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The Coleopterists Society @coleopsoc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

#LiteratureNotice Grebennikov et al. Deep-soil sampling in Chile reveals a new elateroid beetle family, Badmaateridae fam. nov. (Coleoptera) doi.org/10.1111/syen... #Beetle #Beetles #elateroidbeetle

floated sample containing the new species of beetle

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Hilde van Zanten @bugswithlime.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

imagine for a moment that your father died a bit over a year ago, and now your sister is thinking about cloning his voice so she can still listen to him talking. sounds fucked up right?

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mossworm.bsky.social @mossworm.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Normal Beetles: coming to stationary near you (not really, but wouldn't that be fun?)

simple cartoon designs representing real beetles.
upper left: "Xen" is a Xenomorphon. A wingless beetle who cries easily. He always wants to watch the same three movies.
upper right: "Atra" is an Atractocerus. A very long and flexible beetle who can fit in narrow areas. He gets nervous in big crowds.
lower left: "Clav" is a Claviger. A beetle who is always showing up in places without having been invited. He's a nice guy, though, so everyone is usually okay with it.
lower right: "Para" is a Paratuposa. A very small and light beetle who is blown around by strong wind. She brushes her wings for two hours every day.

simple cartoon designs representing real beetles.
upper left: "Cal" is a Calodromus. A beetle with long legs who actually hates running. When he gets angry, he kicks things.
upper right: "Platy" is a Platyrhopalopsis. A shy beetle who loves peace and quiet. She always gets nervous when it's her turn to order at restaurants.
lower left: "Kero" is a Cerocranus. A fussy beetle who cares a lot about his looks. He is often late to things, because he gets distracted by mirrors and windows.
lower right: "Ness" is a Cnestus. A small beetle who knows a lot about mushrooms. If she starts talking about something she likes, she will never stop.

simple cartoon designs representing real beetles.
upper left: "Mike" is a Micromalthus. A pleasant beetle who always tries to look at the bright side of things. People ask her when she will get married, but she says she is happy by herself.
upper right: "Koto" is a Coatonachthodes. A small beetle with a big tail that looks like a termite. Her tail isn't alive, but sometimes she talks to it when she thinks no one is listening.
lower left: "Mel" is a Meloetyphlus. A loud beetle who loves the sound of her own voice. Even though she has a huge head, she forgets things easily.
lower right: "Trak" is a Trachelismus. A beetle who can always see over the crowd at concerts. He has been getting into origami lately.

The twelve cartoon beetle designs standing together as if posing for a picture

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Hilde van Zanten @bugswithlime.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

just remembered it's #invertefest. sorry for not sharing my first embroidery with y'all immediately

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Hilde van Zanten @bugswithlime.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

new beetle enclosure. took all day to set it up in my room, did so yesterday, and now my arms, legs, and back hurt...

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Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik @hatethathedgehog.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

we already know no one who works at bluesky has drip, they have to have fuckin claude dress them. dont put that on me

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Hilde van Zanten @bugswithlime.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

"why is bug biodiversity doing so bad?" my sister got annoyed at a singular european yellow jacket trying to taste today's dinner and now she wants to get a wasp trap for the wasp biodiversity paradise that our backyard is

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Colin Purrington @colinpurrington.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

The nearly 2 million bug zappers sold in the United States each year cause the needless deaths of billions of innocent insects. We need to get the word out that they don't control mosquitoes. Please share this list with your neighbors. #mosquitoes #insects colinpurrington.com/2026/06/10-r...

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10 reasons why you shouldn't buy a bug zapper

Although scientists have known for decades that bug zappers do not control mosquitoes, gullible Americans buy 1.75 million of them every year. To help get the word out I thought I'd create a more exha...

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Hilde van Zanten @bugswithlime.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

woke up early today, brain forced me to do art. enjoy

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Hilde van Zanten @bugswithlime.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

waiting for my bug pinning supplies, so i pinned myself

anthropomorphic moth in the family guy death pose, surrounded by sewing pins

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Hilde van Zanten @bugswithlime.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

okay, time for an actual pride post. this pride month i'll be celebrating the common cockchafer, which caused several gay panics in the 1800s for being one of, if not the, first observation and illustration of homosexual acts in the animal kingdom. happy pride y'all

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Hilde van Zanten @bugswithlime.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

the song is loud and beautiful, but i am not afraid

some sort fo wasp sitting on a leaf. also, happy pride y'all

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Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Fyi the cupcake character is one created by Loryn Brantz, who has this to say about Buzzfeed using it without her permission.

