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A warty leaf beetle, which, it turns out, is the adult form of what I dubbed the "poop hat larva" last fall. Much like the larval form, this little beetle looked like a bit of poo out for a stroll.
#insects #MacroPhotography #beetles
Anyone have an idea what laid these eggs on my native Mountain Mint? I've never seen anything like them.
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/215786918
#nature #bugs #Insects #bugidentification #iNaturalist
Leaf-footed Bugs and Allies (Superfamily Coreoidea) observed by John Whitmore
Leaf-footed Bugs and Allies in May 2024 by John Whitmore. 2 eggs on Mountain Mint leafiNaturalist
Living on the edge 🐞
#Photography #Wildlife #Nature #Insects #Ladybug #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #Texas
I got trapped into the microscope world....
Look, this 20-some million years dot trapped in the amber:
It's this fucking insect:
With this fucking digital microscope:
Ain't that insane!?
I spent all day today looking at 1kg of amber with millions of years old insects. I honestly could not stop. This is too fascinating. I want to make a video about it and I will! Whenever I have some time.
And this is my own blood (I can do better but I became a pussy while trying to cut my veins and pour some under the microscope - I'll do better next time!):
#nature #microscope #amber #insects
Another small mystery wasp, standing on my thumbnail after I coaxed it off my camera.
#insects #wasps #MacroPhotography
Why you should let insects eat your plants
Renegade gardeners across the world are embracing a new philosophy: gardening that prioritises insects, not plants.Chris Baraniuk (BBC)
Rediscovering amber!
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Went out to feed the birds this a.m. & saw something "mounted" to a back porch support beam. Closer inspection revealed it was a very large #moth. My ID app suggests Polyphemus moth (Antheraea polyphemus) with an average wingspan of 6". It was just chilling during the a.m. storms. I hoped it would open up but it just stayed motionless. It was quite dark so the pics aren't the best. Antennae are very cool!
(05/02/24)
#pollinators #insects #nature #MacroPhotography #MastoArt #photography #AltText
Was für ein Schmuckstück, was für ein #Muster!
Macro yellow (5/6) : Fly and coltsfoot
Tussilago farfara and Musca sp., Lanaudiere, April 2024.
Spring https://pixelfed.social/c/653583667580218547
#photography #flowers #bloomscrolling #coltsfoot #insects #yellow #macro #macrophotography #nature #entomology #fleuristonfil
Stopped by Christie Pits on my way back from a dentist appointment today. Wasn't really expecting to find much given how much foot traffic and how little "wild" space there is, but to my astonishment there were a few different kinds of bees making burrows in sandy patches on the sunny hillside!
There were fluffy white-and-black mining bees (skittish, hard to get photos) and smaller, more docile metallic olive-green sweat bees.
#bugstodon #insects #bees #NativeBees #Hymenoptera #Anthophila #Andrenidae #Halictidae