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Psycane ❤ @psycane.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Full reference of my otter sona by @linofthevalley.bsky.social - This makes me so happy AAAHHH 😭

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shafer brown @shaferbrown.com · 04/09/2025

hercules beetle and adventurer (2020)

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Rebecca Gelernter @nearbirdstudios.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

A wonderful #InverteFest visitor! Giant Ichneumon Wasp 🌿

A huge, gangly wasp ovipositing in a dead beech tree. Her abdomen is long, and her ovipositor is much longer. It loops from the end of her abdomen over her back, then enters the tree trunk perpendicularly.

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🦋 Alie of the Woods 🦋 (is looking at lichen in the cemetery) @humanbyweight.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

We received so many outstanding photo submissions this year! There is still some time left if you would like to participate. The official submission deadline is September 14th. May the best bug win! #2025OwlflyPhoto #InverteFest

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𝖈𝖗𝖔𝖜 𝖑𝖊𝖊 瀬川 @crowlees.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Australian white ibis! I was at the park while I was drawing this guy, watching the ibis nest on an island on the lake. There was a lot of ibis honking, which inspired this piece hehe

A stylised illustration of an Australian White Ibis with its beak open, with the word “HONK!!” coming out of its mouth - referring to the honking sound they make.

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Kataba @katataba.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

chaotic hornet sketches in MS Paint ≡[。。]≡ #silksong #hornet #ms_paint #sketch #insect #wasp #bug_art

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Rosie🌷 @lozyrosie.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

ariados + butterfree ko-fi request!

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Cephalopods Daily @cephalopodsdaily.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Hey, I picked up some fruit gummies. Anybody want some?

A Southern Bottletail Squid (Sepiadarium austrinum) sitting on white sand. Its arms are close to its body and are sweeping to either side. Its leftmost arm is raised slightly. It has some sand on top of its head and mantle. The bottletail squid is a vibrant orange colour, except for some white above its eyes.

A Ken's Cuttlefish (Sepia grahami) in a reef. It has a pretty pink colour with a white horizontal strip on its mantle. Its limbs are together, except for two arms are pushing on the ground like legs.

A Broadclub Cuttlefish (Ascarosepion latimanus) floating above the seabed with its head smooshed up behind some sea grass. The cuttlefish has a pale yellow colour.

A Ken's Cuttlefish (Sepia grahami) swimming just above the ground in a reef. It has a magenta colour, and it has an orange spot of the mantle.

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Kieran @toadally.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

A zebra unicorn 🦄

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Thysbe! @littlemantispid.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Ended up not studying a Japanese Beetle because fog brain, and instead did a study on one native to my country. Was a little embarrassed to post it then haha! A late Xylotrupes philippinensis peregrinus for #AugArthroAwe #Invertefest

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laura @ mica art market @lauraillustrates.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Here are the stickers that will be part of the bug drop shop update tomorrow! they are weather and water resistant so you can put them on your cars or water bottles or bikes or laptops! but... don't put your laptop near water- i hear they hate that. photo by the talented angelcarboni.carrd.co 💖

photograph of 8 bug themed stickers against a wooden backdrop with lego flower accents. the stickers are bugs with flowers- inchworm and ladybug with peony, beetle with tulip, stag beetle with blue drop flowers, woolly bears with sunflower, japanese emperor with daffodil, orchid mantis with orchid, and a jewel beetle with hydrangeas.

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Bird 🌲 @birdwarde.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Avian August day 1, the 'I'iwi! A honeycreeper from Hawai'i, which is the theme this year! ❤️🍒

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catnoli @catnoli.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

nostalgic bonnethead sharks 🌈⚠️

An illustration on a light green background of two tan bonnethead sharks surrounded by nostalgic items, swirls, and stars. There is an old gameboy, a gameboy cartridge, a little earth, a caution sign, a rainbow ink swatch, a lava lamp, a sand filled lizard and an alien ufo.

