#preserved insects

[the-amethyst-artist]

Very different post of mine but recently I made some old teaching specimens into a art piece for my department!

[alloflifeisbeautiful]

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[flowery-laser-blasts]

I went to the dark curiosities market today and bought these beautifully preserved Majestic swallowtail butterflies.

Their blue and green wings are absolutely mesmerising. I've always been keen on butterflies and moths. I was tempted to buy an Acheronita moth, but when I saw these two I was sold, besides; our house is already filled with dark and macabre imagery, a little color won't hurt ha!

EDIT: Y'ALL, I WANTED TO CLEAN THE GLASS FRAME AND NOTICE HOW AMAZINGLY BRILLIANTLY GREEN SHEGO ACTUALLY IS (yes I named them, duh) NOT JUST BLACK AND GREEN, GREEN AND BLUE AND BLACK. AND THE BLUE HUE?! OH MY GOSH

[emmikatjohnson]

A real ladybug preserved on a real flower and a spot of lichen, sealed in a glass vial with a cork base.

All flora and fauna featured in this piece are real and hand collected and preserved by the artist. Insects were collected after death.

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[bettercallroasty]

COMMISSIONS OPEN

-2 SLOTS AT A TIME.

I do taxidermy shadow box commissions.

Right now it is only for insects.

Everything I use is real and carefully created.

You have full customization freedom, though I can suggest foliage, decorations and even specimin for you.

I can try to create a plan for those of you who are low budget as well.

I have a wide range of bugs I can get! If you're not sure of what you want, I can link you to what is available.

I can do larger frames as well as multiple Specimen in one frame.

I can do themed shadow boxes etc. It is really up to what you would like.

Please send me a direct message here if interested or my Instagram Comrade_roasty

Before payment I will provide a list of all the costs so you know exactly what you are paying for.

Got something specific u want in ur box? Show it to me! I can even make memorial boxes !

SHARES APPRECIATED!!!

[alixanderkrex]

I’m so excited to finally start journaling and practicing my cursive after so long a break! And to really get me excited for all the learning to come this year (which will include much writing) I treated myself to two fountain pens!!!

I’ve wanted one for as long as I can remember! They’re my first ever and they just so happened to be on sale!!!!

🤘🏻😭🤌🏻

Dreams do come true!!!! I can’t tell you how happy my inner child is rn. Even doing research and buying them I was giddy with excitement!!! Im ecstatic and love them sm!!!! Hoping for great improvement with penmanship with incorporating so many routes of practice in

(Journal and moon/sun desk toper are from the occult section of Spirit Halloween lol since people seemed so into things)

[angelnumber27]

A peek into my collection of insect taxidermy

[maeve-an-bhanchainti]

I've been finding dead things, intentionally and otherwise, for a long long time. this one was a first. it was particularly windy today and I have this deer skull sun bleaching on my porch. I thought it had gotten some leaves stuck in it, but to my shock one of the leaves was not a leaf. it was a katydid.

story time! my middle name is katharine. my great grandfather called me "aoelaigh-kate", which ended up becoming "katydid". and he was the only person who was allowed to call me that. he taught me so much in the short time I had with him before he passed when I was 7. the day he passed I was visited by a katydid and it was the first time I saw one in real life. I went outside to cry because I had been insensitive and hurt my moms feelings while she was already heartbroken and grieving. and there he was. there was no doubt and still isn't that that was my poppy. I still get visited by them when things are hard, or when I'm doing something stupid, when I need guidance. so to find one dead was....surprising. and weird. I keep thinking this has to be symbolically bad but I dont feel that. it doesn't feel bad. what does it mean?

bonus pic of my poppy because he was great