This was a bug I’ve always wanted to see; my first ever scorpion! It’s a pretty blurry photo, sorry, but if you look for the claws you should be able to make it out!

@pterouras2.bsky.social hiiii here's my side account, feel free to follow it not much on it though besides my random thoughts just keep that in mind

i haven’t drawn in a while

#one sunlit butterfly on an orange flower for today’s #BlueSkyArtShow #macro #EastCoastKin #entomology #insects

It's a Linne's Cicada, originally for #invertober2024. I fell off the Invertober train in 2024 when it got near the end. Started on this Linne's Cicada and could not finish the colour! So while I'm in a rut, decided to pick this one back up again to complete it. #SciArt #invertart #cicada #art

オオミズアオ♂Japanese Luna Moth “Actias aliena” Material: Colored pencil. Kent paper(Post card)

According to wikipedia, the chemical compound 3-trans-caffeoyl-muco-quinic acid is important in the lifecyles of spicebush swallowtails like my bugsona. This is a subtle reference to the fact that I am trans

Also wanna correct this ID to Arachnis dilecta!! The type locality was Teotihuacan, iNat suggests A. picta as the species but the locality doesn’t have any adults of that species seen. Instead it’s all A. dilecta, so my guess is this caterpillar actually belongs to that species

More bugs!!! Here’s a silly grub

Some non-insect wispers! An uncommon sight✨ 🎨 #worldofwispers #bugpeople worldofwispers.straw.page

finally, the longest valid genus name! K is for Kimmeridgebrachypteraeschnidium

Now here’s an interesting bug! Ironclad beetles are known for having some of the sturdiest exoskeletons of any insect. They’re so so cool in many ways: these photos show them playing dead!

Timeline Cleanse: Please enjoy this photo of a praying mantis that was sitting on top of my car windshield, but the angling and lighting were so weird it looks like a giant praying mantis wandering a corn field in Iowa.

I bring new buge

To be clear this is not and will never be a justification for American imperialism. Venezuela’s future is uncertain and worrying, but a horrific regime of its own may have been ended; let the victims voice their thoughts foremost

I wish I had more to say on the matter but please prioritize listening to the voices of Venezuelans at this time. Don’t let your hatred of America blind you to the evils that have persisted in other parts of the world

Back from my trip finally… gonna start posting bugs I saw now, starting with these two butterflies! Happy new year!

We close the year (or open) WITH PALEOCENE AMMONITES Ammonite survival across the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary confirmed by new data from Denmark www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Dinocember - Day 30 - Liopleurodon #dinocember2025

Traveling down south for a while! I’m not as focused on finding bugs this trip but I’ll still share any I see

The magic of Christmas Eve was another stunning male Atlas moth. My 5th Atlas of the week. Finding these magnificent magical moths means so much to me.

Gee I sure love being a bluesky user where I can freely post images and not have to worry about it being fed into gen AI

Got some time to post now that I’m on break… here’s a silly mantis from September :D

Alien death machine. My drawing based on this Photo by Antonyus Bunjamin from Pexels: www.pexels.com/photo/colorf... #art #digitalart #sketch #drawing #fantasyart #creaturedesign #characterdesign #orchidmantis #mantis

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“Despite reports of catastrophic insect declines, their global status remains unclear due to … a massive lack of data” Poorly evidenced reports of huge losses do insects a disservice & do not help with planning appropriate action www.ceh.ac.uk/press/some-i...

OK, let me join #ArtAdventCalendar, late, even if I might not catch up entirely! Gonna go for a #SciArt zine illustrations theme. 1. Kentish glory moth. No longer found in Kent, or indeed most other places in the UK. Now scarce and found only in Scotland, if I recall correctly.

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(repost) 🎇 NORTHERN SCORPION 🦂 #formline #indigenousart #telekitneticart

Introduce yourself with 5 animals you have seen in the wild -Pink-spotted swallowtail -West Indian manatee -Florida buck moth -Eastern reticulated beetle -Pigeon horntail

MIGISHI Kotaro Butterflies Flying above Clouds 1934 oil on canvas The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo 三岸好太郎 《雲の上を飛ぶ蝶》 1934 昭和9年 油彩・キャンバス 東京国立近代美術館

the rgb gaming butterfly

ittle critters playing dead! 🐛🪲💀 I’ve been sick after a period of intense work but on the other hand I was able to slow down and draw something fun & relaxing… hope you folks enjoy it too!

Orthomeria pandora "Laguna" hatchling. Very unusually behaved phasmids, they react just at the mere sight of you and run around very fast, quite erractic for stick insects. #wildlife #nature #macro #photography #stickinsect #stickbug #phasmid #insect

Illustration of a harlequin beetle (Acrocinus longimanus) 🐞 - #scientificillustration #zoology #biology #insect #animal #boardgame #insectarium #menagerie #cardgameart #sciart #bug #beetle #harlequinbeetle #harlequin

Lets continue with the drawing course plates 🪲 #insects #sciart #dragonfly #art

Breaking my silence to share this summer fishfly I stumbled across :D I LOVE megalopterans and I’ve always wanted to see one in-person; it’s been dead for weeks in this spiderweb but I’m happy regardless

Traditional Art of a Yutyrannus #dinosaur #paleoart

*Niche critter profile*

Deciding on a taxon to specialize in for future entomological study is so difficult because I evidently am most interested in lepidoptera but there’s already so many entomologists that study that order and I feel a certain need to be able to help expand knowledge of lesser understood taxa

#invertober 31, 💀death’s head hawk moth💀 #invertober2025

Happy Halloween! 🎃 This is a piece I’ve did before but wanna try a different background color. Orange and black insects lining up for the spooky season! 🧡🖤

I’m really happy this is a site where insect content farms don’t exist and everyone either posts their own photos or credits the photographers. It’s very refreshing

#invertober 28, pearly green lacewing #invertober2025

Dunno who in my following here plays fortnite, but I'm willing to draw art for this guy (either gift or the needed vbucks) since I spent all my vbucks on flysbee ough

#invertober 25, house centipede!! i think they are so cutes so heres a face focus #invertober2025

i love you whip spider...

#invertober 23, pink sand dunes tiger beetle🐯 #invertober2025

Reposting an oldie for #FossilFriday! This is Kalligramma brachyrhyncha, a medium-sized kalligrammatid ( #Mesozoic lacewings) from the Middle #Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China. It is known to have had eyespots on its wings and may have acted as a pollinator for #bennettitaleans. #paleoart

At an AES event several years ago, a customer kindly pointed out that some of my earlier drawings had somewhat incorrect colouring, as back then I was drawing from my specimens and hadn't even considered that they might be faded. Well, I'm now pleased to share my updated cecropia silkmoth...