I CHOOSE TO SEE THE BEAUTY IN LITTLE THINGS.
MAYBE NOT CHOOSE BUT... I WANT TO. I'M TRYING TO...
SO I PRACTICE. I LOOK FOR IT WHERE EVER I CAN. IT'S WORK.
BUT MORE AND MORE OFTEN.. EVERY NOW AND THEN.
it gets easier.
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#comic #animalart
11.02.2025 23:25 โ ๐ 1786 ๐ 570 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 8
My linocut portrait of Margaret Fountaine, a Victorian woman in elaborate hat with wings, blouse with lace collar, skirt and fur stole, printed in burgundy ink. Behind her are diagonal rows of butterflies with little labels, printed in various combinations of orange, black, yellow and brown white white.
Happy birthday to #entomologist Margaret Fountaine (1862-1940), here in my #linocut with many butterflies from her collection. ๐ฉ๐ผโ๐ฌ๐ก๐ฆ๐งช #histsci Her posthumous books featured her โwild and fearless life,โ but she was also a trailblazing famous Victorian lepidopterist, published in The Entomologistโs ๐งต
16.05.2025 11:37 โ ๐ 51 ๐ 9 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Met this walking blade of grass today #insects
23.04.2025 14:45 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Face of a large brown Wolf Spider female, with six of her eyes facing the camera, reflecting my diffuser in each
Front view of a large brown Wolf Spider female, her colour matching the ground. Six of her eyes are facing the camera. Some of her leg spines are in focus.
Dorsal/top view of the same brown Wolf Spider female, showing her eye pattern and shape of her prosoma, and the tibia of some of her legs
A beautiful calm lycosid female I met last week on the path near our property. She's so soft!
#spider #teamspider
Near Umate, Konkan, India
09.04.2025 16:27 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
My linocut print of mathematician & astronomer Nicole-Reine Lepaute (1723-1788) in a vertical gradient (bottom to top) of bright pink to lavender on white paper. She wears a wig and gown and the portrait is from the chest to head. Her 12 diagrams of the phases of the annular the solar eclipse of 1764 as viewed from Paris appear across her shoulders. Behind her head in green is her map of the path of the eclipse across Europe.
Happy birthday to #mathematician & #astronomer Nicole-Reine Lepaute (1723-1788)! ๐งช๐ก๐งฎ๐ญ๐ฉ๐ผโ๐ฌ #histsci My #linocut celebrates her calculated path of the solar eclipse of 1764. She also worked with Alexis Clairaut & Jรฉrรดme Lalande to precisely calculate the date of return of Halleyโs Comet, solving the ๐งต
05.01.2025 13:22 โ ๐ 157 ๐ 47 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 2
YouTube video by Journey to the Microcosmos
infinite microcosmos ๐ฌ lofi microbes to relax/study to
Infinite Microcosmos
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sil6...
26.12.2024 23:51 โ ๐ 940 ๐ 75 ๐ฌ 25 ๐ 1
A compact brown and white jumping spider with a pattern of lines and two large white spots, viewed from the side. Sitting on stony ground
A compact brown and white jumping spider with a pattern of lines and two large white spots, viewed from the right. Sitting on stony ground.
A compact brown and white furry jumping spider with a pattern of lines and two large white spots, viewed from above. Sitting on stony ground.
A compact brown and white jumping spider with a pattern of lines and two large white spots, sitting on stony ground.
Stenaelurillus sp. female, on stony ground near Umate, Konkan. I love this genus and I'm so happy to have these cuties on our property. December, 2024. #spider #jumpingspider #invertefest
26.12.2024 14:16 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
My linocut portrait of Mary Somerville in a dress with lace collar and fur trim, surrounded by math, physics and astronomy diagrams from her publications, in a gradient of turquoise at the bottom to violet at the top.
Happy birthday to #mathematician & #polymath, Mary Fairfax Somerville (1780-1872). ๐งฎ๐ฉ๐ผโ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ก๐งช #histsci As a young widow she made a name for herself when she won a silver medal in 1811 from the Military College at Marlow math journal. Wallace suggested she read Laplace & finding she understood it as ๐งต
26.12.2024 13:20 โ ๐ 112 ๐ 36 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 3
I found this beautiful pair of Pyrops intricatus on this tree and waited for several hours in hope that they would... you know you know.
But it didn't happen.
17.12.2024 12:56 โ ๐ 167 ๐ 19 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0
a promo image showing various pages from the book, each page showcasing different animals like a jellyfish, anemone, beetle, and so on.
IT'S FINISHED!
The Art of #InverteFest December 2024 Edition
A digital art book showcasing the work of 76 artists from around the world, in celebration of overlooked invertebrate fauna.
Thank you to the human artists who contributed to our art book!
Download here drive.google.com/file/d/1p-EC...
25.12.2024 12:23 โ ๐ 454 ๐ 160 ๐ฌ 27 ๐ 30
Take a look at our #InverteFest art book! There is so much incredible art this time. Thanks to everyone who contributed (especially the nudibranchs)!
#SciArt
25.12.2024 20:27 โ ๐ 58 ๐ 14 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
A long-legged sac spider of the genus Cheiracanthium, resting on a large leaf. The spider is pale and translucent, with white flecks on its abdomen. Its first pair of legs are exceptionally long.
