since it's been awhile since I was active, I don't think I posted my first enteromorpha-eating sapsucker found during a sea slug bioblitz for @calacademy.bsky.social back in may ๐ฟ๐๐ฆ๐๐
Nudibranch Nerd
@nudibranchnerd.bsky.social
admirer & advocate of nudibabes & all their squishy relatives
for weeks, I've been watching the western gull chicks around town growing up on roof tops, dilapidated boats, & breakwater walls but it's fledging time & soon there will be no more cute chick calls to greet me in the morning ๐ฟ๐๐ชถ
for weeks, I've been watching the western gull chicks around town growing up on roof tops, dilapidated boats, & breakwater walls but it's fledging time & soon there will be no more cute chick calls to greet me in the morning ๐ฟ๐๐ชถ
sorry I haven't been super active on this account in awhile, it's been a rough & busy 2026 for me but my friend Nick Ta of @reefrenders.bsky.social asked me to paint his 3D printed sunflower star & california sea hare models for an exhibit he designed & the models recently came home with me โค๏ธ ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฆ
it was wild moving to california & learning that many of the monarch butterflies migrate east to west, not north to south like they do east of the sierra nevadas this is a cluster of overwintering monarchs on a eucalyptus in pacific grove's monarch sanctuary (sorry it's backlit, early morning) ๐ฟ๐๐ฆ
I will never tidepool at night without a uv light again ๐๐ฟ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ
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love a good wandering meatloaf & little tidepool sculpins ๐๐ฟ๐๐๐ฆ
I love how abalone shells can become mini reefs ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฆ
so many good finds while there was still daylight ๐๐ฟ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ
one more night in the tidepools tonight & I had a blast seeing who fluoresces! just about every crustacean I found fluoresced including eelgrass isopods (couldn't get a good pic unfortunately) ๐๐ฟ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ
a little more tidepooling to find my favorite squishies ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฆ
why are brittle stars such adorable echinoderms? I feel like this is a betrayal of my lab to admit but they are my favorites to find in tidepools ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฆ
slutty bat star ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฆ
I love finding a good wandering meatloaf ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฆ
10/10 would recommend bringing a dark UV light nighttime tidepooling ๐ฟ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ
nighttime king tidepooling!
found some sexy yellow-spotted millipedes amongst the redwoods ๐ฟ
it's been a minute but the spring was bustling with great tidepooling! I found my first Olive's & Hilton's aeolid nudibranchs ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฆ๐
I hate all this. I just wanna play games, watch anime and look for invertebrates. Here, have a rainbow dendronotus nudibranch.
This is a nudibranch, or sea slug. I love finding them when Iโm scuba diving and taking pictures of them as well. Always fun subjects for macro photography. If itโs Mondayโฆitโs Macro Monday.
Some #nudibranch from 04/05! The new to me ones were the Stubby Dendronotid (first one) and the Hammerhead Doto, which I havenโt included here because this little dude is the size of a grain of rice and my camera just isnโt that good. Other three are Hopkins Rose, San Diego Dorid, and Opalescent.
A Hooded Nudibranch swims through the Salish Sea - Read more interesting things here: https://bit.ly/489Ls8D #nature #animals #natureisfuckinglit #awesome #amazing #trends #trend #short
