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Janin Wise

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Janin Wise @janinwise.bsky.social · Nov 16

As first posts go, I'm looking at a screen that tells me I have a 300 character limit...while it counts them down in real time...knowing that I tend towards verbose.

I'll likely fill this space with haikus, earworms, & reposts of things that catch my fancy, from those more inclined to be succinct.

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Janin Wise @janinwise.bsky.social · Jun 20

*gentle hug* I, too, am feeling wrung out. I've basically been nonstop since September... but I should get a break in *check calendar* ... August 😅

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Janin Wise @janinwise.bsky.social · Jun 20

Today was the last day of my summer camp. This week, I taught 14 students about fiber arts: hand sewing, crochet, machine sewing, weaving, and cording techniques.

They all did so well! I'm really proud of them and hope they have a great rest of their summer.

From top left to bottom right: a pink, hand sewn heart stuffy with a smile, a machine sewn pouch with drawstring, kumihimo in progress, an art weaving with a variety of materials, and an arm wearing bracelets made in the following way: Kumihimo, crochet, finger weaving, Kumihimo, and finger weaving.

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Domenic Pennetta @domenicpennetta.bsky.social · May 20

I almost stepped on a little roly-poly out on a walk today 😭 Remember folks, look before you step!

#krita #digitalart #sciart #scientificillustration #nature #invertebrates #invert #isopods #bugsky

Domenic Pennetta @domenicpennetta.bsky.social · Mar 12

Seen these guys before? The common pill bug, Armadillidium vulgare, plays a crucial role in maintaining plant life by ensuring dead plant matter is broken down and returned to the soil. 🌿

#sciart #scientificillustration #wildlifeart #nature #bugsky #inverts #isopod

Digital illustration of two common pill bugs, Armadillidium vulgare. Art by Domenic Pennetta.

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Ferris Jabr @ferrisjabr.bsky.social · May 20

Today is World Bee Day! 🐝

As a kid, I knew of only 2 types of bees: honey bees & bumblebees. Now I know there are 20,000+ bee species globally, incl ~4K in N. America

I've documented at least 16 distinct native bee species right in my own backyard in Portland, Oregon! Photos below; IDs in Alt Text

a. Sitka bumblebee (Bombus sitkensis): Extremely plump, floofy, and yellow, like a bee that just emerged from a car wash
b. Mining bee (Andrena): small, slender, and dark with yellowish highlights; slightly fuzzy
c. Yellow-faced bumblebee (Bombus vosnesenskii): likely a queen + much smaller worker; mostly pitch black with yellow on head and near tail
d. Western leafcutting bee (Megachile perhirta): shiny black body outlined in bright yellow fur, carrying a small piece of leaf
e. Bicolored striped sweat bee (Agapostemon virescens): iridescent green thorax and zebra-striped abdomen
f. Nomad bee (Nomada): tiny, red, wasp-like
g. Long-horned bee (Melissodes): sharply striped with copious pollen clinging to fuzzy legs, long antennae
h. Mason bee (Osmia): small, shiny bluish-black body
i. White-shouldered bumblebee (Bombus appositus): large-ish, fuzzy, pale yellow with subtle stripes

j. Orange-rumped bumblebee (Bombus melanopygus): medium-sized bumblebee with black head, followed by a yellow scarf and prominent coppery-orange rump
k. Metallic sweat bee (Lasioglossum (Dialictus)): tiny, shiny, black, dusted with bits of pollen
l. Fuzzy-horned bumblebee (Bombus mixtus): fuzzy and pale yellow, with bulbous bare black dot on back, and extra thick antennae
m. Striped sweat bee (Agapostemon): Similar to previous Agapostemon, but green is lighter and slightly turquoise
n. Oval-headed sweat bee (Lasioglossum ovaliceps): tiny, slightly wasp-like, black head and thorax with thin wasit and reddish abdomen
o. Long-horned bee (Melissodes): Neatly striped, greyish black and very pale yellow, almost white; silvery eye, long roving antennae
p. Nevada bumblebee (Bombus nevadensis): large bumblebee, mostly black with fuzzy yellow back embedded with an obsidian dot
q. Sharptail bee (Coelioxys): small, slender, sharply pointed tail, stark black and white striped abdomen, bumpy grey head and thorax
r. California bumblebee (Bombus californicus): super frizzy, mostly black with yellow on head and tail

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Unseen History @unseenhistory.bsky.social · May 20

"One Hundred Townspeople" is a set of figurines showing people from all walks of life. Japan, Edo period, 1717

#WorldHistory #History

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Curt H @tyuge.bsky.social · Apr 21

gotta love purple carabids
(Dicaelus purpuratus and Scaphinotus cavicollis, Latimer County, Oklahoma)
#Carabidae

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Tim Osborne Photography 🍁 @timosborne.ca · Apr 21

A Great Horned Owl leaves her increasingly cramped nest located in the hollow of a tree. #wildlife #birds #owls

A Great Horned Owl launches out of a hole in a tree. Here wings are above her and one of her fluffy youngsters can be seen behind her in the tree cavity.

