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Insectember day 16: Ardentiella caerulea Common name: Yellow Panda Isopod Rae the yellow panda isopod is often seen walking its beloved pet⭐ ✨Adopt Rae here: vgen.co/quilbug/shop 🎨 #insectember2026 #anthro #bugart #adopts

A digital illustration of an anthropomorphized yellow panda isopod walking its little mite pet on a leash. The isopod has a chunky body with stubby legs, and is coloured soft browns with light yellow patches on its top segments.

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Quil @quilbug.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Insectember day 15: Creophilus erythrocephalus Common name: Devil's Coach Horse Beetle Vex the Devil's Coach Horse Beetle tries to escape the attention it's name brings. ✨Adopt Vex here: vgen.co/quilbug/shop 🎨 #insectember2026 #anthro #bugart #adopts

A digital illustration of an anthropomorphized devils coach horse rove beetle standing in a defensive, wide stance and opening its mandibles threateningly. The beetle has black chitin that shines blueish green in some places and redish brown in others. Its head is bright orange with a black circle on its forehead.

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Quil @quilbug.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Insectember day 14: Aspidomorpha quadriremis Common name: South African Fool's Gold Beetle Amber the fool's gold beetle is looking forward to a long walk with friends💛 ✨Adopt Amber here: vgen.co/quilbug/shop 🎨 #insectember2026 #anthro #bugart #adopts

A digital illustration of an anthropomorphized fool's gold tortoise beetle walking away from the viewer and using an ornate twisted-twig cane to assist it. The beetle is a bright shiny yellow, with a shimmering golden pattern on its otherwise transparent carapace and elytron.

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Quil @quilbug.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Insectember day 13: Scutigera coleoptrata Common name: House Centipede Hearth is a relaxed house centipede who wants to make its home as cozy as possible ✨Adopt Hearth here: vgen.co/quilbug/shop 🎨 #insectember2026 #anthro #bugart #adopts

A digital illustration of an anthropomorphized pinkish-red house centipede waving to someone with its many limbs. It has 15 pairs of limbs, some with hands, some used as legs, and some at the end of its body just raised into the air.

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Quil @quilbug.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Insectember day 12: Perithemis electra Common name: Golden Amberwing Dragonfly Poppy makes up for its little stature with a big, excitable presence🥳 ✨Adopt Poppy here: vgen.co/quilbug/shop 🎨 #insectember2026 #anthro #bugart #adopts

A digital illustration of a little anthropomorphized golden amberwing dragonfly fluttering with a happy hopping pose and smiley expression. The dragonfly is mostly red, orange, yellow and blue, with red-veined wings.

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𝖈𝖊𝖘𝖆𝖗 ✦ @cesar-umbrage.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

#insectember day 12: Hymenopus coronatus I couldnt come up with anything for earwigs so, orchid mantis!! available for €45 on my vgen shop 🪲 vgen.co/cesar-umbrage/shop [ #insectember2026 #bugoc #bugart #adoptable #insect #mantis ]

a reference sheet of a pink orchid mantis character

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𝖈𝖊𝖘𝖆𝖗 ✦ @cesar-umbrage.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

#insectember day 11: Diogmites angustipennis A prairie robber fly! mental health break over back to drawing bugs,,, available for €25 on my vgen shop 🪲 vgen.co/cesar-umbrage/shop [ #insectember2026 #bugoc #bugart #adoptable #insect ]

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Quil @quilbug.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Insectember day 11: Anteros formosus Common name: Black Bellied Anteros Butterfly Dandie the butterfly takes great pride in its immaculate floof✨ ✨Adopt Dandie here: vgen.co/quilbug/shop 🎨 #insectember2026 #anthro #bugart #adopts

A digital illustration of an incredibly fluffy cream, red and black butterfly with green eyes and striped antennae. The ends of its limbs fade from white to cream to black, and flair out in fluff near the feet.

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Quil @quilbug.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Insectember day 10: odontodactylus scyllarus Common name: Peacock Mantis Shrimp Prism is a mischievous shrimp with a hidden power 👀 ✨Adopt Prism here: vgen.co/quilbug/shop 🎨 #insectember2026 #anthro #bugart #adopts

A digital sketch of an anthropomorphized peacock mantis shrimp floating in the water. The shrimp is brightly rainbow coloured, and has two little clawed hands beside its folded club arms.

