Nicole 🪲

@fossilforager

Artist & naturalist based in California! Draws bugs & other critters 🐛 (she/her) 🛒 shop.fossilforager.art 💌 Patreon mail club, newsletter, & more: fossilforager.carrd.co

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Nicole 🪲@fossilforager· 17d

These butterflies are also the theme for August’s Naturalist Mail Club goodies. Sign up before Aug 1st to receive a sticker, postcard, and/or vinyl sticker sheet! ⬇️ 💌 patreon.com/fossilforager

Nicole 🪲@fossilforager· 17d

Butterflies of Western North America 🦋✨

An illustrated poster illustration featuring 33 species of colorful butterflies of all sizes native to western North America. They are each numbered to correspond to a typed key at the bottom of the illustration that displays their scientific and common name. They are illustrated on a light blue background.

Nicole 🪲@fossilforager· 23d

baby california giant salamander I love u so much

A photo of a brown larval California giant salamander resting against a pebbly and muddy stream bottom. It is brown with darker brown spots/markings and has feathered gills.

Nicole 🪲@fossilforager· 25d

Bumblebee & lupine enamel pins are back! This is one of my favorite pin sets I've designed 🐝🪻 Check them out here: shop.fossilforager.art

An photo of a yellow-faced bumblebee enamel pin depicted flying near a larger sky lupine enamel pin. The lupine has blue pea-like flowers with purple and white markings. The bumblebee has a yellow face and a single yellow band on the abdomen. They are photographed on a purple amethyst crystal in front of a wooden and leafy background.

Nicole 🪲@fossilforager· Jul 10

California kingsnake & lupine flower stickers are now up in my shop! Also added a few other new sticker designs, check them out here: shop.fossilforager.art 🦋

An illustrated sticker of a black and white scaled California kingsnake. There are blueish-purple lupine flowers and hand-shaped green leaves growing in the snake’s coils. There are small grey-ish blue butterflies flying around the kingsnake and on the lupine. It is illustrated on a light blue-purple background, and photographed being held in my hand in front of a reddish Japanese maple tree.

Nicole 🪲@fossilforager· Jun 24

🐛 ENAMEL PIN SALE! 🐛 take 15% off all pins in my shop! we just restocked some of our most popular designs. ends 6/28! ➡️ shop.fossilforager.art

A graphic showing 6 enamel pin designs created by me: Anomalocaris, a peacock mantis shrimp, a leopard shark with kelp + ray + garibaldi fish, a giraffe weevil, Goliath beetle, and garden eels. In between the 6 designs laid out, white text on a green background reads: “ENAMEL PIN SALE! Take 15% off ALL pins!” A link next to a shopping cart reads “shop.fossilforager.art”. Text below the link reads “sale ends 6/28 @ 11:59 pm PDT”.

Nicole 🪲@fossilforager· Jun 23

Had to make a pond pattern featuring some of my favorite guys!! 🐸🪷

A tiled pattern of various pond animals and water lilies with yellow flowers. The animals featured are mostly invertebrates and herps, such as a dragonfly, damselfly, water bug, caddisfly larva, water beetles, water strider, dragonfly larva, tadpole, rough-skinned newt, and pacific tree frog. There are small duckweed plants interspersed in between. They are illustrated on a blue-teal background.

Nicole 🪲@fossilforager· Jun 22

The Natural Mail Club theme for July features pond critters - sign up before the end of June to receive pond-themed mail! Multiple tiers available. 🐸 💌 patreon.com/fossilforager

An image showcasing my monthly mail club rewards for July, which are a clear vinyl sticker, postcard, and vinyl sticker sheet. All feature critters that can be found at a pond. The postcard and sticker are the same illustration of a pond ecosystem cross section, while the sticker sheet features individual species illustrated separately. The art features a turtle, frogs, water striders, dragonflies, damselflies, newts, water bugs, diving beetles, and macroinverts, all illustrated on teal backgrounds. My mail club link is patreon.com/fossilforager.

Nicole 🪲@fossilforager· Jun 22

A day at the pond 🐢🪷

An illustration featuring various species found in a western North American pond. There is a western pond turtle basking on a gray piece of wood in the pond. A cross section of water shows a California red-legged frog, diving beetle, tadpoles, and a rough skinned newt + newt larva swimming around. The bottom of the pond has hornwort plants, leaf litter, and algae-covered stones. Growing around the pond edges are cattails, rush, water plantain, a water lily, and a flowering Douglas iris. A yellow and black dragonfly is flying over the pond, while a vivid dancer blue damselfly and green pacific tree frog are resting on the iris. They are all illustrated with vibrant colors on a teal blue background.

Nicole 🪲@fossilforager· May 27

Just a few days left to sign up for June’s Naturalist Mail Club! The rewards for June feature Baleen Whales! 🐋❤️ sign up here: patreon.com/fossilforager

Nicole 🪲@fossilforager· May 21

Sea slug plushie preorders end in 10 days!!! Get yours here: shop.fossilforager.art 💙

A photo of a small plush keychain of a nudibranch/sea slug. It is blue with a lighter blue stripe along the top of the body, and bright yellow stripes to the sides and on the “forehead”. It has a blue beaded keychain attachment and is photographed in my hand in front of a red Japanese maple tree.

A photo of a blue Nudibranch plushie photographed in my hand. It is dark blue with lighter blue “skirt” and stripe on top of the body. It has a bright yellow stripe wrapping around the sides of the body, and dark blue “ears” and “tail”. It is photographed in front of a Japanese maple tree.

Nicole 🪲@fossilforager· May 21

california poppies & yellow-faced bumblebees, name a better duo 🐝

A photo of a large yellow-faced bumblebee (Bombus vosnesenskii) getting ready to fly out of a bright orange-yellow California poppy flower. The bee is mostly black with a yellow “forehead” and yellow fuzz on the front half of the thorax.

A photo of a yellow-faced bumblebee ( Bombus vosnesenskii) in flight amongst some California poppies. The bee is mostly black with a yellow face, yellow front part of thorax, and a singular yellow stripe close to the rear of the abdomen. It is carrying a large orange pollen basket on its rear legs.

Nicole 🪲@fossilforager· May 12

Baleen whales!!! 🐋

Nicole 🪲@fossilforager· May 8

🌊 NUDIBRANCH PLUSH! 🌊 Preorders for my new sea slug plushies are now LIVE! Preorders will remain open until 5/31 @ 11:59 PM PDT. Preorder yours here: shop.fossilforager.art 💙 (reshares super appreciated to get the word out!! thank you!)

A photo of my hand holding two sea slug plushies. A keychain sized one is stacked on top of a larger one that is slightly bigger than my outstretched hand. They are a deep cerulean blue with lighter blue details, and bright yellow stripes across the head and sizes of the body. They have dark blue “ears” (rhinophores) and “tails” (gills). They are photographed in front of a red Japanese maple.

Nicole 🪲@fossilforager· May 7

🌊NUDIBRANCH PLUSH INFO 🌊 Preorders for my new sea slug plushies go live 5/8 @ 11 AM PDT, and will remain open until 5/31 @ 11:59 PM PDT. Preorder yours at shop.fossilforager.art! More info below! ⬇️

A photo of two sea slug plushies sitting on a gray stone. A keychain sized one is stacked on top of a larger one. They are a deep cerulean blue with lighter blue details, and bright yellow stripes across the head and sizes of the body. They have dark blue “ears” (rhinophores) and “tails” (gills). They are photographed in front of some pebbles and plants in my yard.

Nicole 🪲@fossilforager· Apr 14

Visited the newt pond ❤️

A photograph taken by me of a rough-skinned newt (Taricha granulosa) gently swimming through murky brownish yellow pond water. The newt is mostly brown with an orange underside, and appears to be suspended in the water.

A photo taken by me of a rough-skinned nest swimming towards me in murky brownish-yellow sepia toned pond water.

A photograph of the newt pond, where Taricha newts swim and float in the murky water. Tree shadows and leaf dapples cover part of the water surface, with sunlight reflecting off the water in half the composition.

Nicole 🪲@fossilforager· Apr 11

New Cambrian mystery keychains just dropped! 🦐 shop.fossilforager.art #sciart

A photo of colorful acrylic keychains, featuring illustrations by me of various Cambrian invertebrate animals. They are photographed against a grey stone background.

Nicole 🪲@fossilforager· Apr 10

My new Cambrian Period collection is now LIVE! New Paleozoic-themed designs and other new goods available now 🦐 💖 🛒 shop.fossilforager.art (reshares are mega appreciated!) #sciart

A photo collage on a black background showcasing several of my new Cambrian-period themed items that are now available in my online store! There are stickers featuring a fossil from the Burgess Shale, Hallucigenia, and Anomalocaris with funny text that reads "Back in my day, this was the apex predator". There is also a sticker sheet containing an assortment of weird Cambrian invertebrates, a tea towel, and Burgess Shale iron-on patch. At the center of the collage is white text that reads "Cambrian Collection, now available!" and a URL to my shop: shop.fossilforager.art

Nicole 🪲@fossilforager· Apr 3

🌷 Naturalist Mail Club - May Rewards 🌷 The featured species for May include the California kingsnake, miniature lupine, and silvery blue butterflies! Sign up below if you want to receive monthly naturalist mail from me! (sign ups end 4/30) International welcome! 💌 patreon.com/fossilforager #sciart

Nicole 🪲@fossilforager· Apr 1

California kingsnake with miniature lupine & silvery blues 🦋🌿

An illustration of a black and white scaled California kingsnake. There are blueish-purple lupine flowers and hand-shaped green leaves growing in the snake’s coils. There are small grey-ish blue butterflies flying around the kingsnake and on the lupine. It is illustrated on a light blue-purple background.

