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arthro @arthro.bsky.social · 06/08/2024

I've been on mastodon! I bridged my account. Expect more general art if you follow me in the quoted post, but still a nice amount of bugs.

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Lianne Pflug 🌾 @loonpflug.bsky.social · 14/02/2024

a moment of appreciation for ✨him✨

A spot illustration of an acorn weevil sitting on top of an acorn, which has a hole in the side of the acorn where a weevil larva has burrowed out.

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arthro @arthro.bsky.social · 15/02/2024

Thanks to a recent snowfall I was able to make this snow bee! I was thinking Lasioglossum, but I think this bee is a little large for that :)

An overhead and slightly diagonal view of a bee made of snow in a neutral pose. It is fairly realistic, with 6 legs and a head, thorax, and abdomen. There are faint lines carved in the body to define the abdomen's segments. The wings are made of dried fennel branches and the
antennae are made of snapped echinacea stems.

A dorsal (directly above) view of the same snow bee from the previous photo. There are lines carved in the snow defining the medial and parapsidal lines of the thorax, and tegulae covering where the wings insert into the body. In the bottom of the frame there are two hiking boots that are around half the size of one bee leg for scale.

An anterior (head-on) view of the snow bee. The eyes are defined but the mouthparts are indistinct.

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Miriam H Morrill @mhmorrill.bsky.social · 17/12/2023

We had a nice day in Death Valley. Perfect weather and cool to see Badwater Basin with water and reflections of the mountains. We heard that the last time was about 18 years ago.

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Evelyndroid's Aperture Science and Bugge-Finding 🏳️‍⚧️🕷️ @apsciencebylyn.bsky.social · 25/10/2023

Reminder that fairy wasps can sometimes look like actual humanoid fairies when they hover 🌿🐝🧪

Tiny orange wasp, hovering looking like a human standing still with arms at their side

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Lorraine Sime @lorrainesimeart.bsky.social · 20/10/2023

Drawing of a wasp I recently met.

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SOHO @feuer-in-soho.art · 19/10/2023

Every Group-7 mechanized frame with an onboard computer comes with a custom Comp/Con Unit. The isobuddy™ helps you plan routes, analyze situations and optimize use of your frame. It even offers remote operation capabilities! #inktober #art #isopodtober

A digital blocky pixelated representation of a isopod. its floating in space and looks cute

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Frank Ashwood @frankashwood.bsky.social · 19/10/2023

Have you ever seen termites like these?! Soldiers of the termite subfamily Nasutitermitinae have reduced (or absent!) mandibles, and a pointed snout at the front of their heads, which they use to defensively spray chemicals at predators! 🧪

A photograph of a pair of termites with round orange heads that taper to a point.

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arthro @arthro.bsky.social · 19/10/2023

Repostober Day 5: an older custom character of a painted grasshopper (Dactylotum bicolor)!

An anthropomorphic grasshopper stands on a light blue background. it is an off-white with numerous navy blue and orange markings that look like they're "painted" on the body. They have a broad build, with large femurs. Their tibia and femurs are crouched into an extremely digitigrade position, with elongated tarsomeres making up what would be the metapodia in a vertebrate. Their first pair of arms are more humanoid, while their lower pair end in a more traditional tarsus and pretarsus.

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CuttleDreams @cuttledreams.bsky.social · 09/10/2023

🐡#Invertober days 5-8! The Citrus root weevil, Coconut octopus, Common banded hover fly, and Calico crab! Absolutely loving the variety in these animals, there's so much to appreciate.

A drawing of a Citrus Root Weevil walking towards the viewer. Some of its legs are raised in high steps. The head and thorax are black, with some white around the eyes and two notable white stripes going down the sides following the bodylength. There are also white speckles across the top of the thorax. The wing casings are yellow with black striping going down the back, which have white outlines. The wing casings have a notable dimpled texture to them.

Behind the weevil is a purple hexagon background, with the top two sides having accent lines to add energy.

