Some bugs from the field! A white lined sphinx moth, a robber fly (with a meal), and a silverfish!

Gulf fritillaries were out in droves today! I saw a ton of the little guys crawling on the sidewalk and the parking lot. The spines might look dangerous but they actually can’t sting.

Lost in the sauce (moss). The result of a tunneling adventure

Almost gave myself a heart attack when I didn’t see Raptor in his usual sleeping spot under his big hide. I forgot that I dug a pit under his log when I cleaned his tank so he curl up without his tail sticking out. Also didn’t remember I took a pic of him sleeping there earlier. Disaster averted

Found a friend (gulf fritillary) on the asphalt, hopefully it was just looking for a place to pupate and not hungry since I couldn’t find any passionflower vines nearby.

Got some great deals on some cool books at the LA Times Festival of Books today. I had to store the rest of the books I picked up in a friend’s office so my arm didn’t fall off on the way home haha.

I felt that earthquake all the way out here in LA, y’all alright over there San Diego?

Good morning to you too buddy

Some sketches done during holiday travel. Homotherium and Borophagus! #paleoart #sciart

Spent the day at La Brea tar pits with some friends and also some of the coolest animals that ever lived.

Woe, Djadochta fauna be upon ye! Some old (2022) sketches of dinos I never got around to finishing. #paleoart

Hello, my name is Megan and I'm a PhD student at USC studying tetrapod claws! I'm a big fan of paleoart, sci-comm, and anything Triassic.