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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Day 8 #SciArtSeptember prompt niche. 🧪🐡 Can we talk about the cutest nesting strategy going? The Eastern Snail Shell Mason Bee (Osmia conjuncta) is a small N American blue bee which makes nests in suitable empty snail shells! In my linocut I show this adorable little pollinator with a Cepaea shell.🧵

My 8”x8” Lino block print of a small blue and black bee Osmia conjuncta landing on an upturned empty Cepaea snail shell in gold with brown on cream coloured washi paper

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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Day 3 #SciArtSeptember prompt is jewel. 🧪🐡The forests of southeastern Canada & the eastern US are home to these metallic blue-green beauties known as ebony jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata) or black-winged damselflies. The males, like the one in my hand-carved & hand-printed linocut are turquoise with

My linocut print metallic blue-green insect with black wings known as ebony jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata) or black-winged damselflies. The males, like the one in my hand-carved and hand-printed linocut are turquoise with elegant black wings. The print is 8” x 10” on khaki green handmade paper with a deckle edge.

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Shirley Jackson @lioninthetrees.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Reduction block print inspired by the Western and California Scrub Jay! 🪶🌿 Done with two different colour variants for the month of July Print Pals' crew over on my patreon ~* www.patreon.com/lioninthetrees #art #SciArt #NearbyNature2025 #printmaking

Block print featuring a Scrub Jay using a variety of blues with a teal ink background printed on a cream paper. The bird is surrounded by flora including California Poppies that create a border around the piece.

Block print featuring a Scrub Jay using a variety of blues with a sky blue ink background printed on a cream paper. The bird is surrounded by flora including California Poppies that create a border around the piece.

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Erin Hanson @erinhansonartist.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

I love painting the lavender fields in Sequim on the Olympic Peninsula, in Washington state. The colors are so vibrant and alive--they stir my blood and make me reach for my brushes. Northwest Daisies Original Oil Painting by Erin Hanson, 2025 30 x 40 in #washington #PNW #lavender #floral #sciart

"Northwest Daisies"
Original Oil Painting
by Erin Hanson, 2025
30 x 40 in
Original & Prints Available

About the Painting
I love painting the lavender fields in Sequim on the Olympic Peninsula, in Washington state. The colors are so vibrant and alive--they stir my blood and make me reach for my brushes. This painting captures a field of white daisies in front of dark purple lavender rows, with the Olympic mountains starkly blue in the background. Erin Hanson creates landscapes in oil using her iconic Open Impressionism style.

The impressionistic brush strokes of the original oil painting create a sense of movement and changing light within the piece.

https://www.erinhanson.com/portfolio/northwest-daisies

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砂滑花 @telpine-44.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

今日もアマガエル様

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Natalie Wernimont | nataliejunewernimoon @nataliewernimont.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Hi, hello, here to let you know that a selection of moth & butterfly paintings are on sale in my web shop through the end of august :) www.nataliejunewernimoon.com 🦋🌙 #paintings #butterfly #moth #art #entomology #lepidoptera #moths #butterflies #bugs #insects #oddities #bugsky #sciart

Realistic paintings of moths and butterflies in frames of varying styles. The pieces are sitting on a distressed white tabletop. There are hints of wood tone showing throughout the white surface, which you can also see behind the insects. This helps to indicate that they have been painted on clear glass, and each one looks like it is floating in the middle its respective frame.

Top row: red admiral, white-lined sphinx
Middle row: question mark butterfly, black swallowtail
Bottom row: monarch, honey locust moth

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Bev @mothgoggles.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

@mothmonarch.bsky.social so extremely happy with everything I ordered today! Thank you so much! Literally, best blind bag purchase ever 💜.

A picture of cute bug stickers, a black cat sticker, and a bumble bee pin, and a postcard print with little bugs dancing, all from MothMonarch.

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Lain (CloudKBD) @cloudkbd.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

I've been wildly busy, but enjoy a handful of murals I did for my city yesterday!

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Calvin Ma @calvinmasculpts.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Just finished a new flock of chubby birds. These little nuggets are available now, check them out in the 🔗 🐤 sanamastudios.bigcartel.com/category/cal... #ceramic #clay #calvinma #sculpture #pinkheadedwarbler #jendayconure #blackcappedtanager #blackburnianwarbler #greenheadedtanager #raven

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Reed @throughthereeds.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Officially calling it on my (mostly) berries series! It's been so fun to explore the vastly different ways that similar structures express themselves 🫐 Morphology Watercolor and pyrography pen on panels 5.5"x5.5" each #art #botanicalart #traditionalart

A set of nine wooden panels showing berries of different species on each. The berries are brightly colored with watercolors and outlined with a wood burning tool.

