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Damien Harkin
@damgerryharkin.bsky.social
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Academic at QUT. Specialist in histological techniques and corneal bioengineering. Part-time nature photographer, guitarist and song writer.

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Always enjoy finding a caterpillar to photograph.
Have no idea what species this is. Image search says some sort of moth.
Close up of green caterpillar’s head with red claws. Close up of green caterpillar’s head with red claws. Close up of green caterpillar’s head with red claws. Green caterpillar in full view climbing a stalk.
February 8, 2026 at 9:50 PM
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An everlasting flower with spider hiding in the shadows.
February 1, 2026 at 12:22 AM
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As a dyslexic, this is super interesting to me.
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How fast can you read??? Lock in annnnnnnnnnd… GO!
January 29, 2026 at 4:08 PM
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January 23, 2026 at 8:46 PM
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Great shot!
January 20, 2026 at 8:59 PM
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Just took a similar pic.
January 18, 2026 at 7:24 PM
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A few more latest pics.
January 17, 2026 at 9:11 PM
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A few latest pics.
Jumping spider on sunflower. Lynx spider on marigold. Close up of a hungry caterpillar’s face. A grasshopper contemplating its future.
January 17, 2026 at 9:09 PM
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Some of my first shots for 2026.

#macrophotography
#entomology
#arachnids
A jumping spider with white whiskers and black brown body staring into the lens. Side profile of fly with bright red compound eye sitting in a leaf. A red brown coloured beetle sitting at the tip of a green leaf. A bright green grasshopper with brown back, hiding within a bush.
January 3, 2026 at 11:31 AM
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Final set of weekly bug pics for 2025.
#macrophotography
#entomology
#arachnids
Best wishes to all my BlueSky friends for the new year ahead.
Two jumping spiders hiding from each other on two sides of the same leaf. Assassin bug sitting on a green leaf. A green caterpillar doing a back bend while sitting on a green stem of a plant. Frontal closeup of a friendly grasshopper saying hope you have a wonderful year ahead.
December 27, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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A few latest pics from Mt Coot-tha botanic gardens.

#macrophotography
#entomology
#arachnids
An orange ladybug resting on a green leaf. A hairy spider hanging within the middle of its web. A red ladybug with black markings resting on a wide green leaf. A large dragonfly resting on the tip of a leaf.
December 20, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Lots of memories in Dad’s home workshop.
I’m only qualified to assemble IKEA furniture, but perhaps still time to learn cabinet making as a hobby in retirement?
(Still a few years away yet!)
A carpenter’s plane resting on a work bench.
December 16, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Apparently the trend started when Pete Townshend accidentally broke a guitar on a low ceiling and was then forever expected by fans to keep destroying guitars.
December 14, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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A great album, but as a keen guitarist, I’ve never quite been able to accept the whole “guitar smashing” concept.

As young players, we struggle to buy our first guitar and work our way up to being able to afford better guitars. We cherish them.
December 14, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Latest collection of pics from “The Mountain”.

#macrophotography
#entomology
#arachnids
A bright blue damselfly resting on a green leaf. A jumping spider staring straight ahead with its large saucer shaped eyes. A brown spider with spiky legs walking away on a green leaf. Two green bugs with long front legs sitting on a pink flower.
December 9, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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Latest best pics from Mt Coot-tha.
A cotton stainer bug with orange a black markings sitting on a green leaf. An orange and black milkweed in side profile bug standing on a green hibiscus tree leaf. Black and red juvenile harlequin bugs being watched by an older metallic blue and red coloured bug. A black and yellow coloured ladybird bug sitting on a green leaf.
November 22, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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And received the Nobel Prize for it!
Barry Marshall
From Western Australia
🇦🇺
November 22, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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Love the melanocytes!
November 9, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Congratulations!
October 25, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Latest best bug pics from strolling around Mt Coot-tha.

#macrophotography
#entomology
#arachnids
A white flower crab spider resting on top of a red kangaroo paw flower. A lynx spider with striped body resting on the side of a yellow everlasting flower. A small wasp resting on a yellow everlasting flower. A white flower crab spider and a bug tussle for survival.
October 13, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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I think I snapped one of these yesterday.
Close up image of 6 bright yellow stamens in middle of red flower.
October 5, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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Four of the best pics from today’s visit to Mt Coot-tha.

#macrophotography #entomology #botany
Hoverfly eating pollen from a blue cornflower. A baby grasshopper visiting a pink cornflower. A baby grasshopper resting on a flower that’s lost most of its white petals. A young hibiscus harlequin bug sitting on a green leaf while staring down the lens of my camera and saying hello.
October 4, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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October 3, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Oh look! Skyhooks!
October 3, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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Nice rig!
Enjoy!!
October 3, 2025 at 10:15 AM