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Hello hi 'oOOo'/, I'm into invertebrates, protozoans, Spore, Pikmin, Rain World, pixel graphics, and Little Big Planet
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Look at this MANPAD-ahh nematode
(note: slow motion video 83.3× slower than real time)
From the paper www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
December 1, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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The new Ze Frank video reminded me about an adaptation found in some entomopathogenic nematodes - using both their own muscle power and static electricity, they can leap into the air and home in on their host, like an anti-insect surface-to-air missile
#Invertebrate 🧪
news.emory.edu/features/202...
Fatal attraction: Electric charge connects jumping worm to aerial prey
A tiny worm that leaps high into the air — up to 25 times its body length — to attach to flying insects uses static electricity to perform this astounding feat, Emory physicists have found.
news.emory.edu
December 1, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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A tick... on an ELECTRIC EEL???
That's like finding a cymothoid isopod on an elephant
#Invertebrate 🧪
entomologytoday.org/2025/12/03/t...
Ticks on an Eel: Museum Specimen is a First of its Kind
Two ticks found on an 1873 electric eel specimen mark the first recorded case of ticks parasitizing a fish—but only documented just this year.
entomologytoday.org
December 5, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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thrips
December 2, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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*Niche critter profile*
November 5, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Halloween over? WRONG, WEEVIL WITCH TIME! #SciArt #wip
November 1, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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forgot i already had a weevilgroceries.jpg in my 2025 scans folder. man i got like 5 ideas total
November 1, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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November 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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North American Hoverflies! 🪰
October 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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with #Invertober2025 coming to a close........ do I restart this conversation and series of doodles for other #Silksong goobers....
ok chat, here is a spider OR beetle version of Hornet, what do we think?

and yes i kind of just turned the front leggies into Needle

#fanart #Silksong #SciArt #invertebrates
October 29, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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If you like Hollow Knight and Silksong, you may also like those 2 previous illustrations of mine! Those are all kinds of interesting looking caterpillars with unique horns and masks 💚
October 15, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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#invertober 13, banded sugar ant 🐜

#invertober2025
October 14, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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I've reopened my Etsy shop! Also updated the name so it's easier to find with my social media. Now you can order a copy of "Insects A to Z" from anywhere, anytime!

#insectsAtoZ #insects #book #selfpublishing #shopupdate
October 13, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Drawing them carboniferous creepy crawlies #sciart
October 12, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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The Crinoid hat video is up on my channel!
youtu.be/ZdPTYamnqQA
October 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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hands you some bugs
October 12, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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One of my patrons requested a spider with a hat!
I remembered to take a WIP video of painting this little guy :)
www.patreon.com/posts/140842...
(There's also TWO art spaces at the branches tier if you want a little halloween drawing)
#bsnm #Halloween
October 9, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Not all skeletons are made of minerals or chitin
#skeletober #inktober #skeleton #hydroskeleton #invertebrates #education #art #SciArt
October 10, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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#invertober 9, flamboyant cuttlefish!

#invertober2025
October 10, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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Welcome to the horns & jaws club!
October 9, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Hustled to get this one finished before other responsibilities called. Let me know what you think (and please share!)

youtu.be/Zb31XOuU-FM
The Tan Jumping Spider - The Spiders in Your House
YouTube video by Travis McEnery
youtu.be
October 9, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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Mitsubachi-chan, Tsuriabu-chan, Ohsukashiba-chan Sss… (previous work)
#MitsubachiAndTsuriabu
#bug #insect
October 7, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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Painted Spiny Lobster.

#invertober2025 #sciart
October 7, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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#invertober day 7 scaly footed gastropod

#invertober2025
October 8, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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Cooloola monsters are weird, chunky insects endemic to South East Queensland, Australia. They're probably related to king crickets (Anostostomatidae), but not much is known about their evolution. The wingless females live permanently underground. #EverydayEnsifera

📸: Visit Gympie Region
October 8, 2025 at 1:16 AM