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If you love exploring the internet for dank memes almost as much as you love lifting up huge rocks to check out what kind of cool bugs are hanging out under there, this collection of savage content from one of our favorite Facebook groups Wild Green Memes for Ecological Fiends is right up your alley. Unfortunately, we can't always be outside admiring strange frogs and fungi, but at least we can appreciate some dank wildlife memes whenever we're stuck in polite society doing human things. 

Cicadas are weird creatures. While most species emerge annually, there are some special species in the US that dwell underground for 13 or 17 years before coming up to mate. These groups of the insects are referred to as "broods," and there are a whole lot of them. So many of them hatch at once (to ensure a number survive) that their emergence is actually being picked up by weather radars.

While the insects are harmless, there are a lot of people who would rather they stay in the ground. They're loud. They squirt. And they're bad for your pets. Unfortunately for the cicada haters in the Eastern United States, Brood X is here, and they're not shy. The billion bug brood has even played a hand in pestering the President and delayed the White Housepress plane ahead of Biden's first foreign trip. To some people, the hubbub may seem ridiculous - but one way we're enjoying this entomological event is through memes and tweets. For the next few weeks there are bound to be a lot of 'em, but we've put together our favorites right here for some easy scrolling. 

As the states try to segue into some kind of normalcy by opening up businesses and encouraging people to "get out there" (masked or vaccinated) we're reminded of one blaringly painful fact. That we hate humans. Loud. Rude. Entitled. Oblivious. The moment we step outside or onto the train, the misanthropy starts bubbling over, making us wish we'd stayed at home. In these moments, it's beneficial to flat out pretend that humans don't exist. And with the sheer volume of animal memes on the internet, we know we can pretend for quite a while. They're so much better (and cuter) than humans. It makes sense they'd make better meme subjects, too.

First of all, we love cat memes, dog memes, bird memes, and even frog memes. But the species that rule the planet get very little love in the meme-o-sphere. We're talking about ants. Did you know there are one quadrillion ants living on Earth? That's literally 1,000,000,000,000,000 ants. If all the ants in the world combined to create one giant super-organism, they could collectively carry the whole of humanity on their back. So let's give it up for our ant overlords and enjoy some spicy ant-themed memes, just for the hell of it. 

Ah, Australia: the land of British prisoners and silly accents. In case you needed another reason to never ever go there, here are 29 horrifying pictures of nightmarish animals. Alas, these things are real and if they don't phase you at all then you may or may not be some sort of psycho.

A fun fact about bumble bees for you: there are more than 255 species of bee, the largest being the queen of the Bombus dahlbomii species, which can grow up to 1.6 inches! They reside in the forests of southern South America and have even been referred to as "flying mice" for their insane size! We think bumble bees are fricken adorable, but no thanks on that one!

Is it safe to say that we're all really sick of winter? We're kind of over the cold, rainy bullsh*t that makes up the month of March every year. While we all patiently wait for the snow to melt and the temperatures to slowly creep up, we hope you can appreciate these spring memes to tide you over at least for a little while! Now let's bring on allergy season!

While we know that spiders are actually quite integral in the scheme of things, there is no denying that the eight-legged creepy crawlys can strike some serious fear in our hearts. Here are some memes that reflect that fear, along with some sweeter ones, cos' Charlotte doesn't deserve t his much disrespect.

Jump into the meme stream and enjoy!