Nicole 🪲@fossilforager· Mar 30

Bearded vulture for my Patreon! This is the April sticker for pupa tier members, sign up before April 1st to receive this sticker! 💌 patreon.com/fossilforager

An illustration of a bearded vulture on a light orange background. This is an ivory and light orange colored vulture with a feathered head, and black markings on the face. It has long black feathers growing over its sharp beak, giving it its name. It has dark grey/black wing and talk feathers with a white stripe on each feather. It is holding a bone in its mouth.

Nicole 🪲@fossilforager· Mar 30

Last few days to sign up for April’s mail rewards! Sign at the scarab or stag tier to receive these dobsonfly themed rewards! 💌 patreon.com/fossilforager

An image showing a mockup of the dobsonfly illustration as a postcard, next to a vinyl sticker featuring the insect from a top-down, wings spread perspective. The graphic shows that these are the monthly mailed rewards for April for Fossil Forager’s mail club.

Nicole 🪲@fossilforager· Mar 28

New iron-on patches for invertebrate lovers are now available! 🐛❤️ available here: shop.fossilforager.art Let me know in the comments which invertebrate or creature patches you’d like to see from me next! 🪳

A photo of 4 rectangular shaped embroidered iron-on patches featuring bright colors and different invertebrates + text. From top to bottom, there is a dark blue “Nudibranch Admirer” patch with sea slugs, a teal blue “I Love Jumping Spiders” patch with peacock jumping spiders, a light orange “Awed by Isopods” with different isopods, and light blue “#1 Bug Enthusiast” with true bugs.

Nicole 🪲@fossilforager· Mar 20

In all of my years hiking at this cove, I have never seen this many cormorants before!! it was truly surreal (and of course the one day I don’t bring my nice camera)

A photo of a rocky beach cove with at least 50-100 cormorants in the blue-green ocean water, feeding on fish in the waves.

Nicole 🪲@fossilforager· Mar 18

Dobsonflies!!

An illustration of a small biome featuring a rushing stream with mossy blue-gray rocks/stones and a twisted small brown branch. In the biome, there are two large adult eastern dobsonflies resting on top of a rock and the branch just out of the water. These are large insects with brownish bodies and translucent veined wings that resemble those of an antlion or dragonfly, but larger. The male has very long curved mandibles, while the female has much smaller ones. In the water, the larva of this species is illustrated next to the gray stones and pebbles. It has a long segmented body with a large head. Large, fearsome mandibles on the larva are used to grab prey. The entire illustration has a light blue-green background.

Nicole 🪲@fossilforager· Mar 13

Happy birthday!!! Your art always makes me so happy to see. I love a good loach, especially a kuhli loach. My childhood fish tank had a whole squad of them that would hide in a piece of drift wood and come out to eat algae wafers :)

A photo of a kuhli loach. It is a long eel-like fish with little whiskery barbels on its face and small black eyes. It is yellow with darker striped markings along its body.

Nicole 🪲@fossilforager· Mar 11

It’s my birthday and (almost) the 6th anniversary of Fossil Forager!! To celebrate I’m doing a print sale - take 20% off all art prints until this Sunday! 🎉 🐛 shop.fossilforager.art #sciart

A photo collage showing various posters I illustrated/designed, featuring various organisms found in a particular biome or of a specific group. They are on colorful backgrounds. A rounded orange rectangle with text reads “Birthday Print Sale! Take 20% off all prints, applied automatically at checkout!”, along with a link to my shop (shop.fossilforager.art). The sale ends 3/15 at 11:59 PM Pacific Daylight Time.

Nicole 🪲@fossilforager· Mar 8

hiii it’s the last day of ECCC!! Come by if you’re here - booth D17! Sold out of most large prints but have plenty of 8x10s and postcards and other smaller goods left!! 🐛

A photo of my booth display at Emerald City Comic Con on Sunday (the last day)! It features a bright gold tablecloth and colorful nature/natural history themed artwork on stickers, prints, sticker sheets, enamel pins, patches, and bumper stickers. Many large prints are marked as “sold out”.

Nicole 🪲@fossilforager· Mar 7

It’s officially Saturday morning of ECCC (2 more days to go)! Booth D17 in artist alley for your nature/ecology needs 🐛❤️ running low/out of some things but still have lots of prints and other goods!

Nicole 🪲@fossilforager· Mar 5

good first meal in seattle - see you tomorrow, ECCC!