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This is a unique hand made cyanotype on watercolour paper (11” x 14”) with an image of grasses wildflowers with collaged lino block printed butterflies. The butterflies are both found here in Ontario: the yellow and black (with red and blue spots) Eastern tiger swallowtails (Papilio glaucus) and 🧵1/2

#linocut #printmaking #cyanotype #butterfly #insect #insectWeek #sciart #pollinator #multimedia #MastoArt

As described, this is a unique hand made cyanotype on watercolour paper (11” x 14”) with an image of grasses wildflowers with collaged lino block printed butterflies: the yellow and black (with red and blue spots) Eastern tiger swallowtails (Papilio glaucus) and the orange, black and white Isabella’s Longwings (Nymphalidae Eueides isabella).

Please cw your #insect toots

#insectweek #insecte

I hear it's #InsectWeek and Saysay the cicada would like you all to know that I have bug-related stickers and prints available! Moths! Cicadas! Discount codes for 3 or more!

https://jencmars.bigcartel.com

#insects #cicada #art #stickers

Photo of a large plaster cicada painted in bright colors "holding" some cicada stickers and a rosy maple moth sticker as it sits nestled in shrubbery

#TwoForTuesday for #InsectWeek :
Cee Pootoogook (Inuit, b.1967)
1. Mosquitoes
Cape Dorset, 2014
Lithograph, 30 x 22 1/2 in.
https://www.dorsetfinearts.com/cee-pootoogook
2. Arctic Lice
Cape Dorset, 2015
Lithograph, 30 x 22 1/2 in.
https://feheleyfinearts.com/product/arctic-lice/
#IndigenousArt #FirstNationsArt

print in portrait orientation, illustration of a swarm of many small mosquitoes (black with white wings) filling the frame against a bright red background

print in portrait orientation, illustration of a swarm of many small brown lice filling the frame against an olive green background

Digging deep into my archives for a cool #InsectWeek photo. This was from my first trip to China, near the Chengjiang biota in Yunnan province. Not quite Atlas moth? Is this genus Samia?

Chonky green caterpillar with blue projections all over, some tipped in orange. It is on pavement. It is very cute

#InsectWeek

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It is #InsectWeek! Which, as many of my papers show, and @restingdinoface.bsky.social has summarized, means we are in fact celebrating crustaceans. BUGS. IS. SHRIMPS. 🧪🦋🐝🪲🐞🦗🪳🪰🦐🦐🦐🦐

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#BookRecommendation for #InsectWeek :
Innumerable #Insects: The Story of the Most Diverse and Myriad Animals on Earth (2018)
“A fascinating look at the world’s most numerous inhabitants, illustrated with stunning images from the American Museum of Natural History’s Rare Book Collection.”
https://amzn.to/3W3mXFH via #AmazonAssociates

For #InsectWeek :
Snuffbox by F. L. Hoffmann (active Germany c.1760–70)
chalcedony set with hardstones, chased gold, glass
W 7.3 x H 5.3 x D 3.6 cm; 110g
Victoria and Albert Museum: https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O166540/snuffbox-hoffmann-f-l/

View 2: top of box with 4 flower sprigs and 5 insects

view 3: composite image of the four sides, long sides with 2 insects each and short sides with 1 insect each

Banded Demoiselle #Damselflies at Warwickshire Wildlife Trust's Brandon Marsh on Tuesday, females with their green-bronze bodies and clear wings on the left, males with their blue-green bodies and banded wings on the right. Incredible #insects!

#InsectWeek #Nature #NaturePhotography #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography

A female Banded Demoiselle (or Agrion) Damselfly, at rest on a leaf. We see her side-on, facing right. Her head has two large, dark, compound eyes, her thorax and abdomen are a metallic green in colour with hints of bronze. Her long, veined wings, held back along her abdomen, are clear, while her long legs, each lined with spiky hairs, are grey.

