D. Allan Drummond

Huntress, my solid bronze mantis. She’s articulated…look closely and you can see the neodymium magnets at her neck and shoulders (coxae) 🔬

Working on some pseudoscorpion drawings. Takes a lot of concentration so slow going. Quite pleased with the results so far. These are drawn from several of my own photos and experience of watching them in the field. #arachnids #invertebrates

Héloïse might have made short work of the mantis but for its mesmeric dance. 'Avaunt, hen, and harm me not!' Cried the fae creature. 'For I am the Sibyl of the Shrub, and it shall go ill for thee!' #Boktober Hen and Mantis. Ink and gouache on Fabriano Medioevalis, approximately 95 × 64 mm.

Someone on iNaturalist thinks this incredible moss-mimicking katydid I photographed in Ecuador is an undescribed species, no idea if that is true, but definitely possible, would be so cool if a taxonomist someday used these photos to describe a new species! www.inaturalist.org/observations...

Eurypterid sketches

FINISHED!!!

The mantis is called the 'rice-pounding grasshopper' in Thailand (ตั๊กแตนตำข้าว), from the motion of its raptorial forelegs resembling the traditional manner of pounding rice to remove the husks. This one was drawn with this very brush.

Milkweed bugs: “Don’t…move…” #bugsky

I am extremely proud to present my new art book! Available right now online and I will have them available in person at Lightbox Expo this weekend, table 637. More than double the size of my last art books its packed to the brim with extremely cool stuff. rjpalmerstore.com/collections/...

'Hell Chicken' is actually an elegant, dignified little creature, if you please. 🤓☺️ The recently described oviraptorosaur, Infernogallus. Qualifying as an honorary #Boktober. Ink and gouache on Fabriano Medioevalis, approximately 132 × 85 mm.

The cutest Harvestmen in the garden in Shaftesbury, these tiny Rilaena triangularis will be adults next spring.

#pixelart

A generous offer for DIY bookmarks with Vanna Bartlett's superb Jumping spider (Salticid) images (Pseudoscorpions still to look forward to!):

Work in progress. Been drawing Jumping Spiders last few days and I now have enough to make bookmarks! Salticids are my favourite spiders, they were the 'gateway' species that helped me overcome childhood 'fear' of spiders. #arachnids #spiders #invertebrates #Arachtober

forbidden shieldbug belly view...

Artists! Quote with your art with dramatic lighting!

there are now baby pill millipedes. for your information there are baby pill millipedes here. did I mention the baby pill millipedes

Artists! Quote with your art with dramatic lighting!

Still a long way to go, but the wing looks much better now that I’ve coloured it in more.

#Arachtober Day 10 Mr. Misumena vatia blending in with the blooms on a Pearly Everlasting flower. #inverts #becurious

Hey everyone. Wanted to let you know I have officially started a pa+reon! You can get exclusive access to paleoart WIPS and finished works!

Drawing thread alert!🧵 @franzanth.bsky.social's beautiful crab has a moth-friend being made in return. So this is fair warning that I'm shortly gonna be back on my bullsht. Specifically, how I've gone from this hilariously rough sketch to a usable outline, & now I'm working on the final drawing…

Happy pub day for my debut book of comics. I am assembling a suit

Florida ivory millipede (Chicobolus spinigerus) coiled around a bare brown twig CREW pen flint strand lake trails Bonita Springs, Florida 9-20-26 #macroMonday #eck #macro #nature #green #art #macroPhotography #native #threeWordGenre #bugsky #invertebrates #invertefest

Double downward dog 💚🖤 Agapostemon and Exallonyx (I think), native bee and wasp, practicing their flow yoga on a late-season aster in the back yard

#InverteFest announcement: The December art book will be our 8th and last edition. We've been doing this since 2024 but my real life responsibilities have changed. We might revive the idea in the future in one form or another, but no promises. If you want in, this is your last chance.

Proud to present my lifesize T. rex head, affectionately named Hannibal. I created this myself from start to finish- digital sculpture, resin 3D printing, painting, etc. Huge thanks to my friend @rj-palmer.com for instrumental crits and redlines during the sculpting process.

Surprise from my lab today 🥹🧪

Moth 5/12 - Ashinaga #Art #SciArt

“Mom, there’s a monster under the bed!” 😳 “Don’t be silly, go to sleep” 😱

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Aster murderess is still at it. And still gorgeous, heaven help me. Her night eyes are just turning on here 👽 #bugsky

Virtuoso Grasshopper Absolutely Wailing On Leg

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail on some Ironweed in the garden #invertebrates 🌿 #BugSky #NativePlants

On that note, please come to the reception for my solo show at Harmony Hall on October 11 #sciart

Busted this criminal on the asters, which are sensational, thank you