SciArt September, Day 17: Eyelet. Eyelet shapes resembling small windows form in plant leaves like Monstera. These can influence photosynthesis by affecting light absorption and gas exchange. 🐡🎨🌱 #sciartseptember2026 #eyelet #monstera

SciArt September, Day 17: Eyelet. Eyelet shapes resembling small windows form in plant leaves like Monstera. These can influence photosynthesis by affecting light absorption and gas exchange. 🐡🎨🌱 #sciartseptember2026 #eyelet #monstera
For Day 17 of #SciArtSeptember #Eyelet here is The Eye of Horus—the logomark of the Burroughs Wellcome Fund. BWF is a major US philanthropic supporting careers in biomedicine, infectious disease, maternal health, diversity in science, science education, and scicomm (of which I'm a fmr grantee!) 🐡🦑🧪
Day 17 - #eyelet
Io Moth (Automeris io) - sitting on a sassafras leaf, a common host plant.
The black eyespots with white centers was my theme word connection.
Watercolor + a little colored pencil/ink.
Ref 📷: iNaturalist photos
#SciArtSeptember #entomologyart #watercolor #lepidoptera #moths