backstripes
@backstripes.bsky.social
An account for hobby projects. Main account: @meerwolfrenders.bsky.social Pfp was my first webkinz as a kid. I named him backstripes. Mostly posts about my caterpillars here. Autistic, agender. They/she
Brazilian jewel for attention! Trying to catch up on some bills. #Commmissions open. 6x9 $85 8x10 $100 9x12 $115 11x15 $155 16x20 $185 18x24 $220 22x30 $300 free ship in states. #spiders #natureart #sciart #illustration #watercolor #animalart #july #booksky #aww #interesting #currentevents #help
WolfQuest is going to Alaska! Today we're announcing the upcoming Katmai Coast game expansion! Check it out! youtu.be/X_yBjmZHykg
Announcing the Katmai Coast Game Expansion!
YouTube video by WolfQuest
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Skipper butterflies mud-puddling 🥰 They’re taking in nutrients like salt and minerals that they don’t otherwise get from nectar
One of my caterpillars has this T-shaped marking 😮 so I just had to name it Tanner Junior after my boy 🖤🧡🖤 #bugsky #woollybear #dog
Sketch of a firefly, ready for take-off. Referenced from the quoted photo by Thomas Shahan. I think I need to simplify my shading when I draw bugs. There's too much going on, and stuff gets lost. #SciArt #Invertebrates #BugSky
Thomas Shahan@tshahan.bsky.social · 2mo agoPhoturis sp firefly (beetle in the family Lampyridae) with elytra popped - about to take flight 🪲
They even eat their setae!! (hairs) A woolly bear caterpillar (pyrrharctia isabella) eating its old skin after shedding, taken with one of those clip-on macro lens I ordered from Amazon 🐛🐛🐛 #bugsky #woollybear
An update on my woolly bears!! They’re almost full grown already! First picture is a fifth instar, second picture are third or fourth instars, third picture was just before they molted for the first time 🥰 and last picture were some head caps left behind after shedding 🖤🧡🖤 #bugsky #woollybear
They even eat their setae!! (hairs) A woolly bear caterpillar (pyrrharctia isabella) eating its old skin after shedding, taken with one of those clip-on macro lens I ordered from Amazon 🐛🐛🐛 #bugsky #woollybear
Baby moths do do do do do de do Cinnababies on the exact ragwort I put the rescued cinnabar moth on. Coincidence or? Either way, brought me some joy today. #moths #invertebrates
Rescued one of my favourite moths from where it had got itself stuck in a bit of a tangle. The beautiful day-flying cinnabar moth. Now checking out every ragwort I pass because I want to see cinnababies in the garden 😄 #Invertebrates
Happy Canada Day! This is a digital collage of my linocut of each province and territory with their official flora and fauna, and my home province Ontario with trillium and common loon. I hope you enjoy your holiday and get out into nature. #linocut #printmaking #Canada #CanadaDay #wildlifeArt
Happy first day of the month and welcome to #ArtRepostJuly! Today's theme is #light I enjoyed the way the sunlight played with the flower petals in my photo which I used as reference for this one More info on this month's #ArtChallenge in comment #art #SciArt
Three Studies of Poppies. Sophia L. Crownfield, (1862–1929). Smithsonian Institution. #BloomScrolling #ColorADay #RedWed #SciArt
An update on my woolly bears!! They’re almost full grown already! First picture is a fifth instar, second picture are third or fourth instars, third picture was just before they molted for the first time 🥰 and last picture were some head caps left behind after shedding 🖤🧡🖤 #bugsky #woollybear
I have baby caterpillars!!!!!! (hatched last week) Bugalugs was the very first woolly bear I found last fall, and these are her precious children 💖 🐛🐛🐛 #bugsky #woollybear
Emperor Dragonfly depositing her eggs in our wildlife pond (Taken with Oneplus13 phone this morning) #dragonfly #emperordragonfly #arthropods #insects #gardenwildlife #wildlifepond
I have baby caterpillars!!!!!! (hatched last week) Bugalugs was the very first woolly bear I found last fall, and these are her precious children 💖 🐛🐛🐛 #bugsky #woollybear
My pet caterpillars a little while back 🥰 I use them as inspiration for my caterpillar sculptures If you want to see more cute caterpillar/moth pics, check out my side account @backstripes.bsky.social !! 🐛💖🐛 #bugsky #sciart #woollybear #art
This spectacularly preserved dipteran (possibly a wood gnat) lived roughly 98 million years ago in what is now Myanmar during the mid-Cretaceous. (Burmese amber from my private collection) #Amber #Fossil #Diptera #Paleontology #Entomology
🌻 Studying the beautiful geometry of sunflower seeds before starting the final botanical illustration. Nature's patterns never cease to amaze me. 🌱✨ More from this month's sunflower project in the Botanical Club.💛 Link in bio. #BotanicalIllustration #NatureJournal #SunflowerArt
Been trying to identify this creature, found on the north coast of Scotland.
Just learned that the oldest land mammal is a bisexual tortoise named Johnathan and what a wonderful thing to learn during the first week of Pride month