Welcome to #DefyAnts!
The world is *a lot* right now and every day has been feeling pretty heavy. Maybe you, like I, need a little daily task to feel connected and recharge. Let’s lean into art as resistance!
The Goal
Draw a smol picture (pencil, pen, watercolors, crayons, whatever) or go out and take a photo of the insect of the day. Once you’re done, post your art with…
1. The name of the insect
2. One fact about your new bug fren
3. #DefyAnts so people can see your art and you can find other people’s contributions.
Another month, another pack of awesome insects n' such. For October, we'll focus on monsters, for reasons, but this month we'll keep working on our segmented weirdo friends.
Late to the game? There's no such thing! Hop in and out as you want.
Happy Arting!
The Prompts
September 1st
Cow Killer Ant (Dasymutilla occidentalis (Linnaeus))
September 2nd
Yellow Garden Spider (Argiope aurantia)
September 3rd
Blow fly (Calliphora sp.)
September 4th
ALB (Anoplophora glabripennis)
September 5th
Eucharitid wasp (Schizaspidia caeruleiceps)
September 6th
Butterfly Dragonfly (Rhyothemis fuliginosa)
September 7th
Texas cave scorpion (Pseudouroctonus reddelli)
September 8th
Blue Orchard Bee (Osmia lignaria)
September 9th
Hickory Horned Devil (caterpillar of Citheronia regalis)
September 10th
Katydid (Pterophylla carnellifolia)
September 11th
SE Asian Cicado (tacua speciosa)
September 12th
Tiger Mosquito (Aedes albopictus)
September 13th
Bold Jumping Spider (phidippus audax)
September 14th
Oak Treehopper (Platycotis vittata)
September 15th
Orange Assassin Bug (Pselliopus barberi)
September 16th
Glass Wing Butterfly (Greta oto)
September 17th
Eastern Lubber Grasshopper (Romalea microptera)
September 18th
Brazilian Blue Dwarf Beauty Tarantula (Dolichothele diamantinensis)
September 19th
Beautiful Tiger Beetle (cicindela pulchra)
September 20th
Atlas beetle (Chalcosoma atlas)
September 21st
ALB (Anoplophora glabripennis)
September 22nd
Harlequin Bug (Murgantia histrionica)
September 23rd
Queen Butterfly (Danaus gilippus)
September 24th
Little Mesquite Cicada (Pacarina puella)
September 25th
Aztec Spur-Throat Grasshopper (Aidemona azteca)
September 26th
Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae)
September 27th
Eastern Cicada-Killer Wasp (Sphecius speciosus)
September 28th
Japanese Tiger Beetle (Cicindela chinensis japonica)
September 29th
Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus)
September 30th
Black Widow (Latrodectus mactans)
Past Prompts