I am horrified and disgusted by BuzzFeed taking my character, The Good Advice Cupcake, and giving it to an Al platform. My time at BuzzFeed was marked by continually being taken advantage of and lied to. They repeatedly assured me in good faith that they would never do anything with Cuppy without my input, yet offered me no legal options, insisting that I would never need them. The news that this character, who is based on my own personality and whom I created as a microphone to spread love and positivity, has been taken and turned into a soulless Al puppet feels like having my intestines pulled out of my body.
Somebody leaked the news to me early on that there were talks happening, and I pleaded with the CEO Jonah Peretti directly not to do it. Instead, he tried to talk me into signing an NDA. Obviously, I did not.
This is an assault on artists everywhere.
I encourage you to boycott BuzzFeed and any Al-produced or adjacent animation.

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

This is the way. Common names should not be regulated, it destroys the whole point of them.

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FalKoopa 🌈 @falkoopa.in · 25/03/2026

Yesterday the Indian government removed people's right to self-identify as transgender The fact that this did made no news, even on LGBTQ focused sites like Pink News is just insane.

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Hilde van Zanten @bugswithlime.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

happy Eid al-Fitr to those who celebrate

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Hilde van Zanten @bugswithlime.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

ngl, getting real tired of people who make fun of my first language. like "ooooh, geef me een klap papa, dutch can not be a real language" stfu you speak english, a language with "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo." as a gramatically correct sentence

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Hilde van Zanten @bugswithlime.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

i was going to go to a botanical garden today, got sick instead...

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mossworm.bsky.social @mossworm.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

I don't know which pokemon game Rika is from, but I really like how her design goes with her monster

pokemon character "Rika" is a woman in a tan shirt and suspenders with long green hair covering half of her face and a serious expression. on the right is Clodsire, a pokemon which is a medium brown colored very large and simplified cartoon salamander. Clodsire is drawn very crudely

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Hilde van Zanten @bugswithlime.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

so, since i haven't said it on here directly yet: fuck ICE, fuck Trump, fuck fascists. also, if you're going out protesting, wear your PPE. use the same protective gear you'd use if you were to mix arsanic to make a paint. gasmask (without your face visible if possible), jumpsuit, gloves, etc. etc.

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SoundOfTheForest @soundoftheforest.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

I process a lot of what’s going on around me through insects. Inspired by a good friend I made this drawing of a bombardier beetle spraying acid at ice. Abolish ICE

Illustration of a beetle spraying acid out of its abdomen at an ice cube

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Nicole 🪲 @fossilforager.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

fuck ice.

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Hilde van Zanten @bugswithlime.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

@zombiecleo.bsky.social, sorry for possibly bothering you, but i want to make fanart of you, can't draw people properly, and thus would like to know what type of bug you'd want to be, and if i were to do zombification in the art which type would be right (IE fungus, worm, something else). thanks

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Martyn Warren (he/him) @martynwarren.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Folks, it's done. Very pleased with this one. Chinese Tiger Beetle (Cicindela chinensis).

A close-up of the drawing showing detail of the tiger beetle's giant jaws, shiny antennae and head. The beetle has brownish red eyes and a metallic blue green body.

Close-up showing the beetle's thorax and part of the abdomen. The surface is a combination of red, green and blue with a metallic sheen.

Close-up showing the beetle's rear leg. It's very long and thin, covered in fine hairs.

An image showing the full drawing in a wooden frame.

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Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 08/01/2026

Chiitan loves good transgender people🏳️‍⚧️ In today's world, even making these kinds of statements will get you slandered, but I think it's more important to create a world where transgender people can live peacefully and be themselves, so I will continue to send out messages until my account is deleted

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★Jay ✩ Funkiest Bug @erujayy.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Fuck it. Look at my lizard. His name is Pebble because he's a gargoyle and he really do be acting like he's a statue whenever anyone looks at him

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🦋 Roura 🦋 @pterouras.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

To be clear this is not and will never be a justification for American imperialism. Venezuela’s future is uncertain and worrying, but a horrific regime of its own may have been ended; let the victims voice their thoughts foremost

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🦋 Roura 🦋 @pterouras.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

I wish I had more to say on the matter but please prioritize listening to the voices of Venezuelans at this time. Don’t let your hatred of America blind you to the evils that have persisted in other parts of the world

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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Have yourself a merry little Carboniferous. #Art #SciArt #PaleoArt #Inverts

a pine tree with bugs hanging all around it. at the very top is a dragonfly-like meganeura with open wings, circling the base is the giant millipede arthropleura. on the branches sit various insects and circular pine cones.

