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Rough insect drawings I did today! Top left- Xenos peckii Top right - Hemiodoecus leai Bottom left - Hymenopus coronatus Bottom right -Systelloderes biceps #bugs #bugart #bug #insect #art #furryart #insectart

holy crunches

Mauricio Ramirez of UM giving a great talk about cool moths in the hydroptilid subfamily Stactobiinae

I also forgot to post this before but here are some insects I drew a few weeks ago! Top- Palomena prasina Top right - Chasmoptera huttii Bottom right - Eudiagogus pulcher Center - Phanaeus difformis Left - Idolothrips spectrum #bugs #insectart #bugart #furryart #art #insects #insect

Did some more rough insect doodles today! Top right - Psychoda sigma Bottom right- Dolichovespula maculata Left- Pyrops gunjii #insects #bugart #bugs #furryart #bug Insects are fun to draw :)

And finally, Lubo’s message to the young: LESS COMPUTER, MORE COLLECTING

It is generally frowned upon to mount multiple insects on the same pin. It makes databaseing difficult + the chance that multiple species could be mounted together - a nightmare! Even so, you have to admire the creativity and precision of this example from the UK Latridiidae collection at the NHM

Drew another bug, oak bush-cricket (Meconema thalassinum). I haven't really drawn any anthropomorphic orthoptera yet so I thought I'd give it a go. :) #bug #insect #art #bugart #furryart

Let's start Monday with some whimsy. These delightful grasshoppers (possibly also katydids?) are from a water jar created by Makuzu Kōzan in 1870. To see full size images: www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...

Random thought: I cannot stand how normalised torturing and killing bugs is online, whether it is those videos of people forcing bugs to fight to the death or memes that involve someone harming a bug in a shocking way because it's "funny". 🧵 #bugs #insect

Quite pleased with this shot of an Urosigalphus braconid wasp I got in central Austin today. I suspect the wasps are emerging from live oak acorns, having parasitized the grubs acorn weevils. Not many live photos exist of this genus, it seems.

tympanal organs (for hearing) of a katydid

Decided to use my drawing tablet again after not touching it for ages and drew this little guy based off the species Notiophilus rufipes. :) #bugart #insect #furryart #bugs Still need to improve on rendering my art, I'm not very used to doing so on my drawing tablet.

I think I'll post my art here more often. :)) A bunch of fly doodles from a few weeks ago. It's fun playing around with bug anatomy and trying to stylise it. #diptera #bugart #bugs #insects

Finding pseudoscopions. Our compost bin had Pselaphochernes scorpioides in it. To search: scoop out top layer of kitchen/garden waste & put in bucket. Sieve next layer down using garden riddle over a bowl. Then use finer potting sieve over tray. They are small, around 2mm. 1/2 @duleyp.bsky.social

BEES -honey -bumble -blue carpenter -green sweet -tawny mining -ashy mining #art | #insects | #bees

Went to the annual AES entomology fair today, it was awesome. I got myself a bunch of books, mainly identification keys and some other stuff. I highly recommend going at least once here. #entomology #insects #bugs

let me share a little story about a remarkable wasp that I encountered yesterday in our local deserts I stumbled across her, and scrambled to get a few crappy photos .... but then realized that she had a burrow, perhaps a better photo op was possible ?? here she is at her burrow entrance.

It’s the @amentsoc.bsky.social annual fair & I’m here with the @dipteristsforum.bsky.social Lots of great fly talk & some great exhibits including these from some of the younger members of the AmEntSoc - aren’t they great? #entomology

I'll be at the Amatuer Entomological Society Exhibition tomorrow selling postcards, greetings cards and prints. It's at Kempton Park Racecourse and well worth a visit if you like specimens or live insect pets (or art).

