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@nattlebug

PhD student: EntomologyπŸͺ² β€’ Illustrator β€’ Crafter β€’ Tea obsessed with a love of nature, unicorns and whimsy 🚫 No AI here! Icon artwork by @tokoriart.bsky.social

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Looking for something sweet? Meet Sugar, the honeypot ant! 🍯 They have posable mandibles and antennae, custom minky neck rolls, and velcro eyelids. 🐜 We are SO glad we get to make more bugs! ✨

#fursuit #fursuitmaker #furry #furryfandom #furryart #FursuitFriday

06.03.2026 21:43 πŸ‘ 61 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh my gosh!!!!! How dang awesome!!!!

06.03.2026 23:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The world could be such a nice place if we allowed it. It's all so goddamn unnecessary. There's no need for any of it. It's so beautiful here. It should be so cool to be alive

28.02.2026 12:42 πŸ‘ 16423 πŸ” 5093 πŸ’¬ 126 πŸ“Œ 103

I’m very upset, but I’ve got nothing of substance to contribute to the conversation on this platform. When you see me posting through it about random stuff, don’t confuse it for apathy.

28.02.2026 15:21 πŸ‘ 2650 πŸ” 1273 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 68

You’d be the most gorgeous dumpster troll then! Haha.

28.02.2026 01:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh my goodness you are gorgeous!!! Love the hair and your glasses frame your eyes so well!!!

28.02.2026 00:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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We're holding a #fursuit auction to make a donation to ACLU Kansas as they work to oppose SB 244.

SB 244 is an anti-transgender bill that has invalidated the driver’s licenses and birth certificates of people who have changed their gender markers on these documents.

Cont.πŸ‘‡ #fursuitmaker #furry

26.02.2026 21:16 πŸ‘ 252 πŸ” 177 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Oh my goodness I’d love to snag them if possible!

28.02.2026 00:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s truly the best!

25.02.2026 03:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Your work is unbelievably gorgeous!!!

23.02.2026 17:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My friends, who recently lost Charlie, lost their heart and soul last night.

Their cat passed away suddenly from Heart Disease. It’s not fair. I can’t imagine their pain right now.

Callen was the coolest cat in the entire world. I’m so lucky to have met him.

Please, please help them.

22.02.2026 14:25 πŸ‘ 60 πŸ” 64 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Working on single aphid DNA extractions today! I want to look at how plant defenses influence aphid microbial allies. So the first step to peering into the microbial world is through the aphid’s DNA, especially because their microbial allies are present in their guts.

21.02.2026 21:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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More no choice tests, where insects are cages to one individual plant. Hoping to see how each plants defensive phenotype (observable characteristics) influence insect symbionts (their microbial allies)! I’ll be presenting my findings at a conference this spring!

21.02.2026 13:04 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Joy is not to be made a crumb.

19.02.2026 15:46 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

For me it’s the colors and little stars that really does it! They are all lovely but dang I love them!

19.02.2026 03:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh dang I love these! Especially Flamingo.

19.02.2026 03:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I always love your horses!

19.02.2026 01:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Caitir, the unicorn. πŸ¦„ πŸ’«

She’s a unicorn with a love of all things botanical. Can be found in a lilac forest somewhere, if you’re lucky. She’s pretty shy.

18.02.2026 21:11 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes!

18.02.2026 01:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Me experiencing crippling joy and exhaustion from a 15hr experiment day. Honse is TIRED.

18.02.2026 01:50 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A quick galarian rapidash to celebrate the lunar new year πŸ¦„ I know it would have made a bit more sense to draw normal rapidash as its the year of the fire horse specifically, but Im biased towards galarian rapidash ✨️🎠

#lunarnewyear #pokemon #yearofthehorse #galarianrapidash #cute

17.02.2026 20:43 πŸ‘ 351 πŸ” 153 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

I love that so much! It’s a grand event when they unfurl.

15.02.2026 02:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m a bit obsessed because it just looks so fake!

15.02.2026 02:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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New leaf reveal today! This plant looks so fake with every new leaf.

15.02.2026 00:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Exclusive: Key US infectious-diseases centre to drop pandemic preparation Staff members have been instructed to scrub this topic and β€˜biodefense’ from the agency’s website.

Staff at NIAID have been instructed to remove the words β€œbiodefense” and β€œpandemic preparedness” from the US institute’s web pages, according to e-mails Nature has obtained. Read more about the shift in direction for NIAID.

go.nature.com/4twztMV

13.02.2026 19:54 πŸ‘ 64 πŸ” 43 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 16

Epstein-Barr, herpes, and shingles vaccines shelved should get people hounded out of society. That’s beyond anti-vaccine or anti-intellectualism. It’s reactionary know-nothingism. If there’s such a thing as technological solutionism, this is tech problematicizing.

13.02.2026 02:26 πŸ‘ 1499 πŸ” 361 πŸ’¬ 50 πŸ“Œ 23
KNIGHTS OF GUINEVERE ANNOUNCEMENT
KNIGHTS OF GUINEVERE ANNOUNCEMENT YouTube video by GLITCH

Knights of Guinevere officially has the greenlight, folks!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oC8...

13.02.2026 20:25 πŸ‘ 2010 πŸ” 749 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 56

I feel this way about pretty much all vaccine-preventable infectious diseases. You shouldn't be allowed to dump cyanide into municipal drinking water and you shouldn't be allowed to recreationally spread viruses around shared public spaces.

13.02.2026 17:09 πŸ‘ 6738 πŸ” 1818 πŸ’¬ 98 πŸ“Œ 35

Oh I love this! So many good choices to get excited with!!!

12.02.2026 02:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Sorghum thriving in the greenhouse while I’m freezing my butt off in the negatives this week!

09.02.2026 20:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0