Devon
@waasp08.bsky.social
🇨🇦 Wasps, minerals, entomology, snakes, occasional birding, and photography are my passions.
Yesterday I tried something I've never done before, and that's animating a wasp! I'm not a professional, but I still had fun doing this. It's the first time I animate anything in 15 years, so I understand if it's not 100% accurate.
#animation #Polistes #PaperWasp #art
#animation #Polistes #PaperWasp #art
August 4, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Yesterday I tried something I've never done before, and that's animating a wasp! I'm not a professional, but I still had fun doing this. It's the first time I animate anything in 15 years, so I understand if it's not 100% accurate.
#animation #Polistes #PaperWasp #art
#animation #Polistes #PaperWasp #art
This wasp is a Metapelma sp. , or perhaps even an imaginary species of Metapelma. Coloured pencils and white posca marker on 8½ x 11 cardstock. I tried my best.
#Metapelma #Metapelmatidae #Chalcidoidea
#Metapelma #Metapelmatidae #Chalcidoidea
July 28, 2025 at 12:16 PM
This wasp is a Metapelma sp. , or perhaps even an imaginary species of Metapelma. Coloured pencils and white posca marker on 8½ x 11 cardstock. I tried my best.
#Metapelma #Metapelmatidae #Chalcidoidea
#Metapelma #Metapelmatidae #Chalcidoidea
My best attempt at drawing a species of Metapelma sp. viewed from underneath. It's crazy how hairy they are in real life. A very rainbowy species when viewed up close. Perhaps my pencils are a little too saturated? 🤔
#Metapelma #Metapelmatidae #Chalcidoidea
#Metapelma #Metapelmatidae #Chalcidoidea
July 25, 2025 at 8:57 PM
My best attempt at drawing a species of Metapelma sp. viewed from underneath. It's crazy how hairy they are in real life. A very rainbowy species when viewed up close. Perhaps my pencils are a little too saturated? 🤔
#Metapelma #Metapelmatidae #Chalcidoidea
#Metapelma #Metapelmatidae #Chalcidoidea
June 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
I've been trying out something new lately and that's drawing my friends and family as wasps participating in their favourite hobbies/activities. I've only drawn two so far, but I plan on doing more! This is fun!
#Megarhyssa #Ectemnius #Cartoon #Comic #Anthropomorphic #Wasps
#Megarhyssa #Ectemnius #Cartoon #Comic #Anthropomorphic #Wasps
June 22, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I've been trying out something new lately and that's drawing my friends and family as wasps participating in their favourite hobbies/activities. I've only drawn two so far, but I plan on doing more! This is fun!
#Megarhyssa #Ectemnius #Cartoon #Comic #Anthropomorphic #Wasps
#Megarhyssa #Ectemnius #Cartoon #Comic #Anthropomorphic #Wasps
DONE. I may have to do little adjustments and fixes here and there, but overall I'm happy with how this turned out in the end. 🥳 48 different wasps from around the world!
#Wasps #Hymenoptera #Apocrita #Aculeata #Parasitica #TraditionalArt #Illustration
#Wasps #Hymenoptera #Apocrita #Aculeata #Parasitica #TraditionalArt #Illustration
April 30, 2025 at 9:04 PM
DONE. I may have to do little adjustments and fixes here and there, but overall I'm happy with how this turned out in the end. 🥳 48 different wasps from around the world!
#Wasps #Hymenoptera #Apocrita #Aculeata #Parasitica #TraditionalArt #Illustration
#Wasps #Hymenoptera #Apocrita #Aculeata #Parasitica #TraditionalArt #Illustration
Pleistodontes froggatti ♀️! I'm almost finished with my project! As usual, constructive criticism is welcome. Only 3 wasps left to draw! 🐝 #Pleistodontesfroggatti
#Agaonidae
#Agaonidae
April 25, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Pleistodontes froggatti ♀️! I'm almost finished with my project! As usual, constructive criticism is welcome. Only 3 wasps left to draw! 🐝 #Pleistodontesfroggatti
#Agaonidae
#Agaonidae
Chiloe micropteron! Now in Baeomorphidae, formerly known as Rotoitidae. I've wanted to draw one of these gals forever, and finally got around to it! I hope I did a good job! Constructive criticism is always welcome.
#Chiloemicropteron #Baeomorphidae
#Chiloemicropteron #Baeomorphidae
April 16, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Chiloe micropteron! Now in Baeomorphidae, formerly known as Rotoitidae. I've wanted to draw one of these gals forever, and finally got around to it! I hope I did a good job! Constructive criticism is always welcome.
#Chiloemicropteron #Baeomorphidae
#Chiloemicropteron #Baeomorphidae
Finally got around to drawing Ypsilonigaster tiger! Jose Fernandez from the CNC approved, so that's nice! I literally have 6 wasps to go, and I'm finished! #Ypsilonigastertiger #Microgastrinae
April 15, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Finally got around to drawing Ypsilonigaster tiger! Jose Fernandez from the CNC approved, so that's nice! I literally have 6 wasps to go, and I'm finished! #Ypsilonigastertiger #Microgastrinae
I think it's cool that one of the new characters in the second Zootopia movie is a pit viper. I feel like he's probably based on Trimeresurus insularis!! What do you think?
#PitViper #Snakes #Trimeresurusinsularis
#PitViper #Snakes #Trimeresurusinsularis
April 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I think it's cool that one of the new characters in the second Zootopia movie is a pit viper. I feel like he's probably based on Trimeresurus insularis!! What do you think?
