Green bottle fly, Lucilia spec. The green fly, almost everyone knows it. Their larvae serve as bait for anglers, as wound cleaners for medicine and as rich food for birds.

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GOODBYE was such a monumental project to me. Won't be doing something this crazy again anytime soon.

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Beautiful illustrations by Edward Julius Detmold for Fabre's Book of Insects (1921) retold by Mrs. Rodolph Stawell a book of essays on insect life combined with mythology and folklore

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🦀 British entomology. v.2
London, Printed for the author, 1823-40.
https://t.co/0F6SI5T1qc

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"Entomophobia" (fear of insects)

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How about these biographies of Maria Sibylla Merian as companion books︖ She discovered metamorphosis in the 1600s & was one of the first entomologists & scientific illustrators. She was a female pioneer who broke boundaries in both the arts and sciences.

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It was so much fun drawing with Petra and all the Pentomo!!!

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Flesh-fly, Sarcophaga spec. A very voluminous fly with an exciting checkerboard pattern on the abdomen.

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Petite image de profil de Mélanie et son Digimon Tentomon.

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Esto lo tengo desde agosto y no lo había terminado.
Esta escena me derritió el corazón cuando lo vi. Fue demasiado tierno.

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Small teaser.
Mark your calendars.
2/14

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"Care to come swim with Mama Summer? There's room for one more in the hot tub~"

🎨: MementoMori on Eka's!

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Nine different beetles from another megadiverse insect order: Coleoptera, the beetles. Just beautiful💚

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This is the only piece available from my “Entomology” collection: “Half-empty, half-dead” 💀

"Emptiness does not come from outside; it comes from within."

Oil + Pencil + Procreate

https://t.co/4p2guet3GK

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!!!!!!! Happy birthday to the Ultimate Entomologist and Ultimate Gentleman (of my heart), Gonta!!! 🥺💖🎉

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Happy Birthday to the Ultimate Entomologist 🖤

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Colour sketch of a wax-tail hopper, Pterodictya reticularis!

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Dürer’s Saint Jerome points to a skull - a vivid reminder of mortality. Given to the merchants’ agent Rodrigo Fernandes de Almada in Antwerp. 1521 (Part of the Dürer's Journeys exhibition at )

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