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  1. This one was done for Lenora barkley! Who Really wanted to be a moth! (Well so did a lotta folk but still) 
    This was a lotta fun. the scientist has been getting a lot of fleshing out through these methods XD 

    Portrait was done by LenoraB herself! 

    #transformationart #insectart #digitalart #mysterycryptidart #insect

  2. That's a wrap for #SeptemBee! This month I painted 28 species of bees, 1 isopod, and 1 landscape (not pictured), each relating to the daily #SciArtSeptember prompt (which I was able to stick to far more easily than anticipated!)
    I hope you enjoyed learning about bees! I'm off to hibernate until next year :)

    #SciArt #InsectArt #watercolor

  3. That's a wrap for #SeptemBee! This month I painted 28 species of bees, 1 isopod, and 1 landscape (not pictured), each relating to the daily #SciArtSeptember prompt (which I was able to stick to far more easily than anticipated!)
    I hope you enjoyed learning about bees! I'm off to hibernate until next year :)

    #SciArt #InsectArt #watercolor

  4. That's a wrap for #SeptemBee! This month I painted 28 species of bees, 1 isopod, and 1 landscape (not pictured), each relating to the daily #SciArtSeptember prompt (which I was able to stick to far more easily than anticipated!)
    I hope you enjoyed learning about bees! I'm off to hibernate until next year :)

    #SciArt #InsectArt #watercolor

  5. That's a wrap for #SeptemBee! This month I painted 28 species of bees, 1 isopod, and 1 landscape (not pictured), each relating to the daily #SciArtSeptember prompt (which I was able to stick to far more easily than anticipated!)
    I hope you enjoyed learning about bees! I'm off to hibernate until next year :)

    #SciArt #InsectArt #watercolor

  6. That's a wrap for #SeptemBee! This month I painted 28 species of bees, 1 isopod, and 1 landscape (not pictured), each relating to the daily #SciArtSeptember prompt (which I was able to stick to far more easily than anticipated!)
    I hope you enjoyed learning about bees! I'm off to hibernate until next year :)

    #SciArt #InsectArt #watercolor

  7. Last day of #SeptemBee! For the #SciArtSeptember prompt of "dream" I've picked a bee famous for how it sleeps. Amegilla cingulata, the blue banded bee, is frequently pictured asleep, legs curled and clinging to a twig by its mandibles. Though it almost exclusively prefers blue flowers, it has become an important pollinator in Australia due to its method of buzz pollination.

    #SciArt #InsectArt #watercolor

  8. Last day of #SeptemBee! For the #SciArtSeptember prompt of "dream" I've picked a bee famous for how it sleeps. Amegilla cingulata, the blue banded bee, is frequently pictured asleep, legs curled and clinging to a twig by its mandibles. Though it almost exclusively prefers blue flowers, it has become an important pollinator in Australia due to its method of buzz pollination.

    #SciArt #InsectArt #watercolor

  9. Last day of #SeptemBee! For the #SciArtSeptember prompt of "dream" I've picked a bee famous for how it sleeps. Amegilla cingulata, the blue banded bee, is frequently pictured asleep, legs curled and clinging to a twig by its mandibles. Though it almost exclusively prefers blue flowers, it has become an important pollinator in Australia due to its method of buzz pollination.

    #SciArt #InsectArt #watercolor

  10. Last day of #SeptemBee! For the #SciArtSeptember prompt of "dream" I've picked a bee famous for how it sleeps. Amegilla cingulata, the blue banded bee, is frequently pictured asleep, legs curled and clinging to a twig by its mandibles. Though it almost exclusively prefers blue flowers, it has become an important pollinator in Australia due to its method of buzz pollination.

    #SciArt #InsectArt #watercolor

  11. Last day of #SeptemBee! For the #SciArtSeptember prompt of "dream" I've picked a bee famous for how it sleeps. Amegilla cingulata, the blue banded bee, is frequently pictured asleep, legs curled and clinging to a twig by its mandibles. Though it almost exclusively prefers blue flowers, it has become an important pollinator in Australia due to its method of buzz pollination.

    #SciArt #InsectArt #watercolor

  12. #SeptemBee 29th #SciArtSeptember prompt "foresight."

    This is Bombus terrestris, the buff tailed bumblebee. As one of Europe's most common bees, it is also a frequent subject of behavior and intelligence studies, and it turns out bees can be pretty smart. They communicate by dancing, can learn and remember maps and faces, they show signs of PTSD if you harass them too much, and yes, even show signs of foresight.

    B. terrestris, for example, continuously monitors its nest's honey and pollen reserves. If it gets too low, they will start biting and chewing the leaf buds off tomato plants. This damage induces the plant to start flowering and provide more nectar and pollen for the hive.

