This beautiful lady is Solenopsis invicta. Measuring barely over 2 mm long, she is a member of an incredibly successful species.
Unfortunately, she is far outside her native range, and doing incredible damage to her local ecosystem.
It isn't her fault that she's a fire ant.
Sometimes I stray away from my nature art to create comics (like this) more about current events. Read more on my latest blog post https://paulaborchardt.substack.com/p/its-time-for-another-comic
Now Bug of the Year is over, normal service can resume!
Here's an incredibly feathery velvet mite (Chyzeriidae) from New Zealand. These active predators wander the forest floor, looking for springtails to ambush and drink dry using their piercing mouthparts! Beautiful but deadly.
A symphylan! These are a secretive group of myriapods, a sister group to millipedes and centipedes. They are usually quite small and hard to find.
Looking for a #calendar that DIDN'T remove holidays such as Black History Month and LGBTQIA+ #PrideMonth? Consider my new NSFW #marinebiology fun facts wall calendar! 
#art #artist #scienceart #funfacts #digitalart #CRART #ARThropod
I figured lots of us could use extra positivity this week so in yesterday’s blog post I included my art, comics, & recommendations for an art book & a positive website! https://paulaborchardt.substack.com/p/paulas-positivity-packed-post-part
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'mehr als vier beine'
oh, da fällt die auswahl schwer, das trifft ja auf fast alle meiner krabbeltierchen zu :3
auch wenn mein erster impuls war, eine spinne zu nehmen (wie so viele <3 ) dachte ich mir, warum bei acht beinen aufhören, wenn es doch so viel mehr gibt.
voila: ein 'tausend'füßer 
korrekter ein schnurfüßer der gattung Cylindroiulus
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