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Pat
@beetlecandy.bsky.social
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21 🪲 Studying scientific illustration 🐛 I like bugs and drawing. Commissions open!

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Pat @beetlecandy.bsky.social · Aug 6
I initially made this for an illustration contest. I wanted to go out of my comfort zone a bit. Nothing super special but I’m proud of it nonetheless.

#illustration #digitalart #tiny #oc #sona #digitalpainting
A tiny humanoid creature with blue hair sitting atop a tomato pin-cushion. It is holding a lit match above its head. A cockroach peacefully stands by.
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geckio.bsky.social
Today is an important day for this lil creature here "La Vaquita Marina" or in English "Little water cow"
#VaquitaMarina #ART
September 5, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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nebyoolah.bsky.social
another portrait from yesterday

#art #illustration #digitalart
March 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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hastine.bsky.social
ill paint it later
December 30, 2025 at 3:23 AM
beetlecandy.bsky.social
Show your range as an artist!

I picked four cus why not :D
Drawing depicting hormone secretion by the posterior and anterior pituitary gland. Harmonica Axyridis (Asian ladybug) sketch page Ref sheet for an OC. VALENTINA MORENA (SHE/ HER) Little guy sitting on a tomato pin cushion, holding a lit match with a warm glow around it.
December 30, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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petrathepostdoc.bsky.social
Trans rights are, in fact, human rights. Pass it on. 🏳️‍⚧️🫂
#SciArt poster with 6 white boxes on a purple/grey background. the test above in white says IN THIS LAB WE BELIEVE boxes upper left to bottom right: - text SCIENCE is real, a scientist in a blue labcoar holds a flask with teal liquid with an orange microbe above their head, while a round earth circles around them - text LOVE is love, two stickfigures are happily write in a pride flag with hearts above them - text BLACK LIVES matter, three stickfigures hold their fists proudly in the air - text FEMINISM is for everyone, a stickfigure holds a purple female symbol sign and is wrapped in a purple schal with a trans colors pin text EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY is cool, a mosquito stands by a series going from single atoms, to blue RNA, to red DNA, to a blue virus, to a red malaria parasite and orange bacteria, to a yellow worm, to a green amoeba, i drew this in a way where the amoeba looks like the mosquito's fart, I'm so sorry amoeba - text IMMIGRANTS are welcome, a little stickfigure statue of liberty stands tall and proud in between clouds and birds
August 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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luxomancer.bsky.social
Giant Leopard #Moths, Hypercompe scribonia, were frequent visitors to the bug light this year. What looks like black markings from a distance, is revealed to be a rich iridescent blue upon closer look. Some have spots, and some have rings.

#MacroPhotography
#Mothmas
#Invertefest
A photo of a white arrowhead-shaped Giant Leopard Moth resting on a wood table. The moth has dark markings, some ring shaped, some spots, these marks look black from a distance but are a deep iridescent blue. A closeup of the head of a white Giant Leopard Moth taken low and from the front. The moth's slender antennae extend to the left and right of the frame, it's dome-like body rises above the head, the eyes tucked underneath are orange in this light. The body, is marked with dark iridescent blue spots and the legs and head also have some of these markings. A photo of an arrowhead-shaped giant leopard moth resting on a white sheet. Unlike the other moth in this post, the dark markings on this example are almost entirely ring shaped. A close up photo of the wing juncture of a Giant leopard moth. The wings themselves are marked with dark iridescent blue rings. The space between the wings is a long triangle filled with these blue scales. The area above the wing juncture is marked with irregular blue spots which shine intensely in this light.
December 27, 2025 at 4:58 PM
beetlecandy.bsky.social
printable white blood cell #zine I made to study for physiology+ give away at art sales. It was the first zine I made in this format, so it’s a little rough. I look forward to making some more some time! #sciart #physiology #procreate #studying
Photo of me holding one of the printed zines 1/2 zine page to be printed on a standard letter sized (11 by 8.5 inch) paper (Back page): THANK YOU FOR READING! STUDY NOTES from → Ch. 25 of Silverthorn, Human Physiology, an Integrated Approach, 8th edition. happy Studying! @BeetleCandy for more of my drawings. (Front page): LEUKOCYTES (white blood Cells) ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR IMMUNE RESPONSES. THERE ARE SIX BASIC TYPES DENDRITIC CELLS display foreign antigen they have ingested, strengthening adaptive immune responses. EOSINOPHILS attach to parasites, Kill them, and are also active in allergic reactions. 2/2 zine page to be printed on the opposite side the paper BASOPHILS AND MAST CELLS both release chemicals that mediate inflammation + the innate immune response. mast cells are fixed in tissues. Basophils circulate through blood. LYMPHOCYTES mediate the adaptive immune response. most are in lymphoid tissues. PLASMA CELLS are specialized lymphocytes that produce antibodies. NEUTROPHILShave a short lifespan, but are the most abundant white blood cell. They ingest and kill bacteria. MONOCYTES are precursor cells of MACROPHAGES, which ingest bacteria, dead neutrophils and more.
December 27, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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hastine.bsky.social
Kuroyanagi
December 4, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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mossworm.bsky.social
thrips
flat color cartoon drawings of several thrips, small insects which may have four wings or none. clockwise from top left: a thrips with very complex fringed wings, a thrips with large crab claws, two drawings of thrips with no wings and a dark brown front end and tan back, and a long and thin black thrips with red legs photos of the real animals that are drawn in the previous image; Arachisothrips has large and complex wings, Stephanothrips is wingless with a dark brown head and thorax, Idolothrips is very long and thin, and Carcinothrips has very large crab claw-like forearms
December 2, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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petrathepostdoc.bsky.social
day 6 #InverteFest #invertebrate weird fact:
bumblebees were shown to enjoy... playing! when given some colorful wooden balls on their way to delicious sugary water, they stopped to play with them, with younger bumblebees playing more often 🟡🟣🐝
#SciArt doodle of two bumblebees playing with yellow and purple wooden balls, one is happily wiggling on top while the other just faceplanted into the floor.
August 30, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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evolutionistrue.bsky.social
From Rik Gern, photos of fungi taken in northern Wisconsin.

