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Nicole 🪲
@fossilforager.bsky.social
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Naturalist & illustrator based in California 🌸 Draws bugs & other critters (she/her) 🛒🐛: shop.fossilforager.art global 🛒🐝: fossilforagershop.etsy.com Links to my Patreon sticker club, newsletter, & more: fossilforager.carrd.co
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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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Nicole 🪲 @fossilforager.bsky.social · 2d
I take that as a compliment :)
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Nicole 🪲 @fossilforager.bsky.social · 5d
Planthopper keychain plushies are now available in my shop! Bring a soft little bug friend on your adventures.

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A stack of 3 green planthopper plushies with large bright red eyes and big pupils. They have two leaf-like wings on the side of their bodies and round stubby legs. They are posed on a rock with a pebbled background. A singular green planthopper plush on a rock. Three planthopper plushies in a row posed on a rock. From this angle, you can see they all have a green beaded chain attachment on their back.
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Nicole 🪲 @fossilforager.bsky.social · 4d
Two new dad hat designs are now available to preorder! These are union and USA-made, with 100% organic cotton. 🦖🐜💕

Get yours here! shop.fossilforager.art
A photo showing an olive green dad cap with 2 leafcutter ants embroidered on the front of the cap. The ants are holding leaves. A khaki-colored dad cap with brown and tan embroidery that reads “MILF” and “Man I Love Fossils”. Between the text is an embroidered t-rex skull.
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candice ∞ @infinitymachine.xyz · 3d
ngl lil planthopper looks perfect on my bag
green planthopper plush on a green big bud press tote with painted cacti and various pins, a pickle clip and a rainbow chard hairclip
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Nicole 🪲 @fossilforager.bsky.social · 3d
You’re toooo kind thank you so much!!! 😭💕💕
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Nicole 🪲 @fossilforager.bsky.social · 4d
Aww thank you!! Gotta rep the fossils 🦖💕
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Nicole 🪲 @fossilforager.bsky.social · 4d
Haha thank you so much!
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Nicole 🪲 @fossilforager.bsky.social · 4d
yes I just added extra inventory!! We only have a few towels left 👀
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Nicole 🪲 @fossilforager.bsky.social · 4d
Preorders end 10/12! They will help me determine how many hats I should order (limited stock will be available after preorders ship out). If you want to reserve yours or get any as holiday gifts, please preorder! ❤️
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Nicole 🪲 @fossilforager.bsky.social · 4d
Two new dad hat designs are now available to preorder! These are union and USA-made, with 100% organic cotton. 🦖🐜💕

Get yours here! shop.fossilforager.art
A photo showing an olive green dad cap with 2 leafcutter ants embroidered on the front of the cap. The ants are holding leaves. A khaki-colored dad cap with brown and tan embroidery that reads “MILF” and “Man I Love Fossils”. Between the text is an embroidered t-rex skull.
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Nicole 🪲 @fossilforager.bsky.social · 4d
Thank you so much!!
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Nicole 🪲 @fossilforager.bsky.social · 5d
Planthopper keychain plushies are now available in my shop! Bring a soft little bug friend on your adventures.

