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Today, with my daily drawing, I’m sharing the story of the Seven-Spotted Ladybug. Imagine you’re in a peaceful garden when, suddenly, a tiny winged heroine lands on your hand. She’s bright red, with seven perfectly aligned black spots on her shiny shell. But did you know that this little visitor carries a story worth telling? A long time ago, in the fields of Europe, a legend was born… The Seven-Spotted Ladybug (Coccinella septempunctata), a secret ally of farmers and a nightmare for...

With today’s drawing, I bring you the black widow: the deadly beauty lurking in the shadows ❤️‍🔥🕷️ In the stillness of the night, between the cracks of an old shed or beneath a forgotten log, a creature waits, motionless. Its silhouette, as black as midnight, is barely visible… except for one unmistakable mark: a bright red hourglass on its abdomen.

A spider disguised as a turtle ant, hunting ants from inside their own traffic lanes. Aphantochilus rogersi doesn’t just look like its prey, it moves like it, eats only it, and even uses dead ants as shields. Perfect mimicry, perfect ambush, right in the middle of the colony.

With today’s drawing I bring you: the phantom weevil. Imagine venturing into the humid jungle of Madagascar. Everything feels alive: crickets, frogs, the wind playing among giant leaves. Suddenly, under the bark of an old tree, an elongated, shiny insect appears, with a snout so long and straight it looks like a medieval spear. 😮 That’s the mysterious Zetophloeus pugionatus, a straight-snouted weevil that seemed to have vanished from the map… until it was rediscovered in 2023 after more than...

Get ready to meet the most fashionable cockroach of the tropical forest, with today’s drawing! Let me introduce you to Lucihormetica verrucosa, also known as the glowing-spotted cockroach… though, heads up, it doesn’t glow in the dark like a firefly, but it almost pulls it off!

The tiny “jail-stripe spider” hiding inside bromeliads. It builds perfect webs between the leaves and waits patiently for its prey. 📌 Fun fact: Its dark stripes earned it the nickname “jail-stripe spider,” and it’s used as an indicator of bromeliad ecosystem health.

Among mango leaves in Southeast Asia, this tiny yellow-and-black jewel hunts down plant pests with precision. Only 4–6 mm long, yet a tireless guardian of balance in nature. Its net-like pattern isn’t just pretty, it warns predators to stay away. A true garden hero in miniature.

With today’s drawing, I bring you the beetle that refused to grow up… and became a legend! 🤩 Imagine walking through the jungle of Borneo, the air thick with humidity, the ground covered in leaves and fallen logs. Everything seems calm… until you see something that looks like it came from a fossil museum.

Look at the beauty I discovered with today’s drawing: the fan-horned beetle. Let me tell you more about it. Have you ever heard of a beetle with “fan-shaped antennae”? Meet Rhipicera carinata, a tiny natural jewel that seems straight out of an art piece. This beetle, measuring only 20 millimeters, could easily go unnoticed… if it weren’t for the males’ stunning fan-like antennae. Yes, fan-shaped! Males use these as super-sensitive radars to detect the pheromones of females, a unique skill...

Get ready to meet, through today’s drawing, one of the most fashionable and dangerous caterpillars in the arthropod world! Let me introduce you to Acharia stimulea, the spiny diva of the garden, also known by the pros as the saddleback caterpillar.