Dan Osipov
@danospv.bsky.social
Macro photographer based in Bay Area, California. Odonata admirer.
December 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Tiger beetle mating process is quite aggressive - male grabs the female by the thorax with its sharp mandibles. Females are larger, so they often wrestle them off.
Golden-spotted Tiger Beetle (Cosmodela aurulenta)
#bugsky #tigerbeetle #beetle #macrophotography #cicindelidae
Golden-spotted Tiger Beetle (Cosmodela aurulenta)
#bugsky #tigerbeetle #beetle #macrophotography #cicindelidae
December 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Tiger beetle mating process is quite aggressive - male grabs the female by the thorax with its sharp mandibles. Females are larger, so they often wrestle them off.
Golden-spotted Tiger Beetle (Cosmodela aurulenta)
#bugsky #tigerbeetle #beetle #macrophotography #cicindelidae
Golden-spotted Tiger Beetle (Cosmodela aurulenta)
#bugsky #tigerbeetle #beetle #macrophotography #cicindelidae
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December 9, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Summer visitor, Orange-winged Dropwing
Trithemis kirbyi
#odonata #bugsky #naturephotography #dragonfly
Trithemis kirbyi
#odonata #bugsky #naturephotography #dragonfly
December 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Summer visitor, Orange-winged Dropwing
Trithemis kirbyi
#odonata #bugsky #naturephotography #dragonfly
Trithemis kirbyi
#odonata #bugsky #naturephotography #dragonfly
A grasshopper doing its best to blend in with the lichen.
#bugsky #entomology #macrophotography #macro
#bugsky #entomology #macrophotography #macro
December 6, 2025 at 12:47 PM
A grasshopper doing its best to blend in with the lichen.
#bugsky #entomology #macrophotography #macro
#bugsky #entomology #macrophotography #macro
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The clearspot bluewing (Zenithoptera lanei) is a dazzling species that spends most of its time up in the rainforest canopy. These delicate dragonflies only come down to lower perches around noon, allowing us a brief glimpse of their beauty, especially when the sunlight hits their wings just right 👌
December 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The clearspot bluewing (Zenithoptera lanei) is a dazzling species that spends most of its time up in the rainforest canopy. These delicate dragonflies only come down to lower perches around noon, allowing us a brief glimpse of their beauty, especially when the sunlight hits their wings just right 👌
Giant Forest Ant from the island of Borneo
Dinomyrmex gigas
#bugsky #ants #macrophotography #naturephotography
Dinomyrmex gigas
#bugsky #ants #macrophotography #naturephotography
December 4, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Giant Forest Ant from the island of Borneo
Dinomyrmex gigas
#bugsky #ants #macrophotography #naturephotography
Dinomyrmex gigas
#bugsky #ants #macrophotography #naturephotography
December 3, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Frogmouth on a nest. So well camouflaged, I only saw it when it was right in front of me.
#birds #BirdPhotography #NatureLovers #FeatheredFriends #BirdsOfBsky #NaturePhotography
#birds #BirdPhotography #NatureLovers #FeatheredFriends #BirdsOfBsky #NaturePhotography
December 2, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Frogmouth on a nest. So well camouflaged, I only saw it when it was right in front of me.
#birds #BirdPhotography #NatureLovers #FeatheredFriends #BirdsOfBsky #NaturePhotography
#birds #BirdPhotography #NatureLovers #FeatheredFriends #BirdsOfBsky #NaturePhotography
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I was photographing a globular springtail (Dicyrtomina saundersi) in the garden, when a juvenile "elongate" springtail came scurrying into view. Remarkably, they're both reasonably in focus with this single shot. Two for the price of one! #collembola #mesofauna #macro #photograph
November 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I was photographing a globular springtail (Dicyrtomina saundersi) in the garden, when a juvenile "elongate" springtail came scurrying into view. Remarkably, they're both reasonably in focus with this single shot. Two for the price of one! #collembola #mesofauna #macro #photograph
November 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Woo the Australian Insect of the Year is a #dragonfly. Graphic Flutterer is also a great name
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Insect of the year votes are in and bug lovers are all a-flutter
What flies like a helicopter and devours mosquitoes? Meet the 2025 ABC Australian Insect of the Year.
www.abc.net.au
November 6, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Woo the Australian Insect of the Year is a #dragonfly. Graphic Flutterer is also a great name
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
November 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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There's so much wrong in the world that it's overwhelming. But, if you can, spare a thought for the thousands of species which are silently slipping into extinction. This adorable weevil's just hanging in there, but how many more of our smaller creatures have we lost without noticing?
October 25, 2025 at 7:37 AM
There's so much wrong in the world that it's overwhelming. But, if you can, spare a thought for the thousands of species which are silently slipping into extinction. This adorable weevil's just hanging in there, but how many more of our smaller creatures have we lost without noticing?
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#NewSpecies!
New dragonfly from #china just landed:
Cephalaeschna flabellata
Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/332187DC-...
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/zoo...
#Zootaxa #CephalaeschnaFlabellata
#FAIRdata
#OA #taxonomy #biodiversity #wildlife #conservation #animals #entomology #odonata #dragonfly
New dragonfly from #china just landed:
Cephalaeschna flabellata
Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/332187DC-...
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/zoo...
#Zootaxa #CephalaeschnaFlabellata
#FAIRdata
#OA #taxonomy #biodiversity #wildlife #conservation #animals #entomology #odonata #dragonfly
October 24, 2025 at 8:57 AM
#NewSpecies!
