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@bedupolker.bsky.social
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Wilderness EMT/mountain man/drawer of critters. Illustrated for PBS Eons, NPS, & others. Views are my own. ❗❗I POST BUGS❗❗

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Isopod Fan Account @bedupolker.bsky.social · 2h
Stealing my coffee
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Isopod Fan Account @bedupolker.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Does anyone know what this weird little red freak is doing?
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Isopod Fan Account @bedupolker.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Just found out my favorite flannel's pocket has a strict one rat limit.
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Isopod Fan Account @bedupolker.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This shrimp in particular (my only orange & white shrimp) loooooves to lay down in the weirdest, deadest position possible and scare me until I poke it with a net and it just casually swims away
A shrimp laid over under some moss
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Isopod Fan Account @bedupolker.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Got a Mexican dwarf crayfish based on info saying they were peaceful and safe w/ shrimp. But I must have gotten the Hannibal Lector of dwarf crayfish because this one killed two in under an hour. I don't even know how how two shrimp fit inside that tiny body. She's been imprisoned in the scud tank.
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Isopod Fan Account @bedupolker.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Instead of torturing a beta fish in your tiny plant vase, consider: ostracods. They're physically indistinguishable from a sesame seed in size and appearance but they have a lot of personality i swear.
A glass bowl with a pothos plant and some rocks in it on a computer desk.Macro photo of a small clam-like crustacean through glass, circled in red with a digital marker.
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Isopod Fan Account @bedupolker.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Trying to send a nice selfie to my parents but someone kept squinting and smirking
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Isopod Fan Account @bedupolker.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Almost missed my bus to the airport to get a photo of this guy... literally just a doggy
A marbled tan weevil with a short broad snout dipped in black perched on a finger. It is in a 3/4ths view. A marbled tan weevil with a short broad snout dipped in black perched on a finger. It is in side view.
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Isopod Fan Account @bedupolker.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Tried to duplicate that enrichment for rodents where they "bob" for peas in shallow water but they decided to fill the bowl with dirt, dig the peas out, decide they dont like peas, and ate some of the dirt instead
A white mouse with its back turned to a dirt covered peaA soil-flecked brown mouse squeezing out of a plastic bun full of dirt. A white mouse can be seen from inside the bin with her tail sticking out
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Isopod Fan Account @bedupolker.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Trophy hunter
A three panel comic of two anthropomorphic mice eating dinner in a hunting lodge-like setting. The first panel shows the two at eye level, with several mounted heads of bugs and small lizards decorating the walls.

Mariella (mouse 1): I get grasshopper mice are carnivores and all, but..."

The second panel shows Mariella looking up at a mounted stag beetle, which dominates the foreground.

Mariella: The decor's a little... morbid.

The third panel is back at eye level with the mice.

Grasshopper mouse: ... You eat meat, yes?

Mariella: Eating them's one thing... but having their lifeless eyes watch you tear into their husk of a body... Seems... Sacrilegious. Is that the right word?A five panel comic, with two small panels at the top, a large middle panel, and two at the bottom. The small panels are all headshots of the grasshopper mouse. 

Grasshopper mouse: ... No. Were I bested by a worthy foe...

Middle panel features an imagined scene of the grasshopper mouse facing a terrifying huge rattlesnake, she appears to have been bested and is struggling to sit up on the ground clutching a wound, facing defeat bravely.

Text: I would consider it a great honor, to be immortalized as a shrine to the passion of our battle.

Bottom two panels, headshots as the grasshopper mouse looks forlorn. 

Grasshopper mouse: Of course, this could never happen in reality. Snakes, birds of prey... Have no hands. They can't make trophies.
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Isopod Fan Account @bedupolker.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Me: That hike was only like 7 or 8 miles, I dunno why I'm so tired! Must just be a low energy day. The 50 pounds of rocks that somehow ended in my backpack:
A bunch of rocks in the back of a car.
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Isopod Fan Account @bedupolker.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
#invertefest Crawbaby tries to say hi to a snail but gets shy and leaves (leafs)
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Isopod Fan Account @bedupolker.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
#invertefest pretty good day of aquatic inverting... goal #1 was to kidnap some freshwater amphipods for my aquarium so anything beyond that was a bonus
A backswinmer bug. An aquatic insect that superficially resembles a cicada, but with long legs and sharp claws in the front. It has a striking red and black pattern.A crawfish being pinched between fingers.An insect nymph. It has a long, delicate, semi-transluscent body with gills that fan out and three plumes off the end of its abdomen.A shiny black ground beetle with red legs, partially hiding itself beneath a piece of sharp rock or glass.
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Isopod Fan Account @bedupolker.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I need to get this girl a digging box
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Isopod Fan Account @bedupolker.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Got my macro lens to cooperate with my camera. Enjoy some pond scum creatures.
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Isopod Fan Account @bedupolker.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
wtf this is so sad...
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Isopod Fan Account @bedupolker.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Harvest mouse
An anthromorphic harvest mouse dressed as a cheerful little German boy, he is holding an oversized lollipop in his prehensile tail.
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Isopod Fan Account @bedupolker.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Aussies (quoll & numbat)
Two anthromorphic marsupials, a quoll and a numbat. The quoll has black fur with white spots and is striking a dainty pose with a galaxy print dress, hat, and high heels. The numbat has a long snout and tongue sipping his beer. He has a shaggy mullet, mustache, and a sleeveless top sporting the logo of a psychedelic rock band
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Isopod Fan Account @bedupolker.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Sengi
Anthromorphic depictions of two different species of male sengi, shrew-like animals with elephant-like trunks. The one onf the left is hunched over and anxious looking, with slightly unkempt fur and plain looking clothes, grinning nervously. The one on the right looks fit and confident with stylish dyed hair, jeans jacket with no shirt underneath, accessories, and striking a pose. Their trunks are barely touching in the middle with a little heart coming out.
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Isopod Fan Account @bedupolker.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Pink fairy armadillo
An armadillo on its hind legs in a fluffy princess dress. She has white fur and pink scales on her head, claws, and tail.
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Isopod Fan Account @bedupolker.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The mice are inspiring me to finally get a shrimp tank. They're fun to watch but only up late at night, I and need 24 hour live entertainment.
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Isopod Fan Account @bedupolker.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Finally found who's been eating my succulents
A hand holding up a small brown mouse, there is an out of focus planter full of rocks and decorative succulents behind it.
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Isopod Fan Account @bedupolker.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Sunset w the bestie
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Isopod Fan Account @bedupolker.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
A couple more
A burly hamster woman with a stern expression holding a thick log under each arm. A sweet looking hedgehog in a patterned dress with a bandana holding a basket of mushrooms.
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Isopod Fan Account @bedupolker.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Some lesser seen small mammals (Paca, Streaked Tenrec, Luzon cloud rat)
Three anthropomorphic rodent-like characters against a blank background. Left to right: a Paca, a type of stout rodent that resembles a rat or a capybara with white spots on her back, kneels sadly at a scoop of ice cream that has fallen out of her now-empty cone. She has curly hair that covers her eyes and a bikini. A Tenrec, an animal that has a snout similar to a shrew with yellow hedgehog-like spikes, strikes a snazzy pose while wearing punk clothing, combat boots, and a toothy grin. A Luzon cloud rat, a type of rat with fluffy white fur and dark markings on its face and underbelly, confidently wears a classy white suit, aviator glasses, sandals, and has his chest out.
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Isopod Fan Account @bedupolker.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Point sublime, gouache on three wood panels.
A wide landscape of the Grand Canyon on a mostly sunny day. White, red, and grayish sandstone formations fill the landscape. There's a light colored peninsula with shrubs on it in the foreground reaching out into the distance.
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Isopod Fan Account @bedupolker.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Striped grass mice
Three slender anthropomorphic mice women sitting in a row braiding each others hair. The mouse furthest right is poised and elegant, and the mouse furthest left is annoyed at the treatment of her hair. They are wearing robes designed with contemporary African print.
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Isopod Fan Account @bedupolker.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Keepin it cool! Experimenting with some more painterly backgrounds for her, gouache on wood panel.
A scene taking place within a shaded canyon of a anthropomorphic mouse woman fishing out of the river, she is flinging her rod out of the water with a fairy shrimp at the other end. A frog gapes beside her. The canyon walls are covered in lush ferns and succulents. A top-down view of an anthropomorphic mouse lady in light clothing resting on a striped cot, with a cluster of aspen leaves in the foreground. Millipedes wind underneath her cot.
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Isopod Fan Account @bedupolker.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Male (left) and female (right) cottonwood stag beetles. Kinda funny, in this species the male's antlery parts shrunk back down to nearly normal size, but instead of becoming normal mandibles like the female has, they're just useless lil nubs... oh well, at least he's cute!
A male stag beetle with small mandibles perched on a finger. A female stag beetle perched on a finger.
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Isopod Fan Account @bedupolker.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
tfw a plant store starts selling isopods for vivariums & theyre nice enough to show you dairy cows(porcellio laevis) they bring them out and they're CLEARLY armadilidium Vulgare Dalmatians not only a different species but a different GENUS but you don't want to harsh the vibe so you just smile & nod
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Isopod Fan Account @bedupolker.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Sometimes I feel like i was born in the wrong generation
A sketchbook held up towards a large, flat sandstone wall with out of focus rock art on it. The sketchbook interprets a maze like design, geometric shapes, and simplified animal and human-like figures.The photographer's hand holding up a rough replica of the venus of willundorf, held up over a pool of water and clay-like mud. The upper half of the slot canyon is reflected in the water.
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Norm @greenchilenorm.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
“We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are.” - Anais Nin (Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks, Cochiti Pueblo, New Mexico)
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Isopod Fan Account @bedupolker.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Mystical shrimp pool
A painting of a pool centered by a vortex of striped sandstone, surrounded by four teepee-like geological structures.
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Isopod Fan Account @bedupolker.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Some things are easier to paint from life vs a photo... aquatic macroinvertebrates are not one of those things
A sketchbook held over a shallow sandy pool of water by an unseen hand. It features a watercolor sketch of a triops, a type of crustacean with a horseshoe shaped carapace and a long tail, and some small fairy shrimp.A triops in a shallow sandy pool.
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Isopod Fan Account @bedupolker.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Point sublime
A pInying of a white sandstone bluff going into the grand canyon.
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Isopod Fan Account @bedupolker.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
❗️❗️FILTHY WOMAN ALERT❗️❗️
A velvet ant, a type of furry wingless wasp with bold colors, covered in sand and dust, running along a rock like surface.
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Isopod Fan Account @bedupolker.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Kinda getting into... rocks
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Isopod Fan Account @bedupolker.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Getting lost in the supermarket (1/2)
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Isopod Fan Account @bedupolker.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Holding hands 💛💛
Two beetles with oblong bodies on a petal-less flower with their front limbs touching to look like they're holding hands.
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Isopod Fan Account @bedupolker.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Quick monsoon piece... looks moody but everyone's definitely glad for the rain.
A partially cloudy sky over a desert landscape. From the left, dark storm clouds roll in front of fluffy white clouds. Red rock monuments and pillars rise up from dirt and patches of greenery.
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Isopod Fan Account @bedupolker.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Sedona
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Isopod Fan Account @bedupolker.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
👀
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Isopod Fan Account @bedupolker.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Scary movie.
A five panel comic featuring Mariella, a mouse with long wavy hair and big ears, and Rusty, a rat with shorter scruffy fur and small ears. In the first panel, Mariella looks at a lineup of movie posters with rodent-like protagonists. In the center is a poster with a mousetrap and a scary font, resembling a horror film. 

