lamb & serpent

Inspiration from the natural world and the occult.

Bibliophile. Ombrophile. Cinephile. Lost girl trying to get by.

" Look in my face; my name is Might-have-been. I am also called No-more, Too-late, Farewell."
-Dante Gabriel Rossetti

rhamphotheca:

entomolog: Beetle a Day (by GunnerGirl on Flickr)

Odontolabis stevensi Family: Lucanidae 45-82mm Sulawesi Indonesia

catherinesieck:

Lili Roze Photography. Vanite

tantalising:

(via Origami Beetle by Shuki Kato | Colossal)

rhamphotheca:

Tortoise beetle (Aspidomorpha sp.), family Cassidinae, in Java, Indonesia.
“Both adults and larvae feed on Convulvulacae plants (e.g. Ipomea ) and can be a problem for sweat potato (Ipomea batata) if numbers are too high.”
(photo/text: Guido Bohne)

jaded-mandarin:

Bugs and Butterflies - Oxford Natural History (by miss crewe)
Uploading pictures from my day in Oxford on Thursday, taking ages to upload them, etc.

theories-of:

Maria Sibylla Merian, plate from Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium, 1705.

hirop44:

Melissa Haslam
laceandlattes:

loupgarou:

I want this tattooed on my shoulder. I’m not kidding.NOW.