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Spooky bat jewelry is now available at RainQuartzJewelry.Etsy.com 🦇🖤✨

It’s Bat Week, and we have new bat research to share! 🦇 A recent study from Museum Research Associate Paul Velazco has described a new bat species from northwestern Peru—along with evidence that it was known to the pre-Incan Moche people more than 1,000 years ago. How can we tell? The Moche people crafted ceramics, many of which realistically portray local animals and plants, including Histiotus mochica. This bat species has distinctively large ears connected by a large band of tissue—which were clearly depicted on a Moche vessel—and is the only member of the genus. Bats of this genus are medium-sized insectivores adapted to dry climates and can be found from the Pacific coast of Peru to the Atlantic coast of Brazil. This new addition increases the total number of bat species identified in Peru to 192, the third highest in the world. Velazco believes there are still many more to find. Read our bat blog post with the link in bio. 📸 Photo: © Paul Velazco #batweek #bats #batsofinstagram #naturalhistory #museums #researchpaper #spookyseason #halloweenvibes (at American Museum of Natural History) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVjzr4wLeDt/?utm_medium=tumblr

Biting into love one heart at a time 🦇❤️ . . #cutevampire #valentinesday #batsofinstagram #pastelgoth #valentines #love #bemine #creepycute https://www.instagram.com/p/CnSm46YSgIV/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Isn’t this lil vampire bat a cutie!! Can’t wait to make a whole sticker sheet of cuties!!

More bats framed up! Limited supply of these. 🦇Hand drawn, carved and printed linocut, signed and numbered by the artist. Framed in an up-cycled frame. . The little brown bat or little brown myotis is an endangered species of mouse-eared microbat found in North America. It has a small body size and glossy brown fur. Scientific name: Myotis lucifugus Mass: 0.29 oz (Adult) Family: Vespertilionidae Order: Chiroptera Phylum: Chordata Kingdom: Animalia . #myotislucifugus #littlebrownbat #tucson #linocut #natureillustration #batsofinstagram #arizona #sonorandesert #tucsonartist #reliefprint #blockprint #southwestart #linoleum #linoblock #linoblockprint #familiar #witchcraft #wicca #bats (at Tucson, Arizona) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChNde_BPOp9/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=