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One of the many wonderful illustrations to be found in an 1837 "caterpillar calendar", an entomological volume by the aptly named Christian Friedrich Vogel outlining which caterpillars appear each month. More here: publicdomainreview.org/collection/i... (from @BioDivLibrary & @SILibraries)
February 2, 2026 at 3:16 PM
archive.org
Happy #Mother’sDay — may your day be full of flowers. 🌷🌹🥀🌸🌼🪻📷🌻🌺

From the book La plante et ses applications ornementales (Plants and Their Ornamental Uses, published 1896.

Browse it in our collection🔗 archive.org/details/plan...

With thanks to @SILibraries & @BioDivLibrary

#MothersDay
May 10, 2026 at 1:02 PM
brucearthursaz.bsky.social
Man, biological illustration is an artform of its own. And Biodiversity Heritage Library has thousands of examples.

@biodivlibrary.bsky.social
Biological illustration of Helicops Erythrogrammus (Rainbow Snake Farancia), a red and black striped snake. From the Biodiversity Heritage Library archives, album "North American herpetology, Vol. 3". https://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/albums/with/72157719489866172
January 26, 2026 at 5:16 PM
folkhorrorrevival.bsky.social
How doth the little crocodile
Improve his shining tail
And pour the waters of the Nile
On every golden scale!

How cheerfully he seems to grin,
How neatly spreads his claws,
And welcomes little fishes in
With gently smiling jaws! 🐊

Lewis Carroll, 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' #BookwormSat
Vintage painting of a crocodile on a riverbank with pyramids in the distance. From 'Bilder-Atlas zur wissenschaftlich-populären Naturgeschichte der Wirbelthiere' by Leopold Joseph Fitzinger (1867) https://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/6309776972
May 9, 2026 at 7:12 AM
nicolekearney.bsky.social
Expect posts about biodiversity, historic literature, open science, digital collections, wildlife observations & nature adventures. Let’s connect! 🌿📚🔗 #Biodiversity #BioDivLibrary #SciArt #OpenAccess #OpenScience #iNaturalist #WomenInSTEMM #HerNaturalHistory #StripedPossums #Platypus #Thylacines 3/3
A yellow and white flower on red sand A gecko on a rock, with its tongue out 3 people in canoes on a river a seal, photographed upside-down underwater
December 14, 2024 at 8:31 AM
biodiversitypix.bsky.social
👾 Wild beasts and their ways
London, Macmillan and co., 1890. The Cheetah stalking antelope More gr8 #bigcatweek images in this book on Flickr www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/sets/7215 762840349646... #pod #bhlib

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Black and white historical illustration of a cheetah crouching low on rocky ground, partially concealed by tall grass and foliage. The cheetah’s muscles are tense, eyes focused forward, capturing the moment of stalking its prey, an antelope, outside the frame. Detailed fur patterns and natural habitat elements emphasize the predator’s stealth and agility. The style and shading reflect 19th-century engraving techniques. The caption below reads “Cheetah stalking antelopes.”
July 21, 2026 at 4:23 PM
lronlacy.bsky.social
3 #March #WorldWildlifeDay
Léon Becker (1826-1909), *Les arachnides de Belgique Tome XII, Deuxieme et troisieme Parties, Planches* (Bruxelles 1896) Pl. XXIV
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#wildlife #arachnology #arachnids #spiders #biodiversity #ScientificIllustration #illustrationartists #LéonBecker
Léon Becker - Belgian botanist, painter, naturalist and arachnologist (1826–1909) biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33127724 https://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/albums/72157672575464370/with/8356869457/
March 5, 2025 at 3:28 PM
node801.bsky.social
Illustration from Polito, S. (1803). Description and Natural History of S. Polito’s Collection of Living Beasts and Birds (p. 26). #HistSTM #HistSci #BioDivLibrary @biodivlibrary.bsky.social
www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50545967
August 22, 2025 at 8:53 PM
lately.bsky.social
Another one is Flickr.com/people/biodivlibrary/
November 20, 2025 at 1:26 PM
ananula.bsky.social
El 18 de mayo es el día internacional de los Museos PERO también es el 𝑑𝑖́𝑎 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑑𝑒 𝑙𝑎 𝑓𝑎𝑠𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑜́𝑛 𝑝𝑜𝑟 𝑙𝑎𝑠 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑠, amo 💐🌳
Tōkyō :Kobayashi Bunshichi,Meiji 34 [1901] https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/145926#/summary https://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/albums/72157719483762696/with/51282428459
May 17, 2026 at 9:59 PM
jarome.bsky.social
made it to Friday, but at what cost?

