Instagram story viewer> @shelilla> Posts

Stephanie

@shelilla

335

followers

1402

following

☆ Art account @taselty ☆
☆ Dog account @lucythegsd ☆
🌿 Biologist 🗺 Explorer 🐊 Animal Lover

POSTS STORIES REELS TAGGED

High quality vinyl stickers (Link in bio)

Now, more than ever, support local, support environmental efforts, and share your passion for our quickly diminishing natural world. For every $100 I will be donating half to various conservation organizations such as @wwf, @cpawsnab and @freshwaterconservationcanada

Any sales also support my goal to buy and spread native plant seeds wherever I go in North America

5 for small size (4×2 in)
10 for large size (6×3 in)
10 for shitbox stickers

free shipping anywhere and the top 2 designs will come with bonus stickers

#supportyourlocalartist #artistsyyc #calgaryartist #nativegarden #NativePlants #AskMeAboutMyGarden #RewildYourYard #GardenStickers #BotanicalStickers #EnvironmentalArt #ConservationIsCoexistence #WildlifeConservation #LivingWithWildlife #NatureArt #EcoStickers #ShitboxLife #CursedCars #RaceWhatYouGot #CarStickers #PontiacG5 #StickerShop #VinylStickers #StickerAddict #StickerLove #EtsySeller #BigCartel #ShopSmall #SupportIndieArtists #FreeShipping #pollinatorweek by @shelilla

18

3

a year ago

We touch moss

#northernsawwhetowl #birdbanding #kananaskis by @shelilla

46

5

18 days ago

Had an incredible night volunteering with @alberta_parks RANA (amphibian monitoring program) and it was absolutely amazing!! We had a great turnout in the traps and it was really cool learning how to do this sort of research- in many ways it's similar to bird banding, but easier! Here's a blob of a Wood Frog someone caught, a very jumpy fellow!

#amphibians #frogs #fieldwork #salamanders

Ominous Wood Frog

9 baby Long-toed Salamanders in the very first trap!

Wood Frog in its awkward childhood phase

Two absolute units of Long-toed Salamanders, beautiful adults!

Phat sally taken in Canmore, Alberta by @shelilla

20

4

2 months ago

So I love this find from my backyard. This is a Raspberry Crown Borer, a wasp-mimicking, clear-winged MOTH! They get the name from their larval life cycle, which involves burrowing into the rootstock of raspberry plants. They are natives of North-South Canada and their life cycle often takes 2 YEARS, most of it spent as a little worm safely tucked in, nourished and insulated in the cane of its host plant.

I found this beauty sleeping on our raspberries and realized quickly it was too fat to be a true wasp. Mimicking a stinging insect helps them be less likely to get eaten as they fly.

This goober pooped on me when I picked it up then did a monkeybar-style escape on the rope when I placed it back. Truly only a moth would get up to such goofy shenanigans.

#clearwingmoth #moths #mimicry by @shelilla

14

2

2 months ago

This isn't the typical pet grief post, but as I find it cathartic to write my thoughts out I figured she deserved it, to be known and shared to those I care for.

I bought you in October 30th of 2015. The color of your scales had given your morph a name that intrigued me- "coral ghost" Corn Snake, you were called. I named you Canelé, after a French dessert, because the beautiful pink and yellow hues of your scales reminded me of pastries. You were so small then, all of you coiled easily in the palm of my hand.

I was a terrible reptile keeper back then- I didn't know what I was doing for most of my pets and it took me too many years to learn what adequate pet care was. I still feel guilty about letting you and my Leopard Gecko live through those several years of subpar husbandry. And yet, tough and stalwart as most reptiles are, you perservered until I learned you deserved better. I didn't deserve the privilege of knowing you, but I did, so I made it my responsibility to keep you alive and as "happy" as a snake can feel in a large tank with naturalistic decor.

I write this now with so many regrets. Your kind lives around 15-20 years in captivity. You were only around 11 years old, a decent span for a wild snake, but too short for what care a human can provide.

Reptiles are so good at hiding their hurts, their sicknesses, at surviving hideous conditions and husbandry. I have come to realize over the years I am not a good pet keeper. There will be no others after you. But I vowed to let you live well until you died, and I sincerely hope this was the case. Maybe you needed vet care, and it was invisible to me during my brief periods at home.

I wish I was a better keeper, that I had handled you more. I wish we had more time for you to enjoy the recently added plants and soil I gave your home.

I am sorry I was not there during your last moments.

I am sorry I did not notice or realize something was wrong the week before you died.

I am sorry because I probably missed or did something wrong that led to our 11 years alongside each other cut short.

I am sorry you died, Canelé. I will make sure your mortal remains process with dignity and care. Rest easy by @shelilla

35

13

3 months ago

These people know how to dance DAYUM! taken in Teotihuacan - Pyramid of the Sun by @shelilla

29

0

8 months ago

My horse kept farting the ENTIRE way up the trail by @shelilla

44

4

9 months ago

I totally stole the first 2 photos from Shelby but her camera is way better okay!!! I have never seen so many butterflies in one place, once-in-a-lifetime experience fr. Also lots of dead ones. Is it just where we were or has Mexico gotten a lot more expensive compared to the past for anyone else?

More pics coming soon! taken in Mariposa Monarca Santuario Sierra Chincua - Oficial by @shelilla

29

0

9 months ago

Oh lawd I'm 25 now by @shelilla

43

16

a year ago

Gonna go live in the Wisconsin Dells

Terrible photos courtesy of @jacob_lempa

Good photos courtesy of Hannah or me >:))))

Ok ok he did get some good frog pics taken in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin by @shelilla

31

4

a year ago

Some art I've done recently for my etsy (link in bio)! Soon to be stickers, keychains, and shirts(?)! What do you wanna see next? Fave birds? I hope to do some local/Christmas markets in the future!

1. Green Heron
2. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
3. Blue Heron
4. Ruby-crowned Kinglet
5. Osprey

@denver.audubon @yycartistry @calgaryarts #supportyourlocalartist #SupportIndieArtists #supportlocalartists #localartistyyc #localartist by @shelilla

27

11

a year ago

MAN I LOVE FROGS

#bullfrog #cricketfrog #leopardfrog #blanchardcricketfrog #plainsleopardfrog #americanbullfrog #frog #frogs #amphibian #amphibians taken in Ida Grove, Iowa by @shelilla

14

0

a year ago