterpillar. ☝🐛The caterpillar then plagues a lifelong feeling of internal erosion until it finally finds its well deserved death. 💀🐛 Take a look at this cute fly! 😍 It's very useful in pest control. They are cruel but very effective!

My bunnies wish you happy easter!
Berenike, Arsinoë and Loki 💞

Arsinoë:"I'm the Queen of the World!" 💭👸👑

Arsinoë 🌟🎥❤
There's no doubt that she's Loki's mother.

Loki 🌟🎥❤
Unlike other geckos, leopard geckos have movable eyelids. They also don't have adhesive toepads.

Red paper wasp,
Polistes canadensis
(10/2018 in Santa Teresa, Peru)

I've often encountered them in the Cusco region. With a wingspan of about 5 cm, they belong to the larger wasp species. The species name refers to Canada, but it doesn't occur there. The first describer, zoologist Carl von Linné, was misinformed. The red paper wasp lives in neotropical regions from Argentina to USA. Unfortunately, I couldn't photograph any of them alive. But a dead insect can also be quite interesting! I think it would fit well in a Star Wars movie, right?