ALL bug themed pets - pls help!

[otterbug]

lookie here!

someone said the guinea pigs were based on grasshoppers? Has anyone figured out which ones?

I have a guess on a few of them but I don't know enough about them to be entirely sure. I'd love to know what they are based on also.

Oho It's My time to shine....

Grasshopper Nymph

Green Grasshopper

Eastern Lubber Grasshopper (Black)

Male Desert Locust

Brown Locust

Rainbow Milkweed Locust

Eastern Lubber Grasshopper (Yellow)

Because I don't want to trip people up too much with big photos of closeup bugs, you should def look them up if you're interested! Grasshoppers are fascinating and wonderful creatures. The Rainbow Milkweed Locust is ESPECIALLY striking, it was really hard to get it to translate to these lines!

[Cygnetta]

an orb weaver I believe June 2009


archive/2015/August/Pony <<this litter is all based on beetles

<<ladybird spider July 2009

[the.paper.rabbit]

[conarcoin]

Actual bugs:


Significantly bug-themed:


Not insects, but bug-adjacent:


Some of these there's more in the same litter!!

[otterbug]

update since august 2023 with more bug/bug adjacent pets!-

september 2023:


halloween 2023:
rosy maple moth
garden tiger moth
giant leopard moth
white lined sphinx moth
luna moth

horned/spiny orb weaver spiders (also from halloween 2023)-


honorable christmas 2023 mention:

january 2024 - ISOPOD MONKEYS! :
dairy cow isopod
purple giant isopod
magic potion isopod
red diablo isopod
rubber ducky isopod!

march 2024:
carpenter bees <3


also march 2024:
Figeater beetle
Jewel beetle
Japanese beetle
Fiery searcher beetle
Tiger beetle

honorable mention from easter 2024: monarch butterfly chicken and two others


easter 2024 - bee-like deer:


july 2024 - cats with moth wings:

Vashti Sphinx Moth - Bengal

Regal Moth - Black cat (or Bombay if you're so inclined)

Darling Underwing Moth - Somali

Nuttall's Sheep Moth - Siamese

Virgin Moth - Turkish Van
pps cocoon honorable mention!!!

august 2024 - butterfly snakes!:
Monarch and pps catapillar
Eastern Black Swallowtail and pps catapillar
Hornworm
Tomato Hornworm
and to quote our number 1 bug artist!!!:

The final caterpillar is indeed a tomato hornworm! I have a special love for caterpillars and I love the PPS snakes so XD I had to. The PPS egg is meant to mimic a caterpillar inside the egg that is about to hatch, as well!

halloween 2024:
i dont think these guys are real -
(could be Rhopalurus junceus ?)
(could be bioluminescent scorpion?)
(?)
(real) Arizona Bark scorpion
(real) Emperor scorpion

halloween 2024 jumping spiders:
white-jawed JS
common brown JS
Johnson's JS
Brilliant JS
tan JS (?)
(?)
regal JS (?)
grey wall jumper (?)
(?)
green JS

halloween 2024 - hamster isopod:
yellow spotted isopod
panda king isopod
rubber ducky isopod
Montenegro or Clown isopod

christmas 2024:
adorable grub <3

store pet from 2024 - honorable mention:
this bug horse! likely a malachite butterfly ?

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alright i think that's it! let me know if you have any questions or would like me to clarify on anything. my dms are always open!

anyways everyone say "thank you otterbug" because this took me four hours LOL

[strawberry_dolly]

it's littermates (bee and ladybug) are included already, but this butterfly wolf from April 2009 is also based on an insect I think? it's called the junebug bwolf!

[house4hippo]

there's a pony litter based on bees from 2013 that I don't think anyone's mentioned yet!




and while it's...CERTAINLY not an easy target to collect, it'd be wrong not to at least mention the UR bee lol. just for completion's sake!

[troops21]

Bumping this because bug based pets are always so pretty