Daphne X Blevins
@leafxlitter.bsky.social
conservation biology and ecology student
aspiring naturalist
artist
aspiring naturalist
artist
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very small slugs and their beautiful/freaky trail art (first photo is in the morning fog, captured quickly on my way out for work; closeups are from the evening when i was trying to confirm that it had in fact been slugs—but actually you can see six or so in the original photo if you zoom wayyyy in)
April 9, 2025 at 5:21 AM
very small slugs and their beautiful/freaky trail art (first photo is in the morning fog, captured quickly on my way out for work; closeups are from the evening when i was trying to confirm that it had in fact been slugs—but actually you can see six or so in the original photo if you zoom wayyyy in)
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Lacustrine ooids and coated grains (mainly ostracods) from the Eocene Green River Formation, UT (USA). #ThinSectionThursday
March 20, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Lacustrine ooids and coated grains (mainly ostracods) from the Eocene Green River Formation, UT (USA). #ThinSectionThursday
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Eye candy!
Candy-striped leafhoppers (Graphocephala coccinea) are among my favorite common backyard bugs.
Candy-striped leafhoppers (Graphocephala coccinea) are among my favorite common backyard bugs.
April 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Eye candy!
Candy-striped leafhoppers (Graphocephala coccinea) are among my favorite common backyard bugs.
Candy-striped leafhoppers (Graphocephala coccinea) are among my favorite common backyard bugs.
Pretty lil Texas brown tarantula<3
April 10, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Pretty lil Texas brown tarantula<3
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Avert Catastrophe jumbo postcard prints are back in stock!
March 28, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Avert Catastrophe jumbo postcard prints are back in stock!
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Yellow-billed oxpeckers doing important work on a large mammal. Their food is blood. They love eating engorged ticks, but will also reopen wounds to make blood flow.
Really, they’re vampires and this is a horror movie.
#birds #wildlife #nature #photography #nikon #tanzania #vampires #horror
Really, they’re vampires and this is a horror movie.
#birds #wildlife #nature #photography #nikon #tanzania #vampires #horror
March 28, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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It’s Timberdoodle time 💛🪶🥔
American Woodcock in Bryant Park, NYC, March 2025
American Woodcock in Bryant Park, NYC, March 2025
March 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
It’s Timberdoodle time 💛🪶🥔
American Woodcock in Bryant Park, NYC, March 2025
American Woodcock in Bryant Park, NYC, March 2025
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Belted kingfisher study
March 25, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Belted kingfisher study
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#BlueSkyArtShow #TheJourney
Trying out some recommended hashtags this Saturday morning. It seems some are time dependent?
Not sure that my aging brain can fathom all of this but I’ll give it a go! Hope I am doing ok so far?
Trying out some recommended hashtags this Saturday morning. It seems some are time dependent?
Not sure that my aging brain can fathom all of this but I’ll give it a go! Hope I am doing ok so far?
March 22, 2025 at 6:55 AM
#BlueSkyArtShow #TheJourney
Trying out some recommended hashtags this Saturday morning. It seems some are time dependent?
Not sure that my aging brain can fathom all of this but I’ll give it a go! Hope I am doing ok so far?
Trying out some recommended hashtags this Saturday morning. It seems some are time dependent?
Not sure that my aging brain can fathom all of this but I’ll give it a go! Hope I am doing ok so far?
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Our #MarineMonday Observation of the Day is this Dardanus arrosor hermit crab, seen off of New Zealand by shaun-lee!
More details at: www.inaturalist.org/observations...
Read about iNat's top hermit crab identifier here: www.inaturalist.org/blog/85156-i...
More details at: www.inaturalist.org/observations...
Read about iNat's top hermit crab identifier here: www.inaturalist.org/blog/85156-i...
March 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Our #MarineMonday Observation of the Day is this Dardanus arrosor hermit crab, seen off of New Zealand by shaun-lee!
More details at: www.inaturalist.org/observations...
Read about iNat's top hermit crab identifier here: www.inaturalist.org/blog/85156-i...
More details at: www.inaturalist.org/observations...
Read about iNat's top hermit crab identifier here: www.inaturalist.org/blog/85156-i...
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#printpromptmonday - “Foliage”
A Pygmy rattlesnake nestled in a bed of leaves. Made this one for the Reptile Rally last year at Bear Creek Nature Center.
A Pygmy rattlesnake nestled in a bed of leaves. Made this one for the Reptile Rally last year at Bear Creek Nature Center.
March 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
#printpromptmonday - “Foliage”
A Pygmy rattlesnake nestled in a bed of leaves. Made this one for the Reptile Rally last year at Bear Creek Nature Center.
A Pygmy rattlesnake nestled in a bed of leaves. Made this one for the Reptile Rally last year at Bear Creek Nature Center.
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white troutlily admiring her beauty for the first time
March 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
white troutlily admiring her beauty for the first time
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European wolves are reclaiming their old hunting grounds!
"After previously being targeted in a negative light, pushed to the brink of extinction due to hunting practices, wolves are up 58% as of 2022 in Europe."
Gray Wolf Numbers Are On The Rise In Europe www.thetravel.com/gray-wolf-nu...
"After previously being targeted in a negative light, pushed to the brink of extinction due to hunting practices, wolves are up 58% as of 2022 in Europe."