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Harold von Drehle @haroldvondrehle.bsky.social · Apr 21

#FlowerReport:
Gilroy, California, yesterday.

peace.

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Photo of a Peace Rose, with petals of pink edges fading to a creamy yellow inside, making for a pinkish center of unopened petals, all above a background of light and dark green leaves.

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Monarobot @monarobot.bsky.social · Apr 7

MYTHS AND LEGENDS print preorder: www.gallerynucleus.com/detail/41080/

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Mike Melton @mikemelton.bsky.social · Apr 22

Female Rufous-tailed Jacamar at @tapirvalley.bsky.social

#birds #nature #costarica

A small bird with shimmering green feathers and a long, pointed black bill perches on a short branch. Its throat is pale with a hint of yellow, and the background is softly blurred in natural tones.

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Amy Jo (AJ) Cousins @ajcousins.bsky.social · Apr 15

A boyo taking a rest in the woods, as you do. #birds

Photo of a Mallard sitting in dried leaves with the sun shining off his bright green head

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Sarah O @erniebufflo.bsky.social · Apr 15

This kind of made me cry a little. Everyone get together and put the vulnerable ones in the middle is what we should all be doing right now.

ABC 10News @abc10news.bsky.social · Apr 14

WATCH: Elephants at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park react to Monday's 5.2 magnitude earthquake that shook San Diego County. The elephants formed an "alert circle" meant to protect the young and the entire herd from any threats, according to the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance.

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Janin Wise @janinwise.bsky.social · Apr 14

Good choice! 😊

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · Apr 12

Branch Manager is thriving with the April snow

A yellow lab on a snowy trail carrying a giant stick that is as wide as the trail

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𝕯𝖚𝖓𝖌𝖊𝖔𝖓𝖑𝖚𝖘𝖙.˚⊹.🎃₊˚𖦹⋆ @dungeonlust.com · Apr 13

Art by • Brian Froud

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Constance Lee Menefee @conniemenefee.bsky.social · Apr 14

Lichen windfall ...

Branch on ground, thick lichen covering it

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Janin Wise @janinwise.bsky.social · Apr 14

I saw several of these in my travels yesterday! I wondered, while driving, about the differences between heron, crane, and egrets.

blog.nwf.org/2011/03/is-t...

I also saw several cranes 😊

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invertebrate @crevicedwelling.bsky.social · Apr 11

because some earthworms defy these categories, living in riverbeds or up trees or under bark. Some live in (marine!) beach sand; others just move about in the open without burrowing like dear old Archipheretima middletoni. Another worm fact: this really exists! www.inaturalist.org/observations...

Fried Eggs Worm (Archipheretima middletoni)

Fried Eggs Worm in July 2013 by Chien Lee

www.inaturalist.org

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Soxic @soxic.bsky.social · Apr 12

If you don't dial the toe beans do you even have a cat?
#Caturday

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Unseen History @unseenhistory.bsky.social · Apr 13

A man and his dog in a photo booth, 1943.

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Karlovy Cross @karlovycross.bsky.social · Apr 11

Cold Waters 𓆝 ⋆.

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Janin Wise @janinwise.bsky.social · Apr 11

I saw a video the other day of an alligator being harassed by a crocodile in Florida.

Gator was definitely the cuter of the two.

Crocodile looked like an absolute dinosaur/ danger Godzilla in comparison.

Which is funny because I wouldn't want to be in the water with -either- of them.

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Prasad Natarajan @handle.invalid · Apr 11

Love is an Univeral emotion across all species!
Eurasian Otters Pair (Lutra lutra) ink on paper, work got displayed at St. Petersburg at a national history museum.

#art #nature #illustration #sciart #scientificillustration #wildlifeart #traditionalart #endangeredspecies #otters #ink #love #care

Eurasian Otters (Lutra lutra) handmade black and white illustration with Ink on paper of a pair. Female looking up with two tiny ears in darker shades of grey, furry forehead, two eyes in black, nose and mouth. Long wishkers Male in the foreground with similar features, slightly bigger in size. Background is reeds and blooms; foreground is a smooth stone.
Love is an Univeral emotion across all species!
Eurasian Otters (Lutra lutra)
Title: Eurasian Otters Study!
Watercolors on paper 180 GSM scholar A3 sketchpad!
11.7 x 16.5 inches
Reference: Carol Bennetto
This work got displayed at St.Petersburg in 2022 at a national history museum (International Animalistic Exhibition)!

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Gil Wizen @wizentrop.bsky.social · Apr 10

A few weeks ago I posted an adult bark roach (Lanxoblatta rudis) and today I'm posting its super flat nymph. The "starry night" look is a teneral stage right after molting and before camouflage pigmentation appears. You can also see the network of tracheal tubes responsible for respiration.

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でんか @k-hermit.com · Apr 11

Light stick

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