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Petra Korlević
@petrathepostdoc.bsky.social
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Geneticist working on malaria mosquitoes, I also doodle bugs 🦟 Staff Scientist at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, opinions are my own 🇭🇷 expat in 🇬🇧
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Petra Korlević @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social · Jan 14
Hello #PortfolioDay, I'm Petra, a staff scientist working on malaria mosquitoes, but I also try to make science more approachable and whimsical with my #SciArt doodles 🦟
a collage of 32 invertebrate drawings on a black background with the list of their scientific names in the middle. DToLtober 2024 1 | Thyatira batis 2 | Sphecodes monilicornis 3 | Halyzia sedecimguttata 4 | Bugulina stolonifera 5 | Meta bourneti 6 | Scaeva pyrastri 7 | Ocypus olens 8 | Vespa crabro 9 | Nematostella vectensis 10 | Papilio machaon 11 | Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale 12 | Alitta virens 13 | Allacma fusca 14 | Andrena fulva 15 | Anoplius nigerrimus 16 | Aporia crataegi 17 | Patella pellucida 18 | Bombylius discolor 19 | Chrysoperla carnea 20 | Diadumene lineata 21 | Calliphora vomitoria 22 | Apoderus coryli 23 | Gibbula magus 24 | Mimas tiliae 25 | Lineus longissimus 26 | Parasteatoda lunata 27 | Melolontha melolontha 28 | Marthasterias glacialis 29 | Emmelina monodactyla 30 | Gymnosoma rotundatum 31 | Laothoe populi extra | Nephrotoma flavescens a large widescreen comic in yellow, light green, dark green, of scientists talking about their projects at the Vector Kolymbari Meeting 2024. Panels are split into days and Session numbers. drawing of a beefly and mosquito standing in front christmas trees decorated with yellow lights’, both are standing by an AB blood bag with mugs, the beefly is worried, the mosquito has a christmas hat and spices in a mug full of red liquid. hand holding an A4 sticker sheet with various famous memes redrawn with mosquitoes as the main characters. Anthony Adams Rubbing Hands Together Captain Picard Facepalm Shia LaBeouf's Intense Motivational Speech / Just Do It Buzz And Woody This is Fine Take all my money Hide the Pain Harold I am cringe But I am free Math Lady Clown at computer Computer stare Spiderman pointing at Spiderman Treat. Yo. Self. Pepe Silvia Homer comfy cinnamon roll Spiderman computer desk Disaster girl Kermit sipping tea Drunk Kitty Peter and Miles crouching
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Petra Korlević @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social · 5h
IT TURNED OUT TOO BIG AND BACK HEAVY

any of you cosplay people know how to have a huge headpiece sit more or less central to my head?? do i wear a styrofoam helmet inside it?
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Petra Korlević @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social · 3d
who gave bby a butterknife

#Silksong #fanart
a giant white square with the tiniest baby hornet in the middle, head bigger than the body, holding a teeny butter knife.
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Petra Korlević @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social · 8h
yeah i wouldnt care for some random giant when infinite fish n chip, film all you want 🍟🐟
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Des Walsh @deswalsh.bsky.social · 12h
Please note the perfect form.
Workshop robin buddy getting ready Workshop robin buddy marking the target Workshop robin buddy getting the bag
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Petra Korlević @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social · 9h
imagine being a little robin
and you basically find yourself in front of what is probably an infinite pile of fish and chips
from the heavens
in a blue jar
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Petra Korlević @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social · 10h
gotta keep the owlets at optimal hydration for best growth

... oh wait that is for tomatoes
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Petra Korlević @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social · 10h
literally indistinguishable
silly paintover of the ah shit here we go again walking man gta meme, but with the main character of the game mythwrecked instead
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Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 10h
Moist owlettes. 🪶
Two burrowing owls in the rain. The one on the left is facing away from the camera and is looking back over his shoulder. The one on the right is in profile and is shaking water off his back.
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Stasanie @stasanie.com · 22h
Random animal facts I enjoy:

Horse teeth take up more space in their skull than their brain does.

A natural predator of the moose is the orca.

