The heavy-tasting pictures in our eyes are actually the interpretation of mothers' maternal love.

Have a mother who loves her baby 24/7

The happiness index is simply too high!

In the magical nature

For example, the insect world

There are also doting demons who are full of maternal love

Although in our human

These bug moms might look like horror movie protagonists

Maybe the way to take care of children is super heavy

But their love for Eva is extremely sincere!

guǒ luǒ mother

Building houses and storing food all for the baby

The wasp mothers of the subfamily Eumeninae of the Vespidae family are not only goddess-like with big eyes and thin waists, but are also a group of talented pottery masters.

It will look for suitable plants or walls as a base, repeatedly carry mud and roll it into small balls, and build a delicate mud nest shaped like a small pottery jar. Living in this mud "house" with a small mouth and a big belly, the baby wasps must feel very safe.

After building the house, the mother will go into a frenzy of hunting. When she sees a plump caterpillar, she will give it a poisonous needle, then pick up the unconscious caterpillar and take it home. The idiom "The moth has its offspring, and the wasp carries it" refers to the wasp mother's food-hoarding campaign.

When the wasp babies hatch from the eggs, they live in a luxurious nursery built by their mother and eat high-protein food that their mother has stored away. They look like the perfect second generation of rich people!

The mother grub is busy building a nest

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Praying Mantis Mother

Keep an eye on your children and guard your home

Most species of praying mantis mothers are bold and uninhibited. As long as they can wield their machete-like catching legs, they dare to cut the sky, the ground, and the air in between. Some female praying mantises even have the bad habit of preying on their husbands, turning the wedding ceremony into a crime scene!

However, there are always exceptions. The female Tagalomantis manillensis mantis from the Philippines is a very careful mother. After laying eggs, she will stay with her family and guard the eggs alone for five weeks to prevent ants, parasitic wasps and other creatures from destroying them.

After the little mantises successfully hatch, the hard-working mother will continue to take care of them until two days later when she says goodbye to her hundreds of children.

Female Tagalomantis manillensis mantis guarding her eggs and baby mantises

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Tortoise Shell Mother

All the wind and rain are blocked

The Cassidinae beetles have broad elytra that look a bit like small turtle shells, which is why they have their strange name. Most adult Cassidinae are good-looking, but the larvae are not photogenic little worms. What's more, in order to make predators lose their appetite, these little guys always pile up poop on their butts!

Of course, no matter how sloppy the baby is, it is still the apple of the mother's eye. The mother turtle will often guard her children without food or water. She is like an old hen holding chicks, gathering a large group of children under her body, always guarding against natural enemies that may suddenly appear.

The small body of the mother tortoise is far from enough to cover so many children. But her sincere maternal love is the best gift for the tortoise babies.

Mother Tortoise Protects Her Many Children

Image credit: Alexey Yakovlev CC BY-SA 2.0

Centipede Mother

Love it and hold it

Centipedes (Scolopendromopha) with many legs are secretive and venomous, making them cold-blooded killers in the insect world. Even humans, the most intelligent creatures on earth, are wary of centipede venom and listed them as one of the notorious "five poisons" thousands of years ago.

Female centipedes are usually fierce and ruthless, but they are very gentle when raising their children. Their flexible and slender bodies would normally use a terrible death coil on their prey, but after laying eggs, they become the most gentle embrace.

For nearly two months, the mother centipede neither hunts nor drinks water, and even does not change the curled body posture. They just cling to the shiny centipede eggs until they hatch into healthy and lively young centipedes.

Centipede mother with eggs

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Bury the Mother

Eat well, live well, raise a good baby

Nicrophorus spp., also known as burying beetles, are nature's diligent scavengers, spending their lives scavenging from one carrion to another. Although they are considered the most flavorful insects on Earth, burying beetle mothers have been raising their offspring for hundreds of millions of years, and their loving images have even appeared in some amber.

With the help of her partner, the mother beetle will find the most suitable location on the carrion to build a nest and lay eggs. When all the eggs finally hatch, the mother beetle will feed each larva in turn and keep these unprepossessing little guys clean.

According to the growth of the babies, this smart mother will constantly adjust the recipe to provide the children with the most beneficial food for growth and development. With maternal love and wisdom, they turn the dirty and smelly animal carcasses into a happy paradise for their children.

The mother beetle is feeding her larvae

Image credit: Syuan-Jyun Sun CC BY-SA 3.0

earwig mother

Stay at home mom

According to some ridiculous rumors, earwigs (Dermaptera) are a very scary type of insect. Legend has it that they will burrow into people's brains through the ear canal and eat the victim's brain like a zombie!

In fact, they are nicknamed "earworms" simply because their folded hind wings look like human ears when unfolded. Not only are earwigs harmless to humans, female earwigs are also rare good mothers.

The female earwig-to-be digs a hole in the soil to lay her eggs, and throughout the incubation period, she constantly guards and cleans the eggs to prevent them from growing mold or drying out.

After the translucent earwig babies are born, the mother earwig is extremely busy. She has to protect her children from harm, find enough food in time, and take her babies for a walk. Such a careful and capable earwig mother is simply a breath of fresh air in the insect world.

Earwig mother's big family

Image credit: Tom Oates, 2010 CC BY-SA 3.0

Cryptocercus mother

Only raise a baby once every three years

Although they are also from the cockroach family, Cryptocercus spp. do not like to venture into the city, but live in seclusion in dead trees in the mountains. The flightless Cryptocercus mother feeds on rotten wood and leads a slow life away from the world, but she has inadvertently become the most patient mother in the insect world.

Newly hatched Cryptocercus nymphs cannot digest wood and can only feed on the liquid secreted by their parents' digestive tracts, a bit like a young bird receiving regurgitated food. This feeding method is a bit heavy, but it helps the nymphs obtain symbiotic microorganisms that decompose cellulose.

In the following three years, the baby Cryptocercus cockroaches will grow up slowly under the meticulous care of their mothers, a long period of care that even exceeds that of most mammals. The young Cryptocercus cockroaches also know how to be grateful, and they will spend a lot of time helping their mothers clean their bodies. Although their appearance and intelligence are very different, Cryptocercus cockroaches have a very similar family life to us.

Dark-colored mother Cryptocercus cockroach and light-colored baby Cryptocercus cockroach

Whip Spider Mother

No child can be left behind

The weird-looking whip spiders (Amblypygi) are distant relatives of spiders and scorpions. They have flat bodies, hideous faces, and a pair of claw-like catching legs. They don't even need makeup to play monsters in horror movies. However, human vulgar aesthetics can't stop the deep affection of whip spider mothers for their children!

The mother whip spider will lay her eggs in an egg sac under her belly to keep them clean and moist. To protect her babies from getting hurt, she will lie motionless for two months before they emerge from the egg shell.

The newborn green whip spider nymphs will instinctively climb onto their mother's flat back. In this crowded cradle, the weak ones can grow up carefree for a month. When the children finally live independently, the exhausted whip spider mother will leave this world silently. They have sacrificed their entire lives just to be a loving mother.

A whip spider mother with her babies on her back

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After watching all the bug moms, I feel a little silly.

A story of loving your baby wholeheartedly

Do you feel a little touched in your heart?

No matter what creature

The one who loves you most

She will always be your mother!

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