A male Banded Demoiselle (or Agrion) Damselfly, at rest on a grass seed-head. He is facing towards the left as we look side-on at him. His head has two large, dark, compound eyes, his thorax and abdomen are a metallic blue-green in colour. That colour extends to the network of thin veins on his long wings, held back along his abdomen, the cells of which are clear except for a large black band or patch near each tips. His long legs, each lined with spiky hairs, are black.

A female Banded Demoiselle (or Agrion) Damselfly, at rest on a leaf. She is facing towards us as we look down on her. Her head has two large, dark, compound eyes, her thorax and abdomen are a metallic green in colour with hints of bronze. Her long, veined wings, held back along her abdomen, are clear, while her long legs, each lined with spiky hairs, are grey.

A male Banded Demoiselle (or Agrion) Damselfly, at rest on a grass stem. He is facing towards the left, and slightly towards us, as we look down and side-on at him. His head has two large, dark, compound eyes, his thorax and abdomen, held upwards and pointing towards the top right corner of the picture, are a metallic blue-green in colour. That colour extends to the network of thin veins on his long wings, held back along his abdomen, the cells of which are clear except for a large black band or patch near each tips. His long legs, each lined with spiky hairs, are black.

A #Scorpionfly is a scary-looking #insect, thanks to that long, mandible-bearing 'beak' or rostrum—and of course the male's tail, which inspired the name given to these creatures. The 'stinger' is in fact a genital capsule or bulb, bearing two 'pincers' (gonostyli); it's used for mating, and for defaecation (pic 3). Females (pic 4) lack this bulb. Feeding mostly on other #insects, usually dead ones, these #minibeasts are harmless to us Humans.

#Wildlife #Nature #NaturePhotography #InsectWeek

Side-on view of a male Scorpionfly on a Bramble leaf. His small, dark head bears a long, brownish 'beak' or rostrum, at the end of which are the mouthparts; also two long, black antennae. The longish body is mostly whitish in colour, with black along the underside of the abdomen; the legs are mostly a pale brown, but black towards the feet. We see the wings at an angle in this view but they appear greyish, with black markings; they are about the same length as the body. Finally, the very end of the tail is curved upwards and back towards the body; the first segments of it are quite thin but at the end is a larger, reddish bulb which at first sight appears to be tipped with a small, dark-coloured sting.

In this photo we looking down onto a male Scorpionfly on a Bramble leaf; he is facing towards us and to the left. His small, dark head bears a long, brownish 'beak' or rostrum, at the end of which are the mouthparts; also two long, black antennae. We can't see much of the longish body beneath the long wings which are held over it; they are greyish with black veins and larger black speckles and blotches. The legs are mostly a pale brown, blacker towards the feet. Although most of the body is obscured we can see the upturned, curled-over end of the tail with its large, reddish bulb tipped with a pair of small, dark-coloured 'pincers' (actually gonostyli).

Looking down on a male Scorpionfly perched on the edge of a Bramble leaf. He is facing away from us so we cannot see much of the long 'beak' or rostrum on his otherwise small head, but we can see the long, dark-coloured antennae. Some of the insect's brownish legs are also visible, and we have a clear view of the long wings; greyish with black veins, speckles and blotches, they are partly outstretched. The top parts of the thorax and abdomen, which are mostly black but with some paler markings, are therefore visible. As too is the 'tail' at the end of the abdomen, which here is stretched out to its fullest length. It consists of a couple of fairly thin, dark-coloured segments and is tipped with a reddish bulb, from which two short, dark 'spikes' (gonostyli) point outward. The Scorpionfly is in the act of exuding a drop of reddish-coloured fluid from the tip of that bulb.

A female Scorpionfly, perched vertically on the left side of a grass stem with her head uppermost; we see her partly from the side and partly from above. Her small head bears a long, brownish 'beak' or rostrum and a pair of long, dark-coloured antennae. What we can see of her body is mostly whitish or a pale yellow in colour, with thick black markings along the dorsal surface of the abdomen. The long wings, folded back along the body, are greyish with black veins, speckles and blotches. The very end of the abdomen, the 'tail', consists of three reddish-coloured segments.

