Despite their common name, sea spiders (like this one) aren't actually spiders. They belong to their own group called Pycnogonida — distant relatives of spiders, scorpions, and horseshoe crabs! 📷 sudharsan_wary45 on iNaturalist 📍 India 🔗: www.inaturalist.org/observations... #ObservationOfTheDay

Next spring's poppies say good morning.

Quote your art with glasses on! 👓🐾✨ Clémentine & Catherine

I made a simple toony horizon environment texture to figure out how to draw cel-shaded chrome. These refs might be useful to you guys too so here you go.

I'm beyond your imagination, I'm so broke as fuck please read this post, if you even care lol www.tumblr.com/miyrumiyru/8... #indie #indieanimation

Queen Alexandra's Birdwing #invertober #butterfly

Black and Yellow Mud Dauber #invertober #wasp #insect

This new paper documents a tenfold increase in research papers using community-collected iNaturalist data over just five years: tr.ee/89Ot3I According to the study, here are four key ways that iNaturalist data directly powers science 🧵⤵️

Sound on to hear the first ever audio recording of this cicada species' call! You're looking at (and listening to) the lovely Okanagana aurantiaca. 📷 alvarosj on iNaturalist 📍 Mexico 🔗: www.inaturalist.org/observations... #ObservationOfTheDay

New IRIS single "Birth From Exile” is now available on all digital stores! ffm.to/birthfromexile

Mothtrap out for the first time in four weeks (work, wind, rain, moon), and there are 12 moths around it including a migrant Rusty-dot Pearl and 6 Decembers 😍 #teammoth #salopmoths

It’s unusual to see summer insects like praying mantis or monarch butterflies in November in the #PNW and yet, they are beginning to be a more common sight every year. I rescued this little one last weekend from my garden netting in my raised garden bed. #prayingmantis #insect #witchsky #pagansky

Common Wood Nymph Butterfly #butterflies #insects #natureinspired #naturebeauty #nature #wildlife Products pixels.com/featured/com... Digital Download licensing.pixels.com/featured/com...

A burrowing wolf spider with her #spiderlings at the entrance of her hole. Seen in #Choma, #Zambia #spidersky #bugsky #wolfspider #inverts #inaturalist

An #Amegilla #bee resting on the stem of a lavender. Seen in #Choma, #Zambia in November 2025. #bugsky #inverts #inaturalist #macrophotography

THE RAINBOW IS LIIIIVE! www.youtube.com/watch?v=VClU...

Species paintings can really enhance your figures. There are real organisms underlying your data, and they are such beautiful organisms! Adding images of your study species can help your audience instantly understand what your work is about. 🐡 🧪 #scientificillustration

Good morning, Sippy.

I’m a bit behind with recording the garden invertebrates - these are from July. (The wasp is disproportionate to the flower - in reality it was tiny, barely 10mm long). 🐡 #invertebrates #wildlifeArt

And butterflies are just the bugs we notice. This is likely true for ALL kinds of insects and other invertebrates. The #InsectApocalyse marches on... www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... 🧪🌿🌎🐡 #garden #bugsky #biodiversity #pollinators #insect #butterflies #macro #insects #flowers #InsectApocalyse

Day 24 - Hawaiian Stilt #AvianAugust2025 1hr Sketch Study The Hawaiian Stilt has a black neck, while the common Black Necked Stilt features a white chest around the neck. #AvianAugust #birds #bird #ornithology #nature #SciArt #BirdArt #NatureArt

Very cool nature sighting for your feed: a North American River Otter (Lontra canadensis) munches on a Conchas Crayfish (Faxonius deanae). Observed from a safe distance, of course! 📷 philly96 on iNaturalist 📍 United States 🔗: www.inaturalist.org/observations... #ObservationOfTheDay

wow censorship on youtube is so fucking cool I'm not even pissed off I'm not even mad

Gut Flora

Sticking with the theme of grassland birds, I also saw and heard a lot of Grasshopper Sparrows this weekend. I painted one with a purple coneflower a few years ago, one of my favorite wildflowers! #BirdArt #SciArt #FineArt #ArtYear #AnimalArt #Watercolor

Yes I went back to the owl painting this morning and tweaked it because the owl needed more realism. The copper leaf drip on the left needed the mustard yellow green shade and more depth to give dimension. Is it ever finished - lol 🤞 #owls #artshare #cdnartshow #wildlifeart #owlpainting

Boards I did for the intermission sequence. I didn't really have enough time to clean it all up, but it gets the point across. It was fun to go goose wild with this one.

