My 8โx8โ Lino block print of a small blue and black bee Osmia conjuncta landing on an upturned empty Cepaea snail shell in gold with brown on cream coloured washi paper
Day 8 #SciArtSeptember prompt niche. ๐งช๐ก Can we talk about the cutest nesting strategy going? The Eastern Snail Shell Mason Bee (Osmia conjuncta) is a small N American blue bee which makes nests in suitable empty snail shells! In my linocut I show this adorable little pollinator with a Cepaea shell.๐งต
08.09.2025 11:36
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My linocut print metallic blue-green insect with black wings known as ebony jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata) or black-winged damselflies. The males, like the one in my hand-carved and hand-printed linocut are turquoise with elegant black wings. The print is 8โ x 10โ on khaki green handmade paper with a deckle edge.
Day 3 #SciArtSeptember prompt is jewel. ๐งช๐กThe forests of southeastern Canada & the eastern US are home to these metallic blue-green beauties known as ebony jewelwing (Calopteryx maculata) or black-winged damselflies. The males, like the one in my hand-carved & hand-printed linocut are turquoise with
03.09.2025 11:34
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Bright turquoise cicada with clear, veined wings perched on a moss-covered tree trunk.
Zammara smaragdina #cicada at @casabentbill.bsky.social #costaRica
#nature #insects
11.08.2025 00:48
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Block print featuring a Scrub Jay using a variety of blues with a teal ink background printed on a cream paper. The bird is surrounded by flora including California Poppies that create a border around the piece.
Block print featuring a Scrub Jay using a variety of blues with a sky blue ink background printed on a cream paper. The bird is surrounded by flora including California Poppies that create a border around the piece.
Reduction block print inspired by the Western and California Scrub Jay! ๐ชถ๐ฟ
Done with two different colour variants for the month of July Print Pals' crew over on my patreon ~*
www.patreon.com/lioninthetrees
#art #SciArt #NearbyNature2025 #printmaking
11.08.2025 15:00
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"Northwest Daisies"
Original Oil Painting
by Erin Hanson, 2025
30 x 40 in
Original & Prints Available
About the Painting
I love painting the lavender fields in Sequim on the Olympic Peninsula, in Washington state. The colors are so vibrant and alive--they stir my blood and make me reach for my brushes. This painting captures a field of white daisies in front of dark purple lavender rows, with the Olympic mountains starkly blue in the background. Erin Hanson creates landscapes in oil using her iconic Open Impressionism style.
The impressionistic brush strokes of the original oil painting create a sense of movement and changing light within the piece.
https://www.erinhanson.com/portfolio/northwest-daisies
I love painting the lavender fields in Sequim on the Olympic Peninsula, in Washington state. The colors are so vibrant and alive--they stir my blood and make me reach for my brushes.
Northwest Daisies
Original Oil Painting
by Erin Hanson, 2025
30 x 40 in
#washington #PNW #lavender #floral #sciart
11.08.2025 16:02
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Realistic paintings of moths and butterflies in frames of varying styles. The pieces are sitting on a distressed white tabletop. There are hints of wood tone showing throughout the white surface, which you can also see behind the insects. This helps to indicate that they have been painted on clear glass, and each one looks like it is floating in the middle its respective frame.
Top row: red admiral, white-lined sphinx
Middle row: question mark butterfly, black swallowtail
Bottom row: monarch, honey locust moth
Hi, hello, here to let you know that a selection of moth & butterfly paintings are on sale in my web shop through the end of august :)
www.nataliejunewernimoon.com ๐ฆ๐
#paintings #butterfly #moth #art #entomology #lepidoptera #moths #butterflies #bugs #insects #oddities #bugsky #sciart
12.08.2025 01:41
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A picture of cute bug stickers, a black cat sticker, and a bumble bee pin, and a postcard print with little bugs dancing, all from MothMonarch.
@mothmonarch.bsky.social so extremely happy with everything I ordered today! Thank you so much! Literally, best blind bag purchase ever ๐.
01.08.2025 21:18
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I've been wildly busy, but enjoy a handful of murals I did for my city yesterday!
01.08.2025 18:53
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A set of nine wooden panels showing berries of different species on each. The berries are brightly colored with watercolors and outlined with a wood burning tool.
