🦋 Alie of the Woods 🦋
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Alie Kratzer | Engineer + Scientist + Entrepreneur + Author | 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ she/her
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The world feels rough right now
So please enjoy this shrimp, filmed off Cozumel, Mexico. It may be a larval reef shrimp, but we don’t know what species or how long it lives or what it eats. The world is still full of wonder and beauty and mystery.
🎥 @pedrovalenciam scuba diver on Insta
So please enjoy this shrimp, filmed off Cozumel, Mexico. It may be a larval reef shrimp, but we don’t know what species or how long it lives or what it eats. The world is still full of wonder and beauty and mystery.
🎥 @pedrovalenciam scuba diver on Insta
January 8, 2026 at 8:20 PM
The world feels rough right now
So please enjoy this shrimp, filmed off Cozumel, Mexico. It may be a larval reef shrimp, but we don’t know what species or how long it lives or what it eats. The world is still full of wonder and beauty and mystery.
🎥 @pedrovalenciam scuba diver on Insta
So please enjoy this shrimp, filmed off Cozumel, Mexico. It may be a larval reef shrimp, but we don’t know what species or how long it lives or what it eats. The world is still full of wonder and beauty and mystery.
🎥 @pedrovalenciam scuba diver on Insta
Every day at Owlfly
January 9, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Every day at Owlfly
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If I for some reason ever pass
And they try to make my wife a roommate
Or a shadow in my life
Let it be known she was my heart.
She was my everything.
Not a shadow
But the whole sun.
And they try to make my wife a roommate
Or a shadow in my life
Let it be known she was my heart.
She was my everything.
Not a shadow
But the whole sun.
January 8, 2026 at 4:13 AM
If I for some reason ever pass
And they try to make my wife a roommate
Or a shadow in my life
Let it be known she was my heart.
She was my everything.
Not a shadow
But the whole sun.
And they try to make my wife a roommate
Or a shadow in my life
Let it be known she was my heart.
She was my everything.
Not a shadow
But the whole sun.
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The Blue Lias
January 5, 2026 at 2:14 PM
The Blue Lias
I bristle a bit inside at compliments like "gifted" and "talented" because they imply that mastery and expertise is more a matter of luck than of effort.
That's NOT TRUE! The source of true mastery is STUBBORNNESS, NOT FATE!! DO A THING TEN THOUSAND TIMES AND YOU CAN BE INCREDIBLE!!! ✨✨✨✨✨
That's NOT TRUE! The source of true mastery is STUBBORNNESS, NOT FATE!! DO A THING TEN THOUSAND TIMES AND YOU CAN BE INCREDIBLE!!! ✨✨✨✨✨
January 5, 2026 at 9:13 PM
I bristle a bit inside at compliments like "gifted" and "talented" because they imply that mastery and expertise is more a matter of luck than of effort.
That's NOT TRUE! The source of true mastery is STUBBORNNESS, NOT FATE!! DO A THING TEN THOUSAND TIMES AND YOU CAN BE INCREDIBLE!!! ✨✨✨✨✨
That's NOT TRUE! The source of true mastery is STUBBORNNESS, NOT FATE!! DO A THING TEN THOUSAND TIMES AND YOU CAN BE INCREDIBLE!!! ✨✨✨✨✨
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You lose one light, you find another 🐇🌿
January 5, 2026 at 5:26 PM
You lose one light, you find another 🐇🌿
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Sadly Evergreen.
Reposting with alt text
January 3, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Sadly Evergreen.
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A picture is worth 1000 words...
This appeared on the BBC News today, showing the increase in solar electric generation in the UK.
Not sure who produced it, but genuinely think this is a genius piece of scientific communication - the construct and choice of colour scale is near-perfect.
Chapeau!
This appeared on the BBC News today, showing the increase in solar electric generation in the UK.
Not sure who produced it, but genuinely think this is a genius piece of scientific communication - the construct and choice of colour scale is near-perfect.
Chapeau!
January 2, 2026 at 4:53 PM
A picture is worth 1000 words...
This appeared on the BBC News today, showing the increase in solar electric generation in the UK.
Not sure who produced it, but genuinely think this is a genius piece of scientific communication - the construct and choice of colour scale is near-perfect.
Chapeau!
This appeared on the BBC News today, showing the increase in solar electric generation in the UK.
Not sure who produced it, but genuinely think this is a genius piece of scientific communication - the construct and choice of colour scale is near-perfect.
Chapeau!
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Phoroncidia americana, the weird little lumpy theridiids who hunt with a single silk line composed of tiny sticky balls loaded with moth pheromones. I love them.
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January 2, 2026 at 2:26 AM
Phoroncidia americana, the weird little lumpy theridiids who hunt with a single silk line composed of tiny sticky balls loaded with moth pheromones. I love them.
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I had a dream I was holding up the line at the grocery store because all the currency denominations were prime numbers
December 31, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I had a dream I was holding up the line at the grocery store because all the currency denominations were prime numbers
I only just started watching her videos but Penny @Snapcube.gay's laugh is so CUTE what the HECK!!!