https://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/23313200270/
June 16, 2023 at 2:41 PM
lronlacy.bsky.social
3 #March #WorldWildlifeDay
Léon Becker (1826-1909), *Les arachnides de Belgique Tome XII, Deuxieme et troisieme Parties, Planches* (Bruxelles 1896) Pl. VII
#wildlife #arachnology #arachnids #spiders #biodiversity #ScientificIllustration #illustrationartists #LéonBecker 👉ALT
Léon Becker - Belgian botanist, painter, naturalist and arachnologist (1826–1909) Image from biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33127684 https://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/7830533630/in/album-72157672575464370/
March 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
botanybrooke.bsky.social
@SPNHC @CBHLTweets @untlissa @BioDivLibrary @HarvardMuseum @mobotgarden
November 22, 2024 at 2:56 PM
lronlacy.bsky.social
3 #MARCH #WorldWildlifeDay
‘Kingfisher Feeding Its Young. By #AWSeaby.’
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Sir #WilliamBeachThomas [1868-1957] & #AnthonyKeelingCollett [1877-1929]
*Birds through the Year* (London [1922])
#wildlife #birds #kingfishers #ScientificIllustration #AllenWSeaby (1867-1953)
‘Allen William Seaby Is best known as an ornithological painter and printmaker, and Professor of Fine Art at the University of Reading. He was the author of several art books for students, and also wrote and illustrated books for children.’ Wikipedia Image from https://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/albums/72157627393787970
March 22, 2026 at 1:23 PM
lronlacy.bsky.social
#wildlife #biodiversityawareness
‘Hooker’s Sea Lion.’ Illustration by P. J. Smit (1863-1960)
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*The Royal Natural History* ed. #RichardLydekker (1849-1915). Vol. II Section IIII. (London & New York 1894)
#seals #Sealions #ScientificIllustration #illustrationartists #PJSmit
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16070600 https://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/albums/72157631243784678 ‘The Reverend Pierre Jacques Smit, who often signed his works Peter Smit, Peter J. Smit, or P.J. Smit, was a natural history illustrator of the Victorian era in England.’ Wikipedia
April 6, 2026 at 11:52 AM
lronlacy.bsky.social
#wildlife #biodiversityawareness
‘The Sacred Beetle. Sometimes the scarab seems to enter into partnership with a friend.’
Illustration by Edward Julius Detmold (1883-1957)
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Image from https://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/sets/72157629534699505 ‘Edward Julius Detmold and his twin brother Charles Maurice Detmold were prolific Victorian and early twentieth-century book illustrators.’ Wikipedia
April 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
animal-aspects.bsky.social
It’s #GroundhogDay (US) #MarmotDay (Alaska) & #HedgehogDay (Europe) so here’s 1 of each!
Woodchuck (Groundhog) (Marmota monax) 1874
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Hoary Marmot (Marmota caligata) 1918
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European Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) 1911
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Woodchuck - Arctomys monax / E.K. 1874 publisher: L. Prang & Co. 1 print : color lithograph ; sheet 35 x 27.3 cm. Print shows a left profile view of a "Woodchuck", full-length, standing; also shows a skull. Library of Congress collection: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017660742/ (aka Groundhog, scientific name now Marmota monax) HOARY MARMOT, or WHISTLER / Marmota caligata p. 535 in _Wild animals of North America, intimate studies of big and little creatures of the mammal kingdom_ by Edward William Nelson, 1918; illustration by Louis Agassiz Fuertes https://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/6217228724 . Hedgehog and Young Plate I in _British land mammals and their habits_ by Alexander Nicol Simpson, 1911; illustration by C. F. Newall https://archive.org/details/britishlandmamma00simp/page/n7/mode/1up
February 2, 2025 at 4:49 PM
lronlacy.bsky.social
#wildlife #biodiversityawareness
‘Hooker’s Sea Lion.’ Illustration by P. J. Smit (1863-1960)
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*The Royal Natural History* ed. #RichardLydekker (1849-1915). Vol. II Section IIII. (London & New York 1894)
#seals #Sealions #ScientificIllustration #illustrationartists #PJSmit
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16070600 https://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/albums/72157631243784678 ‘The Reverend Pierre Jacques Smit, who often signed his works Peter Smit, Peter J. Smit, or P.J. Smit, was a natural history illustrator of the Victorian era in England.’ Wikipedia
April 6, 2025 at 2:11 PM
jarome.bsky.social
they're all stoned af

