today so am trotting this one out again because I have zero resistance to punes (or plays on words)

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Work in progress on the scales for the Still some patchy areas that need filling in. It's coming together slowly.

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3/10 An illustration of a tawny owl, by (1823–1909), from plate 12 of Birds from Moidart and elsewhere (1895). Courtesy of

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Artist Margaret Meen's botanicals graced the walls of royal palaces & scientific academies. While largely unknown today, her legacy is an important part of British botanical history. explores her life & work: https://t.co/vgueu0msWT

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Edna L. Beutenmüller created for several books on insects, including over 700 for "Field Book of Insects" (1918), based largely on specimens from where her husband was curator of entomology. Via ➡️ https://t.co/Opmy4qSbNZ

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"Parasaurolophus & Palms" ✨🌴✨
Ink, watercolor & digital

Now available as prints, stickers, mugs, apparel & more at my Redbubble & Society6 shops!

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📢 Calling Artists + Biologists! —A FREE Illustration online course!✍️🏾— 'Drawing Nature, Science and Culture: Natural History Illustration', an award winning course by . —https://t.co/ov23H11Egx —Starts 3/4

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Check out today's featuring one of my favorite words! Also, this is the first scanned using my new-to-me Epson scanner--isn't it pretty?

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Aloe vera for This succulent has long been used medicinally, for instance in ointments for minor burns and sunburns. by Mary Ann Burnett from "Plantæ utiliores" ([1839]1842-1850), in via ➡️ https://t.co/0IwTo6H3Kd

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Location drawing American Elk at the American Museum of Natural History...https://t.co/WAIHsDkyFL

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"These Beautiful Birds dwell in a land where winter never comes." ☀️

This explore "Beautiful Birds in Far-Off Lands" (1872) by sisters Elizabeth and Mary Kirby, available in thanks to ➡️ https://t.co/CwRFokA4pF

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The scale insect Saissetia poinsettiae lives and feeds on the Poinsettia (also known as the Christmas flower). Find out more about the damage these tiny pests can cause in this blog: https://t.co/tLXOIJb9k4

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The wild arum (Arum maculatum) is widespread across most of Europe, as well as Turkey and the Caucasus. ⁣#SciArt by Mary Ann Burnett for her "Plantæ utiliores" ([1839]1842-1850). Explore the work in via ➡️ https://t.co/U547IjOfEN

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Skull of for series. I'd never heard of this guy prior to sculpting him. Just one of the many things I've learned from working on this project.

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ICYMI: Talented natural history artist is having 20% of her Etsy store tomorrow for Goes live at midnight. Her beautiful book “The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Ugly Animals“ is outstanding!
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Here's someone who needs a page! See more of Tessie K. Frank's 'Watercolors of vascular plants, 1895-1935' on . cc: https://t.co/k2tiKTzJQ7

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