time- How much do you know about Gigatitan vulgaris?

Gigatitan is a giant (30~40cm wingspan) insect from Triassic Kyrgyzstan. It was a predator with a large mandibles and spiky legs, and may have eaten not only other insects but also small vertebrates.

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Starting off with the first artworks I ever posted on this birdsite. These were for wayy back in April. Also relevant for happening this week.
I give you, hermit crabs!

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Greetings friends, it's all snowy outside but in this recent tropical illustration (which I can't reveal the full details of yet) I took the opportunity to - two, actually! A leaf katydid (Phaneropterinae) and an ichneumonid wasp.

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Yooo joining bivalve month, I'm drawing an obscure bivalve that I found recently (despite it's quite common on Indonesia, they said)

Hammer Oyster (Malleus malleus), sometimes another creatures are found sitting on top of Malleus, like barnacles and Spondylus

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Seulocia latirostrata last-minute for !

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Timelapse of this snail drawing!

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Ok this one's not based off a real crab, just one of those pencil holders. Still not a bad anatomy ref.

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Smells like crab spirit (get it? bc ghost crab)

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Today, for the first time in my life, I attempted to draw a crab.
This little critter is Coenobita perlatus.

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