Vixen

A cloud of yellow pollen flying from cones on a pine tree. Source: Allergy Center

Male cones of eastern white pine in spring. Copyright Tom Kimmerer

Pollen of white pine (L) and white ash (R) at the same scale. Pine pollen is much larger than ash pollen. Both are stained purple, and the pine has darkly stained "wings" on either side. Source: Pollen Wiki

Some wind-pollinated trees cause allergies, some do not. Pollen grain size is very important. We often see vast clouds of pine pollen, and your car may turn yellow, but pine pollen grains are huge. They may cause irritation, but not allergies. Compare tiny ash pollen with huge white pine pollen.

Tiny black wasp with little stub wings, and very long thin antennae flapping around. He's tightrope walking on a dry bit of grass

Tiny wasp boy struttin

I’ll be speaking at the Philly Stand up for Science at city hall!

God, take JoAnn's pain and give it to Hobby Lobby

four colored sketches on pink backgrounds: a male firefly captioned "you light up my life", a naked mole rat captioned "you smell like home to me", a mating pair of anglerfish captioned "I'll always be a part of you", and a tragopan captioned "you inflate my weird dangly thing"

animal valentines

Begging some hero in the Department of Ed to rename the student loan record file folder "DEI training materials" before unlocking the door for the DOGE bros

barely a stretch to blame this on Trump. he's royally fucked up the CDC response to the bird flu outbreak causing the egg shortage

sexy dame dressed as a shark

french pinup artists were on a different level

redesign of the piece that has gotten me restricted/suspended at least 4 times 😇

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?

Pieces of a bronze worker ant in an exploded flat lay on a white background. Fourteen separate parts in a rich bronze which will be assembled with (hidden) nuts and bolts, along with one pair of magnets.

Bronze worker ant, surface work done at last, ready for final assembly and finishing. 🛠️

Close-up of the “clock” of a dandelion. The fruiting head has an array of achenes each bearing the classic parachute-like pappus.

The strangest form of clonal reproduction mimics sexual reproduction (only genetic tests can distinguish them). This is agamospermy or parthenogenesis: seeds produced without sexual fertilization. Dandelion is one of the best-known plants to do this. Invasion of the clones! #clones #Asteraceae

Dung beetles use the Milky Way to navigate. I use hope and pure luck.

Egg prices are soaring again. Here’s why and what to expect Bird flu has killed millions of hens in recent weeks, shrinking the supply of eggs and hiking up prices at grocery stores.

The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH**

* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...

Survive Out Of Spite

New print on it’s way 🫡
Can’t wait to bring this one to events! Finally I have a devilman crybaby print. The anime has been a long term love of mine 🥰

Next up is to finish my #Timebomb and #Jinx print by next weekend…. Wish me luck

We live in the ✨ world of tomorrow ✨

The CDC confirmed the H5N1 bird flu case in a child in San Francisco, stating that the exposure source is "unknown".

A total of 67 cases and one death have been reported in the US since 2024.

Y'all will never guess what happened a third time in two months.

Screenshot: LA Fire Mutual Aid Resources website.

Great work from @johanm.bsky.social, creating a resource connecting people to aid in LA.

www.fireaid.info

How America lost control of the bird flu and raised the risk of another pandemic Exclusive reporting reveals how the United States lost track of a virus that could cause the next pandemic. Problems like the sluggish pace of federal action, a deference to industry, and neglect for ...

Way late to this, but excellent reporting and breakdown.

Saw a cool moth but it flew away

Imagine calling this animal ugly I can’t fathom it

Creo que yo también estoy enferma... ¿Os pasa lo mismo? 🤔

¡A disfrutar del domingo!

#entomomeme #humorentomológico

🦋🐛🐜🐝🐞🦗

drawing #lightcannon if you even care #lux #jinx

Ticking Timebomb #Arcane

this is about putting a man in a situation

Got to work on cosplay with an out of town friend I only see a few times a year. Stirring material we were dying green in the tub while listening to my roommate and them laughing in the other room made me so so happy ✨