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Full reference of my otter sona by @linofthevalley.bsky.social - This makes me so happy AAAHHH 😭

Damselfly hanging from a thin leaf on the left. Looking at the lens. Green background

This has the same title as the last one
#InsectThursday #photography

2020 full color commission a hercules beetles horn breaks the border of a small insect cage. on their back is a saddle and on that is an adventuerer in profile with a white pony tail, a large broad sword, and wearing a wizards cap and cape. The cage is filled with grass leaves dirt and sticks.

hercules beetle and adventurer (2020)

graphic of a gold star written "has never even opened ChatGPT"

A huge, gangly wasp ovipositing in a dead beech tree. Her abdomen is long, and her ovipositor is much longer. It loops from the end of her abdomen over her back, then enters the tree trunk perpendicularly.

A wonderful #InverteFest visitor! Giant Ichneumon Wasp 🌿

We received so many outstanding photo submissions this year! There is still some time left if you would like to participate. The official submission deadline is September 14th. May the best bug win!

#2025OwlflyPhoto #InverteFest

A stylised illustration of an Australian White Ibis with its beak open, with the word “HONK!!” coming out of its mouth - referring to the honking sound they make.

Australian white ibis! I was at the park while I was drawing this guy, watching the ibis nest on an island on the lake. There was a lot of ibis honking, which inspired this piece hehe

Whimsical drawing of a treehopper-like insect, a triangular bug with pointy protrusion from the top of its head. Its body has the pink, blue and white colors of the trans flag. It is perched on a gray branch among stylized green leaves.

Treehopper says trans rights

#InverteFest

chaotic hornet sketches in MS Paint ≡[。。]≡

#silksong #hornet #ms_paint #sketch #insect #wasp #bug_art

Happy Silksong

silly dragons!

ariados + butterfree ko-fi request!

A Southern Bottletail Squid (Sepiadarium austrinum) sitting on white sand. Its arms are close to its body and are sweeping to either side. Its leftmost arm is raised slightly. It has some sand on top of its head and mantle. The bottletail squid is a vibrant orange colour, except for some white above its eyes.

A Ken's Cuttlefish (Sepia grahami) in a reef. It has a pretty pink colour with a white horizontal strip on its mantle. Its limbs are together, except for two arms are pushing on the ground like legs.

A Broadclub Cuttlefish (Ascarosepion latimanus) floating above the seabed with its head smooshed up behind some sea grass. The cuttlefish has a pale yellow colour.

A Ken's Cuttlefish (Sepia grahami) swimming just above the ground in a reef. It has a magenta colour, and it has an orange spot of the mantle.

Hey, I picked up some fruit gummies. Anybody want some?

digital illustration of a yellow-banded poison frog on some leaves

Yellow-banded poison frog 🐸

#art #amphibian #frog #enamelpin

Illustration of a red velvet ant (Dasymutilla occidentalis) for Menagerie board game by @moosegames.bsky.social 🐜
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#ant #scientificillustration #zoology #biology #insect #animal #boardgame #insectarium #menagerie #cardgameart #sciart

A zebra unicorn 🦄

Ended up not studying a Japanese Beetle because fog brain, and instead did a study on one native to my country. Was a little embarrassed to post it then haha!

A late Xylotrupes philippinensis peregrinus for #AugArthroAwe #Invertefest

photograph of 8 bug themed stickers against a wooden backdrop with lego flower accents. the stickers are bugs with flowers- inchworm and ladybug with peony, beetle with tulip, stag beetle with blue drop flowers, woolly bears with sunflower, japanese emperor with daffodil, orchid mantis with orchid, and a jewel beetle with hydrangeas.

Here are the stickers that will be part of the bug drop shop update tomorrow! they are weather and water resistant so you can put them on your cars or water bottles or bikes or laptops! but... don't put your laptop near water- i hear they hate that.

photo by the talented angelcarboni.carrd.co 💖

Day 1 ~ #avianaugust2025 ~ 'I'iwi 🌱

Avian August day 1, the 'I'iwi! A honeycreeper from Hawai'i, which is the theme this year! ❤️🍒

lineless symmetrical drawing of an ebony jewelwing damselfly on a leaf

ebony jewelwing 💎

sketch pf flryong flygon with lohihu pems

dodle

An illustration on a light green background of two tan bonnethead sharks surrounded by nostalgic items, swirls, and stars. There is an old gameboy, a gameboy cartridge, a little earth, a caution sign, a rainbow ink swatch, a lava lamp, a sand filled lizard and an alien ufo.

nostalgic bonnethead sharks 🌈⚠️

Prehistoric cephalopods were fashion icons 😎

a 4 panel of a cicada emerging. it starts with cracking the shell, then just the head out, then the head and crumpled wings, then all out and beautiful with a blue sheen on the wings

Cicada emergence

Bright turquoise cicada with clear, veined wings perched on a moss-covered tree trunk.

Zammara smaragdina #cicada at @casabentbill.bsky.social #costaRica

#nature #insects

Commission graphic that shows 'anime' style illustrated icons and informs about terms. Simple and fun icons in a colourful anime-esque style. £38 each, quick turnaround all characters welcome!

It's time again!!

Another round of my popular little icons is starting up and I'm offering ~10 slots for now.

More info below

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i spent so much more time on getting the colors right in this leaf bug painting than i normally would 🪲✨

#bugsky

Busy being a pointy-headed academic today.