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Nicole 🪲
@fossilforager.bsky.social
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Naturalist & illustrator based in California 🌸
Draws bugs & other critters (she/her)

🛒🐛: shop.fossilforager.art
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Nicole 🪲 @fossilforager.bsky.social · Oct 18
Hi everyone! I’m Nicole! I’m an illustrator & designer who is incredibly passionate about ecology and creatures! I love making art and merch for all nature lovers, whether you’re a hobbyist or scientist! 🦋🌱

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An illustrated taxonomy poster featuring native bees found in North America, illustrated on a light periwinkle-blue background. The bees are all illustrated in various poses on native wildflowers or according to their species-specific behaviors. From top to bottom, left to right, there is the yellow-faced bumblebee, the orchard mason bee, the blueberry cellophane bee, the common long-horned bee, the western leaf cutter bee, the bumblebee-like digger bee, the bicolored sweat bee, and the eastern carpenter bee. An illustration of a humpback whale skeleton laying on the sea floor, surrounded by pink octopuses, rat-tailed fish, a giant isopod, a grooved tanner cab, and hagfish! They are illustrated on a dark blue background. An illustrated tiled pattern showing 6 species of salamanders and newts native to California arranged on a light blue background. They are mostly earthy brown, orange, yellow, and black. There are water droplets, sorrel, and redwood leaf litter scattered in between the amphibians.
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New beanies are now available to preorder on my site! These will keep you cozy all winter long 🌲❤️

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A mockup image of a Prussian blue beanie with an embroidered pacific chorus frog egg, tadpole, and adult! The frog is green with a white belly and black markings around the eye and belly. A mockup of a brown beanie with an embroidered warm brown acorn weevil! A moss green beanie with an embroidered black stag beetle! A turmeric colored beanie with embroidered golden chanterelle mushrooms!
November 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
fossilforager.bsky.social
New beanies are now available to preorder on my site! These will keep you cozy all winter long 🌲❤️

🍂 shop.fossilforager.art
A mockup image of a Prussian blue beanie with an embroidered pacific chorus frog egg, tadpole, and adult! The frog is green with a white belly and black markings around the eye and belly. A mockup of a brown beanie with an embroidered warm brown acorn weevil! A moss green beanie with an embroidered black stag beetle! A turmeric colored beanie with embroidered golden chanterelle mushrooms!
November 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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please check out my new isopod stickers :)
A photo of a vibrant orange illustrated sticker sheet featuring colorful isopods doing isopod things (eating a piece of fruit, hiding under a leaf, resting on top of a leaf, crawling around). To the right of the sticker sheet are some of the isopod stickers stuck onto a white sheet.
November 14, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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please check out my new isopod stickers :)
A photo of a vibrant orange illustrated sticker sheet featuring colorful isopods doing isopod things (eating a piece of fruit, hiding under a leaf, resting on top of a leaf, crawling around). To the right of the sticker sheet are some of the isopod stickers stuck onto a white sheet.
November 14, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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omg I got into emerald city comic con, who am I seeing in Seattle in March?? 👀
November 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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had a wonderful time at EntSoc’s annual meeting this year, thank you all so much for stopping by my booth and for the kind words!!! I have so many ideas for art I want to make next year 🥹🪲❤️
November 12, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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wellreadnaturalist.bsky.social
The entomology pinbadge energy is strong at #EntSoc25. I bought this lovely Carolina Mantis badge by Roving House at the BioQuipBugs / @pinitentomology.bsky.social stand, and this superb Orchid Mantis badge by @fossilforager.bsky.social at the Fossil Forager stand.
November 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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I’m here at EntSoc’s annual meeting in Portland!! Come say hi/grab some goodies if you’re here, we’re running low on a few items and sold out of some pins already!! 🪰🦋💕 #entsoc25
A photo of my set up at EntSoc’s annual meeting, a conference for entomologists. My art prints, stickers, pins, and more goods are arranged on a golden table cloth in various acrylic and wooden shelf displays.
November 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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I got this little tiny precious infant from the talented @fossilforager.bsky.social. Wake up my dear, there's more bug conference to be had
Extremely tiny green leaf hopper bug stuffed animal on very large white hotel bed The leafhopper stuffy. It is light green with large red eyes and leaf shaped wings
November 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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I already have travel anxiety whenever I fly and I have to fly this weekend for work… lol
November 7, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Currently very busy getting ready for #EntSoc25! I’ll be in the artisan row with a lot of my wares, hope to see some of you there!! 🪰🦋🐞💕
November 5, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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surely if mamdani wins he inspires younger and cooler political candidates to run in other cities/states right
November 4, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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applied to vend at my local oddities & curiosities expo events for next year!! 🤞🤞🤞
November 1, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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North American Hoverflies! 🪰
An illustrated poster with numbers and an identification key, highlighting the diversity of Hoverfly species found in North America. 18 flies are drawn on the poster. These flies are generally striped/have patterns that make them resemble bees. They are illustrated on a light earthy yellow-green background.
October 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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North American Hoverflies! 🪰
An illustrated poster with numbers and an identification key, highlighting the diversity of Hoverfly species found in North America. 18 flies are drawn on the poster. These flies are generally striped/have patterns that make them resemble bees. They are illustrated on a light earthy yellow-green background.
October 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Lil guy alert!! Thrilled to have @fossilforager.bsky.social’s first plush offering 🌱
October 25, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Isopods!! 🧡
A vibrant illustrated poster featuring 14 species/varieties of isopods of various colors. They are illustrated on a yellow-vibrant orange background and have numbers with a key describing which species is which.
October 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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kk-maker.bsky.social
My new nudibranch keychain decorations from @fossilforager.bsky.social ! The purse has a Cooper's aeolid and the wallet has an orange-peel doris. PERFECT defenses for my tendency to lose essentials in dim corners and dark surfaces.
A gray canvas purse and a black leather wallet on a desk, both with brightly colored acrylic sea slugs clipped to zipper pulls. Cooper's aeolid: slender, pale bluish body with clusters of scarlet tendrils and orangey-tipped antennae. Orange-peel doris: round and orange, nubbly-textured, with a white cottontail-bunny puff at one end and stubby orange 'horns' on the other.
October 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Whale Fall pins are now available to PREORDER! ✨

