Domenic Pennetta
@domenicpennetta.bsky.social
🇨🇦 Scientific Illustrator | Speculative Evolution Artist | (He/Him)
Inspired by invertebrates, prehistoric fauna, and life on Earth. Creator of Project Perditus and Astrovitae Magazine.
Portfolio: www.domenicpennetta.com
🌿 Commissions are always open! 🌿
Inspired by invertebrates, prehistoric fauna, and life on Earth. Creator of Project Perditus and Astrovitae Magazine.
Portfolio: www.domenicpennetta.com
🌿 Commissions are always open! 🌿
I must acquire all sea bunnies
May 27, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I must acquire all sea bunnies
What a great photo! ❤️ Wasps are so misunderstood, but you made this little guy look so peaceful.
May 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
What a great photo! ❤️ Wasps are so misunderstood, but you made this little guy look so peaceful.
Don’t worry, I’m not great at identifying plants either! 🌿
May 22, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Don’t worry, I’m not great at identifying plants either! 🌿
I think people who don’t like pill bugs are weird! 💔 Like, how could you NOT love a little guy who can roll into a ball?! Crazy!
May 22, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I think people who don’t like pill bugs are weird! 💔 Like, how could you NOT love a little guy who can roll into a ball?! Crazy!
I’m surprised you were able to get a photo of one! 📸 They’re so fast! Looks like this guy is on some bee balm? They seem to really like those flowers! 🌸
May 22, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I’m surprised you were able to get a photo of one! 📸 They’re so fast! Looks like this guy is on some bee balm? They seem to really like those flowers! 🌸
Twisted wing insects! I’ve always loved how bizarre they look—especially their trilobite-like eyes. Love seeing art of parasitic insects. 💖 Awesome work!
May 21, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Twisted wing insects! I’ve always loved how bizarre they look—especially their trilobite-like eyes. Love seeing art of parasitic insects. 💖 Awesome work!
May 21, 2025 at 10:57 AM
What flowers do they seem to like the most in your garden?! 🌼 And yes—I feel blessed whenever I see one of these little guys fly by. They’re fun to watch!
May 19, 2025 at 10:16 PM
What flowers do they seem to like the most in your garden?! 🌼 And yes—I feel blessed whenever I see one of these little guys fly by. They’re fun to watch!
You’re quite welcome. And thanks commenting! Hopefully we’ll both get to see more moths this summer 😊
May 19, 2025 at 10:15 PM
You’re quite welcome. And thanks commenting! Hopefully we’ll both get to see more moths this summer 😊
So what you’re saying is every moth is your favorite moth?! 💖
May 19, 2025 at 10:14 PM
So what you’re saying is every moth is your favorite moth?! 💖
Wow Peter 😮 That photo is incredible! ❤️ I’ve never seen a Luna moth in person—I can only imagine how much more impressive they look up close!
May 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Wow Peter 😮 That photo is incredible! ❤️ I’ve never seen a Luna moth in person—I can only imagine how much more impressive they look up close!
Clearwing moths and sphinx moths belong to the same family, Sphingidae. ✨ So they look alike because they’re both related! :)
May 19, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Clearwing moths and sphinx moths belong to the same family, Sphingidae. ✨ So they look alike because they’re both related! :)
Classic choice. ✨ Luna moths are magnificent!
May 19, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Classic choice. ✨ Luna moths are magnificent!
Thank you so much Bernard! ❤️
May 8, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Thank you so much Bernard! ❤️
This beetle owes hymenopterans royalty fees for stealing their black and yellow color pattern!
May 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This beetle owes hymenopterans royalty fees for stealing their black and yellow color pattern!
Oh I love hairstreaks! 🦋 I was just working on an illustration of a gray hairstreak (Strymon melinus) last week. They have the coolest false antennae!
May 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Oh I love hairstreaks! 🦋 I was just working on an illustration of a gray hairstreak (Strymon melinus) last week. They have the coolest false antennae!
This is possibly the best compliment I’ve ever received 🤣 thank you!
I take pride in my weirdness. My hope is that I can show the world all these weird yet wonderful inverts that live around us! ✨
I take pride in my weirdness. My hope is that I can show the world all these weird yet wonderful inverts that live around us! ✨
May 3, 2025 at 10:53 AM
This is possibly the best compliment I’ve ever received 🤣 thank you!
I take pride in my weirdness. My hope is that I can show the world all these weird yet wonderful inverts that live around us! ✨
I take pride in my weirdness. My hope is that I can show the world all these weird yet wonderful inverts that live around us! ✨
I feel the same way! ✨ Sponges evolved early on the timeline of life and they’re still around today—they definitely need way more appreciation! Especially when it comes to paleoart!
May 3, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I feel the same way! ✨ Sponges evolved early on the timeline of life and they’re still around today—they definitely need way more appreciation! Especially when it comes to paleoart!
If you visit Wikipedia, editors have already replaced my original illustration with n earlier one that doesn’t include the proboscis.
May 2, 2025 at 4:35 PM
If you visit Wikipedia, editors have already replaced my original illustration with n earlier one that doesn’t include the proboscis.
Yeah… my commissioner made the suggestion to add that proboscis. It’s possible that maybe it did have one? But there’s no evidence for such a structure in the fossil record (and taxonomy points otherwise). I pushed back some but I didn’t want to loose the commission 😅
May 2, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Yeah… my commissioner made the suggestion to add that proboscis. It’s possible that maybe it did have one? But there’s no evidence for such a structure in the fossil record (and taxonomy points otherwise). I pushed back some but I didn’t want to loose the commission 😅