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Turn to the Bugs - Bug Diaries - 4

Instead of a specific featured bug, this entry is about how bugs brighten my world.

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The artist has a pained expression with erratic scribbles coming from her head. The color palette is monochrome. “When my mind can’t fins stillness.” The artist starts to cry, the scribble are texting up the entire panel, but from the head of the artist is an image of a colorful beetle(Swamp Milkweed Leaf Beetle). “I turn to the bugs.” “There is wonder in the complexity.” Four colorful bug images. A weevil, oleander aphids, a great golden digger wasp, a pair of small milkweed beetles mating. “Hope in their simplicity.” “Sharing our only Earth with them makes my heart lighter.” The artist is sitting on the ground with a hand on her chest, still colored monochrome. Behind them is an image of two calligrapher flies on a dandelion flower. Bight yellow backlights the artist. All the images used in this comic strip were personally taken by the artist.
September 12, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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June Beetle - Bug Diaries - 3

Going back in time to a bug moment from my childhood.
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Bug Diaries comic strip - June Beetle. A flashback comic to the artist’s childhood. The young artist is lying in bed with an arm under her pillow. She’s got one eye peaking open and a subtle grin. “One night, when I was little, I thought I'd sneak something past my Mom by hiding it under my pillow.” “Didn’t work.” The artist mom sports and unimpressed expression. With her palm open mom says “Hand it over.” The young artist avoids eye contact and sweatily asks “Hand what over?” The artist relents and places a large June Beetle into her mom’s hand. “It’s my friend.” June Beetle, Subgenus Phyllophaga, Phyllophaga crenulata. “Sorry. No sleepovers tonight.” Says mom as she released the beetle out the bedroom window.
September 5, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Common Picture-winged Fly - Bug Diaries - 2
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Bug Diaries comic strip - Common Picture-winged Fly. The artist stands on the side of the road, deep in the bug zone, as they photograph a fly. Close up on the bug, a Common Picture-winged Fly, Delphinia picta. Suddenly soneone driving by shouts at the artist, it’s their friend Ryan. “AMANDA I got…” It’s hard to make out the rest of what Ryan is saying as the truck zooms off. The artist texts her friend Ryan. “What did you get?” asks the artist via text. The artist also sends a picture. “This is the fly I was photographing.” Ryan texts back “Bunch of mulch lol” and “Nice!!!”
August 29, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Black Swallowtail - Bug Diaries - 1
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Alt text: Bug Diaries comic strip - Black Swallowtail. The artist approached a butterfly stuck behind some plastic sheeting. “Oh you’re stuck behind the plastic. I’ll help you.” The butterfly is a Black Swallowtail, Papilio polyxenes. The artist holds the lovely creature in their hand, getting a good look at its lovely wings. “You’ll make a great iNaturalist observation.” The artist gets out their phone to take a picture. Before the image is taken the Swallowtail flies off. “I guess that one was just for me ❤️"
August 15, 2025 at 5:26 PM