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Sarcastic Shark Art @sarcasticsharkart.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Did this illustration off the cuff one day. Just "boop"!!... up and decided to try a hummingbird. The funny part is that it's one of my best-selling stickers!! 🤣💙 #hummingbird #sticker #nature #bird #birds #wildlife #animalart #sciart #hibiscus #flowers #bloomscrolling #birdart

Initial marker application on a hummingbird and hibiscus illustration

Adding some Prismacolor to the hummingbird and a bit more detail to the hibiscus 🌺

Finished marker and Prismacolor illustration of a hummingbird and a hibiscus 🌺

Sticker of a hummingbird and hibiscus illustration

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Vlada Repina Art @vladabotanica.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Hello friends! 🌿 Our Plant of the Month — the strawberry 🍓 — is complete! From the first leaf to the final berry, it’s been such a joy to draw. 💚 The full process is now in the Botanical Club! Link in Bio🌸 #BotanicalArt #StrawberryIllustration #PlantOfTheMonth #SketchbookPages #SlowArt

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Simon Hintermann @aurumek.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Today is my birthday (turning 29), which is the only time all year that I ask for a repost 🌿 I hope you get lost in fantasy worlds as much as I do 🔮

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Natalie Metzger @thefuzzyslug.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Water bugges! Land bugges! It's bugge time! 💖🦀🦋🐛🐜🐝🐞🦞🦗🕷🦂🦐🦟🪰🪲💖 Join me in celebration of all the good bugges with August Arthropod Awesomeness art challenge! Templates and references -> tinyurl.com/augarthroawe #AugArthroAwe #ArtPrompt #MonthlyArtChallenge #invertebrate #arthropod

August Arthropod Awesomeness 2025
1 Tri-spine Horseshoe Crab, Tachypleus tridentatus, 2 Opabinia, Middle Cambrian (505mya), 3 Black Bladder-bodied Meloid, Cysteodemus wislizeni, 4 Devil Reef Crab, Zosimus aeneus
5 Rhombic Leatherbug Syromastus rhombeus, 6 Epimeria rubrieques, 7 Phantom Crane Fly, Bittacomorpha clavipes, 8 Japanese Rhinocerous Beetle, Allomyrina dichotoma, 9 Bluff Wētā, Deinacrida elegans, 10 Jaekelopterus, Early Devonian (410 mya), 11 European Oil Beetle, Meloe variegatus, 12 Giant Antarctic Sea Spider, Decolopoda australis, 13 Shoveller Crayfish, Scyllarides elisabethae, 14 Slug Caterpillar, Thosea vetusta, 15 Tropical Tent-web Spider, Cyrtophora citricola, 16 Long-necked Ground Beetle, Colliuris pensylvanica, 17 Callichimaera perplexa, Middle Cretaceous (95 mya), 18 Fluffy Crab, Lamarckdromia beagle, 19 Rain Spider Wasp, Tachypompilus ignitus, 20 Striped Gooseneck Barnacle, Conchoderma virgatum, 21 Coffee Bee Hawkmoth, Cephonodes hylas, 22 Walker's Moth, Sosxetra grata, 23 Giant African Fruit Beetle, Chelorrhina Polyphemus, 24 Skeleton Shrimp, Caprella penantis, 25 Dragonhunter, Hagenius brevistylus, 26 Pseudopulex jurassicus, Jurassic (165 mya), 27 Spoonwing Lacewing, Nemoptera sinuata, 28 Ant Mimic Moth, Xestocasis iostrota, 29 Giant Emerald Pill Millipede, Zoosphaerium neptunus, 30 Neon Cuckoo Bee, Thyreus pictus, 31 Black Beauty Stick Insect, Peruphasma schultei
#AugArthroAwe @thefuzzyslug
Green field with segmented caterpillar squiggle decoration at the bottom of the page, a few icon-like bugs scattered around.

Templates available!
https://tinyurl.com/augarthroawe
Art card size 2.5”x3.5”

A gray scale card template with areas for art, common name, and scientific name, text above “color me in!” squiggle arrow pointing to template then over to a filled in example with an illustration of a tri-spine horseshoe crab, tachypleus tridentatus. Between the two, “or not! You do you!”