For #InsectWeek: how many #insects can you find hidden in this scene? 🧐
"MIMIKRY (SCHUTZÄHNLICHKEIT) DER INSEKTEN," plate by Heinrich Morin in Brehms Thierleben, 1876 ed.
https://archive.org/details/brehmsthierlebe00breh/page/n52/mode/1up
#camouflage #mimicry #sciart

digital scan of a color book plate, illustration depicting a variety of insects camouflaged amongst the vegetation, title in bottom margin

Honey bee (Apis mellifera) queen and workers on a beehive honeycomb by Maggie Umber
https://maggieumber.com/prints

#InsectWeek #WatercolorWednesday #bees #insects #mastoart #nature

Absolutely delighted that one of my photos picked up 'Specially Commended' in the Royal Entomological Society's 2023 Photo Competition!

This pair of silverfish appeared to be clinging together inside a small, clayey nest structure. Some of their brilliant silver scales have rubbed off, which may indicate moulting was about to take place. As always with macrophotography, patience was a virtue here - fortunately they both stayed put while I lined up a shot which got both silverfish’s eyes in focus!

Congratulations to everyone else who picked up wins in this year's competition. Let's all support #insectweek and show some love for the little creatures that run this world!

#Entomology #Insects #Macrophotography #InsectPhotgraphy #NaturePhotgraphy

A photograph of a pair of scaled bristletail insects cuddled together in a small nest made of sand particles.

#TwoForTuesday for #InsectWeek:
Adolphe Millot (French, 1857–1921)
“Insectes” plates for Nouveau Larousse illustré : dictionnaire universel encyclopédique, 1898 ed.
https://archive.org/details/nouveaularoussei05laro/page/296/mode/2up

digital scan of a book page: “Insectes” plate (1 of a 2-page spread), scientific illustrations of a variety of insect specimens, numbered with ID key (scientific names) in bottom margin

Four #Butterflies in the meadows at Brandon Marsh this morning, all very active in the sunshine! Clockwise from top left: Marbled White, Meadow Brown, Ringlet, and Large Skipper.

Despite its colouration the Marbled White is, with the Meadow Brown and Ringlet, a member of the Satyrinae subfamily: the Browns. It is also one of my favourite Butterfly species!

#Insects #InsectWeek #Butterfly #Lepidoptera #Nature #NaturePhotography #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography

Marbled White Butterfly at rest on a grass stalk. Viewed side on, with wings closed, so that we see the paler grey/black and white markings rather than the more striking black and white 'chequerboard' markings on the upper surfaces of the wings. The head, and what we can see of the thorax, is hairy and white, the eye and legs black, the antenna dark. Only four of the six legs are visible: the first pair of legs is much reduced in size, a feature the Browns share with their cousins the in the Nymphalidae family.

Meadow Brown Butterfly at rest on a leaf amongst grass. Viewed side on, with wings closed, so that we see the pale brown underside of the hind wing and part of the underside of the forewing, which is an orangey-brown colour with a black 'eye spot' near its top corner and a wide, pale brown margin. The head, including the eye and the antennae, and what we can see of the hairy thorax, are all brown in colour. Only four of the six legs are visible: the first pair of legs is much reduced in size, a feature the Browns share with their cousins the in the Nymphalidae family.

Small Skipper Butterfly at rest on a grass inflorescence or seed-head. We are looking at the butterfly from the side and slightly from above, and wings are slightly open so we can see the undersides of the right wings (the butterfly is facing to the right) and part of the upperside of the left forewing. Those wings are short, and brownish in colour; tawny brown with lighter and darker markings on the upper surface. The hairy head, thorax, abdomen and legs are all buff in colour with hints of tawny brown; the eyes are dark brown and the antennae brownish with dark rings around them.

