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i draw bugs and stuff. offline on the weekends. please ask before using my images. he/him 🏳️‍🌈🇮🇩 contact: franzanth at gmail portfolio: franzanth.com Hashtags: #Art #SciArt #Gardening 🦋 elder #49,927

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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · Aug 27

Activities for this season of #InverteFest:

Community science
www.inaturalist.org/projects/inv...

Art book submission form
docs.google.com/forms/d/1jHk...

Writer/artist collab anthology
bsky.app/profile/saim...

franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 55m

will DM some relevant people! but seems like they're not that easy to identify

franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 56m

this is INCREDIBLE

franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 1h

"...please"

sorry mr teacher i forgot the magic word

franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 1h

best regards,
sarah

(don't forget to comment, like, and subscribe)

franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 1h

oh crap am i no longer allowed to start my work emails with "hell yeah"

franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 1h

her color matches your tattoo though lol

franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 1h

yaaaaaaay congrats!!!

franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 1h

glad the whole process is something you enjoy! i heard it can be soul crushing to deal with the less exciting parts of book writing sometimes.

franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 1h

you're so dang prolific

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Niky Motekallem @royalghostmarch.bsky.social · 3d

I mistakenly thought a praying mantis painting would be on the simpler side of things. I was wrong.

Sketch of a praying mantis done in red pencil.

franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 2h

ooh lucky!

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curious ordinary @curiousordinary.bsky.social · 3h

When it comes to tales about strange things happening on a journey, this one is hard to beat. Being transformed into a human candle so he couldn't return home probably wasn't in this guy's travel plans.
🎨Toriyama Sekien
#WyrdWednesday #yokai #JapaneseFolklore

A man stands with a candle on his head.

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Soh Kam Yung @sohkamyung.bsky.social · 3h

My first pseudoscorpion observation was pure luck. Happen to see this wasp and took a shot. It was only later did I see what was hanging on the antenna.

On iNaturalist [ www.inaturalist.org/observations... ]

A brown pseudoscopion hanging on to the antenna of a wasp. The wasp is yellow with black stripes and transparent wings.

franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 2h

oh wow this is truly a lucky shot!

franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 2h

there's a new desktop pet and it's a spood

My Little Spider on Steam

A cozy idle spider web that sits anywhere on your desktop. Watch as your cute spider discovers unique bugs, upgrade their web, and unlock spider-hats while you work or relax.

store.steampowered.com

franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 3h

still really cool though!!! lucky you

franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 3h

i should start invoicing per scale

franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 3h

true i once considered invoicing clients based on the number of legs but this would backfire spectacularly considering fishes exist

franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 4h

the bug gods have blessed you

franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 4h

omg no way

franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 4h

consider the number of legs

franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 4h

coincidentally last month someone asked me for permission to use an illustration of pseudoscorpion riding a beetle that i made... except i've never done one? i think?

i've done so many bugs i don't remember them all but i wonder if the internet hallucinated something again

franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 4h

my biggest complain about these tiny creatures is that they're so adorably smol, i have yet to photograph one in the wild

Jake Withee @witheelabs.bsky.social · 1d

My latest for @bizarrebeastsshow.bsky.social concerns these li’l cuties that live in our homes and ride around on other bugs.

The Tiny Scorpions* In Your House

YouTube video by Bizarre Beasts

franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 6h

oh these look fun

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Kyu: I’m Lycan it @kyuofcosmic.bsky.social · 7h

Petition to reinstate gender affirming care to QLD trans minors. More info in the link.

transjustice.org.au/review/

Tim Nicholls, reinstate care now!

Demand Tim Nicholls reinstate care for trans youth!

transjustice.org.au