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Ligus @greyauk.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

A handful of my snailfish prints are now available in my Ko-fi shop. It's a little fundraiser to pay for vet bills 🐕. #SundayFishSketch 🐡 #deepsea 🐟 --- Ein paar meiner Tiefseefisch-Drucke sind jetzt verfügbar in meinem Ko-fi Shop. Kleiner Tierarzt-Fundraiser ;) #kleinekunstklasse

double lino print of a snail fish with the words "protect the deep sea"
the fish is pink

lino print of a snailfish with the words "protect the deep sea"

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Erin Hanson @erinhansonartist.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Saguaros are an incredible cactus and many desert animals depend on them for habitat. They are a protected species, and I couldn't imagine an Arizona desert without them. Pictured: Saguaro Sunset #saguaro #desertart #westernart #natureart #naturebeauty #dailyart @bsky.art

Saguaro Sunset
Original Oil Painting
by Erin Hanson, 2017
57 x 38 in

Original Sold
Canvas Prints Available

About the Painting
A dramatic sunset sky lights up the background of these stately saguaros. The desert brush and prickly pear cacti in the foreground create texture and interest in the foreground of this piece. The brush strokes in this painting are loose and impressionistic, alive with color and texture.
https://www.erinhanson.com/portfolio/saguaro-sunset

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Nicole 🪲 @fossilforager.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Velvet Ants of North America! 🐜

An illustrated poster showing 9 different species of velvet ants, which are actually female flightless wasps. They are mostly brownish, yellow, orange, and red in color, with various degrees of black markings. They are illustrated on a vibrant orange background.

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Bev @mothgoggles.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Even more finds from the Bell's Bend State Park #NationalMothWeek event! We hiked around in the dark and had uv, incandescent, LED, and mercury vapor bulbs in multiple spots around the outdoor center. Such an incredible night! ID's in the alt. #BugSky #Invertebrates 🪲 #moths

A photo of a large silk moth on a white sheet in front of a mercury vapor bulb light. This is a Tulip-Tree Silkmoth (Callosamia anguilifera), it has dark brown caps on the top of the wing that change into lighter browns, oranges, and creams with white and black eyespots on the forewing and wing tips.

A yellow moth perched on my finger. This is a Honey Locust Moth (Syssphinx bicolor). The forewings are yellow with tiny gray dots and spots. The hindwings fade from a dark, coral orange to yellow.

A small, fuzzy moth perched on a white sheet in front of an LED light. This is a Pink Striped Oakworm moth (Anisota virginiensis). It has a fuzzy orange head with smooth wings that fade from burnt orange to a mauve-purple. It has two white dots near the top of the forewing.

A small, very fluffy white moth perched on a white sheet in front of a mercury vapor bulb. This is a Dot-Lined White moth. It's head and abdomen are fuzzy and remind me of faux fur fabric. The wings are white with brighter white, reflective veins and black dots throughout.

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Bev @mothgoggles.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

A few more of my favorite #moth finds ever for #MothWeek! I'm still in awe of finding that huge Hickory Horned Devil (second pic), it was massive! Species info is in the alt, as always. #BugSky #Invertebrates 🪲

A Virginia Creeper Sphinx moth (Darapsa myron) hanging from an oak leaf. It has differing shades of olive green along its wings and abdomen.

A huge (five and a half inches long) Hickory Horned Devil caterpillar (Citherona regalis) hanging from a branch. It has large, orange horn shaped protrusions on its head and a bright green body with a yellow stripe along the side. This caterpillar turns into the Regal Moth.

A large Imperial Moth (Eacles imperialis) on the side of a tree. It has huge yellow wings that fade into a burnt orange color at the tips.

A Spanish Moth (Xanthopastis regnatrix) crawling along the forest floor. It has an orange head and a black body with alternating white stripes and dots along its length.

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Will Hillenbrand @willhillenbrand.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

The American Crow demonstrates adaptability and intelligence, thriving in various environments. Its vocalizations highlight their communication skills and social structures.

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blueasterstudio.bsky.social @blueasterstudio.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Another new screen print! We've got a sweet little forest floor scene with a toad 🐸 and rhinoceros beetle 🪲. Measures 10" by 4.5", edition of 30. 🎨🐡

A wide format three color screen print in rusty brown, yellow, and black. An American toad sits on a leaf surrounded by forest floor litter with a black rhinoceros beetle in the background.

