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franzanth.bsky.social
i draw bugs and stuff. offline on the weekends. please ask before using my images. he/him 🏳️‍🌈🇮🇩 contact: franzanth at gmail portfolio: franzanth.com Hashtags: #Art #SciArt #Gardening 🦋 elder #49,927
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The World Ocean Day Charity sale is supporting WDC, Whale and Dolphin Conservation – the leading global charity dedicated to the protection of whales and dolphins. neato

submitted 5 hours ago • 1 comment

A new kind of heist game. South African game studio announces Relooted, a game all about stealing stolen cultural artifacts from museums and bringing them back home to Africa. Get the details here:

submitted 6 hours ago • 2 comments

Pride Month 🏳️‍🌈

submitted 7 hours ago • 1 comment

PALEOCENE #5 is coming soon! Sign up here to be notified when the crowdfunding campaign launches.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

I want to start something new. Every Friday, I want to feature HUMAN creatives and what you've made. So if you're an author, artist, musician or any other type of creative, drop your links below so we can buy your human made art. #HumanMadeArt Image source: hinokodo.itch.io/human-made

submitted 16 hours ago • 77 comments

Carnivorous plants have evolved over and over again through millions of years. And while some get big, none have ever reached Audrey II size. In my latest for @smithsonianmag.bsky.social, I look into why. 🌱

submitted 17 hours ago • 10 comments

I think I know what shirt design I'd like to make next #insects #bugs #polyphemusmoth #giantweta #goliathbeetle #bigbugs #art

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

I think I’ve peaked as an artist and I didn’t even have my glasses on when I drew it

submitted 32 days ago • 4 comments

what i said: "come over, my parents aren't home" what i meant age 15: "let's do things our parents won't let us do" age 35: "my pet puked on the couch, the plumbing is leaking, the plants need watering, i haven't made dinner, i'm dying please send help"

submitted 18 hours ago • 2 comments

Here's a video to show you all just the scale of this unit too!

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"The elephant later backed out of the shop still holding a bag of snacks with his trunk." honestly, relatable

submitted 1 day ago • 7 comments

"dear future husband,"

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A reminder that you CAN just go out and donate money to get a species name for yourself from Scripps, and most importantly they have a glamour shots catalogue of the animals you can get for free perusal

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ok look, i might've been a mess but at least my break ups never made headlines on the opposite side of the planet

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I think what some people don't get is a LOT of artists and writers have spent more on their craft than they have earned back. At best, some break even, but it is a pretty small percentage that make a profit and a smaller number still who can earn a living wage at it... 1/2

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

Where the Mist Falls

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

boring: who's your celebrity lookalike exciting: who's your crustacean lookalike

submitted 1 day ago • 24 comments

This is the cutest darn thing ever. And it's not AI. youtube.com/shorts/17yom...

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To jump on this (/bad jumping spider joke) I'm an author just starting out my own bug dark fantasy series! It has themes of queerness, political intrigue, and, naturally, losing one's mind to a hivemind fungus. Please consider supporting me: patreon.com/esmeelora ko-fi.com/esmeelora/ #invertefest

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A hard truth of science communication is that knowledge and attitudes (to say nothing of behavior) are not intrinsically linked. A panel from my 2017 comic on the intersection of science and religion, free to read: jordancollver.myportfolio.com/comics #sciart

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pixel bug comms! chalcophora virginiensis and atta cephalotes with the coloration of chocolant from bugsnax #SciArt #BugSky #insects #entomology #PixelArt #PixelArtist #aseprite #art #ArtPH

submitted 44 days ago • 0 comments

It’s Pride and a good time for some summer reads. If you find yourself fancying some queer natural history and haven’t read my books yet, can I get a little action from the back section? 🦕 🌈

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