Officially calling it on my (mostly) berries series! It's been so fun to explore the vastly different ways that similar structures express themselves ๐ซ
Morphology
Watercolor and pyrography pen on panels
5.5"x5.5" each
#art #botanicalart #traditionalart
31.07.2025 21:34
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Initial marker application on a hummingbird and hibiscus illustration
Adding some Prismacolor to the hummingbird and a bit more detail to the hibiscus ๐บ
Finished marker and Prismacolor illustration of a hummingbird and a hibiscus ๐บ
Sticker of a hummingbird and hibiscus illustration
Did this illustration off the cuff one day. Just "boop"!!... up and decided to try a hummingbird. The funny part is that it's one of my best-selling stickers!! ๐คฃ๐
#hummingbird #sticker #nature #bird #birds #wildlife #animalart #sciart #hibiscus #flowers #bloomscrolling #birdart
01.08.2025 04:14
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Hello friends! ๐ฟ
Our Plant of the Month โ the strawberry ๐ โ is complete! From the first leaf to the final berry, itโs been such a joy to draw. ๐
The full process is now in the Botanical Club! Link in Bio๐ธ
#BotanicalArt #StrawberryIllustration #PlantOfTheMonth #SketchbookPages #SlowArt
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August Arthropod Awesomeness 2025
1 Tri-spine Horseshoe Crab, Tachypleus tridentatus, 2 Opabinia, Middle Cambrian (505mya), 3 Black Bladder-bodied Meloid, Cysteodemus wislizeni, 4 Devil Reef Crab, Zosimus aeneus
5 Rhombic Leatherbug Syromastus rhombeus, 6 Epimeria rubrieques, 7 Phantom Crane Fly, Bittacomorpha clavipes, 8 Japanese Rhinocerous Beetle, Allomyrina dichotoma, 9 Bluff Wฤtฤ, Deinacrida elegans, 10 Jaekelopterus, Early Devonian (410 mya), 11 European Oil Beetle, Meloe variegatus, 12 Giant Antarctic Sea Spider, Decolopoda australis, 13 Shoveller Crayfish, Scyllarides elisabethae, 14 Slug Caterpillar, Thosea vetusta, 15 Tropical Tent-web Spider, Cyrtophora citricola, 16 Long-necked Ground Beetle, Colliuris pensylvanica, 17 Callichimaera perplexa, Middle Cretaceous (95 mya), 18 Fluffy Crab, Lamarckdromia beagle, 19 Rain Spider Wasp, Tachypompilus ignitus, 20 Striped Gooseneck Barnacle, Conchoderma virgatum, 21 Coffee Bee Hawkmoth, Cephonodes hylas, 22 Walker's Moth, Sosxetra grata, 23 Giant African Fruit Beetle, Chelorrhina Polyphemus, 24 Skeleton Shrimp, Caprella penantis, 25 Dragonhunter, Hagenius brevistylus, 26 Pseudopulex jurassicus, Jurassic (165 mya), 27 Spoonwing Lacewing, Nemoptera sinuata, 28 Ant Mimic Moth, Xestocasis iostrota, 29 Giant Emerald Pill Millipede, Zoosphaerium neptunus, 30 Neon Cuckoo Bee, Thyreus pictus, 31 Black Beauty Stick Insect, Peruphasma schultei
#AugArthroAwe @thefuzzyslug
Green field with segmented caterpillar squiggle decoration at the bottom of the page, a few icon-like bugs scattered around.
Templates available!
https://tinyurl.com/augarthroawe
Art card size 2.5โx3.5โ
A gray scale card template with areas for art, common name, and scientific name, text above โcolor me in!โ squiggle arrow pointing to template then over to a filled in example with an illustration of a tri-spine horseshoe crab, tachypleus tridentatus. Between the two, โor not! You do you!โ
Water bugges! Land bugges! It's bugge time! ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ชฐ๐ชฒ๐
Join me in celebration of all the good bugges with August Arthropod Awesomeness art challenge!
Templates and references -> tinyurl.com/augarthroawe
#AugArthroAwe #ArtPrompt #MonthlyArtChallenge #invertebrate #arthropod
30.07.2025 16:53
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double lino print of a snail fish with the words "protect the deep sea"
the fish is pink
lino print of a snailfish with the words "protect the deep sea"
A handful of my snailfish prints are now available in my Ko-fi shop.
It's a little fundraiser to pay for vet bills ๐. #SundayFishSketch ๐ก #deepsea ๐
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Ein paar meiner Tiefseefisch-Drucke sind jetzt verfรผgbar in meinem Ko-fi Shop. Kleiner Tierarzt-Fundraiser ;) #kleinekunstklasse
28.07.2025 02:36
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Saguaro Sunset
Original Oil Painting
by Erin Hanson, 2017
57 x 38 in
Original Sold
Canvas Prints Available
About the Painting
A dramatic sunset sky lights up the background of these stately saguaros. The desert brush and prickly pear cacti in the foreground create texture and interest in the foreground of this piece. The brush strokes in this painting are loose and impressionistic, alive with color and texture.
https://www.erinhanson.com/portfolio/saguaro-sunset
Saguaros are an incredible cactus and many desert animals depend on them for habitat. They are a protected species, and I couldn't imagine an Arizona desert without them.
Pictured: Saguaro Sunset
#saguaro #desertart #westernart #natureart #naturebeauty #dailyart @bsky.art
28.07.2025 17:12
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An illustrated poster showing 9 different species of velvet ants, which are actually female flightless wasps. They are mostly brownish, yellow, orange, and red in color, with various degrees of black markings. They are illustrated on a vibrant orange background.
