Sciartober Day 31: Dark. Bat flower (Tacca chantrieri) This native Southeast Asian flower has dark purple to black blossoms. It is used in Chinese medicine for a wide range of ailments including possible anticancer applications. #aciartober #sciart #sciartober2023 #dark #batflower #taccachantrieri

Sciartober Day 30: Fluff. Caught a photo of the beautiful, open seed pod of a milkweed plant. Every fall, these fluffy, gossamer seeds go flying through the air. #sciartober #sciart #sciartober2023 #fluff #milkweedseeds

Sciartober Day 29: Misunderstood. The lowly dandelion! This hardy, common flower (some would say weed) is high in antioxidants and the roots, flowers, stems and leaves can all be used medicinally or as food!#sciartober #sciart #sciartober2023 #dandelion #misunderstood

Sciartober Day 28: Luminous. Did some digging and learned about the only known bioluminescent millipede, Motyxia sequoiae. It is found only in a small region of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California. #sciart #sciartober #sciartober2023 #motyxiasequoiae #millipede #bioluminescence #luminous

Sciartober Day 27: Spin. I started to think of the spinning Earth and remembered Foucault’s Pendulum. It was invented by French physicist Leon Foucault to demonstrate the rotation of the Earth. #sciart #sciartober #sciartober2023 #spin #foucaultpendulum

Sciartober Day 26: Fast. The peregrine falcon can reach speeds of up to 200 mph. A beautiful bird. #sciart #sciartober #sciartober2023 #fast #peregrinefalcon

Sciartober Day 25: Core. This made me think of the center of trees and the rings that show their growth. #sciart #sciartober #sciartober2023 #core #treerings

Sciartober Day 21: Infinity. I discovered that flatworm species have amazing regenerative capabilities! These aren’t your biology class planarians! This one is the fuschia flatworm (Platyhelminthes) #sciartober #sciartober2023 #sciart #flatworm #infinity #platyhelminthes #infinity

Sciartober Day 24: Mixture. This is aluminum sulfate, or papermaker’s alum. It is made by mixing precipitated aluminum hydroxide with sulfuric acid. It is used for coating paper before marbling and more. #sciartober #sciart #sciartober2023 #aluminumsulfate #mixture #papermakersalum

Sciartober Day 23: Climb. I chose the climbing clematis. Gorgeous flowers. #sciartober #sciart #sciartober2023 #climb #clematis

Sciartober Day 22: Juvenile. I was a bit stumped by this prompt, but decided on a baby wild boar. Beautiful markings on them. #sciartober #sciartober2023 #sciart #wildboar #juvenile

Sciartober Day 20: Eerie. I was watching a movie about a lepidopterist and ghost moths came up.(Hepialus humuli) The male moths will do a hovering dance to attract females, giving them a ghostly appearance. #ghostmoth #sciartober #sciartober2023 #eerie #sciart

Sciartober Day 16: Fruit. This is the American PawPaw. It has a large, yellowish-green to brown fruit, which is also the largest edible fruit indigenous to the U.S. The flavor is similar to banana, mango and pineapple with a sweet, custard-like texture. #fruit #pawpaw #sciartober2023

Sciartober Day 15: Transparent. This is a domed land snail. It is a cave-dwelling, air-breathing snail with a translucent shell. It is actually quite small with a shell width of about 1mm and a shell height of about 2mm. #sciartober2023 #domedlandsnail #transparent #snail #shell

Sciartober Day 14: Zip. This is the Tanzanian Zipper Plant (Euphorbia anoplia.) This is a succulent that grows tall, leafless stems that have green stripes. #sciartober2023 #zipper #tanzanianzipperplant #succulent

Sciartober Day 13: Shiny. Splash copper is made by pouring molten copper (2,200 degree) over a tray of water and straw. Unique shapes form and when cooled, a turquoise patina is applied and highlights polished to reveal the copper beneath. #sciartober2023 #splashcopper #shiny #copper

Sciartober Day 11: Incomplete. I was intrigued to read about “incomplete metamorphosis,” a type found in insects. There are just 3 stages: egg, nymph and adult. A praying mantis is an example. #sciartober2023 #prayingmantis #incomplete #incompletemetamorphosis

Sciartober Day 9: Bloom. I chose this beautiful mallow bud on the verge of blooming. I just love how they look, all spiraled and wrapped up, before they open. #sciartober2023 #bloom #mallowbud #flowerbud

Sciartober Day: Bone. This is a sketch of the lower jaw bone of a gray fox. You can see the sharper incisors towards the front and the flatter molars in the back. This is drawn to scale. #sciartober2023 #grayfox #bone #jaw