/bzzt/ - Bugs & Insects GeneralPumpkin Carving EditionPost bugs and arthropods of all varieties.Previous thread:https://desuarchive.org/trash/thread/85698164Stories/Media/Artists:https://rentry.org/bugsandinsects
>>85974142Thread Question: Are you putting out Halloween decorations this year? If so, are any of them bug themed?
>>85974195I got some string lights with spiders on little strands!
>>85974142Huh, surprised someone actually did make another thread, though glad you did>>85974195Never been the biggest on decorations, but maybe some year there will come a time, would certainly be interested in some sort of spider decoration if I tried it
do not a bee
>>85977152The bee will be done without or without your approval
>>85975995
>>85983023Cowboy bug
>>85974195There was a cool post of a joltik plush hung up on a big spiderweb on a wall that I really liked, no idea if anyone here saw it.
>>85984128That decoration is a cool one
>>85985782fluff
Spooking your bugroomie
>>85987444Spooking the spooker
Hello buggers, here's Chapter 45 of The Howler>https://archiveofourown.org/works/61103611/chapters/253554216It's a bit shorter than I'd like, but I wanted to get something out and I was afraid jumping into another scene would end up doubling the word count before I could get to an end point. Also, from this point forward I've got nothing to do but focus on finishing this, so I hope to get the next chapters out ASAP to make up for it.
>>85989000A short but nevertheless eventful chapter, the Bleed Apex is a very crafty smugbug. Her actions may have turned this coop from a longshot to somewhat good odds when she turned he Fyrix Capital into a deadzone.I wonder what the Fyrix social media is like when this is all happening.>Who do you think is behind the Howler?>Poll: Is the one former known as Nestiri the new Khyllar?>Could Kor defeat the Howler?>HELP THRELLS ARE ESCAPING THE BLEEDS! <THREAD DELETED>
>>85989000As the other anon said, short but eventful, and what a tactic they've employed, will be quite intriguing to see how this plays out, and whether any other side effects come from a communications blackout for the capital given the other aspects of the current situation. Also, interesting to consider the threll who never had a life outside the bleeds, machines and a society that was merely stories and accounts rather than part of a life lived for them.
>>85989000> literally the same situation as leaving the default password for the login screenbruhno wonder they hate ai's and robots, they have absolutely shit security auditing practices.
Some good Mothra pics in the Playgirl thread.
hi /bzzt/ i honestly dont know if ive posted here years back or just dreamt it. I might have? I really dont remember but here is an old picture of my Mantis OC
>>85995338If you did post it, it must have a long while ago, but either way nice mantis
do bugs trick or treat
>>85995574If they do, would they need a costume?
breaking news: local prehistoric water bug blows bubbles
>>85995574Probably
>>85995559Thanks, this was made this yea, its not very good but happy i did make it anyway
any good bug stories on ao3? i specify ao3 because it’s easy to download the stories as a pdf and then run that pdf through a tts app so i can listen to it while putting together lego or blokees or playing a game on mute
https://youtube.com/watch?v=XtWj_HbV5ycBecome pill bugEat leaf
>>85996793The Howler, obviously (it's been posted above)Apart from that, from the reading list in the OP, My Waspfu and The Hitchhiker have the most substance from my recollection. Mark of Shame is alright, but it's unfinished and hasn't been updated in nearly a year. There's also Three Quests of Cordyll, as well as the Unprofessional series (it's M/M) from the same author as Howler, so they're very good. I know you specified Ao3, but I'll go ahead and shout out Nor Crystal Tears and Children of Time for good bug novels.
>>85995720Seeing the scythes in color now you definitely posted that mantis before, interesting take to have literal scythe arms
>>86003677Cool artwork
>>86002151You as well, but with a shell.
>>85995650bubble bug
bzzt
>>86013932True love
Tactical wasp girl
>>86002151I def havent posted that pic but mybe it was def the older ones wish i knew which. Posting more now tho this time>>86007672huh?
>>86001063Speaking of the Unprofessional Series, Writing a SFW story for nearly two years inspired me to commission some stuff lewd of Zil from Art Demon's Lair. There's a few variants.
I'm really happy with how his colored turned out. It's the exact kind of Earthy iridescence I was describing in the story. Also the way his abdominal plates bulge out ever so slightly is beautiful to me.
Bug bliss
>>86022568The hands touching is really cute.
>>86022568Zil! Bug butt worth betraying humanity for
>>86022568Very nice, great to see more of that couple, bug especially
>>86028545That ain't no bug.
>>86028689Sorry, wrong thread.
>>86018348Second post is just someone replying to what's being said in the pink mantis pic
The bugs have finally been sorted out.