Gray Wolf Numbers Are On The Rise In Europe www.thetravel.com/gray-wolf-nu...
Gray Wolf Numbers Are On The Rise In Europe
The population is increasing over the course of the last 10 years, growing by 58%
www.thetravel.com
March 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
European wolves are reclaiming their old hunting grounds!
"After previously being targeted in a negative light, pushed to the brink of extinction due to hunting practices, wolves are up 58% as of 2022 in Europe."
Gray Wolf Numbers Are On The Rise In Europe www.thetravel.com/gray-wolf-nu...
"After previously being targeted in a negative light, pushed to the brink of extinction due to hunting practices, wolves are up 58% as of 2022 in Europe."
Gray Wolf Numbers Are On The Rise In Europe www.thetravel.com/gray-wolf-nu...
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March 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Can’t wait for it to be summer and 100 degrees and I can spend all day outside eating watermelon and exploring and getting covered in watermelon juice and then getting covered in dirt bc I’m sticky from the watermelon
March 20, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Can’t wait for it to be summer and 100 degrees and I can spend all day outside eating watermelon and exploring and getting covered in watermelon juice and then getting covered in dirt bc I’m sticky from the watermelon
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Hypotrachyna osseoalba showing its reaction to UV.
Craven County, North Carolina
March/12/2025
Craven County, North Carolina
March/12/2025
March 14, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Hypotrachyna osseoalba showing its reaction to UV.
Craven County, North Carolina
March/12/2025
Craven County, North Carolina
March/12/2025
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“Listening”
24”x18”, oil on cradled wood panel, 2024 (sold). Now on view at @roqlarue.bsky.social
24”x18”, oil on cradled wood panel, 2024 (sold). Now on view at @roqlarue.bsky.social
March 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
“Listening”
24”x18”, oil on cradled wood panel, 2024 (sold). Now on view at @roqlarue.bsky.social
24”x18”, oil on cradled wood panel, 2024 (sold). Now on view at @roqlarue.bsky.social
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Our #FungusFriday Observation of the Day is this Ciboria amentacea fungus, seen in Finland by j_ae!
This species grows on the catkins of alder and willow plants, as you can see in photo 2.
More details at: www.inaturalist.org/observations...
This species grows on the catkins of alder and willow plants, as you can see in photo 2.
More details at: www.inaturalist.org/observations...
March 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Our #FungusFriday Observation of the Day is this Ciboria amentacea fungus, seen in Finland by j_ae!
This species grows on the catkins of alder and willow plants, as you can see in photo 2.
More details at: www.inaturalist.org/observations...
This species grows on the catkins of alder and willow plants, as you can see in photo 2.
More details at: www.inaturalist.org/observations...
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The Wildlife Crossings Pilot Program promised $350 million for animal passages—a bipartisan effort in a polarized country. But today its grants are "on hold," jeopardizing species & driver safety. For @vox.com, I covered the uncertain fate of a key program. #roadecology
www.vox.com/down-to-eart...
www.vox.com/down-to-eart...
Less than 20 red wolves remain in the wild. We had a plan to save them.
Then Trump got in the way.
www.vox.com
March 14, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The Wildlife Crossings Pilot Program promised $350 million for animal passages—a bipartisan effort in a polarized country. But today its grants are "on hold," jeopardizing species & driver safety. For @vox.com, I covered the uncertain fate of a key program. #roadecology
www.vox.com/down-to-eart...
www.vox.com/down-to-eart...
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Just thinking about what the US looked like before the EPA existed
March 13, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Just thinking about what the US looked like before the EPA existed
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A beaver dam in British Columbia shows its ability to hold back sediment pollution during heavy rainfall, sediment damages freshwater habitat.
Two pairs of beavers are making a new wild home in Studland #UK & their unrestricted www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#nature #climatecrisis
Two pairs of beavers are making a new wild home in Studland #UK & their unrestricted www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#nature #climatecrisis
March 10, 2025 at 8:11 PM
A beaver dam in British Columbia shows its ability to hold back sediment pollution during heavy rainfall, sediment damages freshwater habitat.
Two pairs of beavers are making a new wild home in Studland #UK & their unrestricted www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#nature #climatecrisis
Two pairs of beavers are making a new wild home in Studland #UK & their unrestricted www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#nature #climatecrisis
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Opening Friday, March 14, 6-9pm! I will have 3 paintings as part of the re-opening of Roq la Rue Gallery at their new location, 117 W Denny Way, Suite 217, Seattle. Here’s a detail of one of my paintings, “Listening.”
March 11, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Opening Friday, March 14, 6-9pm! I will have 3 paintings as part of the re-opening of Roq la Rue Gallery at their new location, 117 W Denny Way, Suite 217, Seattle. Here’s a detail of one of my paintings, “Listening.”
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It was a cold, wet afternoon but it’s easy to forget about both of those things in the moment when you’re watching wild killer whales. T019 spyhops beside her son, T019B in Boundary Pass yesterday.
March 10, 2025 at 10:50 PM
It was a cold, wet afternoon but it’s easy to forget about both of those things in the moment when you’re watching wild killer whales. T019 spyhops beside her son, T019B in Boundary Pass yesterday.
a Polyphemus moth and Tenpetal Anemone <3 spring is heeerreee
March 11, 2025 at 12:34 AM
a Polyphemus moth and Tenpetal Anemone <3 spring is heeerreee
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