December 28, 2025 at 1:17 AM
I only just started watching her videos but Penny @Snapcube.gay's laugh is so CUTE what the HECK!!!
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Happy holidays!
December 25, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Happy holidays!
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Today I have something really special for you guys! Not too far from the caiman I posted recently, I found something MIND BLOWING
This is a butterfly pupa, and it mimics the head of a snake. And not just any snake, but specifically the head of a boa snake!!! Probably Opsiphanes, an owlet butterfly.
This is a butterfly pupa, and it mimics the head of a snake. And not just any snake, but specifically the head of a boa snake!!! Probably Opsiphanes, an owlet butterfly.
December 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Today I have something really special for you guys! Not too far from the caiman I posted recently, I found something MIND BLOWING
This is a butterfly pupa, and it mimics the head of a snake. And not just any snake, but specifically the head of a boa snake!!! Probably Opsiphanes, an owlet butterfly.
This is a butterfly pupa, and it mimics the head of a snake. And not just any snake, but specifically the head of a boa snake!!! Probably Opsiphanes, an owlet butterfly.
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December 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Time to repost In Defiance of Death again
December 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Time to repost In Defiance of Death again
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“So this exciting fossil discovery of bees nesting in bone cavities, and in caves, serves as a good reminder that when it comes to evolution, bees will keep on being the bees they need to be.” Happy that @cnn.com Science used my quote about this amazing fossil find. www.cnn.com/2025/12/17/s... 🧪🐝🪹🦴🪨
Discovery of ancient bee nests in fossils points to a never-before-seen behavior | CNN
In a Caribbean cave, researchers discovered hundreds of fossils with bee nests within them. It is the first time this behavior has been recorded, a new study finds.
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December 18, 2025 at 12:46 PM
“So this exciting fossil discovery of bees nesting in bone cavities, and in caves, serves as a good reminder that when it comes to evolution, bees will keep on being the bees they need to be.” Happy that @cnn.com Science used my quote about this amazing fossil find. www.cnn.com/2025/12/17/s... 🧪🐝🪹🦴🪨
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Give the gift of hundreds of bugs this year with the OWLFLY HOLIDAY SALE! All orders above $40 USD are eligible for free shipping anywhere in the world (within our normal shipping range) with the coupon code BUGBOOK2025, now through December 31st. Restrictions apply.
www.owlflyllc.com/publishing
www.owlflyllc.com/publishing
November 19, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Give the gift of hundreds of bugs this year with the OWLFLY HOLIDAY SALE! All orders above $40 USD are eligible for free shipping anywhere in the world (within our normal shipping range) with the coupon code BUGBOOK2025, now through December 31st. Restrictions apply.
www.owlflyllc.com/publishing
www.owlflyllc.com/publishing
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Additional helpful tip: avoid drawing odonate wing venation at all costs, for that way lies madness
December 16, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Additional helpful tip: avoid drawing odonate wing venation at all costs, for that way lies madness
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An old journal comic repost to remind myself that the time is now and I’m not stuck
December 15, 2025 at 4:57 PM
An old journal comic repost to remind myself that the time is now and I’m not stuck
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![Comic. [Two people, one with ponytail and one with beret, sitting on a boat fishing. Below the water, the person with the beret’s fishing line has caught on a large rock on the bottom.] PERSON with beret: It feels like a big one! At least 10^24 kilograms!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihvt4s3jpj4jx6pxz465jsbpm6uet3aa7eaff4int4cvde7htop5e@jpeg)
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various Perma doodles (additional context in alt text)
December 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
various Perma doodles (additional context in alt text)
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why contain evil when you can contain treats
December 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
why contain evil when you can contain treats
I should probably finish up the one on widows first, huh. -w-
Or maybe I could do swallowtails... 🤔
UGH there are so many cool bugs to write books about!!!
UGH there are so many cool bugs to write books about!!!
I'm trying to decide between hardback ticks and orbweaver spiders for my next book project.
A guide to orbweavers would be more fun but it would take me longer to complete. A guide to ticks would directly save more lives but the 50 identical Ixodes species look absolutely miserable to illustrate.
A guide to orbweavers would be more fun but it would take me longer to complete. A guide to ticks would directly save more lives but the 50 identical Ixodes species look absolutely miserable to illustrate.
December 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I should probably finish up the one on widows first, huh. -w-
Or maybe I could do swallowtails... 🤔
UGH there are so many cool bugs to write books about!!!
UGH there are so many cool bugs to write books about!!!
I'm trying to decide between hardback ticks and orbweaver spiders for my next book project.
A guide to orbweavers would be more fun but it would take me longer to complete. A guide to ticks would directly save more lives but the 50 identical Ixodes species look absolutely miserable to illustrate.
A guide to orbweavers would be more fun but it would take me longer to complete. A guide to ticks would directly save more lives but the 50 identical Ixodes species look absolutely miserable to illustrate.
December 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Or maybe I could do swallowtails... 🤔
UGH there are so many cool bugs to write books about!!!
UGH there are so many cool bugs to write books about!!!