For this summer’s Postcard Club in Camp Nerd Games - Summer 2026 I decided to stick to a theme of endemic insects of Hawai’i.
For July, I drew/painted pinapinao, an endemic damselfly.
August was Blackburn’s Sphinx Moth, which was actually believed to be extinct until relatively recently when a small population was found.
And for September, I chose the Koa Bug, which is our largest endemic true bug (which, I believe, basicallg means an insect that has a larval , pupa, and adult stage, instead of nymph/molting stages). People like this one because it’s shiny and iridescent. (and I liked that I could use metallic watercolor for it!)