NEW SINGLE OUT NOW!! Listen to Yellow from the upcoming Flashdrive SSD album! youtu.be/GplInx-z6TQ

This Southern Festoon (Zerynthia polyxena) caterpillar will eventually transform into a stunning yellow-and-black butterfly with red markings — but until then, it'll continue munching away on plants. 📷 pur54 on iNaturalist 📍 Austria 🔗: www.inaturalist.org/observations... #ObservationOfTheDay

Please read 🦋 💚 #earth #ecology #environment #protect #life #insect #pesticides #organic www.theguardian.com/environment/...

the iNaturalist situation is basically this, but replace artists with taxonomists

Please revel in this magnificent beetle (Oryctes gigas), of which there are currently only three observations on iNaturalist. 🪲 📷 tom_van_noort on iNaturalist 📍 Mozambique 🔗: www.inaturalist.org/observations... #ObservationOfTheDay

NEW CARTOON OUT NOW!! 🔍 Can YOU crack this conundrum?? 🕵️‍♂️ Watch "Pointing Fingers," the latest short in our improv series Goof Ups! 😱 (youtu.be/APDxmJ5iBmE) #c204animation #goofups #improv #animation #cartoon #mystery #KnivesOut

Atlantic Bobtails (Sepiola atlantica), like many squids in the same family, have a specialized light organ that helps them camouflage and evade predators as they hunt at night. 📷 unorthodox_sketch on iNaturalist 📍 United Kingdom 🔗: www.inaturalist.org/observations... #ObservationOfTheDay

🍊 mandarin duck 🪶

A Lesser Nighthawk (Chordeiles acutipennis) leaps into flight. These agile birds use their large mouths to catch little insect snacks midair. 📷 panza_rayada on iNaturalist 📍 Mexico 🔗: www.inaturalist.org/observations... #ObservationOfTheDay

A little tune I made several years ago and then forgot about

Hello from possibly the teeniest, tiniest poppies (Canbya candida) you'll see today! 📷 keirmorse on iNaturalist 📍 United States 🔗: www.inaturalist.org/observations... #ObservationOfTheDay

Unauthorized ai training ≠ humans learning from other art Do artists allow to use their art as reference or inspiration for other artists?✅ Do artists allow to use their art to train unethical ai model?❌ #thought

So here's my top tip for science fiction writers: don't try to predict the future, just go with the stupidest idea you can think of. It'll probably end up happening. Human progress is a narrow target to hit, but human stupidity might actually be infinite

apparently i used AI to make this song whoops

“But I bet your glad” couldn’t sleep so I drew the boi digital painting is fun @dagamesofficial.bsky.social #IRIS #DAGames #Art #Fanart

Kentrosaurus aethiopicus Sunrise in the Late Jurassic of Tanzania (Kimmeridgian/Tithonian Age, Tendaguru Formation) A digital painting I made in 2015, incorporating some of my own photography. #SciArt #Paleoart

Our Observation of the Day is this Cienfuegosia hispida flymallow plant, seen in Argentina by lucas_fornero! It's one of only 16 observations of this species on iNaturalist. More details at: www.inaturalist.org/observations... @vidasilvestre.org.ar

Finished the art from yesterday! It was a challenge to colour her, but I think it turned out pretty well. She's a big fan of romance. 💜 Thanks for the love on the sketch!! ;; 💜💜 #art #traditionalart #bugs #sciart #inverts #the100dayproject #moth #bugsky #OC #ocsky #cuteart

In India, iNatter dattatrayalanghi captured this Spot Swordtail butterfly (Graphium nomius) deftly expelling liquid from its rear end - it's our Observation of the Day! More details at: www.inaturalist.org/observations...

Sunday book review: The Marsh Tit and Willow Tit by @richardkbroughton.bsky.social Review: markavery.info/2025/03/02/s... '... a very readable & clear account of what we know & don’t know'. #naturewriting #montanus #palustris #tits #mikado @chiffchat.bsky.social @hughbrazier.bsky.social