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

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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 pins are now available in my shop! 🦐

🛒🐛 shop.fossilforager.art

Reshares appreciated! ❤️
An image showing 3 differently colored isopod enamel pins arranged in a stack on my fingers. From top to bottom: dark brown and yellow, black and white, and orange and light orange. A photo of a colorful teal and green peacock mantis shrimp enamel pin with red legs, orange stripes along the body, and dark blue markings. It is photographed against a dark purple amethyst crystal. A photo of an enamel pin featuring 3 garden eels hanging out together. Two of the eels are a light green with black spots, while the larger eel behind them is orange with white stripes. They are photographed on a dark purple amethyst crystal.
January 31, 2026 at 4:23 PM
fossilforager.bsky.social
using your own brain and thinking through things is so hot and sexy and cool
February 1, 2026 at 5:04 AM
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I’m planning on doing some more video content this year - what are some topics or things you’d like to see from me in a video format? Art, nature, business, silly gaming, etc.?

Let me know!
January 31, 2026 at 7:08 PM
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new pins are now available in my shop! 🦐

🛒🐛 shop.fossilforager.art

Reshares appreciated! ❤️
An image showing 3 differently colored isopod enamel pins arranged in a stack on my fingers. From top to bottom: dark brown and yellow, black and white, and orange and light orange. A photo of a colorful teal and green peacock mantis shrimp enamel pin with red legs, orange stripes along the body, and dark blue markings. It is photographed against a dark purple amethyst crystal. A photo of an enamel pin featuring 3 garden eels hanging out together. Two of the eels are a light green with black spots, while the larger eel behind them is orange with white stripes. They are photographed on a dark purple amethyst crystal.
January 31, 2026 at 4:23 PM
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it’s Friday night and I am going to eat nuggets and fries and an ice cream sandwich :)
January 31, 2026 at 2:37 AM
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4 Black journalists have been kidnapped by the federal government
January 30, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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New enamel pins will drop on my site this Friday 1/30 @ 10 am PST! 💕

🔗 here to preview all the new designs: shop.fossilforager.art

Reshares appreciated to get the word out! #sciart
A photo collage showing various new colorful enamel pin designs designed by me: a peacock mantis shrimp, a group of garden eels, a black and white isopod, a curled up rubber ducky isopod, and an anomalocaris. They are all posed inside a purple crystal.
January 28, 2026 at 8:33 PM
fossilforager.bsky.social
New enamel pins will drop on my site this Friday 1/30 @ 10 am PST! 💕

🔗 here to preview all the new designs: shop.fossilforager.art

Reshares appreciated to get the word out! #sciart
A photo collage showing various new colorful enamel pin designs designed by me: a peacock mantis shrimp, a group of garden eels, a black and white isopod, a curled up rubber ducky isopod, and an anomalocaris. They are all posed inside a purple crystal.
January 28, 2026 at 8:33 PM
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in the process of working on some new plushies… :)
January 28, 2026 at 7:57 PM
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I just posted my personal, artistic, and business recap for 2025 over on my Patreon, and my goals for 2026. It's free for anyone to read if you're interested in my thoughts and what I was up to last year!

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2025 in Review! 🪲 | Nicole
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January 27, 2026 at 9:52 PM
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did not expect my little book post to pop off like this but thank you all so much for the words of encouragement, and for sharing how you’ve been getting back into reading too 📚❤️
fossilforager.bsky.social Nicole 🪲 @fossilforager.bsky.social · 7d
this is probably gonna sound really silly to people who read a lot, but I’ve already read more books this year (2) than I read all of last year (1) !!!
January 27, 2026 at 9:38 PM
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Man I love fossils 🦖🦴
An illustration featuring a Tyrannosaurus rex skull, a trilobite fossil, an ammonite fossil, and a leaf fossil all arranged in a tan circle. Brown arched text above the illustrations says “MILF”. The bottom arched text below the art reads “MAN I LOVE FOSSILS”. It is encircled by a brown border.
January 27, 2026 at 9:35 PM
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No one is illegal on stolen land, i think Spirit would agree
(Spirit, Stallion of the Cimarron is a beautiful 2d animated movie, I recommend watching it if you havent)
Drawing of Spirit the horse holding a broken icicle (parody from the scene in the movie) text says “abolish ice” Drawing of Spirit the horse holding a broken icicle (parody from the scene in the movie) text says “f🧲ck ice”
January 26, 2026 at 11:05 PM
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this is probably gonna sound really silly to people who read a lot, but I’ve already read more books this year (2) than I read all of last year (1) !!!
January 26, 2026 at 4:40 PM
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fuck ice.
January 24, 2026 at 10:27 PM
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Stand up, fight back.
An illustration of an opossum holding a sign that says abolish ICE.
January 24, 2026 at 8:21 PM
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can’t prove that I’ve actually been shadowbanned on instagram but views on my posts have dropped significantly…
Screenshot from the show “Dexter”, showing a popular meme of Sergeant Doakes sitting at the steering wheel contemplating
January 24, 2026 at 10:05 PM
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a little Burgess Shale action

