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myriapod missing a few dozen limbs. worm watcher and arachnid propagator.
waiting for rain
waiting for rain
(buckets filled with worms and worm products) I NEED MORE WORMS ‼️
June 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
(buckets filled with worms and worm products) I NEED MORE WORMS ‼️
my tobacco hornworm pupa eclosed! perhaps as someone with tomato plants I shouldn’t be this happy, but what a lovely moth
June 27, 2025 at 12:29 PM
my tobacco hornworm pupa eclosed! perhaps as someone with tomato plants I shouldn’t be this happy, but what a lovely moth
speaking of early birds… DUMMY is back!!! this little gray catbird decided it was my friend one autumn after I helped it win a fight against a mantis and for 4 years now it has come to yell at me for food
June 26, 2025 at 1:16 PM
speaking of early birds… DUMMY is back!!! this little gray catbird decided it was my friend one autumn after I helped it win a fight against a mantis and for 4 years now it has come to yell at me for food
at 175 x 8mm this Amynthas agrestis exceeds the size range reported for this species in Chang 2016 (160 x 8) and can only be described as a “whopper”
June 26, 2025 at 12:51 PM
at 175 x 8mm this Amynthas agrestis exceeds the size range reported for this species in Chang 2016 (160 x 8) and can only be described as a “whopper”
they call me Early Bird cause
June 26, 2025 at 12:36 PM
they call me Early Bird cause
I had forgotten just how much poop there is in the rainforest. they just don’t poop like that back home
little miss tephritid doing her “I found a poop and I won’t share it” dance
June 25, 2025 at 2:55 AM
I had forgotten just how much poop there is in the rainforest. they just don’t poop like that back home
little miss tephritid doing her “I found a poop and I won’t share it” dance
June 25, 2025 at 2:49 AM
little miss tephritid doing her “I found a poop and I won’t share it” dance
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I've been told that it's #InsectWeek and that I should plug my work.
I'm so bad at marketing... Uhhhhh... Buy my books...!
www.owlflyllc.com/publishing
I'm so bad at marketing... Uhhhhh... Buy my books...!
www.owlflyllc.com/publishing
June 23, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I've been told that it's #InsectWeek and that I should plug my work.
I'm so bad at marketing... Uhhhhh... Buy my books...!
www.owlflyllc.com/publishing
I'm so bad at marketing... Uhhhhh... Buy my books...!
www.owlflyllc.com/publishing
I got home in time for the very last prickly pear flower 💛💛💛
June 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I got home in time for the very last prickly pear flower 💛💛💛
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I may see a strange worm
May 25, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I may see a strange worm
I seem to have found another strange worm.
June 20, 2025 at 7:48 AM
I seem to have found another strange worm.
I love you, Scolopendra subspinipes!!
June 19, 2025 at 9:43 AM
I love you, Scolopendra subspinipes!!
hello can I help you fellows
June 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
hello can I help you fellows
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infinite thanks to our fearless archivist Hanna, who found this angry letter about a stinky beetle and knew I would want to see it
![Letter typed for William Jacob Holland in 1907, to a Mrs Reuben Miller: "I have been sitting at my table going over my accumulations of mail [...] and all the while I have complaining of an intolerable odor which seemed to come from a spot not far off. [he checks the bottom of his shoe for poop; he checks the desk drawers for a dead mouse] I finally reached your letter. Whew! You certainly have gotten the beetle this time, and it is no 'harmless and inoffensive moth' as was the last specimen you sent me." [he makes his collection assistant deal with it]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ywua4qjetzwsq5hzyty3exua/bafkreia3yzicdmwrmpxldbzhbkklavxnbtftsox6nq6736so7xbsvrilci@jpeg)
!["Whatever the bug is, it has certainly fed on carrion, or it is a generator of carrion light odors itself. [...] Please do not send any more without telegraphing me in advance to that they are coming."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ywua4qjetzwsq5hzyty3exua/bafkreihl4sbvriicacocdxtnplflb2mocwkbahhwdjjuqjywpm66s3uhne@jpeg)
June 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
infinite thanks to our fearless archivist Hanna, who found this angry letter about a stinky beetle and knew I would want to see it
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the new developments on inat inspired me to make a diagnostic thread for every insect order because there's only like 30something of them. going to try and avoid exceptions and extremely technical characteristics when possible. 🧵
June 11, 2025 at 4:30 AM
the new developments on inat inspired me to make a diagnostic thread for every insect order because there's only like 30something of them. going to try and avoid exceptions and extremely technical characteristics when possible. 🧵
today I shared freshly picked durian with Treron curvirostra, the Thick-billed Green-Pigeon
June 13, 2025 at 2:22 PM
today I shared freshly picked durian with Treron curvirostra, the Thick-billed Green-Pigeon
Eating these delicious white mushrooms because iNaturalist’s new generative AI comments told me they were p
June 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Eating these delicious white mushrooms because iNaturalist’s new generative AI comments told me they were p
In other news I’ve been finding a lot of weird worms and other critters in SE Asia! My bug-finding eye has improved so much since I was here last that I take literally all day to finish walking a trail, so much to see. Many good and bad photos to come!
June 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
In other news I’ve been finding a lot of weird worms and other critters in SE Asia! My bug-finding eye has improved so much since I was here last that I take literally all day to finish walking a trail, so much to see. Many good and bad photos to come!
this sucks, but seeing as how my 30k earthworm IDs are essentially all copy pasted “this worm can’t be identified because the photos aren’t useful” uhhhhhh I guess the robot will have no trouble doing the same thing I will not be doing
Over the next 6 months, iNaturalist will be participating in the Google.org Accelerator: Generative AI program to help build tools to improve the identification experience on iNaturalist. Learn more: www.inaturalist.org/blog/113184-...
June 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
this sucks, but seeing as how my 30k earthworm IDs are essentially all copy pasted “this worm can’t be identified because the photos aren’t useful” uhhhhhh I guess the robot will have no trouble doing the same thing I will not be doing
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If you are a user of iNat, this project may well improve your user experience. If you are a taxonomist, it may decrease your incentive to participate.
June 10, 2025 at 11:59 PM
If you are a user of iNat, this project may well improve your user experience. If you are a taxonomist, it may decrease your incentive to participate.
These are not concerns. They are justified and correct criticisms of a Very Bad Idea.
We know there have been lots of thoughtful questions and concerns (both here and on other platforms) shared about our participation in this program and about how we’ll be using GenAI, and we hope that the blog post above helps answer some of them.
June 11, 2025 at 11:22 AM
These are not concerns. They are justified and correct criticisms of a Very Bad Idea.
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Dunno what you guys are complaining about, I think this new iNaturalist feature is great
June 11, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Dunno what you guys are complaining about, I think this new iNaturalist feature is great