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There are so many great bugs!!! And among these, there's none like #JewelTheBeetle!! 🪲💙🩷.

Happy #InsectWeek25 special

#SonicFCs #IDWSonic #SonicArtist #SonicTheHedgehog
#Beetle #Bug #Insect #JewelBeetle #herculesbeetle #rhinocerosbeetle #Tigerbeetle #pillscarabbeetle #firefly
June 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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RES CEO @simon2ward.bsky.social with MP @barrygardiner.bsky.social in Parliament this week planning some exciting parliamentary activity to support #InsectWeek this year (23-29 June 2025).

Watch this space 🪲

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RES CEO Simon Ward with MP Barry Gardiner in Parliament
April 9, 2025 at 11:54 AM
efraartmix.bsky.social
Good morning everyone, how are you? I hope you're doing well :D!!!

Haha, that's right, people, traditions are not broken!!! Yes, I will celebrate #insectWeek25 ^^, and this time with a special theme 🪲
June 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
efraartmix.bsky.social
Good morning everyone, how are you? I hope you're doing great :D!!!

Tomorrow, everyone, #InsectWeek25 officially starts tomorrow 😁. On another note, this year's #ArtFight theme will be revealed today.
June 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
efraartmix.bsky.social
Good morning everyone, how are you? I hope you're doing well!!! 😁😄. We're officially 10 days away from #InsectWeek25....

"And Sonic's anniversary?"
I don't know what that is :V
June 13, 2025 at 2:21 PM
uoacollections.bsky.social
This book by Louise M. Budgen, published 1849-1851 describes the natural history of insects through stories. Budgen wrote it under the pseudonym Acheta Domestica, the scientific name of the house cricket.

The Victorian blocked binding shows a house cricket reciting one of the tales.

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A cloth bound book. An illustration in gold foil depicts a cricket reading from a book surrounded by other insects, plants and a spider in a web. #InsectWeek25 Day 3: Louise M Budgen Louise M. Budgen published her book, Episodes of Insect Life, under the pseudonym 'Acheta Domestica'. She described the life-cycle and habits of insects through narrative tales. The binding, which is a beautiful example of Victorian blocked binding, shows a house cricket (Acheta domestic) reciting one of the tales.
June 25, 2025 at 11:55 AM
efraartmix.bsky.social
Good morning everyone. How are you? I hope you're doing well 😆😁😄😉

Haha, just in case one art wasn't enough, I'm making a second one for #InsectWeek25 ^^. #WIP

A bug that isn't a bug?
June 19, 2025 at 2:11 PM
uoacollections.bsky.social
These watercolour paintings of insects were made by Sri Lankan artists William and George de Alwis around 1834.

Their drawings were considered so true to form that between 1849 and 1880 the Governor of Ceylon employed them to draw the moths and butterflies of the country from nature.

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watercolour painting of a green grasshopper #InsectWeek25 Day 4: The de Alwis brothers Watercolour insect illustrations with text: These watercolour paintings of insects were made by Sri Lankan artists William and George de Alwis around 1834 while Sri Lanka was under colonial rule. The artists' father Haramanis de Alwis Seneviratne (1792-1894), worked as a botanical illustrator for the Botanic Gardens and by his retirement had illustrated over 2000 plants! Watercolour insect illustrations with text: The brothers drawings were considered so true to form. that between 1849 and 1880 the Governor of Ceylon employed them both to undertake a project to draw the moths and butterflies of the country from nature. They also went on to provide many other illustrations for authors publishing on the Lepidoptera of the time.
June 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Integrated Pest Management allows heritage sites to monitor and manage pests to prevent damage to the collections.

We admire and appreciate the important role that wee beasties play in our eco system, but we don't want them munching on our historical collections if possible!

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Two volunteers, one using a magnifier to check and pest traps and the other with a clipboard #InsectWeek25 Day 5: Pest Traps with a photo of two slaters in a trap Integrated Pest Management allows heritage sites to monitor and manage pests to prevent damage to the collections. Two of our volunteers have the glamorous and important job of assisting collection staff to check and record the pest traps this week. Monitoring the traps alerts us to any infestations that could damage items. We admire and appreciate the important role that wee beasties play in our eco system, but we don't want them munching on our historical collections if possible!
June 27, 2025 at 11:50 AM
uoacollections.bsky.social
Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) was the first woman to describe and study the life cycle and metamorphoses of butterflies and other insects. Her first book, The Miraculous Transformation and Unusual Flower-Food of Caterpillars contained over 50 plates, engraved from her own observations
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black and white illustration of flowers with insects on them graphic with insectweek25 day 2: maria sybilla merian graphic with a flower with a butterfly on it graphic with flowers and insects
June 24, 2025 at 8:37 AM