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Quil @quilbug.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Insectember day 9: Atemnora westermannii Common name: Westermann's hummingbird Flutter is a shy hummingbird moth, relying on its quick flying to get out of awkward situations ✨Adopt Flutter here: vgen.co/quilbug/shop 🎨 #insectember2026 #anthro #bugart #adopts

a digital illustration of an anthropomorphized green, yellow red and blue hummingbird moth fluttering in place with a shy expression

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Quil @quilbug.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Ok so turns out trying to do a daily drawing challenge while moving into a new home was a bit ambitious... I'll slowly catch up on all the days, and probably go into next month with it 🥀

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@macro_action @birdzandbees.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Red Devil Potter wasp in Lanzarote Canary Islands 🇮🇨 Canon R5 and Sigma 150mm f2.8 macro SS1/3200 F7.1 ISO3200 #macro #wasp # insect # arthropod #entolomology

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Quil @quilbug.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Insectember day 8: Pyrops watanabei Common name: Lanternfly Wick the lanternfly does not hesitate to point its spear at any foe🤺 ✨Adopt Wick here: vgen.co/quilbug/shop 🎨 #insectember2026 #anthro #bugart #adopts

A digital drawing of an anthropomorphized white and yellow lanternfly holding a spear tipped with a sharp yellow crystal. The lanternflies wings drape like a cape around it, and its chitin plates look a bit like knight armour.

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𝖈𝖊𝖘𝖆𝖗 ✦ @cesar-umbrage.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

#insectember day 9: thermobia domestica a firebrat! goofy name for a bug... but its actually not a type of silverfish a dust bunny i mean buggy, since they live in human homes available for €15 on my vgen shop 🪲 vgen.co/cesar-umbrage/shop [ #insectember2026 #bugoc #bugart #adoptable #insect ]

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𝖈𝖊𝖘𝖆𝖗 ✦ @cesar-umbrage.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

#insectember day 7: neotibicen tibicen a swamp cicada! just a cute lil guy,,, available for €30 on my vgen shop 🪲 vgen.co/cesar-umbrage/shop [ #insectember2026 #bugoc #bugart #adoptable #insect ]

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Quil @quilbug.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Insectember day 7: Bombylius cinerascens Common name: Beefly Daisy the beefly's favourite flower is forget-me-nots ✨Adopt Daisy here: vgen.co/quilbug/shop 🎨 #insectember2026 #anthro #bugart #adopts

A digital illustration of an anthropomorphized light yellow and whte beefly standing politely with a little blue forget-me-not flower in its head floof. The beefly is incredibly fluffy all over, with a long proboscis, stubby antennae, long stick legs and shiny transparent wings.

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𝖈𝖊𝖘𝖆𝖗 ✦ @cesar-umbrage.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

#insectember day 7: gryllotalpa australis a mole cricket! ive no idea why but i gravitated towards a copper design, it seems to have swallowed me whole here ToT available for €50 on my vgen shop 🐛 vgen.co/cesar-umbrag... [ #insectember2026 #bugoc #bugart #adoptable #insect ]

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𝖈𝖊𝖘𝖆𝖗 ✦ @cesar-umbrage.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

#insectember day 6: phyllocrania illudens the ghost mantis! i really like them oughhh,,, turned the spiky leafy designs into piercings :D going for €35 on my vgen shop 🐛 vgen.co/cesar-umbrag... [ #insectember #bugoc #bugart #mantisoc #adoptable ]

reference sheet of a brown leafy mantis character with a spiky design

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𝖈𝖊𝖘𝖆𝖗 ✦ @cesar-umbrage.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

#insectember day 5: stilbum cyanurum I rerolled for an emerald cuckoo wasp!! the crystal design took me a while lol- going for €50 on my vgen shop 🐛 vgen.co/cesar-umbrag... [ #insectember2026 #bugoc #bugart #waspoc #adoptable ]

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Quil @quilbug.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Insectember day 6: Neotibicen Tibicen Common name: Swamp Cicada Nobby the swamp cicada wants all the attention, and will use any loud means necessary to get it 🗣️ ✨Adopt Nobby here: vgen.co/quilbug/shop 🎨 #insectember2026 #anthro #bugart #adopts

A digital illustration of an anthropomorphized white and green swamp cicada wearing a little acorn hat on its head. The swamp cicada has a stout stature and a cheeky pose. Its intricate transparent wings are folded beside its abdomen.

