Look closely: this tortoise beetle is carrying around a dozen tiny hitchhikers. They're parasitoid wasps, each under 2mm, riding on a female Aspidomorpha chlorotica and waiting for her to lay her eggs, which they'll eventually parasitize.
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I like creatures and biology and drawing stuff. I mostly draw bugs (+anthro bugs) because they’re my favorites. You can call me IKF, I go by they/it pronouns. This account is SFW but I am an adult so I might interact with 18+ accounts sometimes.
my master plan of luring the people in with my critter monk art and then making them look at and appreciate cute microwasps
Pachydesmus meets his children. Starting life with just six legs, these little white specks will somehow grow into one of the largest millipedes in the southeastern USA.
I think Gumbo is about as colorful as he’ll get.
invertebrate@crevicedwelling.bsky.social · last mo.Mr. Mystery millipede has hardened up a bit and he appears to be a species of Brachoria, likely B. ochra (adult conspecifics found at the site). He will need yet more time before his colors deepen into that species’ usual black and red
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Crabmons pt 3 #InverteFest 🦀 Bombshell @lunala64.bsky.social Metropolis @arcologycrab.bsky.social Bus @thefuzzyslug.bsky.social Moth @panciraptor.bsky.social
A gastropod veliger (about 2 mm in extended state) from the Red Sea. These planktonic larvae travel really far with the help of powerful currents - and help the slow snails to conquer the vastness of the ocean.
Caterpillars eat plants, right? 🌿 Not always, some are carnivorous! 🥩🐛 Our new paper documents the life history, behavior, and vibrations of Juditha odites. It feeds on treehoppers, then moves into ant nests to consume ant brood! 🐜🐛🦋 link.springer.com/article/10.1... @insectessociaux.bsky.social
An insect-eating caterpillar associated with arboreal ants: life cycle, diet, social integration and substrate-borne vibrations - Insectes Sociaux
Herbivory is the predominant feeding strategy in Lepidoptera, whereas carnivory has evolved rarely. The life cycles of carnivorous species, however, remain poorly documented. Here, we confirm that Jud...
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some #PixelArt bug commissions ive done in the past for #InverteFest! #PixelArtist #aseprite #SciArt #art #ArtPH #entomology #EntoArt #InsectArt
This is a deep-sea isopod. Dr. Johanna Weston, a deep-ocean biologist and guest investigator at @whoi.edu, is confident this is Bathyopsurus nybelini, one of her favorite animals. Learn why via the YouTube caption: youtube.com/shorts/DenUj...
#InverteFest begins at midnight your local time. Post your invertebrate art, join the community art book, go find critters in the wild, celebrate with us using the hashtag!
Another commission done! This one is for @colethebug.bsky.social of his Burying Beetle Gravedigger #bugart #art #commission
impressively chunky antennae on this encyrtid wasp. Anicetus sp.
The kids called me over to look at a big bug with them They were right. It's big! Pseudophyllus titan [a species of katydid]
ooooh one of those coral jelly dudes grew on one of the logs I rescued
Happy World Photography Day! The photographers of Bluesky bring me great joy. Whatever your skill level, whatever type of camera you’ve got, thank you for sharing what you see 🥰🥰🥰 (Ebony Jewelwing damselfly) #invertebrates 🌿 #BugSky 📸 📷 #WorldPhotographyDay
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Kenny Meyers@kennym.bsky.social · 3w agoWebtoons going all in on AI.
