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Posts by Aysha Mcconkey

A Vancouver bumblebee pollinating a flower (penstemon serrulatus)

A Vancouver bumblebee pollinating a flower (penstemon serrulatus)

Advertisement for bug club, showing the alternative sticker choices members could receive!

Advertisement for bug club, showing the alternative sticker choices members could receive!

A sneak peak at this months bug club! April will be focusing on the Vancouver Bumblebee. The sticker highlights their method of pollination being buzz pollination, and members will receive either the red colour morph or the black colour morph.
You can find the link in my bio 🐝
#art #entomology

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What members receive by joining bug club for the month of March. The image shows the custom stamped envelope, 2 stickers, a scientific illustration painting, and an infographic

What members receive by joining bug club for the month of March. The image shows the custom stamped envelope, 2 stickers, a scientific illustration painting, and an infographic

A mystery calendar for bug club members showing a hint of what bug will be painted each month

A mystery calendar for bug club members showing a hint of what bug will be painted each month

This month you can receive a letter containing facts, art, and stickers all about the Greater bee fly 🐝

Join “bug club” to receive monthly letters each month, focusing on a new species of insect with hand made illustrations from me 🪲

#art #bugs #insects #mailclub #entomology #bugart #watercolour

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A sketch of a Greater Bee fly feeding and perched on nodding onion.

A sketch of a Greater Bee fly feeding and perched on nodding onion.

Just finished the sketch for the next bug club scientific illustration print! This month my members will be learning about the Greater Bee fly, a cute but sinister insect! 🪲

#science #art #painting #watercolour #insect #botany #entomology #bugs #bugart #mailclub #scientificillustration #biology

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A cute illustration of a Greater bee fly with the caption below saying “I’m a parasite”

A cute illustration of a Greater bee fly with the caption below saying “I’m a parasite”

Promotion poster for bug club showing the stickers and what other products are to be shown and released

Promotion poster for bug club showing the stickers and what other products are to be shown and released

First sneak peak at March Bug Club Mail! 🐛 🪲

This month will be focusing on a species in the Diptera family known as the greater bee fly! 🐝

Sign up by clicking the link in my bio for Bug Club!

#bugart #insectart #entomologyart #entomology #cute #mailclub #scientificillustration

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Four spheres representing different environments. The four environments are the ocean, mountains and sky, forests, and cities. The ocean spheres shows a coral reef with whales and fish in the distance, and a giant squid holding the next sphere. The mountain sphere has an eagle soaring above. The third sphere shows a lush forests with some deer and you can see underground with badgers sleeping in their burrow. The last sphere is of a city, inspired by the city of Vancouver BC Canada 🇨🇦

Four spheres representing different environments. The four environments are the ocean, mountains and sky, forests, and cities. The ocean spheres shows a coral reef with whales and fish in the distance, and a giant squid holding the next sphere. The mountain sphere has an eagle soaring above. The third sphere shows a lush forests with some deer and you can see underground with badgers sleeping in their burrow. The last sphere is of a city, inspired by the city of Vancouver BC Canada 🇨🇦

Just finished a recent scientific illustration commission! So happy with how this turned out. Total time to illustrate was 20 hrs!
#art #digitalart #scientificillustration #science #biology #environment #wildlifeconservation #biopshere

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A sneak peak at February mail for Bug Club members. Members will learn about the River Jewelwing Damselfly and receive a hand signed art print, a themed sticker, an infographic sheet on the species, and first time members receive a members badge sticker.

A sneak peak at February mail for Bug Club members. Members will learn about the River Jewelwing Damselfly and receive a hand signed art print, a themed sticker, an infographic sheet on the species, and first time members receive a members badge sticker.

An overview of what bug club is about. A calendar of what is to come for bug club members and a description what bug club is about.

An overview of what bug club is about. A calendar of what is to come for bug club members and a description what bug club is about.

Just released this months edition of Big Club! 🪲 this month, members will be learning about the River Jewelwing Damselfly. You can sign up now by clicking on the link below!
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#mailclub #art #science #entomology #bugs #insects #insectart #education

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A water colour painting of a damselfly. It has black patches on the end of its wings and its body is a metallic green and blue. It rests on seeds of grass

A water colour painting of a damselfly. It has black patches on the end of its wings and its body is a metallic green and blue. It rests on seeds of grass

Can you guess this insect species? 🪷
If you can’t, then you should definitely become a member of Bug Club so you can learn about this amazing species!

To learn and join Bug Club, click the link in my bio 💫

#art #insectart #entomology #scientificillustration #bugs #insects #watercolour

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Water colour painting of a bleeding tooth fungus. A white to pinkish mushroom with red sap droplets covering the entire top of the mushroom, looking like blood.

Water colour painting of a bleeding tooth fungus. A white to pinkish mushroom with red sap droplets covering the entire top of the mushroom, looking like blood.

A water colour painting of the bleeding tooth fungus 🦷 🩸

#art #painting #watercolour #mushroom #mushroomart #mycology

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Thank you! 🌱

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A water colour painting of yarrow, Achillea millefolium. It has a cluster of white flowers on top with a long stem, with alternating lobed leaves 🍃

A water colour painting of yarrow, Achillea millefolium. It has a cluster of white flowers on top with a long stem, with alternating lobed leaves 🍃

New botanical illustration! 🌱

This is of yarrow, Achillea millefolium painted in water colour.

#art #plants #plantart #botany #botanical #yarrow #watercolour

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Thank you! 😊

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A digital illustration of orb weaver spiders found in British Columbia. The spiders are arranged on a spider web with dew drops. Spiders are labelled and numbered 1 to 7. The spiders and are names are written as followed.
1. Araneus marmoreus 
2. Araneus trifolium
3. Argiope trifasciata
4 Araneus iviei 
5. Neoscona oaxacensis
6. Araniella displicata
7. Araneus nordmanni

A digital illustration of orb weaver spiders found in British Columbia. The spiders are arranged on a spider web with dew drops. Spiders are labelled and numbered 1 to 7. The spiders and are names are written as followed. 1. Araneus marmoreus 2. Araneus trifolium 3. Argiope trifasciata 4 Araneus iviei 5. Neoscona oaxacensis 6. Araniella displicata 7. Araneus nordmanni

Illustrated my favourite kind of spiders, Orb Weavers! 🕷️

These particular orb weavers in this illustration focuses on species found in British Columbia Canada 🇨🇦

#art #spiders #spiderart #science #scienceillustration #arachnids

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A illustration of two Salish sucker fish with one of the fish giving a kiss. Text of the image says “I’m a sucker for you”

A illustration of two Salish sucker fish with one of the fish giving a kiss. Text of the image says “I’m a sucker for you”

For February I decided I’m going to illustrate 4 designs that can be used for Valentine’s Day! For this illustration I created a design focusing on the Salish sucker fish 🎣 #art #cuteart #fish #funnyart #valentines

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Thank you! 🍄

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Just joined Bluesky and excited to see how I’ll enjoy this platform

A little mushroom I painted to start with my first post! 🍄

#mushrooms #watercolour #scientificillustration #mushroomart #mycology

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