A drawing of a coconut octopus. It’s body ranges from reddish to purple to orange on the fringes, with dark markings on the sides of its orange eyes. The tentacles feature purples and blues as well, with the suckers in particular being a bright blue that appear to glow. Four of the tentacles curve outward from the body, and the remaining four are curled more closely under the body.

Behind the octopus are three dark teal circles, two of which are overlapped. They echo the small teal bubbles that are around the octopus' body to indicate being under water.

A drawing of a common banded hover fly. It is facing the viewer in such a way that the viewer can see the back of the insect. It is yellow with large red eyes, a green top of the thorax, and black stripes along the abdomen.

Behind the insect is a down-pointed green triangle with accent marks on either side.

A drawing of a sandy-yellow crab with symmetrical bright brown splotches across its shell and limbs. The splotches are darker on the edges. The eyes are green, and surrounded by a dirty brown-grey color interrupted by a ring of sandy colored bumps that can also be found around the edge of the shell and across the pincers.

Overall the crab has a grumpy look, which is further accentuated by some grey-green action lines emanating from the crab’s direction.

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arthro @arthro.bsky.social · 09/10/2023

Repostober day 4 (catching up): an interesting sketch from the archives: a redesign for a Neopet! I've always been a bit put off by the Buzz's design having that weird fleshy mouth. I wanted to make this redesign cute and approachable for bug lovers and phobes alike!

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cambrian epic wet animal @dinoserious.bsky.social · 04/10/2023

invertober day 3, little fire ant! bit of patterning fun ^_^

block of a repeat pattern containing a number of simply drawn light brown/red ants in different positions on a light yellow background. there are little stylized flames in the areas between them. there is an offset version of the pattern in the background in a slightly lighter yellow

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Natalie Metzger @thefuzzyslug.bsky.social · 03/10/2023

Sunburst diving beetle 🪲☀️ 🧪 #SciArt #invertober #fuzztober

Illustration of a round black beetle with bright yellow Rorschach-like spots, two large red backlegs stick out perpendicular to the body covered in fine hair, air bubble on butt, surrounded by long segmented black larvae, ink and marker on toned paper

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arthro @arthro.bsky.social · 03/10/2023

Day 3 of Repostober is an album cover redraw of Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream!" This was a 2022 Art Fight attack for p34rs_ and their woolly aphid OC Erio! We love to see the hemipteran rep :)

An anthropomorphic woolly aphid rests on a bed of green-tinted cloudy material. The composition of the piece is identical to the album of Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream", where the character has their knees bent and rests their arms near their head, which is turned towards the viewer. The character's abdomen is held above the rest of the body.

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arthro @arthro.bsky.social · 03/10/2023

Oops, I forgot about Day 2 of Repostober! That's... in character for me. Anyways, today I've got another character concept, this time some much older art of a fairyfly made for a friend. Parasitoid wasp designs are always underrated, so I loved the chance to draw one for someone else!

A design for an anthropomorphic fairy fly (a type of microscopic parasitoid wasp) stands on a dark blue background. They appear in mid-step and their upper left arm is held up close to their head. Their lightly jointed antennae exceed the length of half of their body. Their wings have been reduced into a stalk that rounds to a filamentous club. Their first pair of arms look more humanoid, ending in a three-fingered hand. The second pair is thin, delicate, and ends in tarsi more like a wasp's. Their coloration is warm yellows and oranges that give way to cooler blues towards the extremities, similar to a heat map or colored SEM image.

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arthro @arthro.bsky.social · 01/10/2023

Repostober is a great idea for people who haven't quite caught up on posting all their old art (me) or don't have time to make new ones (also me)! Here's Day 1: a re-aquatic plains clubtail concept I made a while back!

An anthropomorphic plains clubtail (Gomphurus externus) stands on a light blue background. They have dark brown and desaturated yellow markings and blue compound eyes. The last few segments of their abdomen are thicker than the rest. They are in diver's gear. A scuba mask covers their head, and there are respiration tubes attached to each pair of spiracles. They are wearing flippers on their feet and wings, and their abdomen is fitted with a tadpole-like mechanical tail.

