Garden clearing can be endless - I'm currently cutting up buddleia and elder that had gotten out of control. Upside is I get to observe the insects that enjoy the garden, including this beautiful broad-bodied chaser dragonfly. #insects#dragonfly
Since the Rosalia I posted yesterday seemed quite appreciated, here's a little study I did portraying common spider specimens from my country. Especially proud of the Zoropsis spinimana, as the brown pattern was kinda subtle and hard to make!
Hello all! First post, so might as well introduce myself!
I'm Clor, a French artist who dabbles in digital art. Anything bug and spider-related is a guilty pleasure of mine. I also love anything that's a bit dark or horrific, and it shows in some of my art. If you're also into those things, please poke!
Here's a recent illustration I made based off an insect you can spot in my area.
Hope to meet new people on Masto, glad to be here! :artpeek:
Tipula vernalis -- first one I've seen, a sign of Spring -- at Gillespie Park, #Islington, reclaimed from railway and industrial land. A common cranefly with an interesting wing pattern and striking green eyes. #Bioabundance matters in different ways, and just as much, as #Biodiversity. #ClimateDiary#insects
Kudos to this #spider for selecting the perfect spot for a web, right next to a 2000 lumen light that attracts prey from the lake. She won't be hungry tomorrow.
I'm not sure what's elegant about the Elegant Tarantula Hawk, Pepsis menechma. Males have antennae that look like someone stuck a pair of yellow foam pool noodles on its head. (New photo from Austin this weekend).
Ruby-tailed wasp, possibly Chrysis ignita. I saw this little creature buzzing over an old stone wall, crawling into all nooks and crannies - clearly searching for something. Described as a cuckoo wasp - it will lay its eggs in the nests of solitary mason bees...
I mowed the lawn today just to keep it under control. The #CompostBins have a whole community of #fauna and #fungi in them but as soon as you lift the lid and expose them to bright #sunshine, they scurry away looking to retain moisture and out of the sight of likely predators like birds. It’s difficult to get a good #photograph of any #arthropods.
However, I did manage to capture an image of this #woodlouse.
Found a new word published in the May 2023 @highcountrynews. "Endling" which is "the final lonely member of a species on the brink." Specifically used about the Behren's silverspot butterfly in California.
I've known we needed such a word for a long time but it feels particularly poignant to actually find it and see it being used.