#velvetworm — Public Fediverse posts

Since I’m sharing 2025 work for #artAdventCalendar, another thing I did this year was make a large collection of repeat patterns, like this Velvet worm repeat pattern! Putting more invertebrate linocuts into surface design!

These adorable, caterpillar-like blue velvet worm from New Zealand (Aotearoa). Velvet worms (phylum: Onychophora) are named for their velvet-like texture and somewhat wormlike appearance. 🧵
#linocut #printmaking #sciart #pattern #surfaceDesign #invertebrates #velvetWorm

Since I’m sharing 2025 work for #artAdventCalendar, another thing I did this year was make a large collection of repeat patterns, like this Velvet worm repeat pattern! Putting more invertebrate linocuts into surface design!

These adorable, caterpillar-like blue velvet worm from New Zealand (Aotearoa). Velvet worms (phylum: Onychophora) are named for their velvet-like texture and somewhat wormlike appearance. 🧵
#linocut #printmaking #sciart #pattern #surfaceDesign #invertebrates #velvetWorm

& babies develop inside their mother until large enough to be born, in batches of 4–6, as colourless miniatures of the parents! Peripatoides novaezealandiae is a species complex of velvet worms in the genus Peripatoides, found throughout NZ. My print was made based on photos of P. aurorbis, but all the P. novaezealandiae have no morphological characters that distinguish them.

https://www.spoonflower.com/en/fabric/19945769-blue-velvet-worm-on-raspberry-purple-by-minouette

#linocut #printmaking #sciart #pattern #surfaceDesign #invertebrates #velvetWorm #mastoArt

& babies develop inside their mother until large enough to be born, in batches of 4–6, as colourless miniatures of the parents! Peripatoides novaezealandiae is a species complex of velvet worms in the genus Peripatoides, found throughout NZ. My print was made based on photos of P. aurorbis, but all the P. novaezealandiae have no morphological characters that distinguish them.

https://www.spoonflower.com/en/fabric/19945769-blue-velvet-worm-on-raspberry-purple-by-minouette

#linocut #printmaking #sciart #pattern #surfaceDesign #invertebrates #velvetWorm #mastoArt

Ich will auch #Sekundenkleber spucken können! Das wäre in so vielen Situationen soooo praktisch... Abgesehen vom #Basteln und auf-der-Straße-festkleben, zum Beispiel wenn jemand zu viel redet, ihm einfach ins Gesicht spucken, und schon ist Ruhe 🙉😛

Artikel: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-velvet-worm-slime-hardens-in-seconds-to-trap-prey/
Link zum Video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=do9YivjrAFk

#VelvetWorm #Stummelfüßer #Klebstoff #Biotechnologie #VorbildNatur

Day 8 #ArtAdventCalendar: an adorable, caterpillar-like blue velvet worm from New Zealand or Aotearoa I made for #InsertAnInvert2024!

Velvet worms (phylum: Onychophora) are named for their velvet-like texture and somewhat wormlike appearance. They are elongate, soft-bodied, many-legged nocturnal animals who spit slime to trap prey, somewhere between worms and arthropods. 🧵1/n

#linocut #printmaking #velvetWorm #sciart #invertebrate #wildlifeArt #MastoArt

Day 8 #ArtAdventCalendar: an adorable, caterpillar-like blue velvet worm from New Zealand or Aotearoa I made for #InsertAnInvert2024!

Velvet worms (phylum: Onychophora) are named for their velvet-like texture and somewhat wormlike appearance. They are elongate, soft-bodied, many-legged nocturnal animals who spit slime to trap prey, somewhere between worms and arthropods. 🧵1/n

#linocut #printmaking #velvetWorm #sciart #invertebrate #wildlifeArt #MastoArt

Here’s the final print of an adorable, caterpillar-like blue velvet worm from New Zealand or Aotearoa for #InsertAnInvert2024!

Velvet worms (phylum: Onychophora) are named for their velvet-like texture and somewhat wormlike appearance. They are elongate, soft-bodied, many-legged nocturnal animals who spit slime to trap prey, somewhere between worms and arthropods. 🧵1/n

#linocut #printmaking #velvetWorm #sciart #peripatoides #invertebrate #wildlifeArt #Onychophora #NewZealand #mastoArt

Here’s the final print of an adorable, caterpillar-like blue velvet worm from New Zealand or Aotearoa for #InsertAnInvert2024!

Velvet worms (phylum: Onychophora) are named for their velvet-like texture and somewhat wormlike appearance. They are elongate, soft-bodied, many-legged nocturnal animals who spit slime to trap prey, somewhere between worms and arthropods. 🧵1/n

#linocut #printmaking #velvetWorm #sciart #peripatoides #invertebrate #wildlifeArt #Onychophora #NewZealand #mastoArt

Scientists discover a new #VelvetWorm species in #Ecuador https://phys.org/news/2024-07-scientists-velvet-worm-species-ecuador.html

A #NewSpecies of #VelvetWorms of the genus Oroperipatus (Onychophora, Peripatidae) from western #Amazonia https://zse.pensoft.net/article/117952/

"the velvet worm is generally nocturnal and exhibits parental care, meaning the mother takes care of her young after they are born. These #animals are hunters that use a sticky substance secreted from a pair of anterior glands to trap their prey."

