It seems the universe is constantly making fun at our expense. One of the ways it does that is by trying to disorientate us. Whether it's a rock that looks exactly like a human heart or a cloud formation that disguised itself as a floating ocean, optical illusions are all around us.

Name: Infinite Bumby Skill: Just Peachy Quote: "hoho!! what a gloriouous day!!!"

The strangest but most beautiful animals. Nature is amazing.

Mother Nature continues to amaze us every day, even when we fail to treat her with the love and respect she deserves. There are too many dreamy landscapes and mind-boggling animals that exist right outside our urban surroundings, just waiting to be appreciated. But be careful though — if you get too close, things can go from mesmerizing to straight-up terrifying in mere seconds.

Giant Plush Moth // Janin Creatures on Etsy

I found a freshly-molted Cicacada this morning. Luckily for me, it stayed still long enough to allow me to photograph her.

Portrait of a male lantern bug (Saiva transversolineata, Hemiptera, Fulgoridae) from E-Kalimantan, Kutai, Kartanegara (November 2020). Studio work with a dried collection specimen (reused); first rehydrated then staged. Focus stack, 100 images, assembled in Zerene Stacker (Pmax & Dmap). Sony A7Rm3 + Laowa 65mm f/2.8 2x ultra macro apo; ISO-50, f/4, 1/250, 1 diffused flash. Another macro of the same specimen in the first comment line

Here are 10 most beautiful insects in world

Usually when we talk about bugs or insects, we imagine something repulsive and gross, and even scary. Probably more than one of you even has a phobia and can’t stand those little critters. But it might surprise you that there are some bugs that have such interesting forms and colors that you entirely forget they are related to the cockroach living under your sink in your student dormitory.

Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thailand