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Quil @quilbug.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Insectember day 5: Gryllotalpa australis Common name: Southern Mole Cricket Clay uses its specialised digging claws and a delicate brush to uncover this specimen ✨Adopt Clay here: vgen.co/quilbug/shop 🎨 #insectember2026 #anthro #bugart #adopts

A digital illustration of an anthropomorphized bluish-brown mole cricket crouched down, using its large digging claws on its forelimbs to uncover an ammonite fossil from the earth. In one of its second pair of arms, it uses a little brush to dust off the specimen.

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Quil @quilbug.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Insectember day 4: Phyllocrania illudens Common name: Ghost mantis Spectre the ghost mantis writes notes on its leaf scrolls. The work of a scribe is a very important; leaf scrolls don't last very long... ✨Adopt Spectre here: vgen.co/quilbug/shop 🎨 #insectember2026 #anthro #bugart #adopts

A digital illustration of an anthropomorphized ghost mantis standing and inspecting the writing on a scroll made of a leaf. In its bottom who hands it holds two other rolled up scrolls and a down-feather quill. The chiton of the mantis is shaped and coloured to resemble old brown leaves, and has intricate plates with thin curling edges on tis limbs, abdomen and head.

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𝖈𝖊𝖘𝖆𝖗 ✦ @cesar-umbrage.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

#insectember day 3: curculio elephas a chestnut weevil :D, i really really like this acorn esque design letting them go for €40 on my vgen shop 🐛 vgen.co/cesar-umbrag... [ #insectember2026 #bugoc #bugart #adoptable ]

reference page of a brown chubby chestnut weevil with a nut/acorn like design

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Quil @quilbug.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Insectember day 3: Chilobrachys fimbriatus Common name: Indian Violet Tarantula Violet the tarantula shows off its prized guard frog, Bean. ✨Adopt Violet here: vgen.co/quilbug/shop 🎨 #insectember2026 #anthro #bugart #adopts #spider

A digital illustration of an indian violet tarantula, holding a little brown frog like one would hold a small dog. It pets the frogs head with another hand and gestures in a relaxed manner with its other hands. The tarantula's fluffy, segmented body is coloured with off-white, purple, dark desaturated blue and cherry red.

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𝖈𝖊𝖘𝖆𝖗 ✦ @cesar-umbrage.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

#insectember day 2: bombylius cinerascens a bee-fly!! goofy little guy adopt available for €15 on my vgen shop ^^ vgen.co/cesar-umbrag... [ #insectember2026 #bugoc #bugart #adoptable ]

reference page of a greenish-yellow bee fly character

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Quil @quilbug.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Insectember day 2: Labidura riparia Common name: Shore Earwig Snivel the earwig counts on its intimidating forceps to ward off everything scary... of which there are many. ✨Adopt Snivel here: vgen.co/quilbug/shop 🎨 #insectember2026 #anthro #bugart #adopts

A digital illustration of an anthropomorphized shore earwig with tearful eyes crouched in a steady, fearful stance. It stretches out once hand as if to stop something, and curls its abdomen up to display its intimidating pinching forceps on the end.

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Quil @quilbug.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Insectember day 1: Ceriagrion cerinorubellum Common name: Orange-tailed Marsh Dart Bell the damselfly wisper keeps watch over its friends, using its singing staff to warn them of danger! ✨Adopt Bell here: vgen.co/quilbug/shop 🎨 #insectember2026 #anthro #bugart #adopts

A digital illustration of an orange tailed marsh dart damselfly posed gracefully in the air and holding a curved green staff with a dangling golden bell. The damselfly is brightly coloured with blue, green, yellow, orange and red.

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𝖈𝖊𝖘𝖆𝖗 ✦ @cesar-umbrage.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

gonna be doing quilbugs #insectember this year!! (hopefully lol) all my bugs will be available as adopts! im challenging myself to a bit of whimsy with the designs :D first is Photinus pyralis, a common eastern firefly for €30 vgen.co/cesar-umbrag... [ #insectember2026 #bugoc #bugart #adoptable ]

a green-brown firefly mage with a lantern staff

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Pauline @paulinedrawsbears.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

All of these little helpers have been sent off to assist, accompany and cheer on their new friends 💛 #art #cuteart #illustration #dragon #mammals #artyear

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Quil @quilbug.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Doing insectember again! This time with my own flair✨ ✨ quilbugs-insectember.straw.page ✨ vgen.co/quilbug/shop

An info card for quilbug's September drawing challenge titled, "Quilbug's Arthopology Edition Insectember 2026". The text reads, "For every day of September I will attempt to draw an anthropomorphized bug character based on a real life arthropod from a randomised list I made! These characters will go up for adoption on my VGen to add more arthropod diversity to the bug oc community. More info on quilbugs-insetember.straw.page." The card is decorated like a scrapbook with insect and nature png's stars and watercolour splotches.

