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It's spring time in New York City!
It's spring time in New York City! Yesterday it felt as if the whole city had come alive. Tulips and daffodils bloom, the moss on the old stone wall caught droplets of morning due. On my way to the bus stop in the South Bronx I encountered a DeKay's brown snake on the sidewalk near the park, the cute little snake was sunning itself after a long winter underground.
Gently, I picked her up (I had a look at the tail and I think it is a female) and moved her to a nice warm rock away from foot traffic. This is the first snake I've ever seen in NYC and it's my favorite species!
I’ve wanted to have a Dekay’s brown snake a a pet forever— I think a terrarium with Storeria dekayi and carpenter ants would be amazing— but if she now lives in the park I can go see her there. Even better. She eat snails, slugs and worms and lord knows we have those over by that wall. I suspect there is one of NYC’s many secret buried streams and brooks under the wall in the park. It’s so moist all of the time. Some of the local teens on their way to school and stopped to admire the snake. They were a little scared at first "oh no she's got a snake!" but I was able to tell them a little about the snake and how they are harmless and a sign that our little local park is doing well ecologically.
Later this same day I was walking down Park Ave. down on the upper east when out of the corner of my eye I spied an ant queen. I can always tell ant queens by the way they walk... or rather waddle. Looks like Prenolepis imparis, or the American winter ant. She was hustling along the side walk as if on her way to the Chanel store. Now she’s in one of my luxury ant condos— (but don’t tell her I’ve moved her out to the Bronx.)
I fed her a drop of sugar water which she accepted, now she is in my ant drawer snug in her test tube. I will post updates about this queen, and if she makes it. Over on Mastodon I asked for help naming her and we decided to call her "Ethel." I've never kept this species before, so I'm reading about their needs.
Ethel is cute & round, settling in to her "Luxery ant condo" (It's a test tube.) She enjoyed a little sugar water, now she's in the darkness of the ant drawer. She looks very well-fed, so I think there is a good chance she will lay lots of eggs.
In four or five days I'll check on her again. Sometimes new queens just die. So, many don't like to name a queen until she has her first workers. But I'm cheering for this little urban ant.
#ants#antposting#bugblr#bugs#insects#myrmecology#antkeeping#ant#invertebrates#antblr#snake#brown snake#DeKay's brown snake#Storeria dekayi#Storeria#nyc#nyc spring#spring#queen ant#nuptial flight#winter ant#nyc snakes#snakes of New York#named ants#queen ethel#ethel the ant
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Kurt Russell / Escape from New York (1981)
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Escape From New York by John Gallagher
#john gallagher art#uncannyknack#escape from new york#snake plissken#john carpenter#cult film#fan art
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Marc Aspinall Escape From New York soundtrack art (2020)
#snake plissken#kurt russell#marc aspinall#illustration#painting#escape from new york#john carpenter#waxwork
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kurt russell as snake plissken
#lockscreen#80s movies#80s pop#80s fashion#80s nostalgia#80s aesthetic#kurt russell#escape from new york#escape from la#boyfriend material lockscreen#kurt russell lockscreen#snake plissken lockscreen
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#mgs#big boss#mgs3#metal gear solid fanart#metal gear fanart#metal gear solid#the ref is escape from new york but i'm not gonna tag that#clavicleart#mgs big boss#naked snake#mgs fanart#I hope this still looks good when im not sleep deprived
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These r so old and not my best drawings (lol) but are there still EFNY/LAheads out there!?
#escape from new york#escape from la#snake plissken#I love these movies so much#I know too much about Kurt Russell
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Terrible shirts I saw and john carpenters slut trilogy kurt russell characters
#I made two of them for mac the other one says 'cum in me bro' but i thought it might not suit a guy who is nOT trying to have#the thing come in him#these have to be the dumbest images I have ever made#the thing 1982#escape from new york#big trouble in little china#rj macready#snake plissken#jack burton#I don't have photoshop I have procreate and a dream lmao#penelope's shitposts#That jack burton one is my favourite though just because I am convinced he would actually wear it#kurt russell
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They're here! After being out of print for over 10 years, my 80s movie t-shirts are back in stock!
This time they're 3 colour screen printed shirts and they're really vivid. Originally released as direct to garment printed designs by Illustrated Mind, these have been one of my most heavily requested items, so I've had them produced as high quality as I could make.
You can buy them here: https://jackteagle.bigcartel.com/
#illustration#80s#80s movies#robocop#alien#predator#escape from new york#snake plissken#kurt russell
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I needed to draw this man tied up for reasons ok
#counterfeit-stars#my art#escape from new york#snake plissken#kurt russell#escape from new york fanart#fanart#I had the primal urge to draw him like this alright#tumblr is the place I dump all my silly self indulgent art#so deal with it >:)))#efny
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World of Reptiles at Bronx Zoo 🐍🦎🌵🐢🐸
#New York City#Bronx Zoo#World of Reptiles#Wildlife#Reptilia#Green Tree Python#Burmese Python#Golden Barrel Cactus#Blue Tree Monitor#Dyeing Poison Dart Frog#Snake Necked Turtle#Indian Python#Cactus#Plants#Tree#Bamboo#Bronx#Zoo#Bronx Park#New York
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Marc Aspinall Escape From New York soundtrack art (2020)
#kurt russell#marc aspinall#painting#illustration#snake plissken#john carpenter#80s#escape from new york
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