Long-legged Sac Spider, Cheiracanthium sp. I love their soft, silky appearance. Clicked last week on our property near Umate, Konkan.
22.12.2024 19:23 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
A strikingly patterned, furry and compact jumping spider of the genus Stenaelurillus, standing on a dry leaf, facing the camera. Her four main eyes and banded legs are prominently seen in this view.
A strikingly patterned, brown, black and white, furry and compact jumping spider of the genus Stenaelurillus, standing on a dry leaf. She has been photographed from above. Her cephalothorax has prominent pale long stripes. Her abdomen is blackish with a broad pale band across and pale border, and a long central stripe with paired white spots on either side. Her legs have light and dark bands.
A strikingly patterned, brown, black and white, furry and compact jumping spider of the genus Stenaelurillus, standing on a dry leaf, seen from the side. Her cephalothorax has prominent pale long stripes. Her legs have light and dark bands.
A strikingly patterned, brown, black and white, furry and compact jumping spider of the genus Stenaelurillus, standing on a dry leaf and feeding on a small arthropod with long antennae. She has been photographed from above. Her cephalothorax has prominent pale long stripes. Her abdomen is blackish with a broad pale band across and a pale border, and a long central stripe with paired white spots on either side. Her legs have dark bands.
My first sighting of the beautiful genus Stenaelurillus, on some stony ground in our property last week. I think she's S. gabrieli but happy to be corrected! In the fourth photo she's feeding on a tiny arthropod, perhaps a springtail?
Near Umate, Konkan. #spider #jumpingspider #wildlife
21.12.2024 16:33 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
An attractive, compact and furry brown jumping spider of the genus Langelurillus, sitting on a blade of grass against the background of my lawn. The spider has light stripes and spots, and light and dark banded legs. This view shows the four large main eyes.
An attractive, compact and furry brown jumping spider of the genus Langelurillus, sitting on a blade of grass against the background of my lawn. The spider has light stripes and spots, and dark and light banded legs. This view shows it from above.
An attractive, compact and furry brown jumping spider of the genus Langelurillus, sitting in a tangle of drying grass and wild plants in my garden. The spider has light stripes and spots, and light and dark banded legs. This view shows it in its natural habitat.
A different individual of the genus Langelurillus, poised to jump off a small wild plant on my lawn. The spider is very small and brown with an attractive pattern of darker wavy markings and lighter spots, and with light and dark banded legs.
And two more Langelurillus cuties from my garden. The first 3 photos are of the same female. Pic 3 is where I first saw her, among a tangle of dry grass. Pic 4 is a small adult male who fleetingly crossed my path, so this is all I got. Konkan Coast, November 2023. #spiders
21.12.2024 15:50 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
An attractive, compact and furry brown jumping spider of the genus Langelurillus, sitting on a blade of grass against the green background of my lawn. The spider has light stripes and spots, and dark banded legs. This view shows the four large main eyes.
An attractive, compact and furry brown jumping spider of the genus Langelurillus, sitting on a blade of grass against the green background of my lawn. The spider has light stripes, and spots on its abdomen, and dark and light banded legs. This view shows the spider's body from above.
An attractive, compact and furry brown jumping spider of the genus Langelurillus, sitting on a small leaf against the green background of my lawn. The spider has light stripes and spots, and dark banded legs. This view shows the eye area from above.
An attractive, compact and furry brown jumping spider of the genus Langelurillus, sitting on a small leaf of wild Indian sorrel, with taller blades of grass around it. The spider has light stripes and spots, and dark and light banded legs. This view shows it in its habitat.
A compact little jumping spider female (Langelurillus sp.) from my garden on the Konkan Coast. From April 2024.
#spiders
21.12.2024 15:34 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Frontiers | Dolomedes fishing spider biology: gaps and opportunities for future research
My first time being part of a published article! Everything about Dolomedes in one place. I wrote the section on parental care. ๐ท๏ธ
I am very grateful to all of the collaborators on this paper especially Dr. Chrissie Painting and my advisor Eileen.
www.frontiersin.org/journals/ara...
26.11.2024 14:44 โ ๐ 134 ๐ 20 ๐ฌ 7 ๐ 2
A distinctively patterned brownish crab spider of the genus Indoxysticus, sitting on a leaf
A distinctively patterned brownish crab spider of the genus Indoxysticus, sitting on a leaf
A second distinctively patterned brownish crab spider, sitting on a leaf
A distinctively patterned brownish crab spider, of the genus Indoxysticus, carrying ant prey larger than itself, up the stem of a plant
Three individuals of Indoxysticus, possibly Indoxysticus minutus, in my garden near Alibaug, Konkan Coast, India. Photos 1, 2 are the same spider. Photo 4 (of the spider carrying its large ant prey) is from 2022. #Arachtober #spider
31.10.2024 14:30 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
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At least the bots can flourish here. Sigh.
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'Spiders the size of rats', fens and other curious and lovely things.
I am a behavioural ecologist working with spiders. I recently moved from Macquarie University (Sydney) to the Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change in Hamburg.
Arachnologist, ecologist, dabbling in evolutionary biology. Views are mine and are not the views of my workplace.
Postdoc studying arachnid sensory ecology in the Hoy Lab at Cornell University
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