Had an amazing day at #Fungitown in #HayonWye today, sat upstairs painting this gorgeous pink-flushed Rosy bonnet #mushroom, Mycena rosea. So many fascinating people to talk to , and so much sharing of #fungal inspiration and ideas. A privilege to be there Come and say hi ,from 10 - 4pm tomorrow.

New paper! I am excited about it, since it has some very cool contributions on: -Status of Invasive ectomycorrhizal fungi -Definition of what is a invasive mycorhizal 🍄 -Cool picture of trees being brought from Europe in 1920! Lead by @nahpo.bsky.social! nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

This weekend, Hay on Wye hosts #Fungitown. www.fungitown.org.uk There are talks, walks, films, and stalls in #Hay Castle (where I'll be selling #fungus prints, drawing, and selling originals of my animal and #botanicalillustrations from 10 - 4 on sat 4th and sun 5th October) Come and visit!

Sorting prints and original #illustrations for @fungitownhay in #hayonwye this weekend. Looking forward to drawing & painting #fungus in Hay castle, sharing sketchbooks, chatting to visitors, and selling original botanical, animal, and fungal illustrations to all mycologically minded visitors.

This is Purple #toadflax #Linaria purpurea, it's a common enough plant, but one that benefits from a closer look. Like most wild flowers, the closer you look, the more amazing details and structure, not to mention nuances of colour, you see. #purple ##linariapurpurea #botanicalillustration#

New step by step botanical illustration film out: youtu.be/BrhlvsnfYEc This one shows me painting a Cosmos flower, and explains the materials and processes involved Make a cup of tea and take a look? #stepbystep #botanicalillustration #cosmos

This is a sprig of #Silverbirch #Betula pendula I painted years ago I was messing about on photoshop, and just like the way it looked with unattached leaves. Something as inconspicuous as a twig with #leaves can make a really interesting and challenging subject. #botanicalillustration #sciart

Apples fall from when ripe due of 2 hormones auxin & ethylene with apposing effects on the abscission zone AZ in the stem Auxin from the fruit pips stops this. Ethylene from the fruit flesh stops auxin production The apple falls after the cell walls in the AZ dissolve No one told this tree! #apples

This week's blog is about illustrating a #wildflower meadow for a seed #packagingdesign: lizzieharper.co.uk/2025/09/wild... It discusses creating roughs, #watercolor technique, layout considerations, & how I do a commercial #botanicalillustration by hand for the client.

Excited to be part of #Fungitown in #HayonWye this Oct 3rd - 5th Fungi Town 2025 | Explore Fungi Events Now www.fungitown.org.uk Ill be selling prints & original illustrations of plants and animals; & hope to draw fungus too. Come along! #fungusday #fungus #sciart #botanicalillustration

This is the #Adonisblue #Polyommatus bellargus #butterfly. The #insect is an incredible glowing blue, and seeing them in life (in France) was an amazing treat. This #sciart #naturalscienceillustration was completed for a #packagingdesign on chinaware

New blog is on a plant found on the #Caribbean island of #Montserrat: #Pribby. lizzieharper.co.uk/2025/08/prib... Pribby #Rondeletia buxifolia won me over by combining an unassuming appearance (it looks like a privet hedge) with its' #criticallyendangered status. #botanicalillustration #sciart

This is my #sciart #illustration of a #Darkgreenfritillary #butterfly #Argynnis (or #Speyeria) aglaja. They have orange upper wings, the green is only on the underside (with by silvery spots) The food plant is pansies & violets. They're strong fliers, so can be hard to see clearly unless at rest.

The Department of Botany and Plant Pathology at Oregon State University is Hiring! We are searching for a Director of the Oregon State University Herbarium and applications are welcomed at the ranks of assistant, associate, or full professor.

