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✨️ Quil | They/Them | Adult ✨️

🐛Digital Artist
🦋Dabbling in bug photography
🦗 Carrd: https://quilbug.carrd.co/
🕷️Kofi: https://ko-fi.com/quilbug
🪲Commissions: Open!
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Pogglins and I are opening commissions together on our shared account, @bov-art.bsky.social ✨

Commission us through my kofi or through DMs!
ko-fi.com/quilbug/comm...
Page one of the commission information. Pogglin's chimera persona and Quilbugs insect persona hold giant yellow pencils and squiggle a line on the floor. The text reads, "Commissions Open! By partners in art: Pogglins & Quilbug." Page two of the commission information. It lists 5 commission options, displays the price estimate, and shows an example on the side. Sketches are about $10, the example is a bust sketch of two piglins. Character illustrations are about $60, the example is an anthro fly acting with play props. Character designs are about $80, the example is a small reference sheet and illustration of an anthro dragonfly. Reference sheets are about $125, the example is quilbug's reference sheet showing their frontview, sideview and a couple expressions. Scene illustrations are about $150, the example shows a small family walking along a path in the bushveld. Page three of the commission information. The text reads, "more examples to show off Quil & Pogglins' specialties. Pogglins examples include an illustration of a piglin riding a hoglin in the nether, two sketches of a demon monster, a candy gore pony illustration and an illustration of an angelic monster hanging upside down. Quilbugs examples include an illustration of quils insect persona helping pogglin's insect persona climb up a tree, a bust sketch of two piglins, an anthro longicorn beetle, and an illustration of quils insect persona taking a photo with their camera. The last page of the commission information. The title reads, "Info & TOS." The information reads, "Working in partnership with two artists wont change the process for you at all! But will improve tunraround time and prevent burnout for the both of us. Most often, Pogglins does the planning and sketching and Quil does the lineart, rendering and communication." The TOS reads, "Payment in USD through Paypal or Ko-fi.", "For personal use only - Do not input into any AI.", "Turnaround: 2-3 weeks, delays will be communicated.", "Communication through Ko-fi, bluesky, tumblr, discord DMs or Email." The last two pieces of information are links - bov-art.carrd.co and ko-fi.com/quilbug
quilbug.bsky.social
It looks so melancholic in this photo... wistful bug

🪲ID Guess: Caledonia Seed Bug
#bugsky #ozinverts #inverts
A side view photo of a brown seed bug perched on the end of a dark green leaf against a muted green, blurry background. The bug has rice-grain proportioned body, mostly brown but with some segments a dark green. It has a small pointed head with little dark red eyes, segmented antennae, and transparent wings folded neatly over its abdomen. Its body and legs are covered in a short fluff
November 13, 2025 at 8:10 AM
quilbug.bsky.social
What a photogenic fella!

🪲ID Guess: Iridescent Leaf Cylinder Beetle
#bugsky #ozinverts #inverts
A three quarter front view of an iridescent leaf cylinder beetle sitting on the unfurled petals of a closed yellow flower. The beetle has a thick, rotund body coloured bright yellow. Its legs, antennae and oblong eyes are black, and there is a hint of its shiny carapace on its back in this photo A photo of that same beetle sitting in the same spot, taken from behind. In this photo its black head, yellow thorax plate, and iridescent green carapace can be better seen. Its abdomen is so chunky that the carapace doesn't cover the whole top of it
November 12, 2025 at 9:23 AM
quilbug.bsky.social
Been affectionately dubbing these guys 'trig crickets' when I see them :>

🪲ID Guess: Trigonidium
#bugsky #ozinverts #inverts
A three quarter top view photo of a trig cricket sitting on the stem of a brown dead leaf. The cricket has a small body with its back legs almost as big as its whole body and antennae even longer. Its body is black, its legs a light brown and its eyes muted dark red. It has sharp hairs on its hind legs and two spines coming from the end of its abdomen. Its shiny transparent wings fold neatly over its abdomen A photo of the same species of cricket, this time at side view and sitting on the edge of a green leaf, surrounded by other leaves and long blades of grass. With this angle the pointed mouthparts and dotted antennae can be better seen
November 11, 2025 at 5:39 AM
quilbug.bsky.social
Is a juvenile silver orb spider I think? is round instead of long lmao

🪲ID Guess: Silver Orb Spider - Juvenile
#bugsky #ozinverts #inverts #spiders
A three quarter bottom view of a juvenile silver orb spider sitting in the middle of its web against a bright green, blurred background. The spider has half transparent green legs with yellow joints, a darker yellow sternum, and a brown abdomen specked with light silver and some yellow, becoming more silvery near the top of its abdomen
November 10, 2025 at 7:57 AM
quilbug.bsky.social
Dainty <3

🪲ID Guess: Braconid Wasps
#bugsky #ozinverts #inverts
A side view photo of a tiny wasp sitting on the tip of a green leaf. The wasp has a very small frame, with a little round head, bigger thorax, and longer abdomen. Its head and thorax is a bright shiny orange, and it has large black eyes and long black antennae. Its abdomen is white on the sides and black on the top and bottom. Black wings fold neatly over its back, and its little legs grip gently onto the leaf
November 9, 2025 at 12:59 AM
quilbug.bsky.social
I can't describe how excited I was to see this little cutie, let alone get a nice photo of it :DDDD
You can see the pollen on its proboscis <333

🪲ID Guess: Bee fly - Bombyliini
#bugsky #ozinverts #inverts
A three quarter top view photo of a bee fly sitting on a half-closed purple flower. The fly has an incredibly fluffy light brown body, with two large eyes that touch in the middle, small antennae, and a long pointed proboscis. It has long legs, half light brown and half black, and two transparent wings at rest by its sides.
November 8, 2025 at 7:26 AM
quilbug.bsky.social
It was so hard getting photos of these busy little guys!

🪲ID Guess: Stingless Bees - Tetragonula
#bugsky #ozinverts #inverts
A top view photograph of the inside of a bright yellow flower and five little stingless bees scurrying about its stamens. The bees have small, shiny black bodies with transparent wings folded neatly over their backs, triangular heads with big eyes, and thin antennae
November 7, 2025 at 6:23 AM
quilbug.bsky.social
I drew this guy for an art assignment in highschool :D so every time I see them out in the garden its like seeing an old friend <3

🪲ID Guess: Flower Crab Spider - Tharrhalea
#bugsky #ozinverts #inverts #spiders
A top, front view photo of a green flower crab spider on the edge of a green leaf. the spider has a round, shiny head and abdomen, and slender legs covered in sparse sensory hairs. The spider's front and legs is bright green, shiny, and almost transparent looking. Its abdomen is an opaque yellow with small dark dots sparsely covering the top. Its little pedipalps look like they're holding the edge of the leaf.
November 5, 2025 at 11:53 AM
quilbug.bsky.social
Eyes at the back of its head 👀

🪲ID Guess: Lynx Spider
#bugsky #ozinverts #inverts
A back view photo of a lynx spider on a green leaf, with the two small eyes at the back of its head in clear focus. The spider has short hairs over its body, mostly cream colours with some splotches of black. It has a squarish head, teardrop abdomen, and spindly legs covered in long black sensory hairs tucked close to its body.
November 4, 2025 at 7:36 AM
quilbug.bsky.social
Behold, an assortment of ladybird beetles (+ 1 larva) from my favourite neighbour's garden :D
#bugsky #ozinverts #inverts

🪲ID Guesses (2/6)
1: Large spotted ladybird - Harmonia conformis
2: Large spotted ladybird (Larva) - Harmonia conformis
A top view photo of a large spotted ladybird on the stem of a thin, light green plant. The beetle has a more yellow colour with large black spot patterns over its circular body. Its eyes look like two of its spots, and it has small clubbed antennae. A topview photo of a large spotted ladybird larva on the end of a green leaf. It looks like a little dragon with its long, fleshy body covered in small spines. Two lumps of its body has a yellow band and the rest is a dark grey. It has six thin legs near the front half of its body. In the foreground of the photo is a striped ladybird, half the size of the larva.
November 3, 2025 at 6:19 AM
quilbug.bsky.social
LOOK at its little water droplet!
Local fly reminds you to drink water today💧

🪲ID Guess: Fly
#bugsky #ozinverts #inverts
A side view photo of a fly standing on the side of a tree, holding a little water droplet in its mouth. The fly is mostly light grey with black legs and stripes on its abdomen, red eyes and transparent wings
November 2, 2025 at 11:51 AM
quilbug.bsky.social
LOOK AT THIS CUTIE!!!! it has little dotted lines🥹

🪲ID Guess: Ellipsidion nymph
#bugsky #ozinverts #inverts
A three quarter front view photograph of an ellipsidion cockroach nymph looking very small on the big green leaf it stands on. The little roach is shaped like a flat oval, each segment of its body a slightly curved plate. Each plate is a shiny black edges in a dark red. The top of its head and thorax plate has some off-white dusted on the edges, and the rest of the plates down to its abdomen are edged with thin lines and dotted lines.
November 2, 2025 at 2:00 AM
quilbug.bsky.social
Those moments when you recognize a beautiful bug, a bug you have been wanting to photograph all season, and it just... hovers in sight for a second before flying off 😭

Unrelated shoutout to blue banded bees, ichneumon wasps, cuckoo wasps, billabongflies, jade hunters, and all butterflies </3
November 1, 2025 at 7:01 AM
quilbug.bsky.social
It got a snack :D

🪲ID Guess: Helpis jumping spider
#bugsky #ozinverts #inverts #spiders
A front view photograph of a helpis jumping spider sat in the middle of a long leaf, feeding on a small fly. The spider is mostly cream coloured with redish brown mottled on its legs and chelicerae. It has two big round eyes in the middle of its face and two smaller round eyes beside those. Its legs are splayed out far to each side. It holds the small black fly to its chelicerae with its pedipalps and feeds.
November 1, 2025 at 1:56 AM
quilbug.bsky.social
Small gentle stingless bee vs big clumsy honey bee

🪲ID Guess: European honey bee, stingless bees
#bugsky #ozinverts #inverts
October 29, 2025 at 8:10 AM
quilbug.bsky.social
A spider's ventral side is always so fascinating to see

🪲ID Guess: Eastern Bush Orbweaver
#bugsky #ozinverts #inverts #spider
A photograph of the underside of an eastern bush orbweaver spider in the middle of its web. The spider has a muddied yellow body colour, with mottles of brown, white and orange. With this photo of its underside, you can clearly see its sternum and leg attachments covered in light fuzz, its chunky chelicerae, and the spiracle and spinneretts on the end of its abdomen
October 28, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Reposted by Quil
el-grumpo.bsky.social
I was recently talking macro with @quilbug.bsky.social and realized with all the freezing nights my macro season is pretty much over. I didn't get much done this season, but I did get some pretty good ones I think! I even checked off some personal goals

#entomology
#photography
a clearwing moth hovering over a milkweed flower to eat. Its tongue is visibly drinking from a flower A pair of crane flies mating. The female is visibly carrying eggs; the eggs can be seen through her abdomen A spotted lantern fly showing off its wings after landing in mulch A female praying mantis blending into a gray park bench. Its abdomen is notably large, possibly female
October 27, 2025 at 11:40 PM
quilbug.bsky.social
A rare moment where a perched hoverfly allows me close enough for a nice photo :D

🪲ID Guess: Hover Flies
#bugsky #ozinverts #inverts
A photo of a hoverfly sitting on a clump of small purple flowers. The hoverfly has a flat head with oblong red eyes, a small iridescent black thorax where its transparent wings sprout from, and a long segmented abdomen patterned with black white and yellow. Its little red mouth part is out over the flower.
October 27, 2025 at 9:05 AM
quilbug.bsky.social
Look at its pollen haul!

🪲ID Guess: European Honey Bee
#bugsky #ozinverts #inverts
A side view photograph of a european honey bee sitting on a clump of little purple-pink flowers looking for pollen. The bee has a long but sturdy body with big oblong eyes, fuzzy thorax, and yellow abdomen striped with black bands. Its transparent wings glinting in the sunlight. It chunky little back legs are packed over with white pollen. A side view photograph of the same european honey bee now hanging off the side of the clump of little purple-pink flowers looking for pollen. In this photo, little white specks of pollen can be seen scattered over the bees thorax fuzz and over its eye. Its little red proboscis is just barely sticking out.
October 27, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Reposted by Quil
wa-moths.bsky.social
📸🐛🐞🐜🦗🦟🪲🪰🪳🕷️🐝🦋🐌🕸️📸
If you’re in Australia, grab your camera and get ready to record all the bugs & inverts you see in the first Bugs in My Backyard week (Nov 17-23). Then record your sightings on #inaturalist for #citizenscience