Zopherus nodulosus, commonly known as an ironclad beetle, is a fascinating species native to North America. What sets these beetles apart is their incredibly tough exoskeleton, providing them with exceptional protection. #beetles #entomology #animals #wildlife #nature #biology #science #bugs

Something I've noticed a lot recently is that there's this idea spread about online that wasps and hornets are two separate types of insect, which is not true. True hornets are wasps belonging to the genus Vespa. All hornets are wasps but not all wasps are hornets. (1/3) #insect #bugs #entomology

Two bombardier beetles (Brachinus sp.) attacking a termite. Many insects defend themselves with smelly/irritating chemicals; these beetles go to 11. They mix chemicals in their abdomen, and the resulting reaction reaches near boiling; the noxious mixture is emitted with an audible pop. 🐙🌿 #insects

Today I’m databasing fleas. Trying to learn more about their mammal hosts and now giggling at this creature - a giant root-rat which I have some unidentified fleas collected off one such animal from before I was born…

📢✨ONLINE FIRST✨ New #collembola species found in the UK! James McCulloch @jamesimcc.bsky.social National Recorder of Sprintails, tells the world about Entomobrya petri! 💚 Please REPOST 📢🪱🌱 soil-organisms.org/index.php/SO...

Insects usually care for their own young, but sometimes they also help other species. This #RSOS study found that yellow meadow #ants protect the eggs of root aphids in their nests during winter. Read more: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... @tparmentier.bsky.social @wybouw.bsky.social

Revenge for @thatonecreature.bsky.social Super cool to see a fairy wasp OC! Apologies if I trigger any repressed trauma from the early years of YouTube. #Artfight #artfight2025

#artfight for @thatonecreature.bsky.social :)

New paper out on an important issue — monitoring insects requires preserving the specimens. We explored this issue using data from the Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab, which has systematically destroyed most of their specimens for decades. A 🧵(1/10) doi.org/10.1093/aesa...

a stunning blind dipluran from a lava tube in southern Washington state. the cold lava is almost as cool as the critter ...

GOOD NEWS: Lead shot will be banned! RESULT! After years of campaigning, the use of toxic lead ammunition by the shooting industry will be banned. This is excellent news for people's health and for wildlife. Read the Defra press release here: wildjustice.org.uk/general/toxi...

NEW PAPER, JUST OUT! 👀 Insects from the '70s and '80s were already collecting microplastic, decades before the term microplastic even existed. 🤯 A thread on the surprising history of this pollutant and the incredible insect larvae that helped us uncover it. 🐛 Let's dive in! 🧵👇 1/x

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I just think they’re neat

A marble oak gall getting swarmed by chalcid wasps, possibly Torymus sp. Some of them are already attempting to lay eggs in the gall. :) #wasps #entomology #insects

A new generation of the Dark Giant Horsefly (Tabanus sudeticus) in the making up on the @northyorkmoors.org.uk on Monday...they were loving the heat over the rushy meadows! @uk-soldierflies.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social

It's a raging cicada party out there. They waited 17 years for this!

#Beetles are #Pollinators. In #Plymouth

Three variations of Dark Arches (Apamea monoglypha) #Moths #Teammoth #VC67moths

Oedemera sp. I saw recently. They seem to really like yarrow flowers (I believe that's what they are). #entomology #beetle #coleoptera

Someone posted a cranefly, and there are people saying "kill it." Please... like give nature a break and not react to every weird thing with violence. Bugs are important get over your childish fear. We can't live without them. Even the ones you don't think are cute.

Beautiful female Parasitic #wasp in #Plymouth garden. #Ichneumonidae #InsectWeek

Just some harlequin ladybird face photos I took during June. They might not be a native species here but they're still interesting to look at (and kind of cute)! #entomology #insectweek #beetles #coleoptera

perfect creature

bee wasp guy 🐝??? + bacon 🥓 two versions :^) #bacon #highart #digitalart #illustration #drawing #ibispaint #digitalpainting #bee #wasp #creature #insect #vibes #art #cool

Two very hirsute males. One on left is a Chaoboridae - a phantom midge, and the one on the right is a Chironomidae. The boys have feather dusters on donuts (their antennae) to aid them in finding a mate @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @dipterists.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social

Our heroine at work—look at that pollen collection!

Bought some books from a local second-hand bookstore today. Really happy with both of them, they're very useful for identifying native bees. #entomology #insects #bees