#PitViper #Snakes #Trimeresurusinsularis
#PitViper #Snakes #Trimeresurusinsularis
March 30, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Throwback to this drawing from 2017 of Dasymutilla gloriosa. I don't even know where the original illustration is, but maybe I should try to redraw it?? This species is quite sexually dimorphic. The male looks totally different! Perhaps I should draw both sexes! #Dasymutillagloriosa #Illustration
March 29, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Throwback to this drawing from 2017 of Dasymutilla gloriosa. I don't even know where the original illustration is, but maybe I should try to redraw it?? This species is quite sexually dimorphic. The male looks totally different! Perhaps I should draw both sexes! #Dasymutillagloriosa #Illustration
These last few months have been a struggle. Nevertheless, I managed to sketch some random Polistes nimpha doodles. Drawing cartoony wasps always helps a bit with depression. I hope to carry on with my drawing project again soon. #Polistesnimpha #Cartoon #Expressions #Paperwasps #Hymenoptera #Wasps
March 27, 2025 at 1:28 PM
These last few months have been a struggle. Nevertheless, I managed to sketch some random Polistes nimpha doodles. Drawing cartoony wasps always helps a bit with depression. I hope to carry on with my drawing project again soon. #Polistesnimpha #Cartoon #Expressions #Paperwasps #Hymenoptera #Wasps
New sphere! I believe it is a variety of ocean jasper. "Ocean Jasper" is formed through the process of silicification, where other minerals are replaced by silica (primarily quartz), resulting in the formation of chalcedony. It primarily consists of silicified rhyolite and quartz.
March 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
New sphere! I believe it is a variety of ocean jasper. "Ocean Jasper" is formed through the process of silicification, where other minerals are replaced by silica (primarily quartz), resulting in the formation of chalcedony. It primarily consists of silicified rhyolite and quartz.
March 7, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I would appreciate a consensus from an Ichneumonologist, if possible! Unfortunately, I don't have a photo of the det label, nor do I remember the location. No other photos from different angles either, but I think this is Phrudus (Tersilochinae)? Maybe I'm wrong, but I'd appreciate corrections!!
March 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I would appreciate a consensus from an Ichneumonologist, if possible! Unfortunately, I don't have a photo of the det label, nor do I remember the location. No other photos from different angles either, but I think this is Phrudus (Tersilochinae)? Maybe I'm wrong, but I'd appreciate corrections!!
Another wasp from the series. This one is Dasymutilla aureola! Drawn with coloured pencils.
#Dasymutillaaureola
#Dasymutillaaureola
March 2, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Another wasp from the series. This one is Dasymutilla aureola! Drawn with coloured pencils.
#Dasymutillaaureola
#Dasymutillaaureola
Waspception: a parasitoid of a parasitoid. This Amblyjoppa fuscipennis is in for a big surprise when she finds out the dark secret that this Euperilampus triangularis holds. Many Perilampids are hyperparasitoids of Ichneumonidae/Braconidae or Tachinidae that develop inside Lepidopteran larvae.
February 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Waspception: a parasitoid of a parasitoid. This Amblyjoppa fuscipennis is in for a big surprise when she finds out the dark secret that this Euperilampus triangularis holds. Many Perilampids are hyperparasitoids of Ichneumonidae/Braconidae or Tachinidae that develop inside Lepidopteran larvae.
Queen blackjacket (Vespula consobrina) preening and consuming dried fruit juice from my palm and fingers. May 25th, 2024. #Vespulaconsobrina #Blackjacket
February 22, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Queen blackjacket (Vespula consobrina) preening and consuming dried fruit juice from my palm and fingers. May 25th, 2024. #Vespulaconsobrina #Blackjacket
Female Plumarius sp. One of the most elusive wasps out there with virtually zero reference photos online, other than a black and white scientific illustration. I was privately sent two photos of a dead specimen, and used an illustration from a book as references. #Plumariidae #Chrysidoidea
February 22, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Female Plumarius sp. One of the most elusive wasps out there with virtually zero reference photos online, other than a black and white scientific illustration. I was privately sent two photos of a dead specimen, and used an illustration from a book as references. #Plumariidae #Chrysidoidea
While we're still on the topic of uv reactive minerals, I've had this fluorescent volcanic agate skull for years, and have only just discovered that it fluoresces! Mind blown! 🤯 Up next, is a wasp post!
#Fluorescentvolcanicagate
#Fluorescentvolcanicagate
February 22, 2025 at 3:12 AM
While we're still on the topic of uv reactive minerals, I've had this fluorescent volcanic agate skull for years, and have only just discovered that it fluoresces! Mind blown! 🤯 Up next, is a wasp post!
#Fluorescentvolcanicagate
#Fluorescentvolcanicagate
I received my short wave UV light today to shine on my fluorescent agate sphere, and it did not disappoint! It looks wicked! #FluorescentAgate #Minerals
February 20, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I received my short wave UV light today to shine on my fluorescent agate sphere, and it did not disappoint! It looks wicked! #FluorescentAgate #Minerals
Throwback to October 8th, 2023, where this maple's leaves were transitioning with a tricolor gradient! The craziest display I've ever seen! Sadly, the same tree didn't look nearly as spectacular last year, however. #Acer #Tricoloured #Tree #Maple
February 20, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Throwback to October 8th, 2023, where this maple's leaves were transitioning with a tricolor gradient! The craziest display I've ever seen! Sadly, the same tree didn't look nearly as spectacular last year, however. #Acer #Tricoloured #Tree #Maple