They're back for the coming spring 🥹 Oak treehopper moms stay and guard their eggs and growing nymphs until they're ready to disperse and I love them so much 💚 #InvertebrateParenthood

Nile croc head, currently on display at Vancouver aquarium

A dead leaf? Unicorn Prominent (Coelodasys unicornis) caterpillar. Forsyth County, NC, USA

"Packed Like Sardines 3" Hand embroidery thread painting artwork Back with me after being in an exhibition and now on my website www.emilytull.co.uk/store/p307/p... #embroidery #WildlifeArt #fish

18,000 followers—! Thanks everyone. Let’s do an #ArtShare! 🐡🎨

Horseshoe Crab dragon

Cambrian doodles #sciart

Skeleton shrimp: superior snackers This amphipod in the family Caprellidae, has feather-like setae line several of their 18 appendages for collecting food — amphipod translates to “feet on all sides” in Greek. #argentiniandeepseeps ~1200 meters

Early Arthropods xkcd.com/3199/

Incredible Myristica mimicry, watch out or you'll get pollinated by nitidulids bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.2...

Minus 7F/minus 14C in Chicago, perfect selfie time 😜

Great interview with Krystle Hickman, a wonderful photographer & community scientist who I'm lucky to know. She first learned about native bees as an adult and is not a trained scientist, and has since made important scientific contributions and inspired countless people (including me). 🌿🐙📷 #BugSky

Just checking on y'all in these trying ass days we are experiencing. Have you #eaten? #Hydrated? #Stretched recently? Given #thanks to the vast #eldritch powers constantly battling demons on your behalf? Dicromantispa interrupta and meal. #SelfCareinTheSlowApocalypse #MacroPhotography #insects

The invasive spotted lanternfly is a prodigious producer of honeydew, a sweet, sticky substance that attracts such a variety of arthropods that it may rearrange local food webs. A new study finds arthropods in 35 families feeding on SLF honeydew, including ants, wasps, katydids, and more.

Two of these cool art renderings are based on my photos of Lamprosoma, from this post: gilwizen.com/lamprosoma/

Spotted in the tangle of last year’s perennials, a tragic tale—swallowtail chrysalis that was discovered by something hungry during the summer. Chicago winters are tough on bug lovers…at least I have you all! 🐛🦋

Newly emerged mantidfly with her old clothes nearby, wings dried, in my yard 🤎

#EmotionalSupportSpood Young Phidippus clarus lass with the biggest wettest begging puppy eyes you'll ever see on a real creature 🥹

Introducing Xenovenator espinosai, a new troodontid dinosaur with some fascinating cranial anatomy. I had the honour of being approached to create the illustration for this week’s official announcement. (1/3) #SciArt

#EmotionalSupportSpood The first Brown Creeper I ever found, and I fell in love 🤎 (Attidops cinctipes)

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Periscelis wheeleri, the most grumpy old man fly I've ever seen

my last giant(ish) centipede had a clutch of babies a few months ago, here she is cuddling them right after they hatched

Being stuck indoors over Christmas with the lurgy hasn't been all bad. I've been working on my pet project. We can all dream of great things can't we. Might be a reality one day...

An important message from the Union of Saucy Bug Friends™. 2026 had better behave or it's going to get bitten! Fork-tailed Bush Katydid, Scudderia furcata C.2025 #MacroPhotography #HappyNewYear

new and exciting lichen illustration

We present: The Art of #InverteFest - December 2025 Edition A digital art book showcasing the work of 100 artists from around the world, in celebration of overlooked invertebrate fauna. Thank you to the artists who contributed to our book! Download: drive.google.com/file/d/1JCXz... #Art #SciArt

I can't get over those cartoon eyes. Those delicate, translucent 'leaves' (cerata, as I've learned). Those supernatural, otherworldly vibes. That Pixar-cum-Ghibli creature appearance... And eyes drawn by Gary Larson. I can't.

here's my review of games that made me think about game design this year. ...and a short summary of what I learned about the art form from playing them.

So it's time for the literal #Crustmas themed crabs, to match my Hannukah and Halloween threads! (And to kick off #InverteFest I guess!) 🦑 Most obviously, the Christmas Island red crab, featured in this viral skeet 1/8

Happy #InverteFest to everyone who celebrates. Post your invertebrate art.

Have yourself a merry little Carboniferous. #Art #SciArt #PaleoArt #Inverts

Merry Christmas and happy holidays! I tidied up this little thumbnail (of approximately 100 × 60 mm). It's all I could manage for now. 🥲

Day 25 of my 2025 Favorites: the most festive of boys Phidippus cardinalis. Just a lovely little velvet ant mimic lad. That red is so striking in the sandy scrub. ❤️ #EmotionalSupportSpood #InverteFest Merry Whatever-The-Hell-You're-Doing-Today Day to you all

He's just a little velvet an't man ❤️ #InverteFest

Merry #Crustmas to all who celebrate! Hoping you are firmly attached to people you love, are able to scoop up large amounts of food, and can hide in an impervious shell when the social situation requires it ❤️

Merry Christmas! 🎄🎁 As such, I'm required to provide photos of insects wearing Santa hats. Whether you celebrate or not, I hope you have a wonderful day!

Arthropod Photo of the Week: December 24, 2025 Leaffooted bug and ant Chariesterus moestus Hemiptera: Coreidae By Alberto Sánchez Herrera, Guanacaste, Costa Rica #arthropodPOTW

I don’t think I’ve ever seen our Christmas cactus bloom…it’s really quite impressive! And very well timed ⭐️

Today I have something really special for you guys! Not too far from the caiman I posted recently, I found something MIND BLOWING This is a butterfly pupa, and it mimics the head of a snake. And not just any snake, but specifically the head of a boa snake!!! Probably Opsiphanes, an owlet butterfly.

Things Found Under Palmetto Fronds Today: Otiocerus stollii (derbid planthopper) Apache degeeri (derbid planthopper) Sisyra sp (tiny lacewing) Little An't Man (Synemosyna formica jumping spider)

On the 5th day of fossils, my true love gave to me... 5 GOLD TRILOBITES! Beecher's Bed is a special Ordovician site in New York that preserves trilobite soft tissue with pyrite replacement. Legs, antenna and even trilobite eggs are found here. 1/x #12DaysofFossils

It's not a mantid, it's not a fly, it's a mantidfly! #entomology #bugskye #insect #photography #macro #nature

We're at... 67 submissions Though technically the submission deadline is the end of the year, the sooner we reach 100, the earlier I can start doing the layout and have my holiday. So please submit early!

A quick tip on insect wings #sciart #art #insects

Late-year academic push nearly over, so ready to get back to making these guys 🛠️

A little color to start off the weekend – a vibrant monkey grasshopper, Paramastax sp., from Colombia. They really do look like this - no saturation or vibrance added during processing. #bugsky 🐙🌿

There’s still time to order Nervous System jewelry (and puzzles!) for holiday delivery. My daily necklace is the Reaction Möbius Necklace in 3D-printed stainless steel. It's virtually indestructible and doesn't tarnish n-e-r-v-o-u-s.com/shop/product...

Every day (or night), I find a new insect at @casabentbill.bsky.social #CostaRica. Tonight it's this spectacular Macromantis nicaraguae mantid hiding under a fern, waiting for an unsuspecting insect to wander by. #bugsky #insects #nature

#Crustmas 😍