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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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the-episiarch.bsky.social
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-episiarch.bsky.social
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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the-episiarch.bsky.social
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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mossworm.bsky.social
thrips
flat color cartoon drawings of several thrips, small insects which may have four wings or none. clockwise from top left: a thrips with very complex fringed wings, a thrips with large crab claws, two drawings of thrips with no wings and a dark brown front end and tan back, and a long and thin black thrips with red legs photos of the real animals that are drawn in the previous image; Arachisothrips has large and complex wings, Stephanothrips is wingless with a dark brown head and thorax, Idolothrips is very long and thin, and Carcinothrips has very large crab claw-like forearms
December 2, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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chentomology.bsky.social
*Niche critter profile*
November 5, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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petrathepostdoc.bsky.social
Halloween over? WRONG, WEEVIL WITCH TIME! #SciArt #wip
Photo of my very scratched ipad screen protector ans a drawing in progress of a weevil with on a broom and a with apprentice which is a littlw grubby with a hat and wand in an acorn hole
November 1, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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ascalaphid.com
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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humansbgone.bsky.social
Ep. 11 is UP!!! youtu.be/27Dj4eAL610
#animation #scifi #insect #bug #mantis #tarantula #ant #beetle
November 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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fossilforager.bsky.social
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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petrathepostdoc.bsky.social
with #Invertober2025 coming to a close........ do I restart this conversation and series of doodles for other #Silksong goobers....
petrathepostdoc.bsky.social Petra Korlević @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social · Sep 21
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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chentomology.bsky.social
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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dinoserious.bsky.social
#invertober 13, banded sugar ant 🐜

#invertober2025
sketchy drawing of a banded sugar ant looking at the viewer on an orange background. "SUGAR!" is written above its abdomen
October 14, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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ketrinadrawsalot.bsky.social
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
Top: Shop update! (and name change) A picture of my book, "Insects A to Z" Bottom: URL for my shop - https://www.etsy.com/shop/KetrinaDrawsALot
October 13, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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villesinkkonen.bsky.social
Drawing them carboniferous creepy crawlies #sciart
October 12, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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kiabugboy.bsky.social
The Crinoid hat video is up on my channel!
youtu.be/ZdPTYamnqQA
October 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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ascalaphid.com
hands you some bugs
October 12, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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fallenlights.net
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
Brown and teal watercolor painting of a little spider with lots of eyes and a witch's hat.
October 9, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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ketrinadrawsalot.bsky.social
Not all skeletons are made of minerals or chitin
#skeletober #inktober #skeleton #hydroskeleton #invertebrates #education #art #SciArt
An illustration about hydrostatic skeletons: How do some squishy animals maintain their shape? (Left to right: an earthworm, an anemone, an octopus, a jellyfish, and a nudibranch) They have a skeletal system made of one or more water-filled chambers! (Cross section of an earthworm and an octopus tentacle) Water pressure inside keeps the chamber supported, like a water balloon! Hydrostatic skeletons allow boneless animals to... (An octopus in a bottle) Fit into tight spaces! (A wiggling worm) Move quickly due to less weight! (A planarian regrowing itself) Regenerate faster when injured!
October 10, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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dinoserious.bsky.social
#invertober 9, flamboyant cuttlefish!

#invertober2025
color block art of a flamboyant cuttlefish on a blue background with blocky flower textures
October 10, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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chentomology.bsky.social
Welcome to the horns & jaws club!
October 9, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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travismcenery.bsky.social
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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akari08biyorien.bsky.social
Mitsubachi-chan, Tsuriabu-chan, Ohsukashiba-chan Sss… (previous work)
#MitsubachiAndTsuriabu
#bug #insect
October 7, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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ultraluther.bsky.social
Painted Spiny Lobster.

#invertober2025 #sciart
A digital drawing of a Painted Spiny Lobster
October 7, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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dinoserious.bsky.social
#invertober day 7 scaly footed gastropod

#invertober2025
geometric art of a scaly footed gastropod on a background of a stylized cutout-esque ocean floor. "SCALY FOOT" is written in large white letters, arrow pointing to the gastropod
October 8, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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pbeasleyhall.bsky.social
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
A pale insect with tiny eyes digging underground. It looks almost like a fat potato with legs. Source: https://www.visitgympieregion.com.au/great-experiences/wildlife/
October 8, 2025 at 1:16 AM