#velvetworm

[sleeper-sharks]

VELVET WORM!!!!!!

[foxsnails]

Part one of a two painting commission for @kudufawks focusing on the wildlife of Dominica!!

I was super thrilled to receive this comm with so many amazing species to choose from and i'm super happy with the finished piece! This painting's focus is the Little Blue Heron catching a Velvet worm, including a background of lots of Dominican sea creatures! In person the gold outline shimmers in the light!

You can see a very short process vid of me painting it here: XXXXX

[pumpkin-knights]

Had to draw my velvetworm in her monster form~

P.S more up to date art on my other pages link in bio!

[onenicebugperday]

Velvetworm, Ooperipatellus viridimaculatus, Peripatopsidae, New Zealand

Like all velvetworms, this species is a nocturnal ambush predator that subdues its prey by squirting glue-like slime from glands near the mouth to entrap it.

Photos 1-6 by jacobl, 7-8 by chrismorse, and 9-10 by ggiribet

[captaiinobvious]

velvet ant and velvet worm besties💖🐝🐛💖

[bloofbloofbloof]

My favorite rare worm photos

credit to those who made them

they are precious

[sweetnround]

A batch of VTuber commissions for Miing, dot_lvl, Auroromon, VelvetWorm, and Kinugitsune! 

[lithobius-forfikateus]

Velvety wormy meeting doodles . . . #onychophora #velvetworm #naturalhistoryillustration #peripatopsidae #sketchbook #pensketch (at Museum of Comparative Zoology)