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@onlyshawn.bsky.social
writer, artist, naturalist
*herbal medicine*
*local ecology*
*monarch butterflies*
*herbal medicine*
*local ecology*
*monarch butterflies*
I never did find any
Butterfly goal: I want to observe those cute little fake snakes aka spicebush Swallowtail caterpillars.
October 5, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I never did find any
Some finds from today 🍄📷
October 5, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Some finds from today 🍄📷
Butterfly goal: I want to observe those cute little fake snakes aka spicebush Swallowtail caterpillars.
May 5, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Butterfly goal: I want to observe those cute little fake snakes aka spicebush Swallowtail caterpillars.
Butterfly report: milkweed is up; black swallowtail crysalis emptied itself while I was working.
May 5, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Butterfly report: milkweed is up; black swallowtail crysalis emptied itself while I was working.
Success sweeter than honey
Putting my anger, rage and sarcasm in a tightly locked box deep inside myself and going to talk to the Property Management Lady now.
April 7, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Success sweeter than honey
Putting my anger, rage and sarcasm in a tightly locked box deep inside myself and going to talk to the Property Management Lady now.
April 7, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Putting my anger, rage and sarcasm in a tightly locked box deep inside myself and going to talk to the Property Management Lady now.
My first gilled mushroom of the year. No identification due to it being surrounded by swamp water. 📷📸🍄
April 1, 2025 at 12:47 PM
My first gilled mushroom of the year. No identification due to it being surrounded by swamp water. 📷📸🍄
The ads on Insta stole my soul.
I think about moving here permanently but that page is a functional catalog of my "specimens" that I rely on.
I think about moving here permanently but that page is a functional catalog of my "specimens" that I rely on.
April 1, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The ads on Insta stole my soul.
I think about moving here permanently but that page is a functional catalog of my "specimens" that I rely on.
I think about moving here permanently but that page is a functional catalog of my "specimens" that I rely on.
That rain heralded in... something
April 1, 2025 at 12:28 PM
That rain heralded in... something
The end of March is so full of waiting.
March 30, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The end of March is so full of waiting.
Found what may be a celastrina lucia. #invertebrates 🦋🐛
March 28, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Found what may be a celastrina lucia. #invertebrates 🦋🐛
Spring means I can finally start tweaking over callery pear trees again.
March 21, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Spring means I can finally start tweaking over callery pear trees again.
Hear that rain. I need a day in the woods soon.
March 21, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Hear that rain. I need a day in the woods soon.
Daylight savings is a joy but I'm still not adjusted.
March 17, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Daylight savings is a joy but I'm still not adjusted.
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Black-veined White butterfly - Aporia crataegi. Extinct in Britain since the 1920s. These specimens are in The Richard South collection, Birmingham Museums Trust
March 14, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Black-veined White butterfly - Aporia crataegi. Extinct in Britain since the 1920s. These specimens are in The Richard South collection, Birmingham Museums Trust
Just making a post to celebrate that I was finally able to log into bluesky
December 7, 2024 at 4:04 PM
Just making a post to celebrate that I was finally able to log into bluesky
A pretty, powdery amanita. Perhaps Amanita daucipes, or some kind of lepidella.
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July 25, 2024 at 12:53 AM
A pretty, powdery amanita. Perhaps Amanita daucipes, or some kind of lepidella.
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Finally had a Monarch butterfly! Now I have eggs, and in a few days, caterpillars to peer at.
🐙 #invertebrate
🐙 #invertebrate
July 13, 2024 at 10:15 PM
Finally had a Monarch butterfly! Now I have eggs, and in a few days, caterpillars to peer at.
🐙 #invertebrate
🐙 #invertebrate
The headline is funny af but he's smuggling invasive species for the pet trade 🤨
July 10, 2024 at 4:01 PM
The headline is funny af but he's smuggling invasive species for the pet trade 🤨
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Ok I’m trying to turn this depressing but important thread into something positive. Please tell me about the animal info books you love or find super useful. Clearly it’s time to acquire some more books as relying on the internet gets dicey.
Chat GPT has so, so, so, so many misconceptions about animals. Think of any animal myth in the book and I guarantee you chat GPT will regurgitate it if prompted to give you facts about that animal.
July 10, 2024 at 2:18 PM
I can't see him, didn't hear him open his door, but I know my neighbor just came out for his morning smoke 😐😑
June 23, 2024 at 12:04 PM
I can't see him, didn't hear him open his door, but I know my neighbor just came out for his morning smoke 😐😑
Fresh nectar and a drop in temperature...someone's happy
June 22, 2024 at 10:53 PM
Fresh nectar and a drop in temperature...someone's happy