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Pat
@beetlecandy.bsky.social
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21 🪲 Studying scientific illustration 🐛 I like bugs and drawing. Commissions open!

https://linktr.ee/BeetleCandy
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Pat @beetlecandy.bsky.social · Aug 6
I initially made this for an illustration contest. I wanted to go out of my comfort zone a bit. Nothing super special but I’m proud of it nonetheless.

#illustration #digitalart #tiny #oc #sona #digitalpainting
A tiny humanoid creature with blue hair sitting atop a tomato pin-cushion. It is holding a lit match above its head. A cockroach peacefully stands by.
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petrathepostdoc.bsky.social
day 6 #InverteFest #invertebrate weird fact:
bumblebees were shown to enjoy... playing! when given some colorful wooden balls on their way to delicious sugary water, they stopped to play with them, with younger bumblebees playing more often 🟡🟣🐝
#SciArt doodle of two bumblebees playing with yellow and purple wooden balls, one is happily wiggling on top while the other just faceplanted into the floor.
August 30, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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evolutionistrue.bsky.social
From Rik Gern, photos of fungi taken in northern Wisconsin.

whyevolutionistrue.com/2025/11/29/r...
November 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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beetlemoses.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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nekokatchi.bsky.social
I just put up some custom machines for Starfy and Starly in Kirby Air Riders!
#starfy #kirbyairriders
Machine ID: ML2B1W6Y Machine ID: M6CP0HDJ
November 26, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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toomanywasps.bsky.social
Big news - I’ll be starting an #insect #systematics lab at University of Nebraska-Lincoln this coming academic year! I’m looking to #recruit #PhDstudents to work in #wasp systematics, especially gall systems, to begin Fall 2026. Please help me spread the word — more details on the flyer below!
Graduate student recruitment ad
November 12, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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zachsilberberg.bsky.social
this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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beeleth.bsky.social
does anyone even still care about kemono friends… (i do)

#beelethart
November 4, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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byconniechang.bsky.social
Trans rights is a winning platform. Pro immigration is a winning platform. Taxing the rich is a winning platform. Affordable housing is a winning platform. Free childcare is a winning platform. Hating Andrew Cuomo is a winning platform. SOCIALISM IS A WINNING PLATFORM
November 5, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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CHICKEN JOCKEY
November 5, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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newyorker.com
A sneak peek at the cover of next week’s issue, which celebrates Zohran Mamdani’s historic win. #NewYorkerCovers
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM
November 5, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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sarahmackattack.bsky.social
The amount of AI generated art in slides at this conference, primarily used by older scientists, is killing me. Scientists please. Don’t use these ai platforms to make your figures or slides. They look bad and I have yet to see them meaningfully improve the message of talks.
October 31, 2025 at 3:09 AM
beetlecandy.bsky.social
pastel purple #pikmin #ピクミン
October 29, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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entobiologist.bsky.social
sleep tight don't let the lacewings bite
#invertebrates #sciart
photo of a pumpkin with a carving of a large insect head with massive spiny jaws photo of the same pumpkin at night but lit up from inside with a phone flashlight held by someone
October 27, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
this is what will happen if mamdani makes bus rides free
A cat is seen riding a bus. They are standing up and have their front paws on the back of the front seat.
October 25, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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vivschwarz.bsky.social
I think letting children make books together gets them thinking in a lot of ways that inevitably lead to increased media literacy. Telling stories helps you to recognise stories elsewhere. Who is telling them? How are they being told? And why are they being told this way?
October 11, 2025 at 8:17 AM
beetlecandy.bsky.social
as a kid I didn’t understand the appeal of bears, but now I see how awesome they are. #kemonefriends #けものフレンズ #procreate
sketch page of the japanese black bear from kemono friends, decorated with bright yellow patterns
October 8, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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daitaohiwa.bsky.social
#INKTOBER #INKTOBER2025 #けものフレンズ
DAY1 MUSTACHE
ヒゲダンスはコスチュームも動作もペンギンぽいなーというお話
October 1, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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bertonemyia.bsky.social
🚨 Spicy gummy worm alert! 🚨 🐛

Though it may look delicious, the bright colors warn of its ability to sting. Kinda looks like it's wearing pajamas...

Thanks to @dradriansmith.bsky.social for hosting the specimen.

stinging rose #caterpillar
#Limacodidae: #Parasa indetermina
NC, USA
A squishy-looking caterpillar sits on a leaf. It has four thin black lines alternating with white running down its back, with alternating orangish-red and yellow stripes down the sides. Along its body are a few tentacle-like protuberances covered in stinging spines. There are smaller round, evenly spaced warts covered in spines along the body as well. A squishy-looking caterpillar sits on a leaf. It has four thin black lines alternating with white running down its back, with alternating orangish-red and yellow stripes down the sides. Along its body are a few tentacle-like protuberances covered in stinging spines. There are smaller round, evenly spaced warts covered in spines along the body as well. A squishy-looking caterpillar sits on a leaf. It has four thin black lines alternating with white running down its back, with alternating orangish-red and yellow stripes down the sides. Along its body are a few tentacle-like protuberances covered in stinging spines. There are smaller round, evenly spaced warts covered in spines along the body as well. The squishy head region of a caterpillar can be seen curling around the edge of the leaf, its spiky protuberances can also be seen cresting the edge of the leaf.
September 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
beetlecandy.bsky.social
unbothered beaver #kemonofriends #けものフレンズ #procreate #wip
american beaver
September 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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tealightjay.bsky.social
elephant shrew lucario. i call him shrewcario
a drawing of an elephant shrew that is like lucario
September 26, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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atunshei.bsky.social
Like the mass murder of bison on the Plains or the clearing of the Eastern Woodlands for animal agriculture, colonialism annihilates and replaces ecosystems as well as peoples, polities, and cultures.
September 27, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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fossillocator.bsky.social
It looks like Dinosaur Field Station of NJ is closing and selling their Dino sculptures
September 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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psy-son.bsky.social
Me when I spread misinformation about the Mario Movie

#Rosalina #fanart
September 25, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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eyesack.bsky.social
detail from the Hell panel of Hieronymus Bosch's The Garden of Earthly Delights but everybody consents
September 21, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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dynamoe.bsky.social
💥 HIPSTER ANIMALS 10th Anniversary 💥

DIY furniture hacker #IKEAmonkey

→ hipster-animals.tumblr.com/archive
It's the IKEA Monkey with an allen key
September 18, 2025 at 11:20 PM