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Lin
@linofthevalley.bsky.social
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21 • They 🌞• Entomology student (GenBio major) 🐞 • Coleopterans @ me 🪲 • Pfp by @smollestpeanut
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Mary Dineen 📷 𓀡𓆀 @marysunshineisgone.bsky.social · Sep 4
This has the same title as the last one
#InsectThursday #photography
Damselfly hanging from a thin leaf on the left. Looking at the lens. Green background
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shafer brown @shaferbrown.com · Sep 4
hercules beetle and adventurer (2020)
2020 full color commission a hercules beetles horn breaks the border of a small insect cage. on their back is a saddle and on that is an adventuerer in profile with a white pony tail, a large broad sword, and wearing a wizards cap and cape. The cage is filled with grass leaves dirt and sticks.
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Ursula Dorada @sulamoon.bsky.social · Aug 21
graphic of a gold star written "has never even opened ChatGPT"
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Rebecca Gelernter @nearbirdstudios.bsky.social · Aug 31
A wonderful #InverteFest visitor! Giant Ichneumon Wasp 🌿
A huge, gangly wasp ovipositing in a dead beech tree. Her abdomen is long, and her ovipositor is much longer. It loops from the end of her abdomen over her back, then enters the tree trunk perpendicularly.
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🦋 Alie of the Woods 🦋 @humanbyweight.bsky.social · Aug 31
We received so many outstanding photo submissions this year! There is still some time left if you would like to participate. The official submission deadline is September 14th. May the best bug win!

#2025OwlflyPhoto #InverteFest
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🦋 Alie of the Woods 🦋 @humanbyweight.bsky.social · Apr 9
It is my pleasure to announce the 2025 OWLFLY PHOTO CONTEST! Take a photo with an Owlfly field guide and enter for a chance to win $150!

Learn more at www.owlflyllc.com/photo-contest. Terms and conditions apply. GOOD LUCK!!
A photo of a red-and-black wasp taking flight from the stem of a wildflower. A book is open in the background of the photo with an illustration depicting exactly the same species of wasp.
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𝖈𝖗𝖔𝖜 𝖑𝖊𝖊 瀬川 @crowlees.bsky.social · Aug 31
Australian white ibis! I was at the park while I was drawing this guy, watching the ibis nest on an island on the lake. There was a lot of ibis honking, which inspired this piece hehe
A stylised illustration of an Australian White Ibis with its beak open, with the word “HONK!!” coming out of its mouth - referring to the honking sound they make.
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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.bsky.social · Aug 31
Treehopper says trans rights

#InverteFest
Whimsical drawing of a treehopper-like insect, a triangular bug with pointy protrusion from the top of its head. Its body has the pink, blue and white colors of the trans flag. It is perched on a gray branch among stylized green leaves.
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Kataba @katataba.bsky.social · Aug 22
chaotic hornet sketches in MS Paint ≡[。。]≡

#silksong #hornet #ms_paint #sketch #insect #wasp #bug_art
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🌛Caio Santos Art🌜 @blacksalander.bsky.social · Aug 21
Happy Silksong
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Rosie🌷 @lozyrosie.bsky.social · Jul 22
silly dragons!
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Rosie🌷 @lozyrosie.bsky.social · Aug 22
ariados + butterfree ko-fi request!
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Cephalopods Daily @cephalopodsdaily.bsky.social · Aug 15
Hey, I picked up some fruit gummies. Anybody want some?
A Southern Bottletail Squid (Sepiadarium austrinum) sitting on white sand. Its arms are close to its body and are sweeping to either side. Its leftmost arm is raised slightly. It has some sand on top of its head and mantle. The bottletail squid is a vibrant orange colour, except for some white above its eyes. A Ken's Cuttlefish (Sepia grahami) in a reef. It has a pretty pink colour with a white horizontal strip on its mantle. Its limbs are together, except for two arms are pushing on the ground like legs. A Broadclub Cuttlefish (Ascarosepion latimanus) floating above the seabed with its head smooshed up behind some sea grass. The cuttlefish has a pale yellow colour. A Ken's Cuttlefish (Sepia grahami) swimming just above the ground in a reef. It has a magenta colour, and it has an orange spot of the mantle.
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Appel 🐸✨ @appeltjesgroen.bsky.social · Aug 14
Yellow-banded poison frog 🐸

#art #amphibian #frog #enamelpin
digital illustration of a yellow-banded poison frog on some leaves
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Vicent Gisbert Cardona @vigiscar.bsky.social · Aug 14
Illustration of a red velvet ant (Dasymutilla occidentalis) for Menagerie board game by @moosegames.bsky.social 🐜
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#ant #scientificillustration #zoology #biology #insect #animal #boardgame #insectarium #menagerie #cardgameart #sciart
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Kieran (But Spookier) @toadally.bsky.social · Aug 14
A zebra unicorn 🦄
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Thysbe! @littlemantispid.bsky.social · Aug 14
Ended up not studying a Japanese Beetle because fog brain, and instead did a study on one native to my country. Was a little embarrassed to post it then haha!

A late Xylotrupes philippinensis peregrinus for #AugArthroAwe #Invertefest
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laura @lauraillustrates.bsky.social · Jun 26
Here are the stickers that will be part of the bug drop shop update tomorrow! they are weather and water resistant so you can put them on your cars or water bottles or bikes or laptops! but... don't put your laptop near water- i hear they hate that.

photo by the talented angelcarboni.carrd.co 💖
photograph of 8 bug themed stickers against a wooden backdrop with lego flower accents. the stickers are bugs with flowers- inchworm and ladybug with peony, beetle with tulip, stag beetle with blue drop flowers, woolly bears with sunflower, japanese emperor with daffodil, orchid mantis with orchid, and a jewel beetle with hydrangeas.
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Meesh @cookiedoves.bsky.social · Aug 1
Day 1 ~ #avianaugust2025 ~ 'I'iwi 🌱
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Bird 🌲 @nepeteaa.bsky.social · Aug 1
Avian August day 1, the 'I'iwi! A honeycreeper from Hawai'i, which is the theme this year! ❤️🍒
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cambrian epic wet animal @dinoserious.bsky.social · Aug 14
ebony jewelwing 💎
lineless symmetrical drawing of an ebony jewelwing damselfly on a leaf
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Kiwi⭐ @kiwibon.bsky.social · Aug 11
dodle
sketch pf flryong flygon with lohihu pems
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catnoli @catnoli.bsky.social · Aug 11
nostalgic bonnethead sharks 🌈⚠️
An illustration on a light green background of two tan bonnethead sharks surrounded by nostalgic items, swirls, and stars. There is an old gameboy, a gameboy cartridge, a little earth, a caution sign, a rainbow ink swatch, a lava lamp, a sand filled lizard and an alien ufo.
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🎀 Annie 🎀 @osocuteclub.bsky.social · Aug 10
Prehistoric cephalopods were fashion icons 😎
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · Aug 11
Cicada emergence
a 4 panel of a cicada emerging. it starts with cracking the shell, then just the head out, then the head and crumpled wings, then all out and beautiful with a blue sheen on the wings
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