Macro yellow (5/6) : Fly and coltsfoot

Tussilago farfara and Musca sp., Lanaudiere, April 2024.

Spring https://pixelfed.social/c/653583667580218547

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Ambush

Impatiens and crab spider (Misumena vatia), Quebec, 2015.

Have a great Saturday! Passez un magnifique samedi!

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Little horror show in the backyard

Looper caterpillar (Geometer moth), Quebec, 2014.

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Invaders from underground are coming in cicada-geddon. It’s the biggest bug emergence for North America in centuries.

AP reports: "Crawling out from underground every 13 or 17 years, with a collective song as loud as jet engines, the periodical cicadas are nature’s kings of the calendar."

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Cicada-geddon: It's the biggest bug emergence in centuries

Trillions of evolution’s bizarro wonders, red-eyed periodical cicadas, are about to emerge in numbers not seen in decades and possibly centuries.

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German entomologist, naturalist and scientific illustrator Maria Sibylla Merian was born #OTD in 1647.

She was among the first naturalists to observe and document the metamorphosis of insects, particularly butterflies and moths. Merian's most famous works include "Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium" (Metamorphosis of the Insects of Suriname) and "The Caterpillars' Marvelous Transformation and Strange Floral Food."

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