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Lin
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21 • They 🌞• Entomology student (GenBio major) 🐞 • Coleopterans @ me 🪲 • Pfp by @smollestpeanut
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I FINALLY FINISHED THESE AHHH Thank you again for supporting <3 (And check out @bugaboopocket.bsky.social ofc)
Drawings of a pink orchid mantis looking over its shoulder with a question mark next to it, a white orchid mantis pleading at the camera, and a leafcutter ant holding a heart shaped leaf, with the caption "Thanks for supporting Bugaboo Pocket!"
May 1, 2025 at 6:48 AM
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Wild wikipedia page
April 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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quick draw what you're wearing, 5 minutes max
Probably took a bit longer but I'm slow dhsgdsjka
A self portrait of a blonde white person with blue eyes and short hair. They're wearing a green sweater with white and purple flowers, and white sweatpants.
January 23, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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Tide pool adventures :D
A picture of a tide pool with a crab surrounded by rocks and anemones A picture of a small hermit crab being held between a person’s fingers A picture of a tide pool with a chitons clinging to the rocks A picture of the bottom of a tide pool with a an anemone sitting in sand
September 5, 2023 at 3:42 PM
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We are gonna play a guessing game! (Or knowing, depending on your baby invertebrate knowledge!)
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1. What type of organism is the one on the left?
2. What type of organism is the one on the right?
3. Which one is more closely related to us?
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Comment your guesses below! I’d love to hear them! 🥰
An image taken under a compound light microscope of two animal larvae. The lower part of the creature is rounded, while the top portions protrude out into what looks like two thin horn-like structures A picture taken under a compound light microscope. It shows a young organism, with 8 protrusions that make it appear star-like.
September 3, 2023 at 6:43 PM
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Green Hydra (Hydra viridissima)
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I adore these little guys! Their self regenerating properties are so incredible, that if you took one cell off a hydra, it could potentially turn into another hydra!
A picture of Green Hydra, or Hydra viridissima, under a Compound Light Microscope. There are 4 specimens, as well as a small a crustacean known as Daphnia pulex, which the Hydras are feeding on. A picture of Green Hydra, or Hydra viridissima, under a Stereo Light Microscope. There are 4 specimens, as well as some moss. A picture of Green Hydra, or Hydra viridissima, under a Stereo Microscope.
September 2, 2023 at 3:40 PM