After years of being curious but lazy, I finally got around to documenting what's inside the black walnuts in my yard. In the process I became obsessed with the strange wasp that hunts down the pupae of the resident flies. 🌿 #wasps #diapriidae #nature #diptera colinpurrington.com/2025/11/life...

Hera Buckmoth visits the forest glade (wip)

Hello at last. ❤️ A worker ant, Camponotus species. Bronze, 14 cast pieces and two magnets, plus nuts and bolts.

Thanks to everyone who watched our stream and everyone who donated. We raised a total of $890 for our various organizations, but it needn't stop there—our donation links will remain live indefinitely. bit.ly/icirr-towe (CHI) bit.ly/chirla-towe (LA) bit.ly/irco-towe (PDX) bit.ly/carecen-towe (DC)

It’s baby octopus season 🐙🦑 Saw this little guy last night with the Salish Sea School in Anacortes, WA as part of their free community dock walk I volunteer as an interpreter for. We can tell it is a giant pacific octopus from the single line of chromatophores on each arm.

2025, in snake portraits: 1 Lampropeltis holbrooki "Speckled Kingsnake"✨ - Oklahoma 2 Pantherophis obsoletus "Western Ratsnake"🐀 - Oklahoma 3 Bothriechis nigroadspersus "Central American Eyelash-Viper"🐍 - Costa Rica 4 Thamnophis proximus "Western Ribbon Snake"🎀 - Oklahoma

(1) Four transit passes from the Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Co., from a collection of 300 of them from 1932-1969, held by @letterformarchive.org.

My precioussssss

Nice light this morning. What are they up to ?

Here’s all the little cicadas together. Put a little varnish on them. Now I just need to cut them out, scan them, and get them in some frames.

When one of us is attacked, we all roll initiative! Join us this Saturday, Nov. 15, for a charity D&D stream to raise funds for immigrant/refugee organizations in CHI, PDX, LA and DC, in support of our neighbors who are being harassed, assaulted and abducted in the name of immigration enforcement.

Looking into getting a family gecko and woah is the reptile biz just bananas On the one hand, I feel like I fell through a time hole and now I'm back surfing the net in 2003... on the other, who is nacholizard72 and how do I know he's going to sell me a gecko and not steal my kidneys?

They’ve decided. It’s time. They will Voltron together and hunt down every last yacht.

"Dream Entities", mini paintings from 2022 Watercolor/multimedia 2.5"x3.5" #art #surreal #aceo #painting

I suspect people don’t know that most scientific conferences charge many thousands of dollars to set up a sales booth, which is why the vending areas are full of boring corporate bullshit and none of the fun wacky artists you’d actually want to see there.

I took my very first photographs of a Fan-tailed Cuckoo today! They've been a Nemesis Bird of mine for many years now so this is a big deal for me :) #birds

A closer look at Ms. Mantis (Stagmomantis limbata, native here in SoCal) from today. Adults can be green or brown, but that doesn't adequately describe how much they vary. "Brown" can tend toward yellow, orange, or even pink, and "green" can be grayish, deep shamrock, or mint-pastel. #Bugsky 🐙🌿

With the aurora popping up again last night, I thought I'd repost this adventure from last year. I drew this when the great @nepeteaa.bsky.social wondered what night-migrating songbirds might make of it all. Part 1/2

A European Robin for @purpzie.com , thank you for your #Waymakers donation! And for a super fun bird choice, I've actually never done one of these before I think? they're so dang cute, here's one looking ahead to winter! 🎨🪶 #BirdArt #SciArt

RED RED RED AURORAS IN CHICAGO OMG #ilwx #aurora

I'm currently searching for a book on insect anatomy. Any recommendations? 🙂🪲🐞🦋 #insects #books #invertebrates

🍂 Raven Eclipse 🔴 Gouache on watercolor paper, approx 6x9" I've been having a lovely time playing with my paints again 😊 This will be up on my Inprnt shop soon!

An experimental painting from this past summer Watercolor and pencils on 11x14" paper

Does anyone have recommendations for cellular GPS tags (GPS + GSM) for box turtles? I want to be able to have the data sent to me remotely via a cellular network. Needs to weigh 20-30g or less. These would be attached to box turtle shells with epoxy.

🦇 ICYMI We’ve updated our Bat Ambassador Guide for teachers, interpreters, and anyone sharing bat knowledge. It’s free and packed with outreach tips and Alberta bat info. Link in comments!