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arthro @arthro.bsky.social · 01/10/2023

Week 2 of my nature journal! I found a really rare bug (a japygid) and I'm pretty satisfied with how it turned out.

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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 26/09/2023

Kyromyrma neffi is a fossil ant found in ambers from Raritan, New Jersey. The area is also known to preserve various fossil plants, like flowers, seeds, and fruits. 🎨 🧪 🐡

Ant on a dark forest floor among dead plant bits, with light shining from above

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ascalaphid @ascalaphid.com · 20/09/2023

The Sorceress

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arthro @arthro.bsky.social · 17/09/2023

I've been doing some nature journaling for a course recently! It's probably the most zen class I've ever taken. Here's my first go at it! I just found a nice place to sit and started drawing.

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Saimi Hanma ⚔️ サイミ @saimihanma.northsky.social · 10/09/2023

I finished this page of nudibranchs! I unintentionally kept choosing white nudis so I just went with it. ウミウシ

A page of 7 different white Japanese nudibranchs in watercolor

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Arlo @arlo-anomaly.bsky.social · 15/08/2023

Catching up

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Evelyndroid's Aperture Science and Bugge-Finding 🏳️‍⚧️🕷️ @apsciencebylyn.bsky.social · 02/09/2023

Ascaloptynx appendiculata, a large and stunning owlfly I'm always happy to see. 🤎 #InverteFest 🌿🪰 8/31/23

Large winged insect clutching the stem of a plant, long abdomen held perpendicular to its head/thorax/wings.

Face shot from an angle, highlighting the big round compound eyes.

The creature seen through a fisheye lens, cloudy afternoon sky and pine forest background

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ascalaphid @ascalaphid.com · 04/09/2023

party larva

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J💿rge Manchola @manyojo.bsky.social · 04/09/2023

Me entering the frame to check out on friends. (tried to take pic of fly mid flight but this was the best I could get) #InverteFest

Blurry close-up picture of a fly in mid flight.

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MOTH👑MONARCH 🤖🔪 Robot Knife Fight Recovery Zone @mothmonarch.bsky.social · 31/08/2023

🐛 so many bugs by one artist - hello!! #InverteFest shop.mothmonar.ch 👈🛍 Reposts = 💖

Photo of two double-sided acrylic charms of a pellucid hawk moth with the left one showing the top and the right one showing the bottom. The moth design is largely green, yellow, and black on top and cream-colored with dark areas underneath. The wings have dark veins but are otherwise clear. The backdrop behind the charms is off-white and gold.

Photo of an enamel pin design of a centipede with celestial markings on its body segments wrapped around a stylized eclipse. The backdrop of the pin is blue fabric with gold details.

Close-up photo of a black cotton bandana with a gold metallic honeybee and honeycomb design screen printed on it.

Photo of a sheet of small insect stickers including moths, beetles, cicadas, orchid mantises, beeflies, honeybees, dragonflies, caterpillars, a jumping spider, a leaf bug, and other critters. The backing of the sticker sheet is blue, and the sheet itself is resting on a gray fabric background.

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Noctis 🗡️Scarab Knight🐞 @scarabknightnoctis.bsky.social · 31/08/2023

I'm still warming up for streaming stuff, so in the meantime, I should probably contribute to the anthro bug community. Here's a few sketches of my white dotted prominent moth character, Gibi! (They/them) They come from a magic-using society, but have no magic of their own.

An anthropomorphic moth with digitigrade legs and four arms. Their fur is light beige and their wings are brown.

Sketches of Gibi's reworked design, that emphasizes cuter, "furry-like" proportions. One of the sketches shows Gibi using their long proboscis to drink out of a cup.

A colored version of Gibi's reworked, "furry-focused" design.

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arthro @arthro.bsky.social · 31/08/2023

Hello people of Bluesky! Let's kick things off with my most recent bug-related piece- an Art Fight attack for foxcaty of their lovely dragonfly character named Ponds!

An image of an anthropomorphic dragonfly that is mostly blue with pink and green accents. They are hovering in mid-flight and have a neutral expression.

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