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Gen Conway @trigonotarbida.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Close up oil painting of a scorpion's mouthparts #scorpion #arachnid #chelicerate

Oil painting showing a close up of an orange scorpion's chelicerae, and some of the rest of the head including one ocelli and start of the pedipalps (trochanter and a bit of femur)

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Quil @quilbug.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

aw🥺 🪲ID Guess: Australian Garden Orb Weaver #bugsky #ozinverts #inverts #spider

A top view photo of an australian garden orb weaver spider tucked up all cozy in the crevice of a red painted guard rail. It has pulled its two front legs close to its head, and its two back legs almost tuck under its big chestnut shaped abdomen. It has a very fuzzy, beige body with orange patches along its middle, and many sensory hairs everywhere. It has four tiny beads for eyes and fuzzy little pedipalps that cover its chelicerae.

A close up, top view photo of that same spider, zoomed in to see all the details. In this photo the details of its little bead eyes and its white and yellow sensory hairs that cover the spiders whole body is clearly seen.

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Quil @quilbug.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

See the humble little case moth bebe (Cute, but unsteady video of it schmoovin in the replies) 🪲ID Guess: Case Moth - Larva #bugsky #ozinverts #inverts

A photo of a case moth larva walking across a pole. Most of the larva is obscured by the plated structure it built for itself. Its little hat/home seems to be build with layers of little leaf scraps tiled together like a shingled roof, tapering up into a messy point. What we can see of the larva is its little black head with sensory hairs sticking outward, and its little pointed feet.

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Quil @quilbug.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Local fly says remember to hydrate! 🪲ID Guess: Lauxaniid Flies #bugsky #ozinverts #inverts

A sideview photo of a fly sitting on the tip of a sap green leaf, drinking a drop of water. The fly has a stout, compact body, a little head, and long wings. The flies abdomen is segmented and brown, its thorax is bright yellow, and its head is black with bright red eyes.

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Pauline @paulinedrawsbears.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

This guy will stay by your side and offer some gentle and steady support this week 🌼

A digital drawing of a brown bear standing in tall grass. its brown fur is sparsely covered in forget-me-not plats and grass and some fire flies are flying aeound them.

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Quil @quilbug.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Always lovely seeing the intricate segments of a spiders underside 🪲ID Guess: Australasian Garden Orb-Weaver #bugsky #ozinverts #inverts #spider

A photo of an australian garden orb weaver spider taken of its underside as it sits waiting on its web at night time. The spider is plump and fuzzy, with a large diamond shaped abdomen, segmented thorax underside, and long fuzzy legs that taper into dainty points. The spider is coloured saturated shades of maroon, black, caramel, and soft yellow.

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Quil @quilbug.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

My favourite local weevil!! This one was NOT happy to be anywhere near my camera, and promptly ran away. 🪲ID Guess: Broad-nosed Weevil - Leptopius Setosus #bugsky #ozinverts #inverts

A top view photo broad nosed weevil sitting on an orange leaf. The weevil is light brown with a knobbly body. It has dull spikes on its abdomen, bumps and ridges on its thorax and thick, awkward looking legs. It has a thick snoot protruding from its round head and long antennae sprouting from the tip of its snout and pointing outward.

A closeup photo of the same weevil taken from the side as it makes an escape upward into leaf cover. This phot shows the intricate plates and joints of its elytron, underside and legs.

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Quil @quilbug.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Omg that's alota replies with some gorgeous fave bugs!! It will take me a bit to reply to them, but for now I am simply taking secret notes (secretly >:D)

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Quil @quilbug.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I would like to know people's favourite bug!! (For sneaky reasons🤫)

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Quil @quilbug.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

My little siren babieeeesssss🥹💚

Three bust sketches of baby freshwater sirens with various expressions, one seems to be successfully taunting the second, while the third looks on with mild concern.

