I've been here on SG for a while, but haven't contributed to the site in more than conversations. I'd like to change that, though it won't be a swift process for one of my limited financial means.
This will be my first giveaway, and I'd love to keep the winner, or anyone who'd like to talk from time to time, as a steam friend. This is a game that I've wanted to play for a long time, and it has incredibly groovy artwork... However, the backlog is strong with me, and I ought to deal with it first, so hopefully one of you can tell me what you think of "Paper Sorcerer" instead.
The winner should add me on steam, and I'll send the gift to them from my inventory as soon as I'm able. I'd greatly appreciate if the winner could mark the game as 'received', as well.
Rather than repetitive and thoughtless 'thanks', I'd love to see some pictures of insects, especially ones that you have personally encountered.
Currently I'm studying entomology at university, and would be happy to identify whatever arthropods you'd care to post here, or on my steam page.
And a brief note: I would be appreciative of a comment on this page by the winner, once RNGesus has decided the fate of this game.
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ty =)
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A pleasure. May the Parcae be with you.
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I don't have pictures since I'm on mobile, but would you mind telling me which beetle you would enter into a wrestling match?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insect_fighting
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I suppose if I wanted to win I'd enter a Hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules), but my personal favorite types of beetle are those of genus Nicrophorus, a type of carrion beetle. They wrestle with others of their species for the right to bury a small dead vertebrate, with which they later feed their young. They're odd among insects, in that the parents take exceptionally good care of the young, usually tending them until they pupate. Here's a link to some photos.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/4954
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I think it's one of the Chrysomelidae, the leaf beetles, but the dew makes it hard to be certain. Beautiful macro shot, though.
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I have some, though no idea if you have any interest (or knowledge) in European insects. Still, thanks? :<
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I'd be delighted to see their pictures - while there's some difference between old world and new world invertebrate fauna, there are still a great many similarities, and I do have a couple of old guides to beetles of the British isles.
And you are most welcome. May the Parcae favor you this day!
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Thanks!
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:.(
Had you not the time to read the description?
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I did, but insects are not my thing at all; so me posting anything related would be thoughtless.
I am really grateful though for Your giveaway, hence why I still decided to say thanks.
But OK, Ill play along. Lets say I like bees...
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Honey_bee_%28Apis_mellifera%29.jpg/1920px-Honey_bee_%28Apis_mellifera%29.jpg
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Sadly, the only animals I make photos of are my cat and the stork that sometimes comes to wander in my parents' yard :( Thanks though! I rarely see this game in giveaways :)
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Storks are magnificent creatures, and it's amazing that you see them so close to home!
Is this particular one a type that feeds on carrion?
Best of luck to you in the GA - I thought that a less common game might be welcomed!
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Yes, it's the typical one that eats frogs and stuff, I guess, because he always comes after rain when there's lots of such things in high grass :) Here it is lol (super shitty quality since I had to zoom in a lot with my wooden phone):
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Fair enough, this is not the insect itself, it is a model of it... But here it is, a representative from my country!
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I love treehoppers, and South America has so very many extraordinary ones! Thank you for the lovely picture - I think it makes a wonderful representative for your country.
I'm wishing you luck!.
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Totally generic thanks
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Thanks!!!
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I live in Quebec and last summer I saw what, to me, looks like a golden Ladybug. I since then found out that it
was a Golden Tortoise Beetle, but when I saw it, I though it was amazingly beautiful. I know the're several kind of beetles
that are golden, but it was the first time I had seen one in my house...
Thanks for the wishlisted GA:)
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Tortoise beetles are some of my favorite insects - oddly enough, they belong to Chrysomelidae, just like the other beetle posted above!
Something I find exquisitely beautiful in tortoise beetles is how their shell tends to be translucent, if not perfectly clear, near the edges. You can se the beetle's eyes in the above picture, as that dark marking beneath the pronotal shield.
I know that when they're attacked (often by ants), they clamp down on the leaf they're perched upon, and are very difficult to pry off. I suspect that they may be able to see their attackers through that clear portion of their pronotal shield, though I have no proof.
Last summer I was in the sand hill prairies of north-western Iowa, and I found 5 or so species of these - some had beautiful red markings on top of their gold, while others had a white, lace-like pattern about the edge of the elytra. Lovely picture, and I wish you all the best.
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