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flollop.bsky.social @flollop.bsky.social · Jul 6

Just tested out inkscape with 10 random 5,000 x 5,000 images embeded - save time ~5 seconds, load time ~11 seconds. Total svg file size ~200Mb. Inkscape definitely isn't a perfect piece of software, but it should be able to handle what you need

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flollop.bsky.social @flollop.bsky.social · Jul 6

I typically use GIMP or Inkscape. Never had issues with importing lots of images into Inkscape, which is vector based, but that may depend on the resolution you import them at.

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flollop.bsky.social @flollop.bsky.social · Feb 16

One of my favorite genera! Super charismatic

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flollop.bsky.social @flollop.bsky.social · Feb 16

A polka-dotted Assassin bug (Heniartes spp.) hunting on a leaf in central Amazonas, Brazil #insects #bugoftheday #42

An orange assassin bug with white dots (Heniartes spp.) strutting on a leaf

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flollop.bsky.social @flollop.bsky.social · Feb 15

A Cobalt Milkweed Beetle (Chrysochus cobaltinus) meets a European Honey Bee (Apis Mellifera) on a Showy Milkweed flower in southern Idaho #insects #bugoftheday #41

A metallic blue Cobalt Milkweed Beetle (Chrysochus cobaltinus) and a Honey Bee (Apis Mellifera) on a Showy Milkweed inflorescence (Asclepias speciosa). The Honey Bee is after the copious nectar these flowers produce, while the beetle is more interested in eating the flowers themselves.

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flollop.bsky.social @flollop.bsky.social · Feb 14

An Arrowhead Orbweaver (Verrucosa arenata) spotted in Costa Rica #spiders #bugoftheday #40

Arrowhead Orbweaver (Verrucosa arenata) with a white and black arrowhead shaped body hanging in its web in Costa Rica

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flollop.bsky.social @flollop.bsky.social · Feb 13

A Cabbage White (Pieris rapae) nectaring from a Narrowleaf Milkweed inflorescence #insects #bugoftheday #39

A Cabbage White (Pieris rapae) hanging off of and drinking from a flower of Narrowleaf Milkweed (Asclepias fascicularis)

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flollop.bsky.social @flollop.bsky.social · Feb 12

A Mediterranean Mantis (Iris oratoria) hanging out on my bike tire in Davis, California #insects #bugoftheday #38

A Mediterranean Mantis (Iris oratoria) hanging upside-down from a bike tire

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flollop.bsky.social @flollop.bsky.social · Feb 11

Large Brown Cicada (Graptopsaltria nigrofuscata) molts on a tree branch, spotted last August in Kyoto, Japan #insects #bugoftheday #37

Five cicada molts on the end of a tree branch in the Kyoto Gyoen National Garden

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flollop.bsky.social @flollop.bsky.social · Feb 11

One of those rare flying crabs

flollop.bsky.social @flollop.bsky.social · Feb 10

A predatory ground beetle (Opisthius richardsoni) found hunting on the banks of the Queets river on the Olympic peninsula #insects #bugoftheday #36

The ground beetle Opisthius richardsoni resting on the mud bank of the Queets river

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flollop.bsky.social @flollop.bsky.social · Feb 9

A Crethon Daggerwing (Marpesia crethon) puddling on the bank of the Rio Nushino in eastern Ecuador #insects #bugoftheday #35

A Crethon Daggerwing (Marpesia crethon) drinking from a sand beach

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flollop.bsky.social @flollop.bsky.social · Feb 8

A giant Silk Moth (Rothschildia sp.) attracted to a light trap in the cloud forest in central Ecuador #insects #bugoftheday #34

A giant Silk Moth (Rothschildia sp.) with transparent windows in each wing hanging on to a wire at a light trap

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flollop.bsky.social @flollop.bsky.social · Feb 7

A well camouflaged wandering spider (Gephyroctenus sp.), spotted in Amazonas, Brazil. #arachnids #bugoftheday #33