The chemical compound that makes stink bugs smell bad is the same compound that makes cilantro taste like soap.
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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.bsky.social · 12h
Happy #Invertober day 12!

Pacific razor clam (siliqua patula)

Just the shell from a reference photo by theresephillips on inaturalist

#SciArt #Invertober2025
Digital painting of a Pacific razor clam shell on sand with water running over the opened butterfly wing shape forming lovely highlights and shadows from light reflecting off the water. The shell has subtle stripes of brown, beige, cream, and pale orange.
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Petra Korlević @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social · 4d
I HAVE BUT ONE FEAR
four panel meme with the heavy from team fortress panel 1: i fear no man panel 2: but that thing... panel 3: three drawings of little snails, from brown to light yellow panel 4: it scares me.
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Filippo Nicolini 🧬 @filonico.bsky.social · 13h
Particularly happy to see #bivalves! My PhD was almost entirely on bivalve #genomics, so Ive been drawing them for papers (self-promotion below) #MarineLife🖥️🧬

tinyurl.com/2bt8hhrj

Tho this the first w/ soft parts too, instead of only the shell!

Day 12 of #invertober2025 is the Pacific razor clam
A vectorial digital drawing of a Siliqua patula, or Pacific Razor Clam, set against a pale blue background. The clam is shown extending its large, fleshy pale cream-colored siphon from one end of its shell. The shell itself is long, narrow, and slightly curved, with a glossy appearance. It is colored in shades of golden-brown and tan, featuring distinct concentric growth rings that run perpendicular to its length. The text "invertobter2025 - Day 12" is in the bottom right corner.
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Petra Korlević @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social · 14h
clamson
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Petra Korlević @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social · 14h
someone let me write a bird species key
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Petra Korlević @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social · 14h
baby baby, another baby, black headed baby, grey baby, baby
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grace 🏡 🍃 @daisleis.bsky.social · 1d
different kinds of seagull-- wait what do you mean that one just took your lunch⁉️

#peachtober25 #peachtober25seagull
a drawing of different kinds of seagulls, including one that is definitely not flying away with a piece of bread. no way.
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Petra Korlević @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social · 15h
weird fact of the day: they suck in iron and incorporate it into cool shell patterns
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Petra Korlević @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social · 15h
frutti di mare progress video
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Petra Korlević @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social · 15h
Day 12 #Invertober2025 - Pacific razor clam (Siliqua patula) 🐚

#SciArt #invertebrates
semi realistic drawing of two pacific razor clams, with their cream colored syphons and feet peeking out of a bright orange and brown shell dotted with black dots, on a black background. semi realistic drawing of two pacific razor clams, with their cream colored syphons and feet peeking out of a bright orange and brown shell dotted with black dots, on a white background.
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Slurmsadako MacKenzie @slurmsmackenzie.bsky.social · 21h
GenAI truly was the worst technology to come along at this moment.

An energy and water guzzler when we most urgently need to take climate action.

A disinformation machine as our journalism fails.

A bias machine as fascism takes root.

A job killer in a cost of living crisis.
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Bria "tries to write a book" Horses @thevoidencore.bsky.social · 6d
The "cognitive decline and brain damage from repeat COVID infections" and "easy to use robot that makes slop and melts your critical thinking skills" is a hell of a combo in a post-fact media ecosystem
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Dr swift parrot @teamswiftparrot.bsky.social · 18h
Regent parrot chicks getting weighed are just so absurdly adorable and undignified 😂😭😇
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Petra Korlević @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social · 18h
if anyone asks say you have been in a pub brawl
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Hexerite @hexerite.bsky.social · 1d
Day 11: Dark fishing spider (Dolomedes tenebrosus)

[ #invertober #invertober2025 ]
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Mangoo 🍉 @unacctmango.bsky.social · 2d
#invertober day 10: common earth worm 🪱
(To be seen and adored)
#art #collage #worm
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Mangoo 🍉 @unacctmango.bsky.social · 2d
#invertober day 9: flamboyant cuttlefish!!! 💃🦑
#art #sciart #cuttlefish
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