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Quil @quilbug.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

This was a weird one... I don't have a good ID for them and I have no idea what they were doing on this hanging dead stick. They seemed peaceful, and only got agitated when I got near with my camera... I wonder what they were up to? 🪲ID Guess: Sweat bees? #bugsky #ozinverts #inverts

A photo of multiple little black bees with small bodies, orange legs, and thin white stripes on their abdomens gathered closely together on a dead stick. The dead stick is suspended by old spider threads.

A closeup photo focusing on one of the bees. It has a thinner body than the common bee, its chitin is entirely black covered in sparse white hairs, and its legs are orange. Its abdomen has white markings on the bottom, and its wings are neatly folded over its body.

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Quil @quilbug.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Revenge sketches for Cinderoid, OtherMario, Ettle, IbbyWondrous, QtFoxe, the_mirror_sunflower and Nightmarish on Artfight 💚 🎨 #artfight2026

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Quil @quilbug.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

This gorgeous spider was looking a bit lost... So after I snapped this photo, I offered my hand to it. It hopped right on till I presented it to a suitable area for it to hop off 🥹💚 🪲ID Guess: Garden Jumping Spider #bugsky #ozinverts #inverts #spider

A photo of a large garden jumping spider standing on a green leaf, looking directly at the camera. The spider has shiny black chitin covered sparsely in short white hairs. The four large eyes on the front of its face is rimmed with a redish-orange colour.

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Quil @quilbug.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Another shy guy 🪲ID Guess: Wedge-Shaped Beetles #bugsky #ozinverts #inverts

A photo of a brown wedge-shaped beetle hanging onto the side of a bright green leaf. The beetles long brown body looks velvety soft. Its thin limbs grip at the edge of the leaf, and its little head is tucked under its thorax, almost obscuring its big black eyes. This position makes the beetle look quite shy.

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an octopus made of sandpaper @sandpaperoctopi.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

1.8k Follower Egg Game Celebration!!! 🥚🪺 Thank you all for liking my critters! Now you can adopt a mystery baby for free! :D In order to successfully claim an egg and hatch your own critter, you must complete 2 tasks: 1) build a nest 2) provide a gift Details in replies 👇

Drawing of sixteen eggs on a purple background. The first is speckly dark blue and teal. The second is pale yellow with vertical grooves. The third is streaked brown with light speckles. The fourth is cylindrical and black white striped. The fifth is splotchy white and brown. The sixth is green with hexagonal patterns. The seventh is a shiny orange orb. The eighth is soft and pale. The ninth is a cluster of three pale brownish eggs with the vague shape of a critter inside. The tenth is another soft pale egg. The eleventh is smooth and teal. The twelfth is blue with spirally patterns. The thirteenth is brown and layered like cracked dirt. The fourteenth is light blue and heavily speckled with white. The fifteenth is a pair of long skinny yellow eggs. The sixth is a brownish sphere with the vague shape of a critter inside.

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Quil @quilbug.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Is this punk 🪲ID Guess: Lichen Moth - Caterpillar #bugsky #ozinverts #inverts

A photograph of a lichen moth caterpillar on a stone wall. The caterpillar has a thin and long body decorated with black, green and bright red and yellow accents. The most noticeable feature of this bug is the long hairs radiating out from each segment, covering and protecting it like warning spikes. Some hairs are almost as long as the caterpillars length.

A closeup photo of the same caterpillars head area, which is a small shiny black orb attached to the front of its body. Most of it is obscured by its long hairs.

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Quil @quilbug.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I like the hairstyle on this nervous lad 🪲ID Guess: Leafroller moth (Crocidosema) #bugsky #ozinverts #inverts

A sideview photo of a caramel coloured leafrolled moth on a green leaf. The moth has a long, straight body as its caramel patterned wings fold over itself, making it looks like a twig. Two stripped feet can be seen from under its wings and its thin antennae are swept back. The fluff around its round eyes stick out forward like a little nose, and upward like a little hairstyle.

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Quil @quilbug.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Revenge sketches for M_E_A_T, Satiwi1, Collball, Lil-Weird0, Jasperrrrr, LizardFungus, Art-Zuron, Skelebee, LordBob and Diosloboconejo on ArtFight 💚 🎨 #artfight2026

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