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Lindsay Lindhult, PhD | Science Illustrator & Arthropod Artist @lindzeamays.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Latest print: A blueberry branch! 🫐 Printing these on wooden bookmarks for my upcoming markets. That totals 4 printed bookmark designs in the collection! I've made two plant designs in a row, which means an insect will certainly be next on the docket. Maybe a beetle? 🎨🪲🪳🐡🌱

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Ash @femmefatale138.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Finished my cecropia silk moth! She'll be cut out and added to a larger piece I have planned. #sciart #art #moth #drawing #coloredpencil

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MOTH👑MONARCH 🤖🔪 Robot Knife Fight Recovery Zone @mothmonarch.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

IT'S MOTH WEEK AND YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS ✨ Everything in my shop 10% off with "MOTHWEEK"! Come get bugs!! Dozens of little delights await! #sciart #insectart #bsnm

Ad for Moth Monarch's Moth Week shop sale - 10% off with "mothweek" shopwide July 20-27th. The ad shows images of original insect art including a purple sticker sheet of whimsical moon moths left and a grid to the right with a celestial bee pin, cartoon moth sticker with pride flag, set of three pill bug enamel pins, "potato bug" sticker of a cartoon bug in a box of french fries, a celestial stag beetle enamel pin holding a sun, several honeybee patterned bandanas, two infinity millipede stickers in rainbow and red, a "good bumble" sticker with a fluffy bumble bee in front of a hydrangea, and a geometric mantis enamel pin. These are framed top and bottom by part of an illustration by the artist of a moth holding up a moon with stylized gold rays and stars against a deep blue background.

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Rachel Holborow @rkwanderings.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Life's been stupid hectic. I've been part of the York Printmakers Festival of Print in a pop-up on High Petergate. I'll be there again, end of August. Been #muckingabout with #collographs #tetrapack & #repeat #blockprinting and #zine writing. Some of which be seeable at York Zine Fest 2nd August!

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Bev @mothgoggles.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Hey, have you heard about invasive plants? How about literally every single bug we- wait, this one is dead next to the gas station-wait, I have to get that. ALSO have you seen moths???

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Bev @mothgoggles.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

I don't speak Japanese, but I do speak Kewpie 😍.

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Bev @mothgoggles.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

For #InsectThursday and #BugSky, my favorite finds over the past few weeks. A grail moth, the Regal Moth found in a garden center, a Silver Long-jawed Orb Weaver, and a newly discovered flightless grasshopper (Melanoplus ingrami) that is only found in our Middle TN limestone cedar glades.

A photo of a large female Citheronia regalis (Regal Moth) in my hand while laying eggs. It has dark orange veins along the wings on a grey background. The body is vibrant orange with cream colored stripes.

A closeup picture of a spindly legged, tan colored Silver Long-Jawed Orbweaver (Tetragnatha laboriosa) spider with a small head and an elongated body.

A closeup picture of a tan and grey striped, flightless Melanopus ingrami grasshopper on a friend's arm. This species is newly discovered, named for Wayne "Buddy" Ingram, a naturalist and interpretive officer of the Cedars of Lebanon park in Tennessee.

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Bev @mothgoggles.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

The junebugs and cicadas are out in abundance, and I've got plenty of awesome stickers of native friends at moonpulseworkshop.bigcartel.com! #bugsky #bsnm #sciart #invertebrates #fungifriends

A holographic sticker featuring at pastel mint to blue colorshift illustration of Funeral Bell mushrooms.

A sticker with a two headed ring necked snake surrounded by yellow cedar gladecress flowers. The background is glittery.

A sticker of a green June beetle with an overlay of shimmery glitter.

A stylized sticker of a cicada with a sunburst on the abdomen in pastel green, yellow, and purple colors with a glittery overlay.

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Bev @mothgoggles.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

I've been trying to read more this year, so I took a bunch of old action figures to trade at McKay's here in Nashville and picked up oodles of field guides and naturalist journals. I grabbed this one randomly and turns out, the author is in Nashville! 10000% Recommended, a love letter, indeed.

A photo of a book cover for The Comfort of Crows, by Margaret Renkl. It has flowers, birds, snakes, bugs, and a large, yellow silhouette of a crow behind the book title.

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MOTH👑MONARCH 🤖🔪 Robot Knife Fight Recovery Zone @mothmonarch.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

THE SHOP HAS REOPENED! I've got the 2025 "Deep Sea Adventures" #Anthrocon banner poster, newly restocked honeybee bandanas in both black and yellow, a handful of blind bags (1 pin, 3 stickers in each), and all the usual things besides. 🐛 Come get bugs!!

Anthrocon 2025 banner artwork, digital. A kangaroo in diving gear, left, looks out over an underwater city while a buff shark man, right, smiles at her and holds out a hand as if presenting the scene. They are framed by kelp and the mouth of a cave, with some sea plants and critters below. The top reads "Welcome Anthrocon Deep Sea Adventures".