Ringlet Butterfly at rest on a Bramble leaf. Viewed side on, with wings closed, so that we see the dark brown underside of the wings, which feature several black 'eye spots' which have yellowish rims. The head, including the eye and the antennae, the hairy thorax and the abdomen, are all brown in colour. Only four of the six legs are visible: the first pair of legs is much reduced in size, a feature the Browns share with their cousins the in the Nymphalidae family.

#InsectWeek fashion:
Elsa Schiaparelli (Italian, 1890–1973) for Maison Schiaparelli (French, founded 1927)
Necklace & suit, Fall 1938 collection
necklace: rhodoid (cellulose acetate plastic) & metal; suit: rayon, silk, plastic
Met Museum 2009.300.1234, 2009.300.2374:
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/155927
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/80095048

official museum photo, suit & necklace on grey mannequin with black background: closeup of showing insects on pink collar over & necklace around neck

Elsa Schiaparelli was influenced by the Surrealist art scene of Paris in the 1930s, & references to that movement frequently materialize in her designs. Artists were using collage, photography and paint as their medium; Schiaparelli was using clothing. Here, in a suit from her fall 1938 Pagan collection, she incorporates three elements that have become hallmarks of her career-- interesting fabric, Surrealist elements & unconventional buttons. Schiaparelli scoured fabric houses to find fabrics that perfectly translated her artistic ideas. The crepe used for this jacket and dress is highly textured, adding a rough dimension to the overall design. The Surrealist elements here, the plastic bug ornaments, are shockingly realistic and in juxtaposition to the delicate pink silk of the collar where they rest. As Dilys Blum states in Shocking! The Art and Fashion of Elsa Schiaparelli, many designs from this collection featured earthy decorations inspired by Botticelli's paintings, like flowers, fruits, animals & insects. Buttons were another form of expression for Schiaparelli. In this case, the leaf-shaped buttons represent foliate forms, another common motif seen throughout the Pagan collection. This unusual ensemble would require a certain level of fashion bravado, & the previous owner, Millicent Rogers, definitely possessed that."

official museum photo of the insect necklace on a white mannequin against light blue background

"From the fall 1938 pagan collection, this iconic necklace epitomizes Schiaparelli's Surrealist tendencies, perhaps more than any other design she executed because of the unreal idea of insects crawling on your skin as a fashion statement. Because of the clear Rhodoid, a type of cellulose acetate plastic, the multicolored insects seem to be resting on the wearer's skin. Rhodoid was a newly developed material and Schiaparelli was unafraid of using inventive materials for her designs. She appreciated the avant-garde quality and element of surprise infused into the design by using unconventional materials. The pagan collection was inspired by Botticelli's lush paintings; therefore flowers, woodland creatures, foliage, and insects decorated dinner suits, evening gowns and accessories. The multicolored metal insects were also seen securing a ribbon hatband on a doll hat and resting on the collar of a suit [shown here]. This necklace was worn by Millicent Rogers (who also owned the suit previously mentioned), one of Schiaparelli's best clients who was brave enough to wear her outré designs."

Grasshopper sat still for long enough to have its photo taken.

@Buglife@mastodonapp.uk

#InsectWeek #Insects #Invertebrates #Grasshopper

For #InsectWeek + #PollinatorWeek: Le Papillon bleu, 1916-7. Art by "Francois Angiboult," a pseudonym of Hélène Oettingen (1887 Ukraine or Venice - 1950 Paris). She also wrote poetry as "Leonardo Pieu" and novels as "Roch Grey," as well as ran an avant-garde artistic and literary salon!
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Francois_Angiboult_Le_Papillon_bleu,_1916-1917.jpg
#WomenArtists #ModernArt #butterfly

photo of the painting, signed with pseudonym on bottom right - a mix of cubism and other early 20th century modern art styles, featuring a small turquoise butterfly in the mix

RT from Views from the Hill (@TewkesburyLodge)

Lots of wildflowers popping up in our Triangle in #SE23 #ForestHill #NoMowMay #LetItBloomJune #InsectWeek #pollinators #biodiversity

Original tweet : https://twitter.com/TewkesburyLodge/status/1671207693577596936

#InsectWeek

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