#insectthursday
Porcelain #roaches - Gyna lurida
(Shot on #GoPro in my #animalroom 3-18-26) 🪳🪲 #timelapse #invertebrate #insect #cockroach #roach #bug #bugsky #ento #animal

A close up macro shot of an alien sun beetle (Pachnoda marginata peregrina) crawling across some cork bark towards the camera

#macromonday
Alien sun #beetle - Pachnoda marginata peregrina
(Shot in my #animalroom 12-6-25) 🪲🪳 #photography #macrophotography #animal #invertebrate #insect #bug #bugsky #ento #pets

3 baby mourning geckos (Lepidodactylus lugubris) on the side of their deli cup enclosure together. The shot is mostly of their bellies

I’m really enjoying raising mourning #geckos (Lepidodactylus lugubris) 🦎 #animal #herps #reptile #lizard #gecko #mourninggecko #animalroom #pets

A relatively large alien sun beetle grub (Pachnoda marginata peregrina) on my hand and kind of on their side with their head and legs on the right and their chunky bum on left

#insectthursday
Alien sun #beetle #grub - Pachnoda marginata peregrina
(Shot in my #animalroom 1-17-26) 🪲🪳 #photography #macrophotography #animal #invertebrate #insect #bug #bugsky #ento #pet

I got a new #gopro for Christmas and I’m really excited to play with it more throughout the year
Endler’s livebearers - Poecilia wingei
Platys - Xiphophorus sp.
(Shot in my #animalroom 12-28-25) 🐠 #pond #aquarium #fishkeeping #fish #fishtank #pet

A tiny baby mourning gecko (Lepidodactylus lugubris) on the side of a deli cup (black knit hat and camera in the background) looking towards the bottom left of frame.

We had a Christmas miracle Friday night with our first #mourninggecko (Lepidodactylus lugubris) hatchling!
(Shot in my #animalroom on my iPhone 12-26-25) 🦎 #photography #macrophotography #animal #herps #lizard #gecko #pet #reptile

An adult porcelain roach (Gyna lurida) perched on my right hand facing the right of frame. The roach looks kind of like a leaf from the top down

#invertefest
Porcelain #roach - Gyna lurida
(Shot in my #animalroom 2-2-25) 🪳🪲 #photography #macrophotography #animal #imvertebrate #insect #cockroach #bug #bugsky #ento #pet

A rotting cucumber with a smattering of little sea isopods (Cubaris murina)

#crustmas
Little sea #isopods - Cubaris murina
(Shot in my #animalroom 11-30-24) 🦀 #photography #macrophotography #animal #invertebrate #isopod #bugsky #bug

A female blue dream shrimp (Neocaridina sp. “blue dream”) on a leaf facing the right of frame with other, less colorful Neocaridina shrimp around them

#crustmas
Blue dream #shrimp - Neocaridina sp. “blue dream”
(Shot in my #animalroom 1-15-24) 🦐 #photography #macrophotography #animal #invertebrate #crustacean #aquarium #pet

Some scuds (Gammarus sp.) gathered around various detritus and pebbles

Happy #crustmas Sunday
Freshwater scuds - Gammarus sp.
(Shot in my #animalroom 12-8-24) 🦐 #photography #macrophotography #animal #invertebrate #crustacean #amphipod

A few Neocaridina shrimp on a leaf covered in green spot algae. In the center, a female blue dream shrimp (Neocaridina sp. “blue dream”) is facing the right of frame.

Happy #crustmas Friday
Blue dream #shrimp - Neocaridina sp. “blue dream”
(Shot in my #animalroom 1-15-24) 🦐 #photography #macrophotography #animal #invertebrate #crustacean #pet #aquarium

A powder orange isopod (Porcellionides pruinosus “powder orange”) crawling along a pile of green plant trimmings facing right of frame

#crustmas
Powder orange #isopods - Porcellionides pruinosus “powder orange”
(Shot in my old #animalroom 3-27-2022) 🪲🪳🦀 #photography #macrophotography #animal #invertebrate #crustacean #ento #bugsky

An Amano shrimp (Caridina multidentata) crawling down the back of an aquarium onto a big round leaf.

#crustmas
Amano #shrimp - Caridina multidentata
(Shot in my old #animalroom 4-28-22) 🦐 #photography #macrophotography #animal #invertebrate #crustacean #aquarium #pet #fishkeeping

#macromonday #crustmas
Powder orange #isopod - Porcellionides pruinosus “powder orange”
(Shot in my old #animalroom 3-27-22) 🪳🪲🦀 #photography #macrophotography #animal #invertebrate #crustacean #ento #bugsky #pet

A Gooty sapphire ornamental tarantula (Poecilotheria metallica) resting in the corner of her cork bark and her acrylic enclosure wall with her head towards the bottoms of frame. Please take the time to appreciate her purples and blues making the iconic poecilotheria pattern.