    #SciArt #InsectArt #watercolor

  13. #SeptemBee 29th #SciArtSeptember prompt "foresight."

    This is Bombus terrestris, the buff tailed bumblebee. As one of Europe's most common bees, it is also a frequent subject of behavior and intelligence studies, and it turns out bees can be pretty smart. They communicate by dancing, can learn and remember maps and faces, they show signs of PTSD if you harass them too much, and yes, even show signs of foresight.

    B. terrestris, for example, continuously monitors its nest's honey and pollen reserves. If it gets too low, they will start biting and chewing the leaf buds off tomato plants. This damage induces the plant to start flowering and provide more nectar and pollen for the hive.

    #SciArt #InsectArt #watercolor

  14. #SeptemBee 29th #SciArtSeptember prompt "foresight."

    This is Bombus terrestris, the buff tailed bumblebee. As one of Europe's most common bees, it is also a frequent subject of behavior and intelligence studies, and it turns out bees can be pretty smart. They communicate by dancing, can learn and remember maps and faces, they show signs of PTSD if you harass them too much, and yes, even show signs of foresight.

    B. terrestris, for example, continuously monitors its nest's honey and pollen reserves. If it gets too low, they will start biting and chewing the leaf buds off tomato plants. This damage induces the plant to start flowering and provide more nectar and pollen for the hive.

    #SciArt #InsectArt #watercolor

  15. #SeptemBee 29th #SciArtSeptember prompt "foresight."

    This is Bombus terrestris, the buff tailed bumblebee. As one of Europe's most common bees, it is also a frequent subject of behavior and intelligence studies, and it turns out bees can be pretty smart. They communicate by dancing, can learn and remember maps and faces, they show signs of PTSD if you harass them too much, and yes, even show signs of foresight.

    B. terrestris, for example, continuously monitors its nest's honey and pollen reserves. If it gets too low, they will start biting and chewing the leaf buds off tomato plants. This damage induces the plant to start flowering and provide more nectar and pollen for the hive.

    #SciArt #InsectArt #watercolor

  16. #SeptemBee 29th #SciArtSeptember prompt "foresight."

    This is Bombus terrestris, the buff tailed bumblebee. As one of Europe's most common bees, it is also a frequent subject of behavior and intelligence studies, and it turns out bees can be pretty smart. They communicate by dancing, can learn and remember maps and faces, they show signs of PTSD if you harass them too much, and yes, even show signs of foresight.

    B. terrestris, for example, continuously monitors its nest's honey and pollen reserves. If it gets too low, they will start biting and chewing the leaf buds off tomato plants. This damage induces the plant to start flowering and provide more nectar and pollen for the hive.

    #SciArt #InsectArt #watercolor

  17. #SeptemBee 28th! For the #SciArtSeptember prompt "harvest" I've chosen a squash bee, Peponapis pruinosa, although there are lots of bees colloquially called "squash bees."

    Do yourself a favor: look inside a big orange squash/pumpkin flower one morning and say hi to your new best friend. Squash bees have been quietly following humans and their crops around North America (and beyond) for thousands of years. They may spend their entire lives in a single field, pollinating only cucurbits. As solitary ground nesters, no-till methods are vital for preserving their habitat and their continuing pollination services.

    #SciArt #InsectArt #watercolor

  18. #SeptemBee 28th! For the #SciArtSeptember prompt "harvest" I've chosen a squash bee, Peponapis pruinosa, although there are lots of bees colloquially called "squash bees."

    Do yourself a favor: look inside a big orange squash/pumpkin flower one morning and say hi to your new best friend. Squash bees have been quietly following humans and their crops around North America (and beyond) for thousands of years. They may spend their entire lives in a single field, pollinating only cucurbits. As solitary ground nesters, no-till methods are vital for preserving their habitat and their continuing pollination services.

    #SciArt #InsectArt #watercolor

  19. #SeptemBee 28th! For the #SciArtSeptember prompt "harvest" I've chosen a squash bee, Peponapis pruinosa, although there are lots of bees colloquially called "squash bees."

    Do yourself a favor: look inside a big orange squash/pumpkin flower one morning and say hi to your new best friend. Squash bees have been quietly following humans and their crops around North America (and beyond) for thousands of years. They may spend their entire lives in a single field, pollinating only cucurbits. As solitary ground nesters, no-till methods are vital for preserving their habitat and their continuing pollination services.

    #SciArt #InsectArt #watercolor

  20. #SeptemBee 28th! For the #SciArtSeptember prompt "harvest" I've chosen a squash bee, Peponapis pruinosa, although there are lots of bees colloquially called "squash bees."

