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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The new transitional insect/crustacean fossil might not look very insectlike, if you think of modern insects like butterflies and beetles, but check out its reconstruction (left) next to a photo of the oldest living lineage of extant insects, the bristetails (right). www.science.org/content/arti...

Paleo art by artist Chao Tan showing an orange, lobster-like animal standing on a rock above water.

Macro photo of a silvery, cylindrical insect, a jumping bristletail, standing on sand.

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Jess Marsh @jessmarsh.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Introducing the world's only known cave-adapted spider wasp... Troglopompilus miracaecatus (Pompilidae) from the caves of the Nullarbor, Australia. A world first: Eyeless, long limbs and antennae, highly reduced wings. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #cave #wasp #biodiversity

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WA Orchids @wa-orchids.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Hakea laurina - Pincushion Hakea/Kodjet A lovely native endemic to Western Australia. With their beautiful clusters of cream and pink flowers, the Pincushion Hakea is often found in gardens around Australia. #ozflora #wildoz #hakea #nativeplants #bloomscrolling #inaturalist 🌿

Close up picture of a dense cluster of the cream and deep pink pin cushion shaped flowers of the Pincushion Hakea. This plant is known as Kodjet in the local Noongar language.

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Louise Milligan @milliganreports.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

THREAD: 1. Some years ago women academics contacted me unsolicited on Twitter (which I no longer use) about an academic in Melbourne. They’d made complaints to a faculty head about the man’s targeted, obsessive bullying of women colleagues, including First Nations women. The university kept him on.

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Australian Research Council @arc-gov-au.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Over $99.8m awarded to 178 research partnerships aligned with Australia’s National Science Priorities. ‘Strong partnerships are essential to ensuring Australian research delivers benefits to industry and the community,’ ARC CEO Prof Ute Roessner. Read more: www.arc.gov.au/news-and-pub...

Blue-toned graphic illustration of four stylised figures arranged in a circle to represent collaboration, with an award ribbon icon on the left. Text at the bottom reads: 'ARC Grants – Linkage Projects announced'.

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♢ Fen ♢ @fensartden.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Hey all!! I have been unable to find a game art job since being laid off. I am now taking commissions for hand painted pokemon cards ✨ Please reach out if you're interested!! Here are some of my more recent examples ☺️ If you'd like to support me I appreciate any donations ko-fi.com/fensartden 💖

Pokemon card of Vaporeon that has been custom hand painted into a full art card.

Pokemon card of Snom that has been custom hand painted into a full art card.

Pokemon card of Grubbin that has been custom hand painted into a full art card.

Pokemon card of Hoothoot that has been custom hand painted into a full art card.

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Ron McIntyre @ronmac11.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Took a snap of this Batman hoverfly in our garden and then noticed it has what looks like 2 tiny pseudo scorpion attached. #invertebrates #norfolk

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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

We present: The Art of #InverteFest - April 2026 Edition A digital art book showcasing the work of 100 artists from around the world, in celebration of overlooked invertebrate fauna. Thank you to the artists who contributed to our book! Download: drive.google.com/file/d/1RJ5m... #Art #SciArt

a promo image showing various pages from the book, each page showcasing different animals like a moth, jellyfish, octopus, shrimp, beetle, among others. the art featured shows a range of different medium, including digital, watercolor, oil, and so on.

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SAHASA 🐙🪸 @sculptedreef.com · 24/04/2026

🐙✨ Caribbean Reef Octopus 🎨 Sculpture, Clay & Paint, Glass Beads Art Sale in my shop: sculptedreef.com/collections/... #ArtYear #Art #Artist #Handmade #ArtGallery #Octopus #Cephalopods #Ocean #Underwater #Nature #MarineLife 🦑🐡

Caribbean Reef Octopus sculpture and mixed media coral Reef.

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Saimi Hanma ⚔️ サイミ @saimihanma.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

We'll release the very first #InverteFest Anthology on the first day of #InverteFest, 24 April! It's almost finalized and it looks really good. We have 17 incredible submissions from writer/artist partners, all about invertebrates, and I'm really looking forward to sharing it!

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Dr. Holly P Jones @dochpjones.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

I’m really excited for this SF! With it we’re trying to combat the positive bias in publishing - how we and reviewers are inclined to only lift up research that goes as expected. But we all know there are so many lessons to be learned when you get unexpected results, or when things don’t work. 🧪

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Jen Cross @jencross.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

We found this amazing earwig at a bug light last night. This one is a male, they typically have larger pincers. There is not much info available about the genus so I'm not sure why he has those strange protrusions from his abdomen. (Ancistrogaster sp.) Intag Refugio, Ecuador

A brownish-black insect with four yellow spots ion his elytra and a pair of pincer protruding from his abdomen. He is standing on a white sheet.

