The "blob" is relatively new, and the ants were quite interested in it. The ant in the lower right of the photo is carrying a drop of something in her mandibles, maybe honeydew?
Blue Butterfly, watercolor. This butterfly is one of three in my gallery. In addition, I offer all three of the butterflies in one vertical image. Pretty wall art for the butterfly or colorful insect lover.
This is an Agile Long-horned Bee (Melissodes agilis), one of my favorite visitors to our city garden with their lovely green eyes, fluffy bodies and pink antennae.
ETA: They also have beautiful pink veins on their wings, which you can see a little of in the photo. Quite striking!
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).