Read every word & share with everyone you know. This is real life here in Chicago. Americans need to know this grotesque reality & stand with us.

This Saturday, 11/15, join me and @blackgirlmage.bsky.social, @dreamwisp.bsky.social, @themightyjerd.bsky.social and @urbanbohemian.com as we play D&D and raise funds in support of our neighbors who are being threatened with harassment, assault and kidnapping in the name of immigration enforcement.

Noooo Derwent Artist pencils and Tombow dual tip markers aren't lightfast?! Guess I'm throwing out most of my art materials 🫠

Reminder: Today at 11 am Eastern I'll be streaming "The Long Dark" to raise money for NY Common Pantry! With giveaways for each goal! Let's see how long I last. www.twitch.tv/nkjemisin If you don't feel like watching the game, you can also donate directly at tiltify.com/@nkjemisin/s...

Calling this one finished! Thank you to everyone who donated to @porpoiseorg.bsky.social to help us make this! If you're learning about the #Vaquita for the first time, head over to this link and learn more about this critically endangered porpoise! savethevaquitas.carrd.co

It's almost the weekend! 🥳 If you're looking for something for you and/or your kids to do, I've recently re-uploaded my arthropod coloring guide 🎨 Please feel free to share, print, and [definitely] have fun with it!!! drive.google.com/file/d/1V59i...

My 7 y/o wants everyone to know it’s #SaveTheVaquita week! Check out the hashtag to find art streams raising money/awareness, and visit porpoise.org to learn more about our smallest and most endangered marine mammal and to donate directly

“Maybe if I pretend to be asleep she’ll go away.” Eastern screech owl, 700 mm, close crop. #Birds #WildlifePhotography

We found oyster spiders today during my oyster lab field trip for my Invertebrate Zoology class! These are marine spiders! They have special setae (hairs) that trap air and let them live underwater. #invertebrates #spider

Queenfisher 🪶 6x6" Gouache on Watercolor Paper Art from my time up at the cabin in September, I really want to do more birds like this :)

Habronattus borealis male, from Pomquet Beach, NS

This tiny hemerobiid lacewing, Sympherobius occidentalis, arrived to the porch light last night. With magnification, we can see its hypnotic wing venation.

Queen #snake - Regina septemvittata (Shot near Cincinnati 9-18-25) 🐍 #photography #macrophotography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #nature #animal #herps #reptile

Anyone out there struggling with finding an art style? I did for many years. I wrote a blog post about my journey to finding my current style, you might find it interesting or useful! buff.ly/8Eg23hF #consistencywithart #artstyle #artblog #howtopaint #illustration #illustrator

occupied cavities • 11” x 14” • gouache & watercolor on paper

My kid asking about another 1st grader's drawing of an ICE abduction Agents waving guns at a woman parking just before hundreds of kids pass by on a fundraising walk Parents at my kid's school scrambling to post guards for a kindergarten walking field trip Our neighborhood was safe before ICE

Illinois passed the Illinois Bivens Act, which allows folks to sue ICE officers who violate their rights. “damages can increase based on various factors … including the use of facial coverings, crowd control measures like tear gas, vehicles with a non-Illinois license plate or no license plate…”

Enjoying the good news vibes

Meet our newest patient here at the Alaska Raptor Center, a Northern Pygmy Owl named King Owlbert by his rescuers. Owlbert arrived with a drooping wing, making flight difficult. We’ve given him a supportive wing wrap, plenty of tasty mice, and time to heal. #small #owls #adorable

Gorgeous giant beetle grubs I’m trying to ID. Time to go find out about beetle grub care lol. There’s so much suburban development in my county that the more unusual and uncommon bugs are really special so I really want to help these guys out. I am thrilled big beetles breed on our land!

I don't think I've actually posted this one on its own, a travesty Asian Tiger Mosquito #pixelart #украрт

It got just a bit too dark to quite finish my painting of a #StagBeetle #SciArt #WildlifeArt

Apologies to the guy with the stroller I almost bumbled into while trying to rescue this wasp I found in a coffee shop window

One of these days, I'll need to reach out to terrifyingly successful people and organizations to start setting up some publicity for The Bird Book. I love folklore. I love birds. I love writing and drawing. But talking to people...? 😱 If you know non-scary sci-com bird people, let me know 😅

Male Snowcap #hummingbird at @tapirvalley.bsky.social #CostaRica this morning. #birds #nature