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🎀 Annie 🎀 @osocuteclub.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Prehistoric cephalopods were fashion icons 😎

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Jonah Walker 🔜 MCM London L-11 @galacticjonah.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

It's time again!! Another round of my popular little icons is starting up and I'm offering ~10 slots for now. More info below ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Commission graphic that shows 'anime' style illustrated icons and informs about terms. Simple and fun icons in a colourful anime-esque style. £38 each, quick turnaround all characters welcome!

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Adele 🪲🥀🗡️ @adeletwingart.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

i spent so much more time on getting the colors right in this leaf bug painting than i normally would 🪲✨ #bugsky

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Gwen Pearson @bug-gwen.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Busy being a pointy-headed academic today.

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Bird 🌲 @birdwarde.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

#AvianAugust day 4! The Alae ke'oke'o or the Hawaiian Coot! 🍒🪶

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fab.ricious 🔜 @ Vienna ComicCon 2026! @artoffabricious.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Oh whoops, I completely blanked on sharing the new isopod illustrations on here??? Anyway, here are Cubaris sp. Rubber Ducky, C. sp. Amber Ducky and C. sp. Cherry Blossom. The Rubber Duckies have already been turned into stickers, still need to set up the other two. #sciart #invertefest

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Sam England @samjakeengland.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Why do treehoppers look so weird?! Our latest paper, out this week in @pnas.org, suggests a perhaps unexpected reason - static electricity ⚡ We show that treehoppers can detect the electrostatic cues of predators and that their crazy shapes may boost their electrosensitivity! doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

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Electroreception in treehoppers: How extreme morphologies can increase electrical sensitivity | PNAS

The link between form and function of an organism’s morphology is usually apparent or intuitive. However, some clades of organisms show remarkable ...

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eliseillu ~vgen comms open!~ @eliseillu.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

🪲Bugging Me🪲 Feel free to quote with your bug pieces (Do all mine count? 😋)

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Blue Owl Song @blueowlsong.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Bugs!!! 🦗🪲🐝🦋 #art #sciart

Lesbian Cicada, Apr 2022

A digital piece of a color altered photorealistic cicada in the lesbian flag colors against a blurred mottled background of the same colors (magenta, scarlet orange, light orange, pink, and white.) The insect is facing up and slightly right, with shiny red, pink, and orange eyes with small dark pupils; a mostly pink head with hints of orange, dark shading, and covered in fine white hairs. The thorax has five lobe-shaped sections of dark pink/magenta with white hairs, which extend into an orange section. The abdomen has horizontal sections of pink and orange with fine hairs, and the wings are partially overtop, semi-transparent and orange with pink, magenta, white, and orange lacing/veins. The few visible legs are orange and scarlet.

Achillean Grasshopper, May 2022

A digital piece of a color altered photorealistic Yarrow’s grasshopper in the Achillean flag colors (white, pale blue, blue violet, mint green, and a darker cool green), facing up and left. The insect is on a blurred background of the colors of the Achillean flag. The grasshopper is mostly rendered in the green shades, with blue spot detailing and limbs, dark green eyes, and translucent light blue wings. The thin segments of the hindlimbs are deep blue/purple, as is the final abdomen segment.

Aromantic Hercules Beetle, Apr 2022

A digital piece of a color altered photorealistic Hercules beetle in the aromantic flag colors (light green, rich green, gray, white, and black), facing up and right against a blurred, mottled background of the colors of the aromantic flag. The horns and legs are shiny black, utilizing gray and white for shading, while the head and wing casings are light to dark green, shaded to be a little shiny and covered in small black spots (especially on the head), as well as larger spots that form patterns like ink blots on the wing casings.

Nonbinary Bee, May 2022

A digital piece of a color altered photorealistic honey bee in the nonbinary flag colors against a blurred mottled background of the same colors (purple, yellow, white, and black.) The bee is facing up and left and is very similarly colored to a real bee, with purple used for the eyes, lighter portions of otherwise black legs and antennae, and shading black fuzz on its thorax and abdomen on the top, where light seems to be hitting it. Purple is also used for the veins of the semi transparent white wings, which are partially folded over its back. Yellow is shaded to nearly orange in dark parts of the body and close to white in others to give the fuzz depth and definition.