#insects #inverts #ausinverts #wildoz

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Bug Hunt calls on Australia's volunteer citizen scientists to join in
Australia's photographic natural database is about to get a big boost as citizen scientists are urged to join a national search.
www.abc.net.au
October 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
quilbug.bsky.social
Attended a local macro-photography meetup today :D My camera settings were horrENDOusly wrong!! And I should probably invest in a better flash and pair it with a light diffuser👀
10/10 experience, happily crawled around a park looking for bugs with other like-minded photographers >:D
October 26, 2025 at 9:03 AM
quilbug.bsky.social
Pogglins and I are opening commissions together on our shared account, @bov-art.bsky.social ✨

Commission us through my kofi or through DMs!
ko-fi.com/quilbug/comm...
Page one of the commission information. Pogglin's chimera persona and Quilbugs insect persona hold giant yellow pencils and squiggle a line on the floor. The text reads, "Commissions Open! By partners in art: Pogglins & Quilbug." Page two of the commission information. It lists 5 commission options, displays the price estimate, and shows an example on the side. Sketches are about $10, the example is a bust sketch of two piglins. Character illustrations are about $60, the example is an anthro fly acting with play props. Character designs are about $80, the example is a small reference sheet and illustration of an anthro dragonfly. Reference sheets are about $125, the example is quilbug's reference sheet showing their frontview, sideview and a couple expressions. Scene illustrations are about $150, the example shows a small family walking along a path in the bushveld. Page three of the commission information. The text reads, "more examples to show off Quil & Pogglins' specialties. Pogglins examples include an illustration of a piglin riding a hoglin in the nether, two sketches of a demon monster, a candy gore pony illustration and an illustration of an angelic monster hanging upside down. Quilbugs examples include an illustration of quils insect persona helping pogglin's insect persona climb up a tree, a bust sketch of two piglins, an anthro longicorn beetle, and an illustration of quils insect persona taking a photo with their camera. The last page of the commission information. The title reads, "Info & TOS." The information reads, "Working in partnership with two artists wont change the process for you at all! But will improve tunraround time and prevent burnout for the both of us. Most often, Pogglins does the planning and sketching and Quil does the lineart, rendering and communication." The TOS reads, "Payment in USD through Paypal or Ko-fi.", "For personal use only - Do not input into any AI.", "Turnaround: 2-3 weeks, delays will be communicated.", "Communication through Ko-fi, bluesky, tumblr, discord DMs or Email." The last two pieces of information are links - bov-art.carrd.co and ko-fi.com/quilbug
October 24, 2025 at 9:11 AM
quilbug.bsky.social
When dying of heat, draw casual summer fits for your favourite lads

🎨 #OCs belong to @pogglins.bsky.social :>
A rough sketch of Blood the demon posing nonchalantly in his lighter summer fit. His long, curly brown hair is pulled back into a pony tail. He wears a loosely woven linen shirt, You can almost see the silhouette of his body under the semi-transparent shirt. Over his furry goat legs he wears baggy muted-red pants that are rolled up at his knees. A roughly coloured sketch of brun the piglin posing with a confident grin in her casual summer clothes. She has light brown skin with dark patches on her shoulders and some of her limbs. Her reddish brown dreadlocks are pulled back into a half pony tail, she wears a black cropped top with a short turtle neck, and loose knee-length pants.
October 24, 2025 at 4:03 AM
quilbug.bsky.social
It stares into my soul

🪲ID Guess: Large Spotted Ladybird
#bugsky #ozinverts #inverts
A front view photograph of a large spotted ladybird beetle perched on the dying edge of a leaf. The beetle is very rounded, with its elytron, thorax and head following the same circular curve. It is bright orange and yellow, with large splotches of black all over.
October 23, 2025 at 1:32 PM
quilbug.bsky.social
I forget how colourful these fellas are until I see them from this angle

🪲ID Guess: Pale Cotton Stainer
#bugsky #ozinverts #inverts
A sideview photo of a pale cotton stainer bug standing on the end of a wooden plank. The bug has a oblong body that follows the same shape from its abdomen to its thorax, then tapers into a small pointed head. The underside of the bug can be seen in this photo, revealing bright green and yellow on its segmented abdomen, and black, white and red on the thorax where its spindly legs attach. Its head starts with a white band, then a black band over its eyes, a red band, and then finally tipped in black again where its long antenna sprout from.
October 23, 2025 at 2:17 AM