    Do yourself a favor: look inside a big orange squash/pumpkin flower one morning and say hi to your new best friend. Squash bees have been quietly following humans and their crops around North America (and beyond) for thousands of years. They may spend their entire lives in a single field, pollinating only cucurbits. As solitary ground nesters, no-till methods are vital for preserving their habitat and their continuing pollination services.

    #SciArt #InsectArt #watercolor

  21. #SeptemBee 28th! For the #SciArtSeptember prompt "harvest" I've chosen a squash bee, Peponapis pruinosa, although there are lots of bees colloquially called "squash bees."

    Do yourself a favor: look inside a big orange squash/pumpkin flower one morning and say hi to your new best friend. Squash bees have been quietly following humans and their crops around North America (and beyond) for thousands of years. They may spend their entire lives in a single field, pollinating only cucurbits. As solitary ground nesters, no-till methods are vital for preserving their habitat and their continuing pollination services.

    #SciArt #InsectArt #watercolor

  22. #SeptemBee 27th! The #SciArtSeptember theme is "bound" so I chose a geographically restricted species, Xylocopa darwini. These carpenter bees are the only bees native to the Galapagos Islands - up until relatively recently, they were the only bees there at all!

    You get two today because I love the sexual dimorphism in the species. They look suspiciously like the valley carpenter bee (X. sonorina) that I painted for Valentine's Day earlier this year. Perhaps some lost queen got blown over the ocean a long long time ago and landed on an island full of tortoises.

    #SciArt #InsectArt #watercolor

  23. #SeptemBee 27th! The #SciArtSeptember theme is "bound" so I chose a geographically restricted species, Xylocopa darwini. These carpenter bees are the only bees native to the Galapagos Islands - up until relatively recently, they were the only bees there at all!

    You get two today because I love the sexual dimorphism in the species. They look suspiciously like the valley carpenter bee (X. sonorina) that I painted for Valentine's Day earlier this year. Perhaps some lost queen got blown over the ocean a long long time ago and landed on an island full of tortoises.

    #SciArt #InsectArt #watercolor

  24. #SeptemBee 27th! The #SciArtSeptember theme is "bound" so I chose a geographically restricted species, Xylocopa darwini. These carpenter bees are the only bees native to the Galapagos Islands - up until relatively recently, they were the only bees there at all!

    You get two today because I love the sexual dimorphism in the species. They look suspiciously like the valley carpenter bee (X. sonorina) that I painted for Valentine's Day earlier this year. Perhaps some lost queen got blown over the ocean a long long time ago and landed on an island full of tortoises.

    #SciArt #InsectArt #watercolor

  25. #SeptemBee 27th! The #SciArtSeptember theme is "bound" so I chose a geographically restricted species, Xylocopa darwini. These carpenter bees are the only bees native to the Galapagos Islands - up until relatively recently, they were the only bees there at all!

    You get two today because I love the sexual dimorphism in the species. They look suspiciously like the valley carpenter bee (X. sonorina) that I painted for Valentine's Day earlier this year. Perhaps some lost queen got blown over the ocean a long long time ago and landed on an island full of tortoises.

    #SciArt #InsectArt #watercolor

  26. #SeptemBee 27th! The #SciArtSeptember theme is "bound" so I chose a geographically restricted species, Xylocopa darwini. These carpenter bees are the only bees native to the Galapagos Islands - up until relatively recently, they were the only bees there at all!

    You get two today because I love the sexual dimorphism in the species. They look suspiciously like the valley carpenter bee (X. sonorina) that I painted for Valentine's Day earlier this year. Perhaps some lost queen got blown over the ocean a long long time ago and landed on an island full of tortoises.

    #SciArt #InsectArt #watercolor

  27. #SeptemBee 26th! For the #SciArtSeptember theme "foraging" I've chosen the alfalfa leafcutter bee, Megachile rotundata.

    Alfalfa is one of the most important forage crops around the world. The flowers have a trap mechanism that is triggered when a bee lands on its keel petal. The flower whomps the bee on the head with its spring-loaded pistils, depositing pollen as it probes around for nectar. Honey bees don't like getting hit in the head and will chew through the petals to bypass the trap, but M. rotundata don't care at all!

    #SciArt #InsectArt #watercolor

  28. #SeptemBee 26th! For the #SciArtSeptember theme "foraging" I've chosen the alfalfa leafcutter bee, Megachile rotundata.

    Alfalfa is one of the most important forage crops around the world. The flowers have a trap mechanism that is triggered when a bee lands on its keel petal. The flower whomps the bee on the head with its spring-loaded pistils, depositing pollen as it probes around for nectar. Honey bees don't like getting hit in the head and will chew through the petals to bypass the trap, but M. rotundata don't care at all!

    #SciArt #InsectArt #watercolor

  29. #SeptemBee 26th! For the #SciArtSeptember theme "foraging" I've chosen the alfalfa leafcutter bee, Megachile rotundata.

