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🦋 Roura 🦋
@pterouras.bsky.social
real butterfly | Learning lepidopteran raiser | aspiring entomologist | 🧡 @cekrophia.bsky.social 🧡 | they/them 🏳️‍⚧️, 20 (NSFW DNI)

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All photos are my own unless credited otherwise
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According to wikipedia, the chemical compound 3-trans-caffeoyl-muco-quinic acid is important in the lifecyles of spicebush swallowtails like my bugsona.

This is a subtle reference to the fact that I am trans
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🌘 "Starchild" 🌟
Commission for @franzanth.bsky.social & at last another of my Golden Orbits.
February 11, 2026 at 10:44 AM
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Time for #SciArt challenge! In conjunction with #YearOfTheMoth
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First one for February - Thysania agrippina (The White Witch). I really like the underside wings that is totally different in colour (dark iridescent blue; not shown). 💙 #moth #teamMoth mothing with @dinalab.bsky.social
February 4, 2026 at 3:44 PM
I think I’m out of bugs to post again
January 30, 2026 at 3:06 AM
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January 28, 2026 at 9:39 PM
BIG things are happening this fall
Something big might be happening for me this fall, will update when I find out 🦋
January 29, 2026 at 5:43 PM
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Rant(?): I hate it when people only care about non human animals if the animal is "useful" to humans/ when people are unable to appreciate animals beyond what humans might use them for.
I just find it sad that we share a planet with so many interesting species and yet some people don't care unless-
January 28, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Something big might be happening for me this fall, will update when I find out 🦋
January 27, 2026 at 8:24 PM
This was a bug I’ve always wanted to see; my first ever scorpion! It’s a pretty blurry photo, sorry, but if you look for the claws you should be able to make it out!
January 26, 2026 at 12:33 AM
@pterouras2.bsky.social hiiii here's my side account, feel free to follow it

not much on it though besides my random thoughts just keep that in mind
January 24, 2026 at 4:58 AM
i haven’t drawn in a while
January 20, 2026 at 4:29 AM
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#one sunlit butterfly on an orange flower for today’s #BlueSkyArtShow #macro #EastCoastKin #entomology #insects
January 17, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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It's a Linne's Cicada, originally for #invertober2024.

I fell off the Invertober train in 2024 when it got near the end. Started on this Linne's Cicada and could not finish the colour! So while I'm in a rut, decided to pick this one back up again to complete it.

#SciArt #invertart #cicada #art
January 15, 2026 at 8:29 PM
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オオミズアオ♂Japanese Luna Moth
“Actias aliena”

Material: Colored pencil.
Kent paper(Post card)
February 7, 2024 at 10:59 AM
According to wikipedia, the chemical compound 3-trans-caffeoyl-muco-quinic acid is important in the lifecyles of spicebush swallowtails like my bugsona.

This is a subtle reference to the fact that I am trans
January 14, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Also wanna correct this ID to Arachnis dilecta!! The type locality was Teotihuacan, iNat suggests A. picta as the species but the locality doesn’t have any adults of that species seen. Instead it’s all A. dilecta, so my guess is this caterpillar actually belongs to that species
I bring new buge
January 14, 2026 at 8:49 PM
More bugs!!! Here’s a silly grub
January 14, 2026 at 8:43 PM
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Some non-insect wispers! An uncommon sight✨

🎨 #worldofwispers #bugpeople
worldofwispers.straw.page
January 11, 2026 at 2:55 AM
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finally, the longest valid genus name! K is for Kimmeridgebrachypteraeschnidium
January 9, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Now here’s an interesting bug! Ironclad beetles are known for having some of the sturdiest exoskeletons of any insect. They’re so so cool in many ways: these photos show them playing dead!
January 10, 2026 at 1:35 AM
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Timeline Cleanse: Please enjoy this photo of a praying mantis that was sitting on top of my car windshield, but the angling and lighting were so weird it looks like a giant praying mantis wandering a corn field in Iowa.
January 10, 2026 at 1:03 AM
I bring new buge
January 7, 2026 at 9:12 PM
To be clear this is not and will never be a justification for American imperialism. Venezuela’s future is uncertain and worrying, but a horrific regime of its own may have been ended; let the victims voice their thoughts foremost
I wish I had more to say on the matter but please prioritize listening to the voices of Venezuelans at this time. Don’t let your hatred of America blind you to the evils that have persisted in other parts of the world
January 3, 2026 at 9:08 PM
I wish I had more to say on the matter but please prioritize listening to the voices of Venezuelans at this time. Don’t let your hatred of America blind you to the evils that have persisted in other parts of the world
January 3, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Back from my trip finally… gonna start posting bugs I saw now, starting with these two butterflies!

Happy new year!
January 2, 2026 at 4:43 PM