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Drollbarracuda @barracudagames.ca · 01/08/2025

Today we have the Giraffe, a herbivore who loves acacia trees and other leafy greens. They are the tallest living land animal and use their height to spot predators approaching from far away. Apologies for the delay in animal art, preparing for the card game launch has been keeping me busy! #sciart

An illustration of a giraffe crouching down to the ground.

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Heather Franzen @heatherfranzen.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Caught up on #SharkWeekSketchJam and finished my sketchbook spread! Again all pentel pocket brush pens (1 filled with j herbin gris nuage), plus a turquoise Pusheen gel pen for the bioluminescent cloud courtesy of @rachychel.bsky.social #sciart #art #sketch @sharkweeksketchjam.bsky.social

Sketchbook opened to a spread of unusual sharks: the Pelagic Thresher Shark, American Pocket Shark, and Goblin Shark. Three pens are arranged above the sketchbook.

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pikaole @pikaole.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Thresher sharks 🦈

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Quil @quilbug.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

for @licaijun99.bsky.social \o/ Probably one of my favourite pieces from the month :> 🎨 #artfight2025

A coloured illustration of a battle between two anthro dragonflies, Orange and Stain. Stain, the yellow clubtail dragonfly, is thrown down to his back by Orange the globe skimmer. Orange's sword pierces through Stain's, shattering it, and aims to pierce through Stain's chest next. Orange has an expression of fierce determination, putting her entire body into the swing of her sword. Stain has an expression of shock, holding out his sword in a futile block and motioning with his other arms for Orange to stop.

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Nicole 🪲 @fossilforager.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

My summer shop update is now LIVE! Lots of new stickers, prints, patches, enamel pins, and more are now available! 🌊🦦💕 🛒 shop.fossilforager.art reshares are appreciated!! 💕

A photo of vibrant California coast themed vinyl stickers on top of a sandy background. The stickers feature sea slugs, a sea otter, sun fish, a leopard shark, a bat ray, kelp, and a garibaldi.

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Chentomology @chentomology.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

It’s national #mothweek ! Elegant, mysterious, and incredibly diverse, moths are such fantastic creatures that deserve as much or even more attention as butterflies 🦋 there’s not even a moth emoji yet!

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Chentomology @chentomology.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

I’m always thinking about a deluxe version of DND bugs with more classes, and after a long time of chaos and intense work among shows I’ve finally got some time to finish it! Which one would you choose? 💚🐛🐞🐝🪲

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Hallie Lal @bloombyul.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

A sketchbook page of bug friends hanging out in my garden this morning. #sketchbook #painting #paint #art #acrylicgouache #bugs #insects #bee #butterfly #dragonfly #earthworm #garden

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Peanut 💫 || On VGen! @smollestpeanut.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Finally have some room to breathe and play @dodoot.bsky.social Purchase the game (link in next post) and my friend @linofthevalley.bsky.social will draw you a beetle of your choice💜 LIVE NOW! www.twitch.tv/smollestpeanut

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SmollestPeanut - Twitch

[Beetles!] Purchase the game, free beetle doodle! !commissions !kofi

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Lindsay Lindhult, PhD | Science Illustrator & Arthropod Artist @lindzeamays.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Last night was the first open studio "Ladies Night" where local women get together weekly to create and connect at Por El Arte Makerspace in downtown Mount Holly, NJ. Gave me an excuse to start my first big bug painting in awhile! Super grateful to be a part of this blossoming community 💚 🎨🐡🪲🪳

LindZeamays paints a molting cicada while studio co-owner Jeanette crafts jewelry.

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★Jay ✩ Funkiest Bug @erujayy.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Recently I had the pleasure to have a new cockroach plushie pattern sponsored by @cuttledreams.bsky.social , so here is a male Madagascar Hissing cockroach specially designed for them to match their colony 💜💜🪲🦐 #plushart #inverts #sciArt

A large plushie featuring a madagascar hissing cockroach sitting on a green bush.

The same plushie at a different angle, showing off its legs.

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