I wanted to make sure those who missed out last time could hopefully get one this time! 🐋❤️

🔗 below!
A photo of a large gold-plated enamel pin photographed on top of a lichen-covered rock. The enamel pin features a whale skeleton covered with various deep sea creatures, such as octopuses, hagfish, a giant isopod, a crab, and chimaeras.
October 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Whale Fall pins are now available to PREORDER! ✨

I wanted to make sure those who missed out last time could hopefully get one this time! 🐋❤️

🔗 below!
A photo of a large gold-plated enamel pin photographed on top of a lichen-covered rock. The enamel pin features a whale skeleton covered with various deep sea creatures, such as octopuses, hagfish, a giant isopod, a crab, and chimaeras.
October 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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solarpunkd.bsky.social
I love my whale fall pin! Thanks so much! I would also love a magnet and/or a patch, if you were considering other mediums… 🦑❤️
Photo of a white person’s forearm tattooed with Armando Veve’s whale fall illustration. The arm is resting on a sofa, and in front of the arm sits a beautiful enamel pin with gold plating. The pin also depicts a whale fall scene, with small deep-sea critters such as eel and octopi clinging to the skeletal remains.
October 21, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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bro do I really need to start posting my shit on Facebook. my art gets reposted on there by random accounts and always gets tons of likes LMAO
October 15, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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please admire this massive grape (regular grape next to it for scale)
A photo of the palm of my hand holding two red grapes - one is huge and at least twice the size of a normal grape, the other is a normal red grape for scale.
October 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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fossilforager.bsky.social
Unfortunately it looks like we won’t be hitting the preorder minimum for these hats unless we get some more orders!

So if you’re interested in a leafcutter ant hat or are considering holiday gifts, please preorder! 🐜🌿

Available below ⬇️
A photo of an olive green dad cap with two embroidered brown leafcutter ants holding leaves. It is photographed on top of a rock. A photo of an olive green dad cap with two embroidered brown leafcutter ants holding leaves, but photographed from a different angle. It is photographed on top of a rock.
October 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
fossilforager.bsky.social
Unfortunately it looks like we won’t be hitting the preorder minimum for these hats unless we get some more orders!

So if you’re interested in a leafcutter ant hat or are considering holiday gifts, please preorder! 🐜🌿

Available below ⬇️
A photo of an olive green dad cap with two embroidered brown leafcutter ants holding leaves. It is photographed on top of a rock. A photo of an olive green dad cap with two embroidered brown leafcutter ants holding leaves, but photographed from a different angle. It is photographed on top of a rock.
October 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM