A sketchbook page with quick line drawings and detailed drawings of springtails. The hand written note says “Lots of springtails on Capelrig Road, close to Patterton Station.”
Lots of tiny springtails about. Feels like everything is finally waking up for spring. #springtails #sketchbook #drawing #spring
A small colour drawing of a long lizard beetle climbing a stalk of flowering grass. The beetle is brown, black and teal in colour, there is a light blue green background to the piece. Lizard beetle is the name given to any of some 400 species of long, narrow beetles, most of which are found in Asia and North America. An original art work, please note that the frame is not included. Colour pencil and mixed media on acid free toned artist paper 5 by 7 inches (12.7 by 17.8 cm).
Lizard beetle is the name given to any of some 400 species of long, narrow beetles, most of which are found in Asia and North America.
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#Insects #Beetle #OriginalArt #Drawing #MixedMedia #Painting #Artwork #TraditionalArtist #ArtFromScotland #GiftIdeas #ShopIndy #bsnm
Gel printing in the midday sun didn't go to plan. Though I used up some left-over paint for this collage in my small journal.
#mixedmediaart #collage
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Fresh off the Easel!
Northwestern sunflowers dance in the summer winds, sparkling with golden color against an azure sky.
Blooming Sky
Original Oil Painting
by Erin Hanson, 2026
30 x 24 in
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#floral #sunflowers #dailyart #art @bsky.art #oilpainting🎨#natureart
dandelion 🌼
A sketchbook page with an ink painting of a buckthorn branch, surrounded by stars and annotations on how to identify it.
ooo I’m gonna nature journal so hard this springggg!
#nature #ink #naturejournal #journaling #art #sciart
#Akira
#芸能山城組
#MMRコラム
公開から四十年近くが経とうとしているにもかかわらず、この映画の音は古びない。むしろ近年、サイバーパンクが再燃するなかで....
続きはこちらから🔽
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Oreodonts are extinct mammals that looked similar to pigs and sheep, but were more closely related to camels. They are the most commonly found fossil in the White River Badlands in South Dakota, and this exceptional specimen from our collection shows an oreodont curled up inside its burrow.
Oreodonts are extinct mammals that looked similar to pigs and sheep, but were more closely related to camels. They are the most commonly found fossil in the White River Badlands in South Dakota, and this exceptional specimen from our collection shows an oreodont curled up inside its burrow.
March 9, 1847, fossilist Mary Anning died on this day at the age of 47
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‘Life Histories of American Insects’ by Clarence Moores Weed, New York, 1897.
From my personal collection 📚🪲
#naturalhistory #publishersbinding #sciart #insectart
The Aurora Tree apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap26030...
The unusual Earth-sky collaboration was witnessed in March of 2017 in Iceland.
シイの実に生えた菌
ボスとブリューゲルとネコが好きな方におすすめしたい、ヒグチユウコさんの画集「BABEL」。
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Yulia Hanansen ( born 1972 ) is an American mosaic artist known for her multi-layered stained glass technique ~ creating vivid, three-dimensional works that seem to shift with light and perspective.
#Art
Physcia caesia {Blue-gray Rosette Lichen#}
私の切り出したナメラクロムカデゴケの子器。
ボロボロ😂 しかも斜めにカットしちゃったのでピントがきれいに合わない。でも楽しい。
画像はそれぞれ x100、x400、x400一部切り取り。
#lichen
Cowpie Lichen is very common on soil or on moss, spikemoss, litter over soil (McCune et al 2014) in Montana. Yes, it looks like 3D dried dog poop at a distance. However, it is still considered a crustose (adhered to a substrate, paint-like) lichen. Standing away it is a whitish-gray overall with black spotting. The small black spotting is actually sunken apothecia in the thick cracked thallus. Apothecia have the look of a volcanic crater. The rim of the 'crater' has "minutely toothed gray margins" (Vitt et al 1988). I could find no size measures in the literature. My experience is usually a couple of inches in width via irregular shapes.
Lichen habitat/species overlap w. MT recreational lands used by dog walkers. What appears to be a minefield of dried dog poop (upper l. pic) is really Cowpie Lichen. This #lichen has a parasitic beginning usually on Cladonia lichen. Eventually envelopes host, becomes free living (Brodo et al 2001).
What at first glance looks like the caps of reddish fungi on a tree trunk, turns out to be the large fruiting bodies of an epiphytic peltigera lichen.
But of course, lichens are part fungi. So in that sense, the initial judgement wasn't wrong!
The magic of an Irish rainforest.
Lichen Tortrix (Acleris literana) also known as 'Mini Merv', found and photographed by Alison Averis in East Lothian, SE Scotland, on 9th March 2026.
A Lichen Tortrix, also known as 'Mini Merv' (Acleris literana), found and photographed by my wife Alison Averis here in East Lothian, SE Scotland, this morning (9th March 2026). #TeamMoth
Thoreau, March 10, 1852. I see cup lichens (cladonias) with their cups beset inside and out with little leafets like shellwork.
[Cladonia grayi, Gray's cup lichen, by Jason Hollinger]
Photo taken March 7, 2026, near Beegum Gorge #ShastaCounty, #NorthernCalifornia of what could be some Brown Cobblestone Lichens and moss on a rock. I was initially drawn to the bright orange color, but there was so much more to see. #photography #nature #FungiFriends #fungi #lichens #moss #ISeeMoss
Many lichens up a stick in a snowy forest
This fine stick of lichens
#Lichen #nature #fungi 🌱💚🍄
A moth looking over the edge of a leaf, facing the camera. It is furry green with black eyes. The eyes are reflecting my flashlight. The antennae are very large, light orange, shaped like rabbit ears but like combs with a spine and long teeth
Timeline cleanse. There are beautiful critters everywhere.
Quentalia intranea, a moth with excellet antennae. Its wingspan is about 1.8cm 🌱
#bugsky #insect
Lichen are unique organisms made up of a combination of fungi and algae that are symbiotic, supporting each other. The algae makes food through photosynthesis, which helps the fungi. In return, the fungi provide structure and retain moisture for the algae. Together, they form a self-sufficient partnership. Lichen can grow on non-living things like rocks, powerlines, or fences but are often found on tree bark. Trees that grow slowly tend to have more lichen on their trunks and branches. Faster-growing trees produce new growth rings each year, causing the bark to expand and any lichen on the surface to fall off. Slower-growing trees don’t expand their bark as much, allowing more lichen to grow. Identification There are many types of lichen around the world, with a wide range of textures and colors. Some lichen form long, ornate structures up to two inches tall. Others create small cup-like shapes or grow flat like leaves. Different species of lichen can often be found in the same area, looking like a colorful coral reef. Lichen colors often become more vibrant after it rains. A common lichen you may find in the environment is the cracked-shield lichen,Parmelia sulcata. It is light blue, almost white, with a flat, bark-like texture. Another common lichen found in Texas is the slender orange-bush,Teloschistes exillis, which is bright orange and grows very low, sometimes blending in with the rocks. Management Lichen are self-sustaining and do not harm trees or people. While some people remove lichen to improve aesthetics, this is only a temporary fix, as lichen may continue to grow over time. It’s best to leave them alone. They provide food and shelter for many small animals and nesting material for birds like hummingbirds and warbling vireos. Throughout history, people have used lichen for food, dyes for clothing, and medicine. Many lichen are sensitive to pollution and if present, can indicate that air quality is good.
Orange/yellow colors in lichens indicate it contains usnic acid, a molecule supposedly used by the human body to convert consumed protein into muscle mass. Info in alt
Foraging Texas: Lichen www.foragingtexas.com/2007/07/lich...
#TheOutpost 🌱🌿🚶♂️🍄
#FungiFriends
#地衣類 #lichen #fungifriends
この地衣類は生きていると思います。そのうち全ての面を覆いつくすでしょう。
命の跡
ほしくずのようにも雪のようにも…地衣類の生きた跡
まだ生きてるのも残ってるかはわかんない
◍カメラ：Nikon Coolpix P7700
◍現像ソフト：ART
#photo #photography #写真 #コンパクトカメラ #コンデジ #草花(地衣類だけど) #風景 @bskyphotos.bsky.social
Early Oak Gall Moth (Pammene giganteana) Attracted to FUN lure.
…So, I would like to tell you I hung the lure out and a Moth appeared in 5 minutes.
Truth be told, I shut my eyes for 30 minutes and, when I looked - there was NFG #25 Early Oak Gall Moth (Pammene giganteana) - sitting in the #teammoth trap! It’s new for the tetrad 🔲 too.
Lepra albescens. Zielonka Forest, Wielkopolska (western Poland).
#lichens #porosty #fungi #grzyby #lichenology #mycology #lichenfriends #fungifriends
