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September, Eternal

A really tragic loss for #science and #scicomm. I can't overstate how great Fortey's books were; Trilobite! was immensely influential on me as a young scientist.

Take a moment today, and appreciate the deep time that has led to the natural world around you.

thebookseller.com/obituaries/a #RichardFortey #Trilobites #fossils #museum #NaturalHistory

Author, presenter and palaeontologist Richard Fortey dies aged 79The Bookseller
rsp

I ran across this fantastic scientific illustration on Wikimedia: dissection of the European garden spider Araneus diadematus (=Epeira diadema), circa 1902.

The artist, Paul Pfurtscheller (1855-1927), taught biology classes until his retirement in 1911. His artwork was done in the form of wall charts to support his teaching lessons.

#NaturalHistory #Nature #Spiders

Extremely detailed artwork showing underside view of a spider, partially dissected to reveal many round eggs, laminar booklungs, silk glands, and more.
Extremely detailed artwork showing underside view of a spider, partially dissected to reveal many round eggs, laminar booklungs, silk glands, and more.
Extremely detailed artwork showing underside view of a spider, partially dissected to reveal many round eggs, laminar booklungs, silk glands, and more.
Extremely detailed artwork showing underside view of a spider, partially dissected to reveal many round eggs, laminar booklungs, silk glands, and more.
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Wildwiese

#Introduction She/Her. Very much still learning the mastodon/fedi ropes! Central Indiana natural history enthusiast and co-owner/#photographer @Nativeplantsunlimited . Mostly boosts posts, will occasionally gush abt #naturalhistory, my various #handcrafts, #pets, and #houseplants. I don’t mind answering questions in the comments!
#beading #beadwork #weaving #tabletweaving #handmade #carnivorousplants #pitcherplant #nepenthes #cats #catsofmastodon #photography #artist #MastoArt

Been messing with loom beading, these are my first three projects! Lessons were learned lol. Pictured: Three bracelet-sized bands of beading. The farthest from camera is out of focus, with a vaguely festive green and red patters and a wave to it, like wrinkled fabric. The middle band is less wrinkly, with a cross stitch like pattern- a red heart in the middle flanked by simple flowers of different colors. The closest band is not at all wrinkly, and is blue with a heavily stylized bird. The bird is outlined in black with a yellow to orange, sunset like gradient in the wings and tail. I was told by my beading teacher that it is a historic Native American pattern of a diving loon.
My first historic tablet weaving in progress, the simplest Oseberg pattern. One day I’ll get brave and do the complicated ones! Pictured: Close up of a narrow band weaving in progress hooked around a wooden loom peg. The pattern is simple and slightly asymmetrical, with repeating white parallelograms inside a plum colored stripe that’s just off center.
My first nepenthes, x Briggsiana, who is doing wonderfully and has been joined by a small gaggle of other neps that tolerate household humidity. I was lucky this was my gateway plant; it survived my beginner mistakes and I adore the dark color and wide peristome! Pictured: Three cheerful, fresh, dark red pitchers with slightly flared mouths hanging next to each other.
Brotchen, a long-haired tabby cat, intercepted the towels I was supposed to be folding. Pictured looking soulfully into the camera with her chin on some bunched towels. She knows how to pose!
Richard Lent

Just in from California Carnivores: Drosera roseana, a species of pygmy sundew native to southwestern Australia. There are about 10 plants here in a 2 1/2-inch pot; individual plants are barely 1/4 inch across. Apparently they can get as large as a penny in diameter. This species is supposedly "easy" to grow. We'll see.

#nature #naturephotography #plants #carnivorousplants #insectivorousplants #botany #ecology #biology #biodiversity #naturalhistory #houseplants #sundews #SavageGarden

A cluster of small, vibrant green and red pygmy sundews, surrounded by moss on dark, damp soil.
rsp

I was fortunate to see whooping cranes for the first time recently. As the sun was setting, three took to the air, circled, passed right overhead, and honked--close enough to hear their wing beats.

In the 1980s, my biology professor used them as an example of a species about to go extinct--he wasn't optimistic as to their fate. By 1860, their numbers had dropped to 1400. By 1942, there were 16--all in one Texas population. Today, there are ~536 in Texas and ~800 total.
#NaturalHistory #Nature

Closeup of one bird showing a large golden eye staring out.
Three white birds flying overhead with outstretched wings and long legs trailing behind.
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