🛒🐛 shop.fossilforager.art
A stack of 3 green planthopper plushies with large bright red eyes and big pupils. They have two leaf-like wings on the side of their bodies and round stubby legs. They are posed on a rock with a pebbled background. A singular green planthopper plush on a rock. Three planthopper plushies in a row posed on a rock. From this angle, you can see they all have a green beaded chain attachment on their back.
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Nicole 🪲 @fossilforager.bsky.social · 11d
The Invertober prompt list for 2025 is HERE! If you’re looking for an invert-themed art prompt list for the month of October, here it is 🦀🪲🐚💕 #sciart #invertober #invertober2025
Invertober 2025 1. Japanese sea nettle (Chrysaora pacifica) 2. Red-banded leafhopper (Graphocephala coccinea) 3. Giant green anemone (Anthopleura xanthogrammica) 4. Palmetto weevil (Rhynchophorus cruentatus) 5. Painted spiny lobster (Panulirus versicolor) 6. Buff-tip moth (Phalera bucephala) 7. Scaly foot gastropod (Chrysomallon squamiferum) 8. Bee-killer robber fly (Mallophora fautrix) 9. Flamboyant cuttlefish (Ascarosepion pfefferi) 10. Common earthworm (Lumbricus terrestris) 11. Dark fishing spider (Dolomedes tenebrosus) 12. Pacific razor clam (Siliqua patula) 13. Banded sugar ant (Camponotus consobrinus) 14. Bobbit worm (Eunice aphroditois) 15. Queen Alexandra’s Birdwing (Ornithoptera alexandrae) ‪16. Giant isopod (Bathynomus giganteus) ‬ 17. Blue-lined flatworm (Pseudoceros concinnus) 18. Black & yellow mud dauber (Sceliphron caementarium) 19. Vampire squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis) 20. By-the-wind sailor (Velella velella) 21. Flame skimmer dragonfly (Libellula saturata) 22. Sea angel (Clione limacina) 23. Pink sand dunes tiger beetle (Cicindela albissima) 24. New Zealand mussel (Perna canaliculus) 25. House centipede (Scutigera coleoptrata) 26. Sea bunny (Jorunna parva) 27. American dog tick (Dermacentor variabilis) 28. Pearly green lacewing (Chrysopa perla) 29. Red sea urchin (Mesocentrotus franciscanus) 30. Christmas beetle (Anoplognathus pallidicollis) 31. Death’s-head hawk moth (Acherontia atropos)
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Petra Korlević @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social · 8d
so here it is folks, with one day to spare the complete #SciArt collage of critters for #invertober2024 by @fossilforager.bsky.social

