Ainsley

@pirarucu@flipping.rocks
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Hi, I’m Ainsley! I’m a 21y/o queer furry naturalist living in Texas. I’m primarily interested in biology and ecology, but due to my me I may talk about science or social justice issues related to queerness, autism, fibromyalgia, and furries. Opinions on this blog are entirely my own and do not reflect those of my employer, alma mater, associates, or pet cat.

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AinsleyDec 3

Bug season has mostly ended, and finals are upon me, but at least there’s still spiders and carbs. Art is my own.

#spider #spiders #art #illustration #orbweaver

AinsleyDec 1
Steve Moore Nov 17

Watch a wolf, after it swam out to a buoy, pull a crab trap out of the ocean & drag it on to the beach to rob it. #Wolf #Nature #BC

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-bc-wolves-crab-traps-science-tools/

Sea wolves in B.C. pull crab traps from water in video footage that surprises researchers

Scientists collect first evidence of tool use by wolf species

The Globe and Mail
AinsleyNov 17
Show threadDustyNov 8
@pirarucu @autistics I've been saving this #moth / #butterfly for a rainy day. I took this #photo in #HongKong . #photography #wildlife #Insects
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Show threadAlex WildNov 17
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historic drystone sheep dykeNov 17
You’re not ready to see a sphinx stand up
AinsleyNov 10
hawaiianeye797 (Craig F)Nov 10

Green Moray Eel at an #Oahu #Hawaii #reef . Your #sealife #photooftheday

Prints available - DM me. #green #eel #Monday #creature #ocean #pacificocean #marinelife #animals #nature #wildlife #outdoors #explore #environment #earth #photo #photography #scuba #discover #underwater #art #critter #follow #blackandwhite

AinsleyNov 7
Global MuseumNov 7
A Kundt's Tube is an apparatus used to demonstrate and measure sound waves, consisting of a transparent horizontal pipe containing powder or styrofoam beads.
#globalmuseum #science #sound
AinsleyNov 7
The Wee Owl Studio, ArtNov 5

My art shop has a collection of my original animal art.
Good news for buyers in the USA, your art will be sent duty paid, and art is exempt from the tariffs!
https://folksy.com/find/shop/theweeowlart

#FediGiftShop #ScottishArtist #MastoArt #CreativeToots
#AnimalArt #OriginalArt #Drawing #Painting #Artwork #TraditionalArtist #ArtFromScotland #GiftIdeas #ArtShop #ShopIndy #SupportSmallBusiness #Christmas #ChristmasGifts

AinsleyNov 7
Global MuseumNov 7

Scientists discovered the world’s largest spiderweb, covering 106 m² in a sulfur cave on the Albania-Greece border.
Over 111,000 spiders from two normally rival species live together in a unique, self-sustaining ecosystem—a first of its kind.

@Rainmaker1973 #globalmuseum #spiders #science

AinsleyNov 6
Show threadDonald HobernNov 5

@pirarucu

This one's one of the many rather similar American Hellinsia species.

If you consider #moths (and insects more widely), many seem to have evolved to look like anything other than an edible insect.

Many resemble bird droppings, broken twigs, dead leaves or something mouldy:

https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/205156-Cilix-glaucata
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/55361-Phalera-bucephala
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/345746-Falcaria-lacertinaria
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/123022-Thyatira-batis

Others have transparent or trompe-l'oeil sections in their wings:

https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/257013-Psychophasma-erosa
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/1133796

Others mimic something dangerous:

https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/1648557-Musotima-instrumentalis
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/354819-Sesia-apiformis

In other words, you can expect moths to resemble pretty much anything that hides their mothness.

For plume moths (#Pterophoridae), the posture and the (frequently) rolled wings make them look more like plant matter than an insect, but even these moths can sometimes be quite spectacular:

https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/319357256

#Entomology #Lepidoptera #camouflage

Chinese Character (Cilix glaucata)

The Chinese Character (Cilix glaucata) is a moth of the family Drepanidae. It is found in Europe, Asia Minor and North Africa. (Source: Wikipedia, '', http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cilix_glaucata, CC BY-SA 3.0 . Photo: (c) Michał Brzeziński, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Michał Brzeziński)

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