Budsofstone @budsofstone@computerfairi.es

Sup dawg, I heard you like springtails. So I put a springtail on your springtail so you can look at a springtail while looking at a springtail.

Don't let the competition walk all over giant springtails like this cheeky blighter, vote today: https://bugoftheyear.ento.org.nz/2025-bug-of-the-year-nominees/giant-springtail/

#Entomology #Macrophotography #TeamGiantSpringtail #BugoftheYear2025 #BotY #SoilEcology #SoilBiodiversity #Invertebrate

A woodlouse taking a stroll.

#52wochenfotochallenge
#animal #nature #naturephotography #Tier #invertebrate #arthropod

The first steps of a sea urchin

The winners of this year’s Nikon Small World in Motion are out, and my favorite is the 5th place entry, A newborn sea urchin walking along the seabed by Alvaro Migotto:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFboBA9ZDPQ

It’s adorable to see these newly metamorphosed echinoderms and their long and chubby tube feet learning how to walk.

This scene reminded me of my master’s, when I watched for the first time young sea biscuits take their own first, wobbly steps. And it’s incredible how, in no time, they would be crawling through sand grains like Spider-Man flies through buildings. You can watch them here.

It also reminded me of the video I recorded during my PhD of young ribbon worms learning how to hunt. Also worth watching.

Full disclosure: Alvaro was my supervisor during my master’s degree ;)

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URL: https://brunovellutini.com/posts/sea-urchin-first-steps/

#biodiversity #invertebrate #marineBiology #microscopy #video

Calcareous skeleton of a pluteus larva

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URL: https://brunovellutini.com/posts/calcareous-skeleton-pluteus-larva/

#clypeasterSubdepressus #echinodermata #image #invertebrate #larva #msc #plankton #seaBiscuit

trilobite girl

the Cornell University Library is now online, for free, no registration or login, just there, 76,474 books now tucked in at the Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/cornell

#art #illustration #kleinekunstklasse #surrealism #snail #snailworld #heuschnecke

Hallo, willkommen in der Snailworld! Hier gibt es Schnecken zu sehen, die noch niemand je zu Gesicht bekommen hat! Heute die Heuschnecke (Gastropoda fenum)
Die Heuschnecke ist eine Kreuzung, von der nicht ganz ausgemacht ist, ob es sich dabei um einen Schneck oder um einen Schreck handelt.

cafe dotvember prompt numba 15: coffee pot

she ...is the coffee ?

#artsky #illustration #asterosea #cafedot #art #cuteart #cute #ocsky #ocart

Scorzonera villosa. https://images.wur.nl/digital/collection/coll13/id/646/

#plants #roots #illustration

DNI anyone who thinks masculinity is inherently evil, and that trans men are "requesting labor from transfeminine people" other than wanting to be recognized and understood

calling stuff you don't connect to "psyops" is such a clear marker of a disconnection you have with your fellow brothers and sisters, do better

Illustration of a Japanese tiger beetle (Cicindela chinensis) 🐞
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#scientificillustration #zoology #biology #insect #animal #boardgame #insectarium #menagerie #cardgameart #sciart #bug #beetle #japanese #tigerbeetle

We've reached Day 11 of #Crowvember and we-- What's this? What's this?? What's This?? What's this???? What's THIS???

I'm not a Mad Scientist, I'm just a Disappointed Scientist.