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Spawnicorn @spawnicorn.bsky.social · 8d

Snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus) with watercolours. I did this commission for a friend, who knows this owl in particular (a "pet"), so I had many many reference photos :)
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#bubo #snowyowl #watercolourart #birdart #birds #owl #birdillustration #animalartist #buboscandiacus #strigidae #ornithology

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Spawnicorn @spawnicorn.bsky.social · 12d

Some of my fish illustrations in another paper again 🥳✨

Sissel Jentoft @jentoft.bsky.social · 12d

New paper out where we demonstrate how pop gen parameters and scoring of structural variants (inversions) could be affected by the choice of reference genome (both in terms of both quality and relatedness).
@unioslo-cees.bsky.social
@biovitenskap.bsky.social

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Reference genome bias in light of species-specific chromosomal reorganization and translocations - Genome Biology

Background Whole-genome sequencing efforts, have during the past decade, unveiled the central role of genomic rearrangements—such as chromosomal inversions—in evolutionary processes, including local a...

link.springer.com

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Valentino Lasso🌿 @valentinolasso.bsky.social · 25d

Thank you Jane Goodall, for your care and your mission to share empathy🌿

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Spawnicorn @spawnicorn.bsky.social · Sep 12

I thought it is time for a good old dose of Levi <3
#Leviathan

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Natural History Museum, London @nhm-london.bsky.social · Jul 10

Our Curator of Hemiptera, Diana, wants to show you her favourite bugs - and you’d better have some lovely things to say about them… 👁️🦗🐜

#Hemiptera #Bugs #NaturalHistory #BeNice #WeAreAlwaysWatching

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Spawnicorn @spawnicorn.bsky.social · Jun 26

Levi the Leviathan says: it is too damn hot to do anything but swimming and sleeping🫠🔥
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#goodestboy #Leviathan #bestestboy #doggos #dogsofbluesky

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Spawnicorn @spawnicorn.bsky.social · Jun 18

Just saying - they started watching me first (the disadvantage of having a roof window). Now they’re sabotaging my camera ;)

#Larusmichahellis #gull #yellowleggedgull #birder #birds #birdphotography #bird #gulls #laridae #larus #ornithology #birdbuddy

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Spawnicorn @spawnicorn.bsky.social · Jun 18

Juvenile yellow-legged gulls (Larus michahellis) on my roof. Put my birdbuddy there (without food) to check what is really going on there ;)
#Larusmichahellis #gull #yellowleggedgull #birder #birds #birdphotography #bird #gulls #laridae #larus #ornithology

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Spawnicorn @spawnicorn.bsky.social · Jun 3

#FantasyBasel2025 is over! @tinybomfrit.bsky.social and me had a great time sharing our booth and look forward to participate again next year! 💚
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#artconvention #birds #birdart #ornithology #goblins #watercolourart #fantasybasel #faba #natureart #dndart #comiccon

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TinyBomfrit 🍟 @tinybomfrit.bsky.social · May 27

Heyyyy folks, I’ll be at fantasy basel this year!
@spawnicorn.bsky.social and I will be at booth 605!! ✨✨✨

Picture of stickers, image of the artist in sunglasses on top of it. The fantasy basel banner is on the right hand side.

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Spawnicorn @spawnicorn.bsky.social · May 23

Some of my top four pictures of our fieldwork in Zambia. Some wasps and spiders <3
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#hymenoptera #wasp #fieldwork #insects #braconidae #insectphotography #Pompilidae #entomology #spiders #Salticidae #jumpingspider #biologist

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Spawnicorn @spawnicorn.bsky.social · May 18

haha I also do that✨

Spawnicorn @spawnicorn.bsky.social · May 17

aww thanks a lot!!! :D Prints are already in the making ;)

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Spawnicorn @spawnicorn.bsky.social · May 15

oh wow thanks a lot :D

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Spawnicorn @spawnicorn.bsky.social · May 15

thanks a lot! :)

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Spawnicorn @spawnicorn.bsky.social · May 14

haha thank you so much, Magpie ;)

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Spawnicorn @spawnicorn.bsky.social · May 13

Painted an Eurasian magpie (Pica pica) with watercolours - not only the bird with the best Latin name, but also one of the most beautiful corvids <3
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#picapica #magpie #watercolour #watercolourart #birdart #birds #animalart #magpie #birdillustration #animalartist #corvidae #corvids #ornithology

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Spawnicorn @spawnicorn.bsky.social · May 10

Post-fieldwork blues hitting.
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We had an amazing time in Zambia and can't wait to work on the collected material together!
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#Hymenoptera #Fieldwork #entomologists #Ichneumonidae

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Spawnicorn @spawnicorn.bsky.social · May 9

Thank you so much! 💚✨

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Spawnicorn @spawnicorn.bsky.social · May 9

Illustration I did of the life cycle of a stag beetle:
From egg to larva to pupa to adult female
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#stagbeetle #lifecycle #insects #insectillustration #holometabolous #Lucanidae #beetles #coleoptera

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ZooKeys @zookeys.pensoft.net · May 7

A review of the species of Darwin wasps recorded from Zambia, with one new species described: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#Afrotropical #biodiversity #parasitoids #invertebrate

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Spawnicorn @spawnicorn.bsky.social · Apr 23

Check out our new species! There are many more to come ;)
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@zookeys.pensoft.net
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zookeys.pensoft.net/article/1447...
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#parasitoids #ichneumonidae #newspecies #darwinwasp

Spotlighting Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) in Zambia: a new species and the urgent need for further exploration

The parasitoid Darwin wasps (Ichneumonidae) are one of the most species-rich families of insects, with a crucial role in ecosystem functioning while many species are known as potential biological cont...

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Spawnicorn @spawnicorn.bsky.social · Apr 13

... and 2022, 2024 💚 to many more years!

#bestboii #Leviathanthegreat

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Spawnicorn @spawnicorn.bsky.social · Apr 13

It recently was Levis 10th Birthday. Happy Birthday to the beeestest boiii <3
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Photos of Levi from 2016, 1018, 2020, ...

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Spawnicorn @spawnicorn.bsky.social · Apr 8

Another illustration for the Natural History Museum in Basel - the Quagga (Equus quagga quagga).
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#extinction #quagga #zebra #extinctanimals #animalillustration

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