Join us at the 1st Great Lakes Plant Science Conference, featuring talks from rising plant scientists across disciplines, 200+ poster presentations, & professional development opportunities! #GLPSC2025 #PlantScience 📅 Sept 12–14, 2025 in Lansing, MI ⏳ Register by Aug 31: research.msu.edu/glpsc2025

Junior #GroupLeader position @mpipz.bsky.social on Plant Development & Diversity ‼️ #plantsci www.mpipz.mpg.de/5697690/job_...

Heliconiini butterfly larvae (Heliconius & kin) have a taste for Passiflora, which has evolved several lines of defense, including this one: Spots on P. boenderi that resemble butterfly eggs & making the leaves appear “occupied” so that gravid females look elsewhere. #Passifloraceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱

Just out: LSTM’s blog post on our latest paper exploring how nitisinone kills malaria mosquitoes, even the resistant ones, through tarsal contact. From rare disease drug to vector control tool. @aacostaserrano.bsky.social 📄 Paper: doi.org/10.1186/s130... #malaria #vectorcontrol #entomology #HPPD

Live in Ontario? Love bugs and forests? I’m a U of T Scarborough researcher studying microbiomes of wood-feeding wasps & moths—differences in natives vs invasives & roles in forest disease. Catch & freeze suspects. DM with questions! #Entomology #Microbiome #Ontario #InvasiveSpecies #ForestHealth

#JobAlert #NatHist Smithsonian natural history museum is searching for 4 Museum Specialists in Entomology - 1 = Heteroptera coll, 2 = general coll management, 1 = informatics + data - deadline Aug 19 - 1 year (may be extended based on funds availability) trustcareers.si.edu/postings/a15...

🧪 And of course, there are some opportunities to join my lab in the area of mineral resources & critical metals: ⚒️Sensor technologies in exploration and mining 🪨Geological controls of REE 📈Supply risk assessment Here is the full list of more than 2000 projects globalink.mitacs.ca#/student/app...

See this cool TT position focused on the Sensory Physiology of Sound at Aarhus University in Denmark! www.au.dk/om/stillinge... @sicb.bsky.social @sicb-spdac.bsky.social #AcademicSky #Invertebrate #marinelife #herps 🧪

Excited. Ordered. Wish I'd written this. www.emmarosefryer.com/labmanual

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New blog on the #Apiaceae, or #Carrot #wildflower family: lizzieharper.co.uk/2025/08/wild... Apiaceae (or #Umbellifers) are hard to do #sciart illustrations of as plants are large but the leaflets and individual flowers are tiny. I still love them though #botanicalillustration

This is the #PaintedLady #butterfly, #Vanessacardui. They're visitors in the US, and are common in Europe. They're amazing migrants, covering enormous distances completed for use on a chinaware design. #Paintedlady #butterflies #Butterfly #naturalhistoryillustration #sciart

🧪🌎🌾 #PlantSciJobs #Herbarium

Another win for toxin baits. Tuvalu eliminates invasive rats from six isles 🌏 www.stuff.co.nz/environment/...

⏰Two week reminder!⏰ Applications for this fantastic funded seagoing #bursary opportunity close on the 1st August! Full details here: noc.ac.uk/education/we...

I illustrated these #honeybees last week for a chinaware company Sorting out fur from stripe, wing vein position, and antennal segments is always tricky; but trying to be accurate matters Loved this job, a joy to spend some quality time with #Apismellifera #naturalhistoryillustration #sciart

GNSI VISUAL SCICOMM CONFERENCE 2025 LIVESTREAMS We are thrilled to be able to offer a small selection of this year's conference presentations as free #SciArt livestreams on our YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/@GNSIVideo/s...). Read on for our schedule...

Hello ecologists and evolutionary biologists! I work with scientists to transform discoveries into beautiful, accurate, publication-ready figures. Get in touch if you want custom illustrations for your next paper. Check out www.lifesciencestudios.com to explore services and get started! #🐡 #🧪

New film about basic #flower #botany - important if you want to get into #sciart and #botanicalillustration youtu.be/FJquIuEHVQ8 I'm not a botanist though, so let me know if there are any mistakes! There are links to downloadable handouts there too. lizzieharper.co.uk/flowers-a-ba...