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Ainsley S @americanbeetles.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

ugh, this is sick, terrible stuff some of us only have ONE ring of keys?? You want us to CHOOSE between Anomalocaris and Opabinia???

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Dr Kym Abrams @drkmabrams.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Not great quality because it was dark but it was funny to see this motorbike #frog chilling on a branch so I had to get some pics.

A motorbike frog casually lounging on a low tree branch

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becca | they/them @beccagoesoutside.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

the full set of dragonflies that i put together last year!

diagram of 7 different dragonfly species that can be found in the midwest.

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でんか @k-hermit.com · 31/03/2026

A small sea hare about 5 cm long #invertebrates

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Jacob Tennessen @jacobphd.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Really excellent paper on the genetics of caterpillar butt ornaments journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

Figure showing the evolutionary diversification of Lepidopteran larval appendages.

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Ainsley S @americanbeetles.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

it's Friday post rude weevil names

bugguide page for the genus Craponius (a ceutorhynchine weevil that only sort of looks like a crap)

bugguide page for the ceutorhynchine genus Poophagus, which does not eat poo but in fact prefers watercress

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Dr Kym Abrams @drkmabrams.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

The intimate lives of dragonflies in my garden #bugsky

Dragonflies mating while perched on a washing line

Dragonflies mating while perched on a washing line in my garden

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Dr Kym Abrams @drkmabrams.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Please do this survey and share so these researchers can get a better picture of how people feel about forests and biodiversity

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Krista Koeller @kristalerista.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Why is animal print almost exclusively big cat patterns when these creatures exist?

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Derek Hennen, Ph.D. @derekhennen.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

I'm getting real deep into hyporheic-dwelling freshwater crustacea rn

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Gwen Pearson @bug-gwen.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Reminder: the deadline for this scholarship is March 15th! 🪲🐛🦋 🧪

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Systematics Association @systassn.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Don't forget to become a member of the @systassn.bsky.social or @linneansociety.bsky.social to apply for the LinneSys scheme! And, PLEASE, don't harrass the Membership Officers/teams!

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Bevan Weir @rhizobia.nz · 08/03/2026

Full-time science photography job at the BioEconomy Science Institute - Maiangi Taiao, in Auckland, NZ. a great gig: careers.sciencenewzealand.org/jobdetails?a... #science #photography

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60226 Photographer - Plant & Food Research - Careers at Science New Zealand

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The Malacological Society of London @malacsoc.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

🙏Please share🙏 🐌Applications are open for MSL travel grants!🐌 ⭐Deadline = 1st March (for travel between 1st June and 30th November) ⭐£500 available for members ⭐£300 available for non-members malacsoc.org.uk/awards-and-g...

Image of two snails on leaf matter. Euglandina tenella (Strebel, 1875) and Helicina sp., with kind permission to MSL to use image from Tadeo De Jesús Esquivel Blanco and Luis Armando Navarro Zarco

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Hannes Dahm @federgeistchen.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

I love visual science! Made these today. What you can see are two cross-sections of an Onychophore from different angles.

Sagittal cut. I love how you can see the antennal nerve. Also the brain is very cool.

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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

#InvertebrateShitposting as per @joabaldwin.com's request

6 bad doodles with text under each one.
horseshoe crab is literally the animal horseshoe crab.
shoehorse crab is a crab riding a shoe, cowboy style.
crabshoe horse is a horse wearing literal crabs as shoes.
shoecrab horse is a horse telling a crab to go away.
crabhorse shoe is a pair of shoes, left one crab shaped, right one horse shaped.
horsecrab shoe is literally the same pair of shoes, flipped.

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Jess Harwood Art @jessharwoodart.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Did you know gum blossoms don't just attract bees - Australia's eucalypts rely on a huge range of species for pollination! Stay tuned for more stories about #OurEucalyptHome in the lead up to National Eucalypt Day on March 23rd! Cartoon in collaboration with @eucalyptaus.bsky.social!