Scientists discover a new #VelvetWorm species in #Ecuador https://phys.org/news/2024-07-scientists-velvet-worm-species-ecuador.html

A #NewSpecies of #VelvetWorms of the genus Oroperipatus (Onychophora, Peripatidae) from western #Amazonia https://zse.pensoft.net/article/117952/

"the velvet worm is generally nocturnal and exhibits parental care, meaning the mother takes care of her young after they are born. These #animals are hunters that use a sticky substance secreted from a pair of anterior glands to trap their prey."

I couldn’t resist the pretty blues of the New Zealand/Aotearoa velvet worms, so I selected a different species than suggested for #InsertAnInvert2024. Here are my 8” x 8” linocuts drying….

#linocut #printmaking #wip #wildlifeArt #sciArt #invertebrate #velvetWorm

I couldn’t resist the pretty blues of the New Zealand/Aotearoa velvet worms, so I selected a different species than suggested for #InsertAnInvert2024. Here are my 8” x 8” linocuts drying….

#linocut #printmaking #wip #wildlifeArt #sciArt #invertebrate #velvetWorm

Making some new antipodean invertebrates for July, the subterranean month for #InsertAnInvert2024

You may not know the velvet worms if you live outside the tropics and in the northern hemisphere. There are 2 families of them: one in the tropics and the other, like my Lino block depicts, from the southern hemisphere (and countries once part of Gondwana). 🧵1/n

#linocut #printmaking #sciart #wip #linoBlock #velvetWorm #invertebrates #MastoArt

Making some new antipodean invertebrates for July, the subterranean month for #InsertAnInvert2024

You may not know the velvet worms if you live outside the tropics and in the northern hemisphere. There are 2 families of them: one in the tropics and the other, like my Lino block depicts, from the southern hemisphere (and countries once part of Gondwana). 🧵1/n

#linocut #printmaking #sciart #wip #linoBlock #velvetWorm #invertebrates #MastoArt

Velvet Worm (littlebigwomen)

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Review and images by stemturtle; edited by bmathison1972

The release of a figure that represents a neglected phylum is a wish come true for the synoptic collector. A velvet worm, also referred to as a peripatus (when unitalicized), belongs to phylum Onychophora. It resembles a caterpillar with antennae, having 13 to 43 pairs of stubby legs, […]

Read more... https://animaltoyforum.com/blog/velvet-worm-littlebigwomen/

#velvetWorm #littlebigwomen

#VelvetWorm shoots #slime that stiffens in mid-air https://www.futurity.org/velvet-worms-slime-2994192-2/

Peculiar #Phosphonate Modifications of #VelvetWorms Slime Revealed by Advanced Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Mass Spectrometry https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.3c06798

"The fact that the slime transitions from a liquid to a solid in mid-air is extremely unusual... The forces it experiences when ejected initiate the transition... This solidified slime becomes recyclable, a quality with implications for sustainable materials"

#VelvetWorm shoots #slime that stiffens in mid-air https://www.futurity.org/velvet-worms-slime-2994192-2/

Peculiar #Phosphonate Modifications of #VelvetWorms Slime Revealed by Advanced Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Mass Spectrometry https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.3c06798

"The fact that the slime transitions from a liquid to a solid in mid-air is extremely unusual... The forces it experiences when ejected initiate the transition... This solidified slime becomes recyclable, a quality with implications for sustainable materials"

This velvet worm (Ooperipatellus viridimaculatus) is endemic to Aotearoa New Zealand's South Island.

When hunting or disturbed, velvet worms squirt a viscous fluid from special slime glands on their head, which I witnessed when this one protested being woken up by a camera flash!

#MacroPhotography #Peripatus #Nature #Arthropod #VelvetWorm

This velvet worm (Ooperipatellus viridimaculatus) is endemic to Aotearoa New Zealand's South Island.

When hunting or disturbed, velvet worms squirt a viscous fluid from special slime glands on their head, which I witnessed when this one protested being woken up by a camera flash!

#MacroPhotography #Peripatus #Nature #Arthropod #VelvetWorm

#FinishedReading a fascinating look at #LivingFossils, animals and plants still with us who've maintained their biology since ancient times with few obvious changes. New Zealand features a lot of course, with e.g. #tuatara #totara #rimu #rifleman and of course the wonderfully bizarre #velvetworm of the title.

#FinishedReading a fascinating look at #LivingFossils, animals and plants still with us who've maintained their biology since ancient times with few obvious changes. New Zealand features a lot of course, with e.g. #tuatara #totara #rimu #rifleman and of course the wonderfully bizarre #velvetworm of the title.