This #smalltortoiseshell #butterfly, #Aglais urticae. is a commission for a chinaware company. Painting this insect is a real treat as the colours are so vivid. The species name is urticae (nettle) because the caterpillars often feed on stinging nettle. #sciart #naturalscienceillustration

Just realised I forgot to post my latest newsletter here, many apologies! Here it is now. mailchi.mp/9884a51a3af0...

This is the #Chinese #bramble #Rubus tricolor, completed for The Field Studies Council. It appears on the #Urbanplants of Scotland fold our chart, on sale through FSCs website. I loved illustrating the textured leaves and shiny berries. #botanicalart #botanicalillustration #rubus

The @bbcbreaking-bot.bsky.social talks to @amandavincent.bsky.social about her insights into the destruction caused by the controversial fishing practice of #bottomtrawling, which she explains is devastating #marinelife. @projectseahorse.bsky.social bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... 

Woohoo! Publication Day! It’s finally hitting the streets, just like the plants it features. From walls to pavements, fallow waste ground, the grassy bits and street trees, it’s a celebration of urban botany and I really hope you enjoy it! www.bloomsbury.com/uk/urban-pla...

New blog on #wildflower #families out: lizzieharper.co.uk/2025/06/wild... This one is on the varied (& recently re-jigged) #plantain family, #plantaginaceae. With my #botanicalillustrations, it discusses common features of flowers as diverse as foxgloves, speedwell, & plantains. One of a series.

New film out, all about the shapes and terminology of #leaves,along with links to free handouts: youtu.be/dUSbwYRWpKk I hope it'll be an intro for people interested in #botanicalillustration. I don’t draw or paint in this film, & Im not a botanist but hope it's useful. #botanicalart #botany #sciart

Very lucky to have just been named one of the 10 top #botanicalart blogs by Feedspot. I'm delighted, and I love the company I share on this list! bloggers.feedspot.com/botanical_ar...

This blog compares my #botanicalillustrations of #Caribbean #flora done from reference images with real plants, growing in the wild: lizzieharper.co.uk/2025/05/medi... It's always nerve-wracking, seeing plants for the first time, having already illustrated them... #montserrat #sciart

This is a series of photos showing thumbnail sketch through to completed illustration of the Meadow cranesbill Geranium pratense growing in a wildflower meadow. The painting took 10 hrs, quite a swift one One of a several seed packet designs completed for Roselyn, a UK wildflower seed producer.

Ive just done a 3 day workshop teaching people to paint #leaves in #watercolour at Cambridge university botanical gardens, & thought I'd share this teaching aid. Quick & basic...& under 3 mins long! #botanicalillustration #sciart

The #Apple maggot Rhagoletis pomonella adult, completed for FOR Sweden, a gardening organisation. They have "F" marks on their wings and their egg laying, plus maggot damage trashes crops I loved painting the damaged apples, and the browning holes in the fruit. #applemaggot #rhagoletis #sciart

I've been painting apple blossom from life, a challenge as the buds open so fast! Observing differences in colour between apple varieties, and between individual buds has been fascinating. Lots of opera rose watercolour, and attempts to show blue-ish shadows without swamping the pale blossoms.

This film shows my #botanicalillustration of the Field #fleawort #Tephroseris intergrifolia; 3 hours condensed into a couple of minutes. youtu.be/C5PT8MFsGlY I sometimes wish I could actually paint as fast as this, but I bet I'd miss out on the meditative side of #sciart and #illustration.

This is a study of the potato plant i did for a horticultural society in Sweden. It shows both foods made from potato, and a botanical illustration of the entire plant, as well as how to propagate potatoes by chitting.

Today is the FINAL DAY to apply for the BSA Hardship Awards and the BSA Professional Travel Awards. Both awards support professional BSA members with travel expenses to attend #Botany2025. 🌴Hardship Awards: botany.org/home/awards/... 🌵Professional Travel Awards: botany.org/home/awards/...