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

Photo of an athletic gold bandana with a honeybee and honeycomb design printed in warm brown ink. It's folded in half diagonally and resting on a worn wooden fence as a backdrop.

Multiple black resealable pouches labeled with a picture of a cartoon moth character, the name "Moth Monarch", and the words "Blind Bag". They're resting on a patterned purple cloth. One of the bags is slightly open with a sticker peeking out.

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Bev @mothgoggles.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Reposting my inktober #worm for #JuliArty 🪱💜

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Meghan Jones @studio-mbj.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Recently finished painting of deep ocean Abyssal Grenadiers, based on a photo taken in Antarctica early 2025 by @deepseauwa.bsky.social Titled “Ghosts, Memories and other Ephemera” 36x48” acrylic on canvas #deepsea #deepseacreatures 🐡🦑

An acrylic on canvas, painting, featuring pale, gray and brown, deep sea fish with a background of dark blue, teal and lime. Small shapes similar to butterflies float around the fish, these are created from the otolith outlines of this particular species of grenadier. 🦑🐡 #deepsea #deepseacreatures #deepocean #deepoceanscience #art #acrylicpainting

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Beastie and Bone @beastieandbone.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Cicadas were EVERYWHERE at my last hike (Cloudland Canyon in GA) and making me a little emotional about having just four of my paper art originals from my Brood Collection are left. I'll have to make more - species suggestions appreciated! #entomology #natureart #paperart #papercraft #artsky

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MOTH👑MONARCH 🤖🔪 Robot Knife Fight Recovery Zone @mothmonarch.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

SEE YOU NEXT YEAR #ANTHROCON FOR CRITTERS, CRYPTIDS, AND CURSES! 👻

Silly tidy sketch of a himbo mothman in shades and a muscle shirt leaning and flexing.

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Graeme Boyd @graemeboyd.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Lanner Falcon, soft pastels, Graeme Boyd

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Harkthorn @harkthorn.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Barn owl sketch, in pencil and ballpoint -3100 🎨🐡🪶 #art

A black ballpoint pen sketch, with orange pencil underlines, of a barn owl perched and looking back over its shoulder

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iNaturalist @inaturalist.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Ah, to be two newts vibing side-by-side on a big rock (ft. Panha's Crocodile Newt, Tylototriton panhai). 📷 binturong27 on iNaturalist 📍 Thailand 🔗: www.inaturalist.org/observations... #ObservationOfTheDay

Two reddish-brown newts with orange knobs along their backs sit close to one another on a rock with their tails crossing over one another and their back feet touching. If we're anthropomorphizing a little bit, they look like they might be friends.

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FlyingFox @trinn4ce.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

One more sketch is also bird related. It's a jackdaw from the Prague flock. Maybe I will get to the details again one day, but now it's an anxiety relief 😅 #art #sciArt #birds

A black pen on a cream coloured paper sketch of a jackdaw facing to the left. Based on a National Museum Prague flock.

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Lain (CloudKBD) @cloudkbd.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

And some fun new magnets, too! Lots of new products and restocks this month 🥹💕

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Annie Shao Art @annieshaoart.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Happy Monday! Here's a pygmy nuthatch doin' nuthatch things #BirdArt #SciArt #ArtYear #FineArt #Watercolor

Detailed watercolor painting of a pygmy nuthatch hanging upside down on a ponderosa pinecone.

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Esther van Hulsen wildlife art @esthervanhulsen.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Sold! European wild cat Watercolor and colored pencil 11.8″ x 8.3″ (30 x 21 cm) More available artwork at www.esthervanhulsen.com/shop/ #catpainting #wildlifeart #animalart #SciArt #watercolor

A highly detailed painting of a wild cat in watercolor on board. The background is white, the cat is standing on a mossy branch, its back towards us in a curve to the left up. The cat is looking at something outside the frame, to the left of the viewer. It´s coat is tabby, its tail lush and thick. It has emerald green eyes.

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Lain (CloudKBD) @cloudkbd.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Thanks for being patient fam! Shirts are back up in my store.

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Paul Foth @paulrfoth.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Time to post more lichens. 1. Ramalina dilacerata 2. Tuckermanopsis platyphylla 3. Vulpicida canadensis 4. Ramalina farinacea (I believe) All near Spring Lake Road, 100 Mile House, BC. 🌿

Pale lichen with lots of forking spindly lobes and alien-looking apothecia disks.

Wrinkly leaflike lichen thallus with a few apothecia on a stick.

Bright yellow crinkled lichen with scattered dark spots. On branch.

Lichen with long, flat, stringy, bumpy lobes.

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