I overwintered a single swallowtail chrysalis after finding a chonky caterpillar making a run for it in the alleyway. Here is the result 8 months later
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Jen C Mars
@jencmars@mastodon.art
mastodon 4.7.3Illustrator: Fantasy & Wildlife - Nature Photography Enthusiast - TTRPG Player - I like birds and bugs.
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Eastern screech owl
Mixed media of watercolor, pencils and gouache on 13x19" hotpress paper
For #InternationalOwlAwarenessDay#birds #owl #owls #art
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It's hard sometimes with macro to convey the scale of the animals I'm photographing. These little spiders measure around 2mm long, quite tiny!
#spider #spiders #MacroPhotography
Finished this little painting of a little wood duck
Pencil, watercolor and a bit of Nicker poster paint on 8x8" hotpress
#art #illustration #birds
This is the best weevil I've seen (so far)
Just two little leafs
Acanalonia conica
#insects #MacroPhotography
Warty leaf beetle moms sculpt little poop houses around their eggs, that then are worn as oversized poop hats by their larvae, which grow into poop-shaped adults
I'm kind of a fan
The most recent AntLab includes some wonderful footage of goofy adults flying!
Giant Stick Insect & Flying Caterpillar Frass - Slow Mo
Dragon wings
#insects #MacroPhotography
Spotless
#insects #MacroPhotography
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I think I can credit ambush bugs as being THE bug that got me into macrophotography. It was during the pandemic and I couldn't go birding, so I bought a Nisi close-up filter to put on my tele and went out in the yard on my breaks and ended up taking this photo:
#insects #MacroPhotography
My spouse is getting weirded out by the reference images I have on-screen for my current painting and I feel like this means I'm on the right track
Video: You might find these spiders in your house in the fall when temperatures drop...
Kid: The fall? My BIRTHDAY is in the fall!
Me: That's true.
Kid: That means I could have BIRTHDAY SPIDERS!!!!!!!!!!
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Just a Very Normal Bee for #WorldRobberFlyDay
We've had cut Joe Pye weedon our table for a few days and noticed last night many tiny inchworms waving and climbing around the flowers
I'm guessing these are geometer moth larvae, and both the kid and I are curious about what they'll grow into, so I've put them in a mesh enclosure... for science!
#insects #MacroPhotography
These twenty spotted lady beetles (like most of our native lady beetles) are much smaller and more cryptic than the better known imports, but still have lovely patterns
Ferocious predator of the water
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If fluffy round moths is your thing, you might want your own fluffy round moth friend
https://jencmars.bigcartel.com/product/rosy-maple-moth-sticker
This little marsh fly in the genus dictya is one of my favorite spring insects. I like their flat faces and freckly patterns.
Throwback to last spring, this week has been cold and damp.
Banded wing fly, small but kind of flashy up close
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Many, if not most of my photos are taken in Chicago, often in my own yard or nearby natural spaces. We have an amazing variety of wildlife here, including many beautiful species of native bees.
The trees are silly with kinglets this morning
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This wasp is quite tiny, a couple of millimeters and easy to miss
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@b_age I think it's most likely this one from the same genus - https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/224031-Lixus-concavus
These are native to my region (Illinois) and the area I was in had plenty of the plants this weevil is known to like. It is a beetle, though, and I wouldn't be surprised to find out I'm totally wrong :)
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@mostlypixels Aw, that's high praise, thank you!
I haven't done much stacking with either the 60mm (this photo) or the 25mm-most of the time it isn't practical for my camera (it's old) and how I approach shooting (in situ)
Can't wait to see what you do with your 65mm lens! It's really a lot of fun to get out there and find things :)
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@kibrika@toot.lv I haven't played that particular game, but I have played Botinicula from the same developer which has some of that same vibe