    Alfalfa is one of the most important forage crops around the world. The flowers have a trap mechanism that is triggered when a bee lands on its keel petal. The flower whomps the bee on the head with its spring-loaded pistils, depositing pollen as it probes around for nectar. Honey bees don't like getting hit in the head and will chew through the petals to bypass the trap, but M. rotundata don't care at all!

    #SciArt #InsectArt #watercolor

  30. #SeptemBee 26th! For the #SciArtSeptember theme "foraging" I've chosen the alfalfa leafcutter bee, Megachile rotundata.

    Alfalfa is one of the most important forage crops around the world. The flowers have a trap mechanism that is triggered when a bee lands on its keel petal. The flower whomps the bee on the head with its spring-loaded pistils, depositing pollen as it probes around for nectar. Honey bees don't like getting hit in the head and will chew through the petals to bypass the trap, but M. rotundata don't care at all!

    #SciArt #InsectArt #watercolor

  31. #SeptemBee 26th! For the #SciArtSeptember theme "foraging" I've chosen the alfalfa leafcutter bee, Megachile rotundata.

    Alfalfa is one of the most important forage crops around the world. The flowers have a trap mechanism that is triggered when a bee lands on its keel petal. The flower whomps the bee on the head with its spring-loaded pistils, depositing pollen as it probes around for nectar. Honey bees don't like getting hit in the head and will chew through the petals to bypass the trap, but M. rotundata don't care at all!

    #SciArt #InsectArt #watercolor

  32. #SeptemBee the 25th! For the #SciArtSeptember theme of tireless I've chosen one of the few (known) nocturnal bees, Megalopta genalis. These Central American sweat bees have absolutely enormous eyes, which are specially adapted for the polarized light of dawn and dusk. Many of its favored flowers open at sunset.

    #SciArt #InsectArt #watercolor

  33. #SeptemBee the 25th! For the #SciArtSeptember theme of tireless I've chosen one of the few (known) nocturnal bees, Megalopta genalis. These Central American sweat bees have absolutely enormous eyes, which are specially adapted for the polarized light of dawn and dusk. Many of its favored flowers open at sunset.

    #SciArt #InsectArt #watercolor

  34. #SeptemBee the 25th! For the #SciArtSeptember theme of tireless I've chosen one of the few (known) nocturnal bees, Megalopta genalis. These Central American sweat bees have absolutely enormous eyes, which are specially adapted for the polarized light of dawn and dusk. Many of its favored flowers open at sunset.

    #SciArt #InsectArt #watercolor

  35. #SeptemBee the 25th! For the #SciArtSeptember theme of tireless I've chosen one of the few (known) nocturnal bees, Megalopta genalis. These Central American sweat bees have absolutely enormous eyes, which are specially adapted for the polarized light of dawn and dusk. Many of its favored flowers open at sunset.

    #SciArt #InsectArt #watercolor

  36. #SeptemBee the 25th! For the #SciArtSeptember theme of tireless I've chosen one of the few (known) nocturnal bees, Megalopta genalis. These Central American sweat bees have absolutely enormous eyes, which are specially adapted for the polarized light of dawn and dusk. Many of its favored flowers open at sunset.

    #SciArt #InsectArt #watercolor

  37. #SeptemBee 24th! For the #SciArtSeptember theme of "numbered" I've chosen the blue calamintha bee, Osmia calaminthae. These bees are very hard to find, having only been observed at 11 sites within a narrow range of sandy Florida scrub since they were first described in 2011. They are specialists of the calamintha plant for which they are named.

    #SciArt #InsectArt #watercolor

  38. #SeptemBee 24th! For the #SciArtSeptember theme of "numbered" I've chosen the blue calamintha bee, Osmia calaminthae. These bees are very hard to find, having only been observed at 11 sites within a narrow range of sandy Florida scrub since they were first described in 2011. They are specialists of the calamintha plant for which they are named.

    #SciArt #InsectArt #watercolor

  39. #SeptemBee 24th! For the #SciArtSeptember theme of "numbered" I've chosen the blue calamintha bee, Osmia calaminthae. These bees are very hard to find, having only been observed at 11 sites within a narrow range of sandy Florida scrub since they were first described in 2011. They are specialists of the calamintha plant for which they are named.

    #SciArt #InsectArt #watercolor

  40. #SeptemBee 24th! For the #SciArtSeptember theme of "numbered" I've chosen the blue calamintha bee, Osmia calaminthae. These bees are very hard to find, having only been observed at 11 sites within a narrow range of sandy Florida scrub since they were first described in 2011. They are specialists of the calamintha plant for which they are named.

    #SciArt #InsectArt #watercolor