Dave Hayes

@gnarlylarvae.bsky.social

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Professor of Biology @ EKU | Molecular Ecology, Freshwater Invertebrates, Natural History Collections, 3D Printing | He/Him https://www.etsy.com/shop/GnarlyLarvaeStudio

Hyracotherium model in an office.

Model of Hyracotherium in woods.

Meme from the show Arrested Development, Carl Wethers holding a bone saying “Now you take this bone, throw it in a bot, add some broth, a potato. Baby, you’ve got a stew going.”

3D printed model of Hyracotherium next to a beagle, next to an orange tabby cat.

3D printed Hyracotherium in several pieces on a cart.

3D printed fish.

3D printed model of Diictodon and a real beagle snuggled together on a recliner.

Blurry photo of an odometer

Table filled with 3D printed fish.

3D printed model of the head and front fins of Tiktaalik. Painted glossy brown.

Gold box with plastic models of a mudpuppy, axolotl, North American Hellbender, Japanese Giant Salamander, Yellow Spotted Salamander, and Jefferson Salamander.

Man holding comically large model of a Yellow Spotted Salamander.

6 3D printed fish (darters) in different colors, along with markers and a box.

Mata Mata turtle 3D print, painted

Bright reddish orange model of Diplocaulus.

Book titled “Lobsters: Gangsters of the Sea.”

3D printed Madtom in translucent plastic, 400mm

3D printed Greenside Darter

3D printed fancy goldfish.

3D printed Ichthyostega

Darter fish Christmas ornament.

Group of colorful Tiktaalik models.

Painted Lady butterfly on a pink zinnia

Tiktaalik model

3D printed model of a Malayan Horned frog.

3D printed model of Archaeopteryx

Faux Taxidermy mount of Tiktaalik.

3D printed model of a Gila Monster amongst some cherry tomatoes in a garden.

Grasshopper on a pink zinnia.

3D print of a Malayan Horned Frog, unpainted in green filament.

3D printed model of a Marine Iguana in all black.

3D model of a Triplewart Seadevil fish.

3D printed model of an Axolotl painted orange.

Dry stream bed.

Water Scorpion eating a Water Strider.

White Ambush Bug feeding on a green halictid bee.

3D printed axolotl model painted in dark grey-blue.

Archaeopteryx model in death pose on a plaque painted as a sunset.

Extra large 3D printed model of a dragonfly larvae. Approximately 16inches long.

Rusty crayfish

3D printed model of an Ocean Sunfish.

3D printed and painted arapaima.

3D printed and painted model of a coelacanth.

Three 3D printed models of jawless fishes from the Devonian period, mounted on a stained wooden plaque.

3D printed model of Diplocaulus in a creek.

3D printed model of a Queensland Lungfish in a dry creek bed.

Small stackable organizing drawer made of clear acrylic.