Happy Sunday
#arachtober
Gooty sapphire ornamental - Poecilotheria Metallica
(Shot in my #animalroom 2-15-25) 🕷️🕸️ #photography #animal #invertebrate #arachnid #spider #tarantula #spidersky #tarantulakeeper

A greenbottle blue (GBB) tarantula (Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens) parked in their web with their head pointed to the bottom of the frame and their big orange butt towards the top of frame. It’s a top down shot with their dark blue and orange contrasting the thick white webs.

Happy Saturday
#arachtober
Greenbottle blue (GBB) - Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens
(Shot in my #animalroom 4-27-25) 🕷️🕸️ #photography #animal #invertebrate #arachnid #spider #tarantula #pet #spidersky #tarantulakeeper #spooktober

A close up top down shot of a Mexican red knee tarantula (Brachypelma hamorii) as they cling to the substrate and side of their enclosure facing the left of frame. Her orange stripes on her legs and dusty orange highlights around her black head are visible.

Happy Sunday
#arachtober
Mexican red knee #tarantula - Brachypelma hamorii
(Shot in my animal room 4-7-22) 🕷️🕸️ #photography #pet #animal #invertebrate #arachnid #spider #tarantulakeeper #animalroom

My Gooty sapphire ornamental tree spider (Poecilotheria metallica) on the left side of her enclosure wall with her head pointed down, awaiting any potential meal. She is covered in dazzling blues and purples that are accentuated by white black and yellow

#arachtober
Happy Saturday
Gooty sapphire ornamental tree #spider - Poecilotheria metallica
(Shot in my animal room 10-1-23) 🕷️🕸️ #photography #macrophotography #animal #invertebrate #arachnid #tarantula #pet #animalroom

A close up and top down shot of the carapace of a rear horned baboon tarantula (Ceratogyrus darlingi). She is gray all over with a dark horn in the center and dark spots around her eyes which are facing towards the bottom right of frame. The rest of her gray legs and body are mostly out of frame

#arachtober
Rear horned #baboon - Ceratogyrus daingi
(Shot in my animal room 9-22-25) 🕷️🕸️ #photography #macrophotography #animal #invertebrate #arachnid #spider #tarantula #spidersky #pet #animalroom #tarantulakeeper

The #gopro is an awesome tool for showing and appreciating my #pond
#Platy - Xiphophorus sp.
Endler’s #livebearer - Poecilia wingei
(Shot in my #animalroom 9-10-25) 🐠 #fish #aquariums #fishkeeping #pet

A close up of a plains hognose (Heterodon nasicus) on cocofiber substrate and looking straight at the camera through his glass terrarium.

Shout out to my girlfriend (not pictured) who has learned how to inject my #hognose #snake (Heterodon nasicus) with his antibiotic treatment because I can’t do needles.
(Shot in my old #animalroom 8-5-22) 🐍 #photography #pet #herps #reptile #animal #reptilekeeping

My indoor tropical #fish #pond is starting to really look like a proper pond! I’ve got some algae issues I need to figure out how to address (recommendations welcome) #fishkeeping #livebearers #platys #animalroom #aquarium

A top down shot of a Mexican fire-leg tarantula (Brachypelma boehmei). It had a black abdomen at the right of frame and their orange cephalothorax is In the center with their eyes at the left. The first segment of their legs is black while the rest are orange as if wearhang knee-high socks

Mexican fire-leg #tarantula - Brachypelma boehmei
(Shot in my #animalroom 4-26-25) 🕷️ #spider #arachnid #invertebrate #photography #animals

A top down shot of a Mexican red knee tarantula (Brachypelma hamorii) in their enclosure facing left of frame

#invertefest
Mexican red knee #tarantula - Brachypelma hamorii
(Shot in my #animalroom 4-26-25) 🕷️ #spider #arachnid #photography #invert #bug #animals

A green bottle blue tarantula (Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens) close up and in slight profile facing right of frame. The spider has some roaches clutched up in their mouth.

#invertefest
Green bottle blue #tarantula - Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens
(Shot in my #animalroom 4-26-25) 🕷️🪲🪳 #invert #spider #photography #macrophotography #arachnid

#invertefest
Alien sun #beetle - Pachnoda marginata peregrina
(Shot in my #animalroom 3-23-25) 🪲🪳 #insect #photography #macrophotography #animals #invert #ento #bug #bugsky

An alien sun beetle (Pachnoda marginata peregrina) resting on the tip of a bromeliad.

Alien sun #beetle - Pachnoda marginata peregrina
(Shot in my #animalroom 3-23-25) 🪲 #insect #invert #bug #photography #macrophotography #animals #ento #bugsky

🐸- I have been waiting for you….

I laugh every night when I walk in to see her like this.

White’s Tree Frog / Australian Green Tree Frog

(Litoria caerulea) 🐸

#herps #amphibians #frogs
#animalroom #animalcare

Doug Van Housen, Komugi Inukai and Sailor Moon

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#dougvanhousen #komugiinukai #curewonderful #fanart #precure #sailormoon #usagitsukino #animalroom #art #prettyguardiansailormoon #matthewlillard #wonderfulprecure #animefanart