Velvet Ants of North America! ๐
28.07.2025 22:45
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A photo of a large silk moth on a white sheet in front of a mercury vapor bulb light. This is a Tulip-Tree Silkmoth (Callosamia anguilifera), it has dark brown caps on the top of the wing that change into lighter browns, oranges, and creams with white and black eyespots on the forewing and wing tips.
A yellow moth perched on my finger. This is a Honey Locust Moth (Syssphinx bicolor). The forewings are yellow with tiny gray dots and spots. The hindwings fade from a dark, coral orange to yellow.
A small, fuzzy moth perched on a white sheet in front of an LED light. This is a Pink Striped Oakworm moth (Anisota virginiensis). It has a fuzzy orange head with smooth wings that fade from burnt orange to a mauve-purple. It has two white dots near the top of the forewing.
A small, very fluffy white moth perched on a white sheet in front of a mercury vapor bulb. This is a Dot-Lined White moth. It's head and abdomen are fuzzy and remind me of faux fur fabric. The wings are white with brighter white, reflective veins and black dots throughout.
Even more finds from the Bell's Bend State Park #NationalMothWeek event! We hiked around in the dark and had uv, incandescent, LED, and mercury vapor bulbs in multiple spots around the outdoor center. Such an incredible night! ID's in the alt. #BugSky #Invertebrates ๐ชฒ #moths
29.07.2025 12:52
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I mean, they didn't stutter when they said they want to replace us.
26.07.2025 22:38
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A Virginia Creeper Sphinx moth (Darapsa myron) hanging from an oak leaf. It has differing shades of olive green along its wings and abdomen.
A huge (five and a half inches long) Hickory Horned Devil caterpillar (Citherona regalis) hanging from a branch. It has large, orange horn shaped protrusions on its head and a bright green body with a yellow stripe along the side. This caterpillar turns into the Regal Moth.
A large Imperial Moth (Eacles imperialis) on the side of a tree. It has huge yellow wings that fade into a burnt orange color at the tips.
A Spanish Moth (Xanthopastis regnatrix) crawling along the forest floor. It has an orange head and a black body with alternating white stripes and dots along its length.
A few more of my favorite #moth finds ever for #MothWeek! I'm still in awe of finding that huge Hickory Horned Devil (second pic), it was massive! Species info is in the alt, as always. #BugSky #Invertebrates ๐ชฒ
23.07.2025 13:27
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The American Crow demonstrates adaptability and intelligence, thriving in various environments. Its vocalizations highlight their communication skills and social structures.
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Silly crustacean ๐ฆ๐ก #sciart #illustration #art
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A wide format three color screen print in rusty brown, yellow, and black. An American toad sits on a leaf surrounded by forest floor litter with a black rhinoceros beetle in the background.
Another new screen print! We've got a sweet little forest floor scene with a toad ๐ธ and rhinoceros beetle ๐ชฒ. Measures 10" by 4.5", edition of 30. ๐จ๐ก
21.07.2025 20:44
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Latest print: A blueberry branch! ๐ซ
Printing these on wooden bookmarks for my upcoming markets. That totals 4 printed bookmark designs in the collection!
I've made two plant designs in a row, which means an insect will certainly be next on the docket. Maybe a beetle?
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22.07.2025 12:33
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Finished my cecropia silk moth! She'll be cut out and added to a larger piece I have planned.
#sciart #art #moth #drawing #coloredpencil
22.07.2025 18:31
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Ad for Moth Monarch's Moth Week shop sale - 10% off with "mothweek" shopwide July 20-27th. The ad shows images of original insect art including a purple sticker sheet of whimsical moon moths left and a grid to the right with a celestial bee pin, cartoon moth sticker with pride flag, set of three pill bug enamel pins, "potato bug" sticker of a cartoon bug in a box of french fries, a celestial stag beetle enamel pin holding a sun, several honeybee patterned bandanas, two infinity millipede stickers in rainbow and red, a "good bumble" sticker with a fluffy bumble bee in front of a hydrangea, and a geometric mantis enamel pin. These are framed top and bottom by part of an illustration by the artist of a moth holding up a moon with stylized gold rays and stars against a deep blue background.
IT'S MOTH WEEK AND YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS โจ
Everything in my shop 10% off with "MOTHWEEK"!
Come get bugs!! Dozens of little delights await!
#sciart #insectart #bsnm
20.07.2025 18:20
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Tetrapack & collograph
Repeat block print of a marigold
22 High Petergate pop up front window
Life's been stupid hectic. I've been part of the York Printmakers Festival of Print in a pop-up on High Petergate. I'll be there again, end of August.
Been #muckingabout with #collographs #tetrapack & #repeat #blockprinting and #zine writing. Some of which be seeable at York Zine Fest 2nd August!
21.07.2025 09:04
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Hey, have you heard about invasive plants? How about literally every single bug we- wait, this one is dead next to the gas station-wait, I have to get that. ALSO have you seen moths???
18.07.2025 15:07
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I don't speak Japanese, but I do speak Kewpie ๐.
18.07.2025 15:03
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