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Ahh I didn't know Bluesky video quality was poor. Here's photos

Hopefully this is a good sign for Christmas beetle populations in the future!

Christmas beetles have been in major decline due to climate change and habitat loss, but were once extremely numerous. Seeing such a large number was like stepping foot in the past.

Emerald tip beetle for #InverteFest! After seeing only 2 Christmas beetles ever prior to 2024, I was stunned last night to find an enormous swarm of emerald tip beetles - maybe 1000 in total - on trees in my garden. This is not something I thought I would ever see.

pixel art of different insects in dorsal view. top row left to right: luna moth, green tiger beetle, great diving beetle, blue morpho butterfly. middle row: cuckoo wasp, tarantula hawk wasp, asian giant hornet, common wasp bottom row: picasso bug, palo verde beetle, sun beetle, merulanella tricolor isopod

updated bug pixel compilation for #InverteFest!

#SciArt #PixelArt #PixelArtist #aseprite #insects #entomology #art #ArtPH

A drawing of Phreatoicopsis raffae, a strange isopod. It is walking through damp moss, and there are purple Utricularia grampiana floerts in the foreground

#Phreatoicopsis raffae is a strange #isopod in the suborder Phreatoicidea. These isopods mostly live in groundwater, but Phreatoicopsis is semi terrestrial. They are endemic to #Gariwerd, or the #Grampians, and unfortunately the place I saw it just burnt in a bushfire :(
#InverteFest
#ArthropodArt

A digitally-drawn blue poster featuring 12 different cicadas. The name of each cicada is written beneath them as well as their distribution in Australia. The title reads 'CICADAS - CICADOIDEA'

#cicada poster for #InverteFest :D

A digitally-drawn yellow poster featuring 12 different Christmas beetles. The name of each beetle is written beneath them as well as their distribution in Australia. The title reads 'CHRISTMAS BEETLES - ANOPLOGNATHUS'

#Christmasbeetle poster for #InverteFest 🪲