@hankgreen.bsky.social I'm really happy to see Life in Jars mentioned in the newsletter! An absolute gem of a YouTube creator that I've been following for years.

This is your sign to add shelf mushrooms to every terrarium build no matter what's living in it.

@wilsonforseattle.bsky.social @seattledot.bsky.social @seattlebikeblog.com I've been having a lot of near misses in traffic circles lately. It's very rare for drivers to go counter-clockwise when making a left turn, creating a hazardous situation in neighborhoods without sidewalks.

Finally able to turn on the pump for the waterfall in a new Lychas muchronatus Chinese swimming scorpion paludarium. #vivarium #invertibrates #paludarium #terrarium

A baby mourning gecko hanging out on a leaf. #reptile #herpsky

A thriving ecosystem in my ball python's enclosure. Mushrooms are always growing and the zebra isopods snack on them. Popp is consumed so quickly that I never even see it. There are also springtails and three difference species of darkling beetles. #bioactive #mushroom #reptile #isopod #bugsky

The woodlouse spider, Dysdera crocata. It's one of my favorite local spiders because of the bright colors. I found this one out wandering. #spider #bugsky #inversky #arachnid #bug

Pocket snake!

I'm obsessed with these mourning geckos!

My Kenyan sand boa has emerged from the substrate after months of burrowing and refusing to eat! I found him making this silly pose with his head resting on a wall rock. A few minutes after this he fell asleep and fell down, scaring the hell out of himself. #snake #reptile #herp

I had one mourning gecko egg in an old enclosure hatch - something I only discovered when a gecko jumped off the wall onto my hand! So I adopted five sisters for her from the local exotic animal rescue (always check rescues before buying a reptile!) and made this vivarium for them.

Enclosure upgrade for my Avicularia avicularia aka pink toe tarantula!

Paludarium work-in-progress. 12x12x18 enclosure. This is a fun project!

She's getting bigger! Cape House Snake

My mature male orange baboon tarantula on his last wander. He passed in the spot overnight. I took him in for free as a rescue back in spring, already a mature male, so I knew this was coming. But for a spider he was a great pet. Good vibes, hanging out when I'm doing stuff in the animal room.

Amazonius burgess, the Ghost Tree Spider. Freshly molted, about 1/2". #bugsky #arachnid #spider #tarantula

Noodles settling into his new enclosure! He's a male ball python and this is a 4'x2'x6' enclosure with a zebra isopod and springtail clean up crew. #addherp #reptile #snake #ballpython #vivarium #terrarium #bioactive

I love how good of an eater she is! She LAUNCHED at the mouse so hard that she almost flew out of the enclosure. She's a Cape African House Snake and I always think it's wild how she flings herself at food with what seems like reckless abandon. #snake #reptile #herps #terrarium

Just moved this black widow into a new enclosure. #bugsky #spider #terrarium

@hankgreen.bsky.social I'm just wondering if you've read the comments in your banana video and plan to do the different prep styles that result in different flavor profiles. I'm really curious now because I've told this fact before and before I correct myself I have to know 100%!

Breaking news: the beetles are being silly. #bugsky #entomology

My Mexican Fire Leg Tarantula / Brachypelma boehmei recently molted so I built it a new enclosure. #spider #tarantula #terrarium #vivarium

I'm making a climbing wall with an arboreal hide for my ball python. It took so much time to get to this point, but it's finally ready to paint! Then rocks, coir, moss, and plants. #snake #ballpython #bioactive #terrarium #reptile

Made a wolf spider enclosure with a curved display case from Daiso. And organized my sling shelf!

Interesting interaction with my P. murinus tarantula. Mature male, mellow disposition and never given me a defensive posture before. I love the tippy tap foot sounds!

A wheel bug found in Virginia. An assassin bug and the largest true pmbug in North America. It pierces its prey with the large mouth part, injects a dissolving enzyme, and sucks out the liquefied insides. Its bite is painful and long-lasting, but unlikely. #entomology #bugs #hemiptera #bugsky

Made some 2.5" cube acrylic enclosures. For spider slings and other small inverts. #entomology #arachnology #spiders #terrarium

Holy shit y'all I just saw the coolest thing. Six spotted fishing spiders look awesome under UV light. #bugsky #arachnid #macro #nature #entomology #arachnology

Pelegrina aeneola (a jumping spider with no common name) glows yellow under UV light. Pedipalps are brightest, but the inside of the joints and patterns on the underside of the abdomen also glow. #spider #jumpingspider #nature #salticidae #bug

I bought a bulk pack of eight 4" cube acrylic boxes for $20, made a hole template, drilled cross ventilation holes, and coated floor, ceiling, and back wall with gorilla glue, coir, and some rocks and twigs for hides. Sphagnum for humidity. Perfect enclosures for small arboreal invertibrates.

Finally found a jumping spider that's not a zebra! Any thoughts on ID? I'm thinking Pelegrina aeneola, no common name. But this seems like an uncommon specimen and I'd like an expert's opinion. #arachnid #spider #jumpingspider #salticidae #entomology #arachnology

4 months after adopting this mature male Orange Baboon Tarantula I'm finally seeing him out and about! I usually only see legs sticking out of his burrow, and feeders disappear when I'm away. Now he's hanging out outside his burrow when I'm in the room.

Just got my dream snake at a reptile expo! African House Snake

My Brazilian Blue Dwarf Beauty tarantula passed away from old age, a mature male. But... this western conifer seed bug is going strong! This is her second summer, and she just laid eggs. #entomology #bugs

@westseattlebikeblg.bsky.social After many, many repairs they finally stole it.

Made signs for more of my collection!

I'm making zoo-style signs for my animal enclosures. Here's the emperor scorpion. #entomology #scorpion

My basement invertibrate zoo will also be my D&D game room! Here's my decoupaged fantasy themed table with pages of The Hobbit and maps from campaigns I've run. #ttrpg #d&d #dnd

Earwigs are extremely underrated insects. #bug #insect #macro #invertsky

I'm rerganizing the workshop in my basement to turn it into a combination invertibrate zoo, D&D game room, and crafting area.

Unidentified cup fungi at West Duwamish Greenbelt Trails in West Seattle. #mycology #westseattle #mushroom #fungi

Biking around West Seattle!

Built a new enclosure for my mourning geckos! After a week they're all settled in. #terrarium #vivarium #bioactive #reptile #gecko

D. diamantinensis, Brazilian Blue Dwarf Beauty tarantula.

The new terrarium is planted, the waterfall is running, and the isopods and springtails are settling in!

My mourning geckos are finally getting comfortable basking out in the open. They're also mating* like crazy and laying eggs, so I'll have an army of geckos soon. * The whole species is female, they're parthenogenic but they simulate courtship and mating before laying eggs.

Half way done with the hard scaping for my next terrarium! The left wall will be a a stream that drops into a waterfall. The back will be a dense planted wall. The forest floor will be panda king isopods and orange springtails. What should go in the arboreal layer?

Looks about ready to molt again! Hierodula membranacea, the giant Asian mantis. #bug #insect #entomology #mantid #mantis

Close-ups of my yellow-spotted millipede! So cool. #millipede #myriapod #bug #entomology #macro #nature

Holy shit it glows! I found a yellow spotted millipede in Western Washington (Harpaphe haydeniana) and just found out it glows. G L O W #millipede #myriapod #invertibrate #bug