#sciart
An illustration of a piece of rock shale with various Cambrian organisms fossilized on it. Clockwise from the top is Hallucigenia, Opabinia, and Marrella. At the center is Naraoia. They are mostly blue-gray and illustrated on top of a dark blue-gray background.
January 24, 2026 at 7:43 PM
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A tide pool pattern for your feed 🐚🦀
A tiled illustrated pattern featuring various species found in the intertidal zone of the Pacific coast. There is a two spot octopus, sea cucumber, ochre sea star, California mussel, bat star, black turban snail, chiton, purple sea urchin, anemones, sea lemon, opalescent nudibranch, blue-banded hermit crab, purple shore crab, California aglaja, red abalone, and a green fluffy sculpin. They are illustrated and arranged on a teal-blueish background.
January 23, 2026 at 8:27 PM
fossilforager.bsky.social
A tide pool pattern for your feed 🐚🦀
A tiled illustrated pattern featuring various species found in the intertidal zone of the Pacific coast. There is a two spot octopus, sea cucumber, ochre sea star, California mussel, bat star, black turban snail, chiton, purple sea urchin, anemones, sea lemon, opalescent nudibranch, blue-banded hermit crab, purple shore crab, California aglaja, red abalone, and a green fluffy sculpin. They are illustrated and arranged on a teal-blueish background.
January 23, 2026 at 8:27 PM
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fossilforager.bsky.social
I’ve just added some new fungi-themed goodies to the shop! New stickers & postcards now available :)

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#sciart
A photo collage featuring various colorful fungi-themed stickers, sticker sheets, and a bumper sticker. They are arranged in front of a forest background. Two of the vinyl stickers also have a tree frog and a tiger salamander.
January 14, 2026 at 7:38 PM
fossilforager.bsky.social
I’ve just added some new fungi-themed goodies to the shop! New stickers & postcards now available :)

🍄 shop.fossilforager.art

#sciart
A photo collage featuring various colorful fungi-themed stickers, sticker sheets, and a bumper sticker. They are arranged in front of a forest background. Two of the vinyl stickers also have a tree frog and a tiger salamander.
January 14, 2026 at 7:38 PM
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I played through Mother 3 and finished the game just after New Years and I can't stop thinking about it
January 7, 2026 at 2:04 AM
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Here is my current tabling schedule for the first quarter of 2026! I’m super excited to be doing more traveling this year and vending at ECCC and WonderCon for the first time. Hope to see some of yall at these events! 🪲❤️
FOSSIL FORAGER 2026 Events January-March January 1/9-1/11 Santa Cruz Fungus Fair - Santa Cruz, CA February 2/21-2/22 SJ Made Friend Fest - San Jose, CA March 3/5-3/8 Emerald City Comic Con - Seattle, WA 3/27-3/29 Wondercon - Anaheim, CA More events to be announced for the rest of 2026! The text is on a light yellow background and has little colorful cute isopods illustrated around it.
January 6, 2026 at 8:57 PM
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California tiger salamander & golden chanterelles 🍄‍🟫🧡
An illustration of a California tiger salamander with some large yellow-orange golden chanterelle mushrooms. The salamander is mostly black with yellow spots and markings on the body, and small bulging dark brown eyes. Some oak leaves and acorns are illustrated surrounding the salamander and mushrooms. They are on a dark blue-gray background.
January 3, 2026 at 7:06 PM