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Hilde van Zanten @bugswithlime.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

i should grow an amorphophallus some day

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mossworm.bsky.social @mossworm.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

wow, it's Shonisaurus, the giant Triassic ichthyosaur!

fantastical drawing of Shonisaurus, an ichthyosaur (ancient marine reptile visually similar to a dolphin, but with four flippers). The Shonisaurus is covered in colored squares like a quilt, in varying tones of purple, blue, and orange. there is a speech bubble with the following in black handwritten text: "It doesn't matter to the companies whether any of their new AI tools help you. AI tools are not meant to help you. AI tools are meant to attract investors. Remember who fights and who capitulates."

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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

As always, arthropods really dominate the art book. If you have artwork featuring other invertebrates, please submit to help with this imbalance!

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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

We're at... 67 submissions Though technically the submission deadline is the end of the year, the sooner we reach 100, the earlier I can start doing the layout and have my holiday. So please submit early!

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Martyn Warren (he/him) @martynwarren.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

If I win the lottery I'd buy a nice cottage in the countryside, then spend the rest of my days rewilding some land, gardening, drawing and cooking. It would never even cross my mind to become an evil transphobic nazi. Folks, the wrong people in this world have the money.

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Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 05/12/2025

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈I dream of the day when the world can become a place where transgender people can live proudly and freely as themselves, and where they can love freely As a mascot, I see human love as beautiful and wonderful. I love you all today as well♡

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🍂Zen🍂 @zencryptid.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Does anyone know of any good bug podcasts? 🐛🐞🦋

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Shen Comix @shenanigansen.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

"oooo i'd draw that but i can't draw" brother get this through your head NOBODY can draw we are literally ALL BULLSHITTING

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Hilde van Zanten @bugswithlime.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

you know what? i will eleborate. it's because he purposefully puts his pets in situations where they get unneeded stress, and possibly even get into fights. to me a decent chunk of his videos seem like glorified dog fights

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Hilde van Zanten @bugswithlime.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

@sbug.games, i might've found a bug in the new game that happens when you quit the game in the fire level and try to come back to it a bit later

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Hilde van Zanten @bugswithlime.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

might take more pics of this feller in spots isopods would actually be, what do y'all think?

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Hilde van Zanten @bugswithlime.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

i know hate is a strong word, but i feel a strong hate to Ants Canada. i will not eleborate

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Eduardo Valdés-Hevia 👁️ @valdevia.art · 31/10/2025

Many stories of haunted houses may be related to Cyclosa imago, also known as the Haunting Spider. When a colony settles an abandoned building, they collectively defend against human intrusion by forming dense webs, which have been interpreted as ghostly apparitions.

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Hilde van Zanten @bugswithlime.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

@makeship.bsky.social, i have tried paying for a deep sea bunny plush several times now, but it appears i can't use my dutch bank account (which is my only account due to being dutch) to pay on your website, even if i go through google pay to try and pay. is there any way i can still buy it?

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Sbug Games @sbug.games · 21/10/2025

Still a few hours before we press the big scary release button on Isopod, but you can already get the OST on bandcamp thanks to our amazing composer @stijnvanwakeren.bsky.social stijnvanwakeren.bandcamp.com/album/isopod...

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Isopod: A Webbed Spin-off (Original Game Soundtrack), by Stijn van Wakeren

28 track album

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Josephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 05/10/2025

It is morally wrong to want a computer to be sentient. If you owned a sentient thing, you would be a slaver. If you want sentient computers to exist, you just want to create a new kind of slavery. The ethics are as simple as that. Sorry if this offends

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Hilde van Zanten @bugswithlime.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

hey, is there a way to return Trump's birthday gift? really not happy with my birthday now being a national holiday in the USA (october 14th)

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