and now I have a fresh clean slate to start the 2025 list! which hopefully is done before September 2026...
a collage of 31 invertebrates in a 7x5 grid, with a list of their latin names in the middle. there are lanternbugs, butterflies, cephalopods, jellyfish, flies, spiders, wasps, flatworms, ants, chnidarians, beetles, crabs, bees, snails, isopods, sea slugs, sponges, sea cucumbers, and bottom right occupying two spaces a horseshoe crab with a long tail. the text (white on black) in the middle: Invertober 2025 1 | Fulgora laternaria 2 | Siproeta stelenes 3 | Sepia officinalis 4 | Cotylorhiza tuberculata 5 | Bombylius major 6 | Brachypelma smithi 7 | Chrysis ignita 8 | Bipalium choristosperma 9 | Nothomyrmecia sp. 10 | Radianthus magnifica 11 | Goliathus goliatus 12 | Macrocheira kaempferi 13 | Bombus pratorum 14 | Monadenia infumata 15 | Argema mittrei 16 | Armadillidium gestroi 17 | Lampyris noctiluca 18 | Chromodoris annae 19 | Aplysina fistularis 20 | Coccinella trifasciata 21 | Histioteuthis heteropsis 22 | Neotibicen linnei 23 | Eristalis flavipes 24 | Hierodula membranacea 25 | Tachypleus gigas 26 | Chicobolus spinigerus 27 | Kiwa hirsuta 28 | Synchlora aerata 29 | Phidippus audax 30 | Parastichopus johnsoni 31 | Gecarcinus quadratus a collage of 31 invertebrates in a 7x5 grid, with a list of their latin names in the middle. there are lanternbugs, butterflies, cephalopods, jellyfish, flies, spiders, wasps, flatworms, ants, chnidarians, beetles, crabs, bees, snails, isopods, sea slugs, sponges, sea cucumbers, and bottom right occupying two spaces a horseshoe crab with a long tail. the text (black on white) in the middle: Invertober 2025 1 | Fulgora laternaria 2 | Siproeta stelenes 3 | Sepia officinalis 4 | Cotylorhiza tuberculata 5 | Bombylius major 6 | Brachypelma smithi 7 | Chrysis ignita 8 | Bipalium choristosperma 9 | Nothomyrmecia sp. 10 | Radianthus magnifica 11 | Goliathus goliatus 12 | Macrocheira kaempferi 13 | Bombus pratorum 14 | Monadenia infumata 15 | Argema mittrei 16 | Armadillidium gestroi 17 | Lampyris noctiluca 18 | Chromodoris annae 19 | Aplysina fistularis 20 | Coccinella trifasciata 21 | Histioteuthis heteropsis 22 | Neotibicen linnei 23 | Eristalis flavipes 24 | Hierodula membranacea 25 | Tachypleus gigas 26 | Chicobolus spinigerus 27 | Kiwa hirsuta 28 | Synchlora aerata 29 | Phidippus audax 30 | Parastichopus johnsoni 31 | Gecarcinus quadratus
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Nicole 🪲 @fossilforager.bsky.social · 7d
SO GOOD
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Nicole 🪲 @fossilforager.bsky.social · 9d
You can always just draw the ones you want to draw :)
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Nicole 🪲 @fossilforager.bsky.social · 11d
Yayyy I hope you have fun with it!! ❤️❤️
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Nicole 🪲 @fossilforager.bsky.social · 11d
Yep pretty much!! :)
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Nicole 🪲 @fossilforager.bsky.social · 11d
Super excited to share that I contributed some art to Beasts of the Four Nations: Creatures from Avatar the Last Airbender and the Legend of Korra! The book is out now and filled with gorgeous artwork from many talented artists. Here are some of my favorite color pieces I did! 💕
An illustration of a quilled chameleon, a fantasy creature that resembles a chameleon with large quills emerging from the arms. It is various shades of green and camouflaged against green leaves and tree branches. An illustration of a large green and black rhinoceros beetle with a saddle and harness on top of small sand dunes. The creature is from Avatar the Last Airbender. An illustration of a screaming buzzard wasp, a large wasp-like fantasy animal with the head and feather collar of a vulture. It has 6 insect legs and translucent wings. It is screaming in the image.
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Nicole 🪲 @fossilforager.bsky.social · 11d
omg yes I hope you draw some of these!!! I would LOVE to see more of your art on my feed
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Nicole 🪲 @fossilforager.bsky.social · 11d
Yay I’m so glad!!!
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Nicole 🪲 @fossilforager.bsky.social · 11d
@petrathepostdoc.bsky.social I gotchu ;)
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Nicole 🪲 @fossilforager.bsky.social · 11d
The goal of Invertober is to celebrate the biodiversity of invertebrates while encouraging people to make art of these amazing creatures. Draw, paint, sculpt, knit, and create as many or as few of these as you’d like! It’s all for fun :)
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Nicole 🪲 @fossilforager.bsky.social · 11d
The Invertober prompt list for 2025 is HERE! If you’re looking for an invert-themed art prompt list for the month of October, here it is 🦀🪲🐚💕 #sciart #invertober #invertober2025
Invertober 2025 1. Japanese sea nettle (Chrysaora pacifica) 2. Red-banded leafhopper (Graphocephala coccinea) 3. Giant green anemone (Anthopleura xanthogrammica) 4. Palmetto weevil (Rhynchophorus cruentatus) 5. Painted spiny lobster (Panulirus versicolor) 6. Buff-tip moth (Phalera bucephala) 7. Scaly foot gastropod (Chrysomallon squamiferum) 8. Bee-killer robber fly (Mallophora fautrix) 9. Flamboyant cuttlefish (Ascarosepion pfefferi) 10. Common earthworm (Lumbricus terrestris) 11. Dark fishing spider (Dolomedes tenebrosus) 12. Pacific razor clam (Siliqua patula) 13. Banded sugar ant (Camponotus consobrinus) 14. Bobbit worm (Eunice aphroditois) 15. Queen Alexandra’s Birdwing (Ornithoptera alexandrae) ‪16. Giant isopod (Bathynomus giganteus) ‬ 17. Blue-lined flatworm (Pseudoceros concinnus) 18. Black & yellow mud dauber (Sceliphron caementarium) 19. Vampire squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis) 20. By-the-wind sailor (Velella velella) 21. Flame skimmer dragonfly (Libellula saturata) 22. Sea angel (Clione limacina) 23. Pink sand dunes tiger beetle (Cicindela albissima) 24. New Zealand mussel (Perna canaliculus) 25. House centipede (Scutigera coleoptrata) 26. Sea bunny (Jorunna parva) 27. American dog tick (Dermacentor variabilis) 28. Pearly green lacewing (Chrysopa perla) 29. Red sea urchin (Mesocentrotus franciscanus) 30. Christmas beetle (Anoplognathus pallidicollis) 31. Death’s-head hawk moth (Acherontia atropos)
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Nicole 🪲 @fossilforager.bsky.social · 11d
Thank you so much!! Glad to hear you like them :)
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