A green wandering spider (Gephyroctenus sp.) resting in green moss on the side of a tree

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flollop.bsky.social @flollop.bsky.social · Feb 6

This is certainly one way to use citations

A screenshot from a paper with a sentence that reads "In total, our database contained 412,452 vegetation plots", followed by ~130 in-text citations

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flollop.bsky.social @flollop.bsky.social · Feb 6

Duponchel's Sphinx (Cocytius duponchel) resting on the ground after visiting a blacklight in the Brazilian Amazon near Manaus. #insects #bugoftheday #32

Duponchel's Sphinx (Cocytius duponchel) resting on sandy ground. Wingspan is ~11cm

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flollop.bsky.social @flollop.bsky.social · Feb 5

A Broad-shouldered Leaf Beetle (Platyphora
sp.) spotted in Amazonas, Brazil. This genus tends to sequester toxins from the plants they eat, so probably would not taste very good #insects #bugoftheday #31

A Broad-shouldered Leaf Beetle (Platyphora
sp.) with brown and white stripes resting on my hand

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flollop.bsky.social @flollop.bsky.social · Feb 4

A male Longhorn bee (Melissodes sp.) nectaring on Rubber Rabbitbrush. Bees in this tribe (Eucerini) get their name from the males' distinctive long antennae #insects #bugoftheday #30

A male Longhorn bee (Melissodes sp.) on a yellow rubber rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa) inflorescence

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flollop.bsky.social @flollop.bsky.social · Feb 4

Was worried my last proposal wouldn't get funded because this administration doesn't want to fund anything to do with climate change. Turns out it's going to get flagged because it uses the phrase "bee diversity"

flollop.bsky.social @flollop.bsky.social · Feb 3

A Cactus Chimney Bee (Diadasia sp.) peaking out of a prickly pear flower #insects #bugoftheday #29

A Cactus Chimney Bee (Diadasia sp) after foraging in a pink prickly pear flower (Opuntia sp.)

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flollop.bsky.social @flollop.bsky.social · Feb 2

A Snail-eating Beetle (Scaphinotus sp.) spotted in Redwoods National Park on the Pacific coast #insects #bugoftheday #28

A Snail-eating Beetle in the genus Scaphinotus walking on a rotten log

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flollop.bsky.social @flollop.bsky.social · Feb 1

A Bicolored Snakefly (Agulla bicolor) resting on a Balsamroot flower #insects #bugoftheday #28

The Snakefly Agulla bicolor resting on the flowerhead of an Arrowleaf Balsamroot (Balsamorhiza sagittata)

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flollop.bsky.social @flollop.bsky.social · Jan 31

A Band-winged Meadowhawk (Sympetrum semicinctum) Sunning on a leaf, and some nearby graffiti #insects #bugoftheday #27

A brown and yellow Band-winged Meadowhawk (Sympetrum semicinctum) resting on a leaf in the sun

A sharpie drawing of a dragonfly with the text "dragon zone" under it, drawn on a nearby footbridge

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flollop.bsky.social @flollop.bsky.social · Jan 30

A pair of Shoulder-streaked Firetips (Pyrrhopyge papius), spotted on the side of the road near Cosanga, Ecuador #insects #bugoftheday #26

Two Shoulder-streaked Firetips (Pyrrhopyge papius) with black wings and red racing stripes

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flollop.bsky.social @flollop.bsky.social · Jan 29

A female Leafcutter bee (Megachile sp.) feeding from Rubber Rabbitbrush. Unlike honey bees and their relatives which gather pollen on their legs, Leafcutters collect pollen on the undersides of their abdomens - very visible here! #insects #bugoftheday #25

Leaf cutter bee (Megachile sp., likely subgenus Megachiloides) on Rubber Rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa).

She hold her abdomen up in the air when drinking nectar, giving us a nice view of all the pollen suck to its underside

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