whyevolutionistrue.com/2025/11/29/r...
November 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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beetlemoses.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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nekokatchi.bsky.social
I just put up some custom machines for Starfy and Starly in Kirby Air Riders!
#starfy #kirbyairriders
Machine ID: ML2B1W6Y Machine ID: M6CP0HDJ
November 26, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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toomanywasps.bsky.social
Big news - I’ll be starting an #insect #systematics lab at University of Nebraska-Lincoln this coming academic year! I’m looking to #recruit #PhDstudents to work in #wasp systematics, especially gall systems, to begin Fall 2026. Please help me spread the word — more details on the flyer below!
Graduate student recruitment ad
November 12, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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zachsilberberg.bsky.social
this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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beeleth.bsky.social
does anyone even still care about kemono friends… (i do)

#beelethart
November 4, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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byconniechang.bsky.social
Trans rights is a winning platform. Pro immigration is a winning platform. Taxing the rich is a winning platform. Affordable housing is a winning platform. Free childcare is a winning platform. Hating Andrew Cuomo is a winning platform. SOCIALISM IS A WINNING PLATFORM
November 5, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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CHICKEN JOCKEY
November 5, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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newyorker.com
A sneak peek at the cover of next week’s issue, which celebrates Zohran Mamdani’s historic win. #NewYorkerCovers
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM
November 5, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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sarahmackattack.bsky.social
The amount of AI generated art in slides at this conference, primarily used by older scientists, is killing me. Scientists please. Don’t use these ai platforms to make your figures or slides. They look bad and I have yet to see them meaningfully improve the message of talks.
October 31, 2025 at 3:09 AM
beetlecandy.bsky.social
pastel purple #pikmin #ピクミン
October 29, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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entobiologist.bsky.social
sleep tight don't let the lacewings bite
#invertebrates #sciart
photo of a pumpkin with a carving of a large insect head with massive spiny jaws photo of the same pumpkin at night but lit up from inside with a phone flashlight held by someone
October 27, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
this is what will happen if mamdani makes bus rides free
A cat is seen riding a bus. They are standing up and have their front paws on the back of the front seat.
October 25, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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vivschwarz.bsky.social
I think letting children make books together gets them thinking in a lot of ways that inevitably lead to increased media literacy. Telling stories helps you to recognise stories elsewhere. Who is telling them? How are they being told? And why are they being told this way?
October 11, 2025 at 8:17 AM
beetlecandy.bsky.social
as a kid I didn’t understand the appeal of bears, but now I see how awesome they are. #kemonefriends #けものフレンズ #procreate
sketch page of the japanese black bear from kemono friends, decorated with bright yellow patterns
October 8, 2025 at 8:54 PM