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Dr Kym Abrams @drkmabrams.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Looks like we're doing a parasite- themed zodiac takeover. Where are our parasitologists at? #invertebrates 🪲🕷🪱🦑🦀🪼

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pikaole @pikaole.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Bees 🐝

$This art features 100 bees of various colors and shapes. These bees are designed in a cartoonish style, based on real species. The common name or species is written below the animals. Some bees are moving leaves, scraping plant hair, or sticking out their tongues. Some male bees have hairy faces and unusually shaped legs. There are also baby bees that have just hatched from their petal nests. Cute and colorful atmosphere. There are over 20,000 species of bees, so I only depicted a very small fraction of them!$

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GBIF @gbif.org · 07/01/2026

Have you herd? 🦓 We've just published the GBIF quarterly global and country analytics reports! Explore dazzling data ✨such as occurrence records by taxa, time and seasonality trends, completeness and precision metrics, data sharing trends by country and more! 🔗 www.gbif.org/analyti...

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James Bashford @wrenandbee.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

🗣️ A short extract about our world’s butterflies of the night… 🦋 🌒 #NatureWithin #TeamMoth

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Michael Caterino @mcaterino.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

My latest 'Value in nature' post celebrates the many valuable ecological services provided by bats, while calling attention to various threats to their populations. mscaterino.pika.page/posts/bats-w... #biodiversity #nature 🌐

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Bats - working the graveyard shift - Value in nature

Emerging from their cavernous roosts after most of us have retired for the evening, bats are among the most mysterious and misunderstood mammals. Infamous for their rabid (fact check: <1%...

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Amypteride🏳️‍⚧️🔻🕷🦂 @amypteride.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

What time is it ? It’s #Cheliceratime ! For the first entry of cheliceratime, let’s start with a classic : Misumena vatia, aka the goldenrod crab spider! #spider #arachnid #chelicerate #arthropod All the basic infos are here but if you want to lean more there’s more below !⬇️

This large flower crab spider, found across Eurasia and North America. is a common sight upon flowers. It' s commonly known for its ability to change color from white to yellow. helping it to blend on plants to embush preys.

Size : around 8 mm in length
Time period : holocene (present day)
Living status : Least concern/near threatened

The specimen draw is a large white crab flower spider with some red lines, with its legs widely opened.

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ZooKeys @zookeys.pensoft.net · 23/12/2025

Two new species of bird-dropping crab spiders, from the Philippines and Malaysia, are diagnosed, illustrated and described. See more here: doi.org/10.3897/zook... #biodiversity #spiders #taxonomy

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Jen French @jendoesart.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Finally found a gold Christmas beetle, so of course I had to paint him! #christmas #art #watercolor #watercolour #bugart #beetle #insectart

A watercolour painting of a Christmas beetle

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Dr Kym Abrams @drkmabrams.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Thanks to @franzanth.bsky.social for drawing my attention to this wonderful post. Look at those gorgeous, shiny schizomid babies! Many arachnids are great moms 😍

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SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Very grateful that Wisdom appears to be on track to outlive me, so I'll never have to experience a November without this annual message

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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Vampire and ghost bats, dementor wasps, goblin sharks, assassin bugs, blood-firing horned lizards...and much more! Read about nature's spookiest and how to celebrate Halloween more sustainably! theconversation.com/lets-celebra...

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Let’s celebrate nature’s spookiest and freakiest animals this Halloween

From blood-squirting lizard eyes to zombie cockroaches, the natural world is ready for a truly terrifying Halloween.

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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Cute, right? But slow lorises can also cause their victim's flesh to rot away. Find out about more cool wildlife 👇

A slow loris, a small primate, in a tree.

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Tom Astle @tjalamont.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Arachnid eating another arachnid - this tiny (3 mm.) jumping spider, a female Anasaitis canalis in Costa Rica, is munching on a pseudoscorpion (if you zoom in, you can see one of its claws hanging down). Pseudoscorpions look like super-tiny regular scorpions, but have no tail. 🐙🌿 #Arachtober

A macro photo of a colorful jumping spider perched on decaying wood. The spider is seen from the front and slightly above. It is brown, with a broad yellow stripe on the abdomen. Its palps and chelicerae (jointed mouthpart appendages) are covered in metallic blue scale-like hairs called setae. Its cephalothorax is black, and likewise sprinkled with metallic blue setae. A closer look shows it is dining on a pseudoscorpion, another type of small arachnid; part of its body and one of its pincers is visible below the spider's palps.

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Petra Korlević @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Day 5 #Invertober2025 - Painted spiny lobster (Panulirus versicolor) 🦞 #SciArt #invertebrates

semi realistic drawing of a painted spiny lobster, a very fancy juvenile male with a blue yellow gradient tail, blue and white striped legs, a thorax covered in yellow, black and white dots, and long antennae in pink and cream colors, on a black background.

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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Reminder that you can submit early to the December art book so we all won't scramble when the holiday season comes!

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