Mariella: The sports movie'll put me to sleep... The romance one, I think the book was better. Oh, how about the slasher?

The next two panels feature the characters exchanging dialogue. Rusty looks smug, while Mariella looks a little disappointed.

Rusty: Slashers... Predictable, lowbrow. The McDonalds of Horror. 'Sides, Slashers aren't even scary. 

Mariella: But I won't want to see it all by myself!

The last panels, Rusty concedes as Mariella runs off ahead of him.

Rusty: Well, 'spose a bad movie review wouldn't hurt my blog.

Mariella: Oh, yeah! Maybe you'll finally get a fifth follower!

Rusty [thinking, looking self-conscious]: She said it so earnestly...Four panels of the same scene of Rusty and Mariella sitting in a dark movie theater. There is no dialogue between them. The first one, they are sitting quietly and contently. The second panel, Mariella flinches towards him, as an "Aack!" dialogue bubble emerges from the movie screen. The third panel, she looks relaxed, but more pensive. The fourth panel, several scary sounds come from the screen, and she squeezes Rusty out of fear as her eyes bug out. Two panels. The first one, Rusty and Mariella walking out of the theater with identical strung out expressions. They both have thought bubbles, Mariella is thinking about a scary movie scene, while Rusty has hearts in his.

The second panel, Mariella shoves at Rusty playfully as he grumbles non distinctly.

Mariella: You are such a liar! You were totally scared! I could feel your heart through your jacket! Your fur's still puffed out and everything. Liaaaaar!
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Isopod Fan Account @bedupolker.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Misc. plein airs
Three older but well-maintained buildings on a cobblestone street lined with young trees. They are constructed of brick and wood. Text: Portland, Maine 6/8/2026. A watercolor piece of red sandstone cliffs above greenish scrub land, dotted with larger Ponderosa pine trees. Larger cliffs are visible in the distance. Text: Hop Valley May 2026.A lush busy forest centering a birch tree and a few young evergreens. Text: pretty marsh June 2026.A scraggly pine tree emerging from granite rocks, surrounded by other twisted and evergreen shrubs. Text: Near Acadia Peak, June 2026.
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Isopod Fan Account @bedupolker.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Figure drawings (2/2) Posted separately for mature tagging reasons.
A female figure depicted with thick paint. She is sitting with her legs crossed, one arm supporting her from behind and the other laid over her thigh. She has choppy dyed hair and tattoos on her ankle and rib cage. There is an abstract painting behind her. Loose watercolor nude figure drawings of a young woman. The figure on the left she is standing and facing the viewer, the right she is sitting cross legged with a brooding expression. A nude figure drawing of a woman with thick lineart. She is hugging one knee to her chest, with her head tilted upwards and away from the viewer.
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Isopod Fan Account @bedupolker.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
July figure drawings 1/?
A portrait of an older man with sharp features drawn from the chest up. A full body figure drawing portrait of an older man sitting on a chair, his hands on his legs. He is nude save for underwear.
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Isopod Fan Account @bedupolker.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
C&O Canal Studies 1/2
An old overgrown canal. It is surrounded by stone walls with ferns and other plants growing through the cracks, with brown stagnant water and reeds below.A painting of a rough stone wall made up of large uneven slabs overgrown with vegetation. Text: C&O mile 144Watercolor painting on a small sketchbook of a scene of a wide, placid river reflecting the sky, viewed from a shore. Several reeds and a smoothed out log jut out into the water.
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Isopod Fan Account @bedupolker.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Paw paw tunnel, painting & ref- I did not know that wine berries (my problematic fave) could grow like that!
A painting of the enterance an old train tunnel that has been repressed into a footpath, made of large worn out stone blocks. It is lined by cliffs on either side and a canal runs through on the right of the path. It is overgrown with plants, with a few draping over the entrance. At the far end of the tunnel, a light from the other eneterance is visible. The entrance to a large, old train tunnel. Several plants are hanging down from the top, including a wine berry bush.
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Isopod Fan Account @bedupolker.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Little bit of C&O canal action. (Biked the whole thing once before, unfortunately only have time to go from DC to cumberland this time!)
Watercolor painting on a small sketchbook of a ring of slabby rocks sticking out of mild rapids. Text in upper right: C&O mile 62.Watercolor painting on a small sketchbook of a scene of a wide, placid river reflecting the sky, viewed from a shore. Several reeds and a smoothed out log jut out into the water.
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Mocha7x24 (🔞) @lilmocha.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Blindly redrawing Bluesky media (selected by my friends) based on their Alt Text Descriptors alone
Quick digital greyscale doodle of an isopod chilling out at their convention booth selling artwork and trinkets, under a banner that reads "Bug Wares" 

I cannot emphasised how hyped I was when I was sent the original image (and how scared I am that people are gonna assume I cheated)
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