Potential Application ForMastigoproctus Giganteus, The Giant Vinegaroon.

Potential application for Mastigoproctus giganteus, the giant vinegaroon. 

Vinegaroons are a lesser known order of arachnids, the Thelyponida. They don’t have venom but they can spray acetic acid, the main component of vinegar! Though these funny little critters may look intimidating to some, they’re harmless unless you’re a small prey insect (or you can’t stand the smell of pickles).

Little Alien is a character I drew some comics for a while ago - thinking of returning to them! They're a tiny alien scientist investigating different bugs.

A couple of tags on my previous comic about Opiliones were talking about other daddy longlegs - that’s the trouble with common names!

(Deleting and reposting because I realized I uploaded it wrong - sorry to anyone who commented, I’m still getting used to Tumblr again and very much enjoying it!)

My vampire cleric and doctor, Silas Wood! I’m playing him in our most recently started D&D campaign. Man’s trying to find a cure for his sick kid and not kill anyone. I will admit I’m a sucker (ha) for a good edgy vampire.

Also a fellow player pointed out vampire doctor is basically Morbius so now I have to live with that.

The rather large (by mosquito standards) elephant mosquito, Toxorhynchites rutilus, with jack-in-the-pulpit plants. Designed for a fellow lab member that works with mosquitoes. Though you may not be a mosquito fan, you might like this one - as larvae, they eat other mosquito larvae. As adults, they don't bite but instead both males and females feed on sugary substances.

References:

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Machado, G., & Raimundo, R. L. G. (2001). Parental investment and the evolution of subsocial behaviour in harvestmen (Arachnida Opiliones). Ethology Ecology & Evolution, 13(2), 133–150. https://doi.org/10.1080/08927014.2001.9522780

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Nazareth, T. M., & Machado, G. (2009). Reproductive behavior of Chavesincola inexpectabilis (Opiliones, Gonyleptidae) with description of a new and independently evolved case of paternal care in harvestmen. Journal of Arachnology, 37(2), 127–134. https://doi.org/10.1636/ST08-32.1

Shear, W. (2009). Harvestmen: Opiliones—Which include daddy-long-legs—Are as exotic as they are familiar. American Scientist, 97(6), 468-475.