New dragonfly from #china just landed:
Cephalaeschna flabellata
Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/332187DC-...
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/zoo...
#Zootaxa #CephalaeschnaFlabellata
#FAIRdata
#OA #taxonomy #biodiversity #wildlife #conservation #animals #entomology #odonata #dragonfly
New dragonfly from #china just landed:
Cephalaeschna flabellata
Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/332187DC-...
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/zoo...
#Zootaxa #CephalaeschnaFlabellata
#FAIRdata
#OA #taxonomy #biodiversity #wildlife #conservation #animals #entomology #odonata #dragonfly
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#NewSpecies!
New damselfly from the #philippines just landed:
Sulcosticta fliedneri
Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/117087A2-...
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/zoo...
#Zootaxa #SulcostictaFliedneri
#FAIRdata
#science #taxonomy #biodiversity #animals #invertebrates #insects #odonata #damselfly
New damselfly from the #philippines just landed:
Sulcosticta fliedneri
Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/117087A2-...
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/zoo...
#Zootaxa #SulcostictaFliedneri
#FAIRdata
#science #taxonomy #biodiversity #animals #invertebrates #insects #odonata #damselfly
October 17, 2025 at 8:41 AM
#NewSpecies!
New damselfly from the #philippines just landed:
Sulcosticta fliedneri
Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/117087A2-...
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/zoo...
#Zootaxa #SulcostictaFliedneri
#FAIRdata
#science #taxonomy #biodiversity #animals #invertebrates #insects #odonata #damselfly
New damselfly from the #philippines just landed:
Sulcosticta fliedneri
Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/117087A2-...
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/zoo...
#Zootaxa #SulcostictaFliedneri
#FAIRdata
#science #taxonomy #biodiversity #animals #invertebrates #insects #odonata #damselfly
October 13, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Colorful jumping #spider from Malaysia - haven't seen many as intricate as this one. ID appreciated!
#salticidae #arachtober #biodiversity
#salticidae #arachtober #biodiversity
October 12, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Colorful jumping #spider from Malaysia - haven't seen many as intricate as this one. ID appreciated!
#salticidae #arachtober #biodiversity
#salticidae #arachtober #biodiversity
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The new European Butterfly Red List is published today, with worrying findings. Over 1/4 (28%) of Europe’s 442 species are threatened with extinction or are close to being so. The situation is far worse for our 148 endemic species, 40% are now threatened or nearly so www.bc-europe.eu/webpage.php?...
October 11, 2025 at 9:17 AM
The new European Butterfly Red List is published today, with worrying findings. Over 1/4 (28%) of Europe’s 442 species are threatened with extinction or are close to being so. The situation is far worse for our 148 endemic species, 40% are now threatened or nearly so www.bc-europe.eu/webpage.php?...
Telosticta bidayuh, a Sarawak endemic #damselfly
Its curious how it bends its lower abdomen.
#odonata #bugsky #macro
Its curious how it bends its lower abdomen.
#odonata #bugsky #macro
October 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Telosticta bidayuh, a Sarawak endemic #damselfly
Its curious how it bends its lower abdomen.
#odonata #bugsky #macro
Its curious how it bends its lower abdomen.
#odonata #bugsky #macro
October 3, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Jane Goodall was my first childhood hero, as I loved animals as a kid and was inspired by her story. I still remember the National Geographic specials about her. RIP.
October 1, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Jane Goodall was my first childhood hero, as I loved animals as a kid and was inspired by her story. I still remember the National Geographic specials about her. RIP.
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Max tells us how he found, described, and named a new species of damselfly in the Amazon.
🇺🇸 www.dragonflysocietyamericas.org/en/blog
🇨🇴 www.dragonflysocietyamericas.org/es/blog
If you would like to share stories about your favorite species, contact Cindy Crosby: phrelanzer.bsky.social
🇺🇸 www.dragonflysocietyamericas.org/en/blog
🇨🇴 www.dragonflysocietyamericas.org/es/blog
If you would like to share stories about your favorite species, contact Cindy Crosby: phrelanzer.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Max tells us how he found, described, and named a new species of damselfly in the Amazon.
🇺🇸 www.dragonflysocietyamericas.org/en/blog
🇨🇴 www.dragonflysocietyamericas.org/es/blog
If you would like to share stories about your favorite species, contact Cindy Crosby: phrelanzer.bsky.social
🇺🇸 www.dragonflysocietyamericas.org/en/blog
🇨🇴 www.dragonflysocietyamericas.org/es/blog
If you would like to share stories about your favorite species, contact Cindy Crosby: phrelanzer.bsky.social
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I found this rove beetle friend on the rainforest floor. They are so so fast, you can imaging me chasing it around with my camera just rolling around in the leaf litter. Just unbelievable colors. In person the rainbow iridescence is stunning. It’s hard to say much here beyond just wow.
October 1, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I found this rove beetle friend on the rainforest floor. They are so so fast, you can imaging me chasing it around with my camera just rolling around in the leaf litter. Just unbelievable colors. In person the rainbow iridescence is stunning. It’s hard to say much here beyond just wow.
A sand wasp on a bank of a river. Do these sting? I didn't dare to check.
#insects #nature #macrophotography
#insects #nature #macrophotography
September 30, 2025 at 7:20 PM
A sand wasp on a bank of a river. Do these sting? I didn't dare to check.
#insects #nature #macrophotography
#insects #nature #macrophotography