I wonder what would bee a cool bee subspecies for a fae-like oc...there must be a lot of them, right?
We live again.
More bugs in the threads, less in the software
>>86033981As far as fae go mostly seen them as moths but bound to be a good number of bee species that can fit the bill as well, some sort of mining bee or something maybe
>>86035289Yeah, like I've seen this image before for various bee subspecies, some of which are pretty unexpected looking. I wanted her to be a fae queen bee of sorts, overlooking a queendom of fae that are all insect species is why.
>>86021496>that tail anusby god, I want to smother my face in there and become covered with her ass juice so badly
>>86037165Surely kabbu would buy her a new ice cream rather than just riding away like that
>>86037165>>86038374Was wondering why the animation seemed incredibly off to me; it was Kabbu with two eyes.
>>86001063Mark of shame got updated in june tho.
>>85977152
Don't piss her off.
>>86053926dangerous shrimp
>>86056694what use does mothra have for boobs
>>86057128Why do most bugs need boobs for?
>>86057259Fair enough
it's ok for bug women to be flat chested
>>86057619Correct
>>86058270need my hands on that chitin
morton
>>86059646How's he getting a thong around that abdomen
>>86059646beautiful bug
I missed you all, my fellow bugchuds. How do you think big bugs maintain their temperature internally in hot places, apart from staying out of the sun, air conditioning, and other external methods? As far as I'm aware, bugs don't sweat and they're not usually at a size where heat is troublesome.
>>86027507I have been summoned
>>86071546Oh cool, more of the silverfish, very nice art there
>>86069015They would probably have evolved to develop some form of thermoregulation, pushing heat towards the abdomen where maybe the spiracles could work to siphon heat out into the surrounding air in some fashion or maybe just air passing over the abdomen cools the hemolymph or something, overall cooling the bug. Could also have chitin scales or something as insulation against heat
LO dev wants the /bzzt/ audience
made a wasp oc for fun in like an hour. i like how she can see you even with her head up like that heh)
>>86076375Waspgirl is a cutie.>i like how she can see you even with her head up like that heh)Or if you're directly below her or behind her. Can't escape her watchful gaze
>>86076375Very nice, fits quite well to the waspish body type, the body flowing into the abdomen like that rather than it being a sort of tail attachment works pretty well
>>86076375Nice and sleek design
My dad isn't a fan of my mothman plush. He thinks seeing it in the middle of the night will scare him.
>>86081607Seeing a random pair of red dots in the middle of the night would probably be at least a bit startling
>>85989000Oh dang, I didn't realize you posted on /trash/.Great chapter! I really like the Uno reverse card you pulled on these buggers.Actually, since you're here, would you be able to tell me what the image embed in Chapter 41 is supposed to be? The catbox link only leads to an empty file ^:(
>>86087639Oh, it's just this really simple sketch of a Fyrix pile. I guess Catbox really hates it for some reason. Thanks for reading though! pretty much all my works under that alias were for /bzzt/ specifically. I've been writefagging here for years
>>86089990Neat! I got recommended Howler in a Casualties: Unknown /v/ thread after dunking on The Nature of Predditors for the umpteenth time. Who'd have thought HFY's better when written by an actual human?
>>86081607>>86081637Well I for one wouldn't mind being set upon by a mothman within a pitch black room, where those red eyes are all I can see.>>86089990Never seen that pic before, that is so adorable.>>86091169>Who'd have thought HFY's better when written by an actual human?TBF, a lot of HFY stories are written by humans and are still bad. Issues usually is that the stories feels like shallow caricatures, being that of an actual alien species, where they are amazed by some stupid shit like humans breathing oxygen, meeting the humans (whom are either a "noble warrior race" or like in NoP, this "overly saintly" race). The strength of the Howler is within the efforts of making everything feel "grounded", where everything that happens has some form of sensible explanation, like the fact that Eigen's successes against the Fyrix is mostly on the fact that the Fyrix weren't equipped with handling an alien that is 3 times bigger than any sophont species they encountered, in which they ended up adapting to very quickly to that fact. It's small thing like that which helps making the Fyrix feel like an actual thinking alien instead of being a cheerleader of the human's might.
