Full reference of my otter sona by @linofthevalley.bsky.social - This makes me so happy AAAHHH 😭

This has the same title as the last one #InsectThursday #photography

hercules beetle and adventurer (2020)

A wonderful #InverteFest visitor! Giant Ichneumon Wasp 🌿

We received so many outstanding photo submissions this year! There is still some time left if you would like to participate. The official submission deadline is September 14th. May the best bug win! #2025OwlflyPhoto #InverteFest

Australian white ibis! I was at the park while I was drawing this guy, watching the ibis nest on an island on the lake. There was a lot of ibis honking, which inspired this piece hehe

Treehopper says trans rights #InverteFest

chaotic hornet sketches in MS Paint ≡[。。]≡ #silksong #hornet #ms_paint #sketch #insect #wasp #bug_art

Happy Silksong

silly dragons!

ariados + butterfree ko-fi request!

Hey, I picked up some fruit gummies. Anybody want some?

Yellow-banded poison frog 🐸 #art #amphibian #frog #enamelpin

Illustration of a red velvet ant (Dasymutilla occidentalis) for Menagerie board game by @moosegames.bsky.social 🐜 - #ant #scientificillustration #zoology #biology #insect #animal #boardgame #insectarium #menagerie #cardgameart #sciart

A zebra unicorn 🦄

Ended up not studying a Japanese Beetle because fog brain, and instead did a study on one native to my country. Was a little embarrassed to post it then haha! A late Xylotrupes philippinensis peregrinus for #AugArthroAwe #Invertefest

Here are the stickers that will be part of the bug drop shop update tomorrow! they are weather and water resistant so you can put them on your cars or water bottles or bikes or laptops! but... don't put your laptop near water- i hear they hate that. photo by the talented angelcarboni.carrd.co 💖

Day 1 ~ #avianaugust2025 ~ 'I'iwi 🌱

Avian August day 1, the 'I'iwi! A honeycreeper from Hawai'i, which is the theme this year! ❤️🍒

ebony jewelwing 💎

dodle

nostalgic bonnethead sharks 🌈⚠️

Prehistoric cephalopods were fashion icons 😎

Cicada emergence

Zammara smaragdina #cicada at @casabentbill.bsky.social #costaRica #nature #insects

It's time again!! Another round of my popular little icons is starting up and I'm offering ~10 slots for now. More info below ⬇️⬇️⬇️

i spent so much more time on getting the colors right in this leaf bug painting than i normally would 🪲✨ #bugsky

Busy being a pointy-headed academic today.

#AvianAugust day 4! The Alae ke'oke'o or the Hawaiian Coot! 🍒🪶

Oh whoops, I completely blanked on sharing the new isopod illustrations on here??? Anyway, here are Cubaris sp. Rubber Ducky, C. sp. Amber Ducky and C. sp. Cherry Blossom. The Rubber Duckies have already been turned into stickers, still need to set up the other two. #sciart #invertefest

Why do treehoppers look so weird?! Our latest paper, out this week in @pnas.org, suggests a perhaps unexpected reason - static electricity ⚡ We show that treehoppers can detect the electrostatic cues of predators and that their crazy shapes may boost their electrosensitivity! doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

death closing in [ #art ]

🪲Bugging Me🪲 Feel free to quote with your bug pieces (Do all mine count? 😋)

little guys🪲✨🌿

Bugs!!! 🦗🪲🐝🦋 #art #sciart

Today we have the Giraffe, a herbivore who loves acacia trees and other leafy greens. They are the tallest living land animal and use their height to spot predators approaching from far away. Apologies for the delay in animal art, preparing for the card game launch has been keeping me busy! #sciart

Caught up on #SharkWeekSketchJam and finished my sketchbook spread! Again all pentel pocket brush pens (1 filled with j herbin gris nuage), plus a turquoise Pusheen gel pen for the bioluminescent cloud courtesy of @rachychel.bsky.social #sciart #art #sketch @sharkweeksketchjam.bsky.social

Thresher sharks 🦈

for @licaijun99.bsky.social \o/ Probably one of my favourite pieces from the month :> 🎨 #artfight2025

My summer shop update is now LIVE! Lots of new stickers, prints, patches, enamel pins, and more are now available! 🌊🦦💕 🛒 shop.fossilforager.art reshares are appreciated!! 💕

It’s national #mothweek ! Elegant, mysterious, and incredibly diverse, moths are such fantastic creatures that deserve as much or even more attention as butterflies 🦋 there’s not even a moth emoji yet!

I’m always thinking about a deluxe version of DND bugs with more classes, and after a long time of chaos and intense work among shows I’ve finally got some time to finish it! Which one would you choose? 💚🐛🐞🐝🪲

A sketchbook page of bug friends hanging out in my garden this morning. #sketchbook #painting #paint #art #acrylicgouache #bugs #insects #bee #butterfly #dragonfly #earthworm #garden

Somisomi my beloved <3

cw // insects On their way to bug you 🐞 #illustration #bugs #insects #entomology #animalart

Finally have some room to breathe and play @dodoot.bsky.social Purchase the game (link in next post) and my friend @linofthevalley.bsky.social will draw you a beetle of your choice💜 LIVE NOW! www.twitch.tv/smollestpeanut

Last night was the first open studio "Ladies Night" where local women get together weekly to create and connect at Por El Arte Makerspace in downtown Mount Holly, NJ. Gave me an excuse to start my first big bug painting in awhile! Super grateful to be a part of this blossoming community 💚 🎨🐡🪲🪳

Recently I had the pleasure to have a new cockroach plushie pattern sponsored by @cuttledreams.bsky.social , so here is a male Madagascar Hissing cockroach specially designed for them to match their colony 💜💜🪲🦐 #plushart #inverts #sciArt