Luxomancer · @Luxomancer
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It’s been a while, but going to be doing more than just cat photos again (Thanks #Idalia for making me miss #Invertefest 🤬). The Stained Glass #Moth, #Samea castellasis.
#Fujifilm X-S10, #Laowa 65mm #Macro.
#macrophotography
#Lepidoptera
#NaturePhotography
#Invertebrate
#idalia #invertefest #moth #samea #fujifilm #laowa #macro #macrophotography #lepidoptera #naturephotography #invertebrate
Ele Willoughby, PhD · @minouette
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For #SciArtSeptember prompt “favourite” & the last day of #InverteFest is the pollinators’ favourite: the ridiculously titled “My milkweed brings all the bugs to my yard”
This linocut print is about the milkweed plant, beloved of the native pollinators. Well-known for its appeal to monarch butterflies, it is also a favourite of the many different native bumblebees & insects like this small milkweed bug. 🧵1/2
#linocut #printmaking #sciArt #MastoArt #pollinators #monarchButterfly #bumblebee
#sciartseptember #invertefest #linocut #printmaking #sciart #mastoart #pollinators #monarchbutterfly #bumblebee
Ele Willoughby, PhD · @minouette
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A porcelain crab (Neopetrolisthes maculatus) for #InverteFest! They are decapod crustaceans in the family Porcellanidae, which resemble true crabs but are in fact closer related to squat lobsters. They have flattened bodies as an adaptation for living in rock crevices. They first appeared in the Tithonian age of the Late Jurassic epoch, 145-152 million years ago.
#crab #porcelainCrab #squatLobster #sciArt #linocut #printmaking #polkadots #invertebrates #MastoArt 🧵1/2
#invertefest #crab #porcelaincrab #squatlobster #sciart #linocut #printmaking #polkadots #invertebrates #mastoart
Ele Willoughby, PhD · @minouette
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For #InverteFest - an Opabinia, an extinct prehistoric creatures which lived during the Cambrian geological time period!
The fossils of this soft-bodied 7 cm long animal are found in the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale Lagerstätte (505 mya) of British Columbia. Opabinia likely caught prey with the grasping claws on the end of its long tubular proboscis (like an elephant's trunk). Even more astounding are the five eyes on stalks!
#invertefest #linocut #printmaking #paleontology #sciart #washi #collage
Blue Appaloosa · @BlueAppaloosa
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I have found this spider* in the couch three times! It has been captured and relocated outside when possible, but it just keeps coming back!
*May not actually be the same individual, but definitely looks the same.
Ele Willoughby, PhD · @minouette
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One of my wiwaxia for #InverteFest!
This is a handprinted Wiwaxia, a half billion year old soft-bodied animal covered in scales and spines. These animals lived in the early and middle Cambrian period and fossils are found worldwide, including in Canada's Burgess Shale. The animals themselves were only about 5 cm (2") but my linocut prints are much bigger.
#linocut #printmaking #collage #washi #wiwaxia #paleontology #Cambrian #fossil #MastoArt
#invertefest #linocut #printmaking #collage #washi #wiwaxia #paleontology #cambrian #fossil #mastoart
Luxomancer · @Luxomancer
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Hooray for #invertefest! I may not post on all the days (Thanks Idalia) but I bring the Florida Grass Mantis, #Thesprotia graminis a very stylish little #mantid found in the North American Southeast. Marked as sensitive due to insects
#invertefest #thesprotia #mantid #fujifilm #laowa #macro #macrophotography #insects #naturephotography
Ele Willoughby, PhD · @minouette
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Trilobite for #InverteFest! One of a series of prints of the ubiquitous and wildly successful trilobites, prehistoric creatures which lived for 100s of millions of years, carved by hand in linoleum, printed onto lovely Japanese washi papers and collaged with papers in different colours. This trilobite was a Cheirurus ingricus which lived during the Late Cambrian through the Early Devonian era. 🧵1/2
#linocut #collage #printmaking #washi #sciArt #trilobite #paleontology #invertebrate #MastoArt
#invertefest #linocut #collage #printmaking #washi #sciart #trilobite #paleontology #invertebrate #mastoart
Luxomancer · @Luxomancer
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It’s almost time for another #Invertefest (August 28-September 3)and in anticipatory celebration I present one of my favorite inverts, the Four-spotted #Mantidfly, #Dicromantispa interrupta. Images marked sensitive due to insect content.
#Macrophotography
#Insects
#neuroptera
#Nature[potography
#Invertebrate
#invertefest #mantidfly #dicromantispa #macrophotography #insects #neuroptera #nature #invertebrate
Luxomancer · @Luxomancer
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Happy #MacroMonday. Today I showcase this fantastic male Grizzled #Mantis, #Gonatista grisea which visited me a few years back.
South #Georgia
#Mantids
#Mantodea
#Insects
#Macrophotography
#NaturePhotography
#Invertebrate
#Invertefest
#macromonday #mantis #gonatista #georgia #mantids #mantodea #insects #macrophotography #naturephotography #invertebrate #invertefest
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missywombat · @Donna165
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No idea what this insect is. I just saw a pretty flash of blue sparkle in the light walking through monsoonal forest at #foggdam #nt #australia over the weekend. #InverteFest
#foggdam #nt #australia #invertefest
Luxomancer · @Luxomancer
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My last entry for this #invertefest is this #fly that Inaturalist’s system thinks might be genus #Leia but I have had no IDs on. The coloration is similar to that of a lovebug (Plecia nearctica) but it is nearly twice the length.
#invertefest #fly #leia #Diptera #macrophotography #naturephotography
Luxomancer · @Luxomancer
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Dot Lined Wave #Moth, #Idaea tacturata.
#Fujifilm X-S10, #Laowa 65mm #Macro
#invertefest
#Macrophotography
#Lepidoptera
#NaturePhotography
#moth #idaea #fujifilm #laowa #macro #invertefest #macrophotography #lepidoptera #naturephotography
John Carlson · @JohnCarlson
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A Mole Cricket Hunter dries off after the rain next to the Mississippi River in #NewOrleans #insect #macrophotography #InverteFest
#NewOrleans #insect #macrophotography #invertefest
Fin again · @finnegan
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Paper versions of Hopkin’s rose nudibranch, purple and Sputnik urchin as well as a California freshwater shrimp. Each contain gifts to unwrap. #InverteFest #nudibranch #marine
#invertefest #nudibranch #marine
missywombat · @Donna165
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missywombat · @Donna165
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ubi · @ubi
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Last day of #InverteFest , A sunny day on the beach. I was searching for an Onchidium or Chiton, but instead of exotic molluscs just found a lot of arthropods. A sea roach, fiddler crab and tiger beetle. #MacroPhotograhy #insects #crustaceans
#invertefest #macrophotograhy #insects #crustaceans