📷 https://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/51281920808/
painting of four owls, the image has an overall sepia tone, the owls' eyes all look wide open, giving an overwhelmed or stoned impression
June 29, 2023 at 3:37 PM
lronlacy.bsky.social
3 #MARCH #WorldWildlifeDay
‘Cuckoo Uttering Its Note. By #AWSeaby.’
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Sir #WilliamBeachThomas [1868-1957] & #AnthonyKeelingCollett [1877-1929]
Birds through the Year (London 1922)
#wildlife #birds #cuckoos #ScientificIllustration #illustrationartists #AllenWSeaby (1867-1953)
‘Allen William Seaby Is best known as an ornithological painter and printmaker, and Professor of Fine Art at the University of Reading. He was the author of several art books for students, and also wrote and illustrated books for children.’ Wikipedia Image from biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8469710 https://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/albums/72157627393787970
March 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
lronlacy.bsky.social
3 #MARCH #WorldWildlifeDay
‘Bramble’ *Familiar Wild Flowers Figured and Described by F. Edward Hulme* Vol. II
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(London, Cassell and company, limited, [1878-]).
#wildlife #wildflowers #biodiversity #ScientificIllustration #IllustrationARtists #FrederickEdwardHulme (1841-1909)
‘Frederick Edward Hulme was known as a teacher and an amateur botanist. He was the Professor of Freehand and Geometrical Drawing at King's College London from 1886. His most famous work was Familiar Wild Flowers, which was issued in nine volumes.’ Wikipedia Image: https://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/albums/72157633552032009
March 8, 2025 at 1:54 PM
lronlacy.bsky.social
3 #March #WorldWildlifeDay
‘Babirusa - By Louis A. Sargent’
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*The Wild Beasts of the World* Vol. 2 (T. C. and E. C. Jack, London [1909?])
#wildlife #babirusa #biodiversity #ScientificIllustration #illustration #illustrationartists
#LouisAugustusSargent (1881-1965)
‘babirusa |ˌbɑːbɪˈruːsə| noun a forest-dwelling wild pig with several upturned horn-like tusks, native to Malaysia. (babirusa babirusa Babyrousa babyrussa, family Suidae.)’ O.D.E. image: https://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/albums/72157631835847634
March 6, 2026 at 8:10 AM
ananula.bsky.social
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Tōkyō :Kobayashi Bunshichi,Meiji 34 [1901] https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/145926#/summary https://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/albums/72157719483762696/with/51282428459
May 17, 2026 at 9:59 PM
ananula.bsky.social
🎋
Tōkyō :Kobayashi Bunshichi,Meiji 34 [1901] https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/145926#/summary https://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/albums/72157719483762696/with/51282428459
May 17, 2026 at 9:59 PM
lronlacy.bsky.social
3 #March #WorldWildlifeDay
‘Okapis - By Louis A. Sargent’
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Frank Finn, *The Wild Beasts of the World* Vol. 2 (T. C. and E. C. Jack, London [1909?])
#wildlife #okapis #biodiversity #ScientificIllustration #illustrationartists
#LouisAugustusSargent (1881-1965)
okapi |ə(ʊ)ˈkɑːpi| noun (pl. okapi or okapis) a large browsing mammal of the giraffe family that lives in the rainforests of northern Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire). It has a dark chestnut coat with stripes on the hindquarters and upper legs. (Okapia johnstoni, family Giraffidae.)- ODE image from https://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/albums/72157631835847634
March 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM