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Entomologist & illustrator, welcome to the world of bugs & other underrated creatures deserve more love! Online store: chentomology.myshopify.com
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Little fella lining up! What a nice spring day 💚

Scorpions under UV light! I’m making this into a sticker sheet too, and how about add some special effects like holographic? 🩵

Wake up ladybugs! The overwintering aggregation was sweet but now it’s spring time! 💚🐞

Little fella enjoying the spring! They look so good in their natural habitat! 💚

I’m so happy that I’ve finally done a firefly&glowworm themed piece! When we talk about bioluminescent insects, we usually first think of those flying & twinkling little fairies. However, many of them are in the form of wingless “worms”, and I found them equally fascinating 💙

It’s weevil Wednesday again! Watch my process of making this cute little weevil 💚 Hope you enjoy it 💚

I’ve been really busy recently but still got some time for a small sticker design! Sexual cannibalism of praying mantis is probably one of the most well known insect behaviors, although the observation was biased since the cannibalism rate in the wild was a lot lower than in captivity.

It’s weevil Wednesday! Check out this handful of weevils! Unfortunately I’ve dropped one during filming and broke the antenna🥲🥲 need to work on fixing the little fella

My first art book is on pre-sale at this moment! The colors and printing quality of the book is really satisfying! It will last a month & link in bio 💚

Good buddies of Nepenthes! Pitcher plants are not ruthless predators but friendly neighbors for a lot of other little creatures, offering them food, shelter and toilet; and their poops benefit the plant in return! Nepenthes related fauna are just so adorable 💚

May a handful of corn snakes brighten up your day! 🐍 Those little cuties are available in limited numbers & link in bio 💚💚

Big news! I’ve just got the sample of my first art book and really love how it turned out! The book features 52 illustrations and it’s a little world of the amazing kingdom of litter critters 💚 Pre-orders are open now and it will last a month! Link in bio 💚💚

Sushipod 🍣 And there’s a deep sea isopod that looks exactly like this indeed!

A handful of Goliath beetles! I’ve remodeled the design and now they are even rounder and chubbier! I’m obsessed with the combination of black, white and red 🖤🤍❤️

I’m obsessed with the new fly maggot species found by scientists recently that lives in termite colony with a fake termite head on its butt! And those fake antennae and legs are just mind blowing as well.

It’s weevil Wednesday! Let’s stack some weevils! 💚 which one is your favorite?

It is the time of year when you can name a cockroach after a loved (or not so loved) one in zoos! Although some may choose to name a roach after an ex and feed it to an insectivore, cockroach definitely deserves to be a symbol of love in my point of view!

Scorpion dance but polymer clay version! 💙🦂

Stag beetles! They are just like stags, equipped with supposedly intimidating weapons on their heads but end up extremely cute and adorable! Well a stag can be deadly if you don’t keep a respectable distance, but stag beetles are totally harmless!

I’ve got a new batch of sticker sheets! They came in exactly what I expected! And the back card of the Whale Fall sticker sheet is a sticker too so you can stick the whale carcass anywhere & add those critters on it!

Stack the ladybugs! Although ladybugs may look kind of similar in shape, they come in all kinds of colors and patterns, and all of them are so cute 🐞

This is the year of the snake, but every year can be the year of caterpillar! 🐛 caterpillar can do anything! Therefore here’s the 12 Chinese zodiac in caterpillar version! Which is the your caterpillar zodiac?

Praying mantis is one of my favorite insect group, so although it’s challenging to arrange them on the same page due to their complex silhouette, I know I need to do it sometime! 💚 One of my ultimate goal is to complete an illustration & sticker sheet design for every single insect order!

This is officially my horizontally longest image to date, depicting some of the earliest complex animals on the planet from 565 to 505 million years ago and how they changed over time. Thank you to @egmitchell.bsky.social and Steve Pates for trusting me with this gargantuan task! #Art #SciArt

I’ve made this hinged weevil pin that you can flip it open! 💚

2025 is the year of the snake and snake art! My new pen holder designs are the snake collection! Hognose snake, king snake, milk snake, and blue Baron’s racer (one of my dream snake on my wishlist!), which one is your favorite? Is there any other snakes you want to see me making or drawing?

Check out those bouncy jumping spider pins! They’re finally here and absolutely cute! Shall I make more bouncy pins like that? Are there any other bouncy little fella you’ll especially love to see?

I almost failed stacking those ladybugs!🐞 It’s time for ladybug overwinter party!

2025 is the year of the snake, and the perfect time to do more snake arts! I love Asian rat snakes for their appearances, attitudes and energy, and I’m glad to see they’re gaining some popularity that they deserve in the States nowadays 💚🐍

Happy new year! 2025 is the year of the snake, and I am planning on various new snake projects this year to celebrate my favorite (and my own) Chinese zodiac. To begin with, here’s a bunch of snaky caterpillars! 💚🐛

Anyone wanna see a handful of blue tongued skinks? 💙💙💙

It’s cold out there! Every little fella deserves a little red hat today ❤️🤍

Merry Crustmas ❤️🤍❤️🤍 red and white crustaceans are always a treat to the eyes!

Art vs artist 2024! This is an important year for me, I’ve made myself a full-time freelance artist, fully devoted to content creation & my small business. I feel so lucky to have all the support from my partner, family & friends, and my audience across various social media & local expos! 💚💚💚

A bunch of new pins arrived! Check them out they turn out so beautifully! 💚

I’ve been really busy recently but still enjoy making some new design of beetle friends! And of course they are stackable 💚 Btw does anyone know if I’m able to upload high quality videos on Bluesky at all?

In Costa Rica I was deeply fascinated by those leaf cutter ants, they were so fun to watch & really abundant and successful! I have to make a sticker sheet design so they can line up on my tablet 💚 let me know if you like the idea as well!

Hmmm Crustmas… that sounds like a holiday I would love to celebrate this year!

Almost forget to post those beauties because I received them just right before I went to Costa Rica! I’ve designed those sea spider pins for @bizarrebeastsshow.bsky.social , and I absolutely love how they turned out: there’re even gem stones on the pink one! 💕

Millepedehood is a spectrum

Fire belly newts may look dull on the back, but they’ve got really nice contrast on their bellies! ❤️🖤