>Well I for one wouldn't mind being set upon by a mothman within a pitch black room, where those red eyes are all I can see.Suppose it can be a bit more hot than scary when put like that
>>86092100>>86093120Of course I would forget to actually reply to the post
>>86091169Oh man, in a Cas:U thread? That's hilarious to me on more levels than you can possibly imagine. I hope you enjoy the full release!I'll admit, I've read NoP before. I don't really consider my work HFY, even though it hits some similar themes. It's mostly an excuse to talk about aliens and have someone hug a bug. On the whole I'd say I enjoyed NoP, but it became a very braindead 'enjoyed' (though the sequel was abject trash and not even dumb fun.) There were so many things that irritated me, and so I'd be lying if I didn't say it was an inspiration, insofar as I wanted to make something that *didn't* do all the shit that annoyed me. Apart from the incredibly simplistic human worship is how every single alien race was some anthro Earth animal, and every culture was interchangeable with one another. I know it's rich coming from the guy who clearly made his race an anthro insect, but since they're carrying the plot I wanted them to be at least somewhat easy to imagine while still being their own thing.I could talk at length of all the things I disliked about it, and I'm sure my thing will forever be a hundredth as popular because it's about bugs and tries to have a little more verve, but it always makes me happy hearing people like my particular spin on it.
>>86075723A bit of nice art coming out of that
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1D-nZ7VzCghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2BKhcEAL0ABug people series thing that popped up, haven't watched them yet but might be of interest here
>>86081607Him saying that inspired me to draw this, thanks dad
>>86101681This reminds me of how SMT's Mothman is actually very colorful in the light, but in silhouette would probably look like classic depictions of the Mothman.
>>86101681Surprised bugs are funny to look at
Hello, here's Chapter 46 of The Howler>https://archiveofourown.org/works/61103611/chapters/254704366This one clocks in at 3.6k words. It was definitely the right decision to cut the other one short. We're back on our favorite three bugs as well as the military's attempt to keep on top of things. The howler is making it very difficult for them. I'm definitely going to be changing some names when I do a final edit on this. After seeing Zharr and Zyrrs' name appear in the same chapter for the first time, I knew it must be done. Zharr was originally a bit of a play on Tsar, but I might make it Sharr or something. I might also rename Nithry to Kithry to avoid conflict with Nestiri. It's close enough that I can accept it even after getting attached to their names.Also, thanks to Steve for the cute Fyrix art
It's Vi!From Final Fantasy VI!
>>86103914I want a kith from kithry.
>>86103914Very cool to see the other side of the suppression field movement, going to take quite the effort to even get anywhere near Eigen in this state and as stated the ability to negotiate is not exactly at its best. Funny to see Nestiri twist the knife on just how bad the situation, will say that I did almost read his name as Nithry a time though so changing one of their names like how you mentioned would probably be for the best. Interesting how much respect and nobility stays up even at a time like this, the line "stop an attack on the center of all our pride" is of particular note with how it frames things amongst the concern of the well-being of the population. Certainly look forward to how all this plays out, especially with other threll communities taking advantage of the situation to escape as well. Also, nice art there, think I might have to get my own comm from that guy at some point
>>86110443He wouldn't even think it was weird. I just hope you're okay with getting slightly poisonous (but sweet) bug juice in your mouth.
>>85974142Morning
You see this. What do you do?
>>86116616Well, the two options you have are to help him in his quest to find a mate or leave him to seek one out on his own
mantis look at this
>>86117609Okay, I'm looking
>>86095803SO FLUFFY!!!
>>86093574I skimmed through NoP, but I am reading "Howler" carefully and enjoying the hell out of it!
>>86091169Soundtrack for that pic...>https://youtu.be/NypD7OmyinQ
>>86120785I'll do ya one better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhU1lUQmn9g
>New Parasite Eve is looking great.
>>86120666Especially fluffy spider
Apparently vintage story has a mod that lets you play as a bug personhttps://mods.vintagestory.at/insectoid
>>86124823Cool. Just got into playing the game recently.
>>86124823> Vintage Story modification> The same VS that gave a job to a modification maker who implemented code in the game that caused the game to crash randomly when certain mods were used because the autist had a grudge with those other mod makers> "We're keeping him on but this time he's being watched guys, you can trust us this time"Wow, look at that enthusiasm i had just fucking evaporate.This is about as bad as that Star Sector modding scene situation... Which now that i remember back to it, was basically the same as this one.Fuck.
>>86130490Damn, that sucks
>>86130490Don't forget that the modder's statement when his malware was revealed was basically "Yeah, it seems fucked, but I don't regret doing it", as well as the VS discord having a suppression campaign where they were banning people who brought it up for a while.
>>86130490>>86133120Well fuck, and here I was considering it was finally time to maybe get that game
>>86130490>>86134298It's not as bad as the Starsector situation. That one targeted specific mods from people they disagreed with politically and bricked your entire save. Not to run defense for Maltiez, but unlike that, it's easier to attribute his actions to retardation rather than outright malice.Even though he'd been hired by the team, the crash code was in his personal mod libraries he made beforehand. The crash code only worked in multiplayer and was intended to target a specific cheat mod that people were using maliciously to ruin multiplayer games. The issue was that it also triggered on completely benign mods and obfuscated the cause of the crash, making it impossible for those modders to address the issue. Again, extremely retarded behavior, but not entirely malicious. People are right to complain, and the Discord moderator's response to the situation was horrible, but Discord mods are all basement virgin NEETs; it's not like they've taken courses on crisis management. My only rankle is that they kept Maltiez on the dev team, but still, it's not bad enough that I'd consider blacklisting the game for life. And to play devils advocate, some of the pearl clutching comes from people who were simply annoyed that it was interfering with their cheat clients.
>>86141606Have to wonder what ended up happening to that artist
>>86143260Different anon here, I miss them too.
>>86094509Even the dev's drawing something.
>>86146804It's finished.
>>86148464These assholes that knock me down the elevators in Metropolis Zone constantly.
Buzz!
>>86147816Quite the collection there
>>86148464
>>86164252chubee
Bzzzzzzzt
>>86167364bugs that buzz
buzzy bee boy
PoV a bug crawls into your bed
>>86168892jackpot
I love the antennae desperately searching for dick smell.
What a mess...(Thanks again to ArtDemonsLair for feeding my unhealthy addiction)
>>86168892>>86168899>>86168913Awesome
>>86168892Damn, very hot set there, the antennae stuff is a really nice touch as you said
Talkin' about bugsex
If their was a bug game what would you want to see in it? Lewd or no...
found an old animation I started a year back
>>86176145Hate how that is just anomalocaris parts stapled onto a generic furry base that doesn't really work>>86178111A bug society that isn't based around a colony/hive, plenty of non-eusocial bugs to make something more interesting>>86178902Not my thing to see other mammals with bugs like that, but can appreciate the work and situation presented, good stuff
>>86181360Glad something more was drawn of that cricket, even if it's just a comm
>>86178111Being able to make use of some sort of mimic bug as a player rather than just an enemy would be cool
Well that made me fart.
>>86183891What are the charges?
>>86188417>>85983369Grape theft
What would bugs dress up as for halloween?
>>86199832probably something really scary, like a giant bug with a mask
>>86199832A striped bee/wasp/hornet/yellowjacket could dye their yellow stripes white and go as a prisoner.
mind if i molt here?HHHHHNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGG AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
>>86205032Better not leave the molt lying around at least
>>86178902love the romantic vibes in this animation, hope you can finish it someday
>>86205032
>>86205032I don't mind at all
>>86220517Makes sense that artist would get in the lookoutside art thing, already drawing a couple of the other characters
>>86226670Wish sannota would draw more these days
>>86229744Quite the flair for the dramatic
https://www.patreon.com/Frankiesmileshow/posts/clyde-week-173418853?collection=2456168
>>86233855Cute
Mushi
>>86238668Bugs?
Happy Halloween
>>86241439>>86243025Fair bit of art of them dressed up for halloween, it's nice
>>86245064Well none of them had a chance to be children while growing up so gotta make up for lost time.
>>86246926Singular braincell cryptid
Long animation of Hornet fucking a human was released todayCatbox due to length and soundhttps://files.catbox.moe/2wf4u1.mp4
>>86247634> video is four minutes> 3D Hornet model by GhostOfOnyx> the one with the abdomen and realistic carapace joints and unsettling face maskEXCITE> actual media is 3.25 minutes of only 2 positions with camera switches but no cum followed by 0.75 minutes of patreon sub beggingtoday has been moderately improved, though tarnished by excessively hopeful expectation
>>86249915Haha Halloween, get it?
Welp, Ao3 is dead, but here's Chapter 47 of The Howler anyway!>https://rentry.co/iaq3idarI'm just going to assume anyone who cares has already read all the previous chapters and wait for it to come back online. We've got Eigen doing his best impression of a beast of burden, but as terrifying as he is, he's not stronger than the bug equivalent of a tank.Glad I finished before the thread died.By the way, this is Eigen's canonical voice when he's doing his warcries.https://youtu.be/batpfYvI3ng?t=77
>>86252429>but as terrifying as he is, he's not stronger than the bug equivalent of a tank.Certainly not, technology will always overcome natural advantages, especially if they have a multi-millennia head start with it. I doubt Eigen would have any chance against that walker even if wasn't running on fumes like he was back there, as that would be way too much of a stretch. That Apex's plan was a real gamechanger.Now we at the final mile of the story, not too far to go.
>>86252429>here's Chapter 47 of The Howler anyway!hurrah!>By the way, this is Eigen's canonical voice when he's doing his warcries.based
how do you deal with bugs not being real?
>>86257376Buying a fighting beetle.
