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frovo.bsky.social
ME: time to sleep

BRAIN: if ghosts can say boo that means they have lips
October 25, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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mossworm.bsky.social
I got a cheap go-pro and made a quick shrimping tutorial.

Is this something people would like to see more of? I would greatly appreciate suggestions!
September 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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belletyr.bsky.social
Elf witch
August 6, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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tjalamont.bsky.social
Happy Monday. Have an antlion. I think you'll agree that they have very pretty eyes.
#insects 🐙🌿
A macro photo, vertical orientation, of an adult antlion clinging head up to a some brown, sandstone-ish looking, layered rocks. The photo shows the front half of the insect, focused on the head. The antlion is mottled dark and light brown, with green and reddish-orange compound eyes.
August 4, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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apsciencebylyn.bsky.social
Bug and I were very pleased when a couple of these giant bee-flies hovered around us on the trail, completely unaware of how much delight the bipeds were getting out of their existence
Large hovering bee-fly, long proboscis straight forward; chonky, with a dark thorax be gold floof on the side, and thick gray floof on the abdomen
May 27, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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mhedin.bsky.social
in the crowd ... an ant cricket (possibly a desert ant cricket, Myrmecophilus manni) cruises amongst 100s of ants beneath a flipped stone

oak woodland near Warner Springs CA
tiny light orange ant cricket amongst many small black ants, as found beneath a flipped stone
March 22, 2025 at 3:28 AM
iceotty.bsky.social
Commission my friend!
March 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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chasingbugs.com
Chonk. Imperial moth portrait. I love the way it looks like there are little bows at the base of its antennae.
Closeup portrait of an exceptionally fuzzy yellow imperial moth hanging onto a stick.
January 25, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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mikemelton.bsky.social
The Velvet-purple Coronet is a fantastic Colombian hummingbird, but this individual was just spectacular. The sun was coming up behind me after a morning of rain and the bird perched for me, glowing in the early light.

#hummingbirds #nature #birds @montezumalodge.bsky.social
A vibrant, iridescent bird perched on a moss-covered branch, its feathers shimmering with hues of blue, green, and purple under the light. The bird's dark, glossy body contrasts beautifully with its brilliant metallic colors.
January 25, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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simzart.bsky.social
Welcome Back. 🐕
Two friends, a witch and a dog, finally hugging again in a sunny day.
January 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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bealeiderman.bsky.social
It’s #weevilwednesday! I don’t think anyone around here celebrates but I’ll still post because maybe I’ll make it a thing. It’s worth it. Weevils are amazing. #bugsky 🌿
A very shiny and very red weevil on a leaf. It’s sitting at the edge of the leaf with its two front pairs of legs curled over the edge. The weevil has a long snout and black eyes.
January 9, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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rtgame.bsky.social
The Yogscast Jingle Jam starts today! We are fundraising for many wonderful charities these next two weeks and streaming lots. This is my favourite event each year and I'm excited to be in Bristol from next week too. If you've never heard of the Jingle Jam, please check it here! www.jinglejam.co.uk
December 1, 2024 at 11:40 AM
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catsofyore.bsky.social
(this gentleman goof is Calvin. He got lots of love!)
December 2, 2024 at 1:47 AM
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apsciencebylyn.bsky.social
While the vast majority of my #EmotionalSupportSpood entries are salticids, Geolycosa (burrowing wolves) absolutely have their place. Enjoy this lovely lass peering from her burrow.
Goodnight y'all 🖤
Solid grey wolf spider with a neatly round dome for a head, peering out of her sandy burrow.
December 2, 2024 at 6:11 AM
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saimihanma.bsky.social
It seems quiet tonight with everyone busy with the holiday, quick, spam the timeline with bugs!

#Invertebrates
A shiny green cuckoo wasp on a white strawberry flower A row of orange eggs with aliens emerging, or maybe crocodile like black lady beetle larvae A white spider under a white yarrow flower cluster A fuzzy bee fly spread eagle in front of obnoxiously pink red flowering currant flowers
November 28, 2024 at 3:03 AM
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gettoknownature.bsky.social
Let's #FallBack six months to the May day I took one of my favorite turtle photos. LOOK AT THIS CHONKER!

(Snapping Turtle, Red-eared Sliders, Painted Turtles) #herps 🌿
An enormous turtle lays on a small wooden dock with a range of much smaller turtles around it. Its huge head neck rests on a wood post almost like a pillow
November 27, 2024 at 9:59 PM
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hollykirk.bsky.social
East coast Australia cicadas making me jealous again!

Also, invert common names are the best.
wallaboo.bsky.social Kell @wallaboo.bsky.social · Nov 27
Four different species here - I had five but the Black Prince flew away. None of these #cicadas are restrained by the way, cicadas are just genuinely this chill. Green Grocer, Red Eye, Floury Baker and Razor Grinder.
#bugsky #inverts #wildoz #auswildlife
Four cicadas on a hand. One is bright green, one is black with red eyes, and the other two are brownish.
November 27, 2024 at 10:51 PM
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junlper.beer
it’s interesting that they’re trying to ban trans people from the military. from what i’ve heard they’re super soldiers who are too good at sports and athleticism
November 27, 2024 at 4:14 PM
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tshahan.bsky.social
(1/2) Not all little red mites are created equal 🙏 (they're ALL super cute tho)

To illustrate some of the diversity of trombidiform mites - here are representatives from four different families:

1 Calyptostomatidae ❤️
2 Trombiculidae 🧡
3 Trombidiidae 🔴
4 Microtrombidiidae 🍷
November 27, 2024 at 1:38 AM
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laminda.bsky.social
Here's a stunner for #FossilFriday, just look at that beetle's preserved wing case! It belongs to a group called frog-legged leaf beetles (so-named for their extra-juicy rear legs), paleontologists called its pattern "the most perfectly preserved pigment-based colouration known in fossil beetles" 🧪
49 million-year-old beetle looks like it was squashed yesterday
Paleontologists named the insect "Attenborough's Beauty," after Sir David Attenborough.
www.livescience.com
November 22, 2024 at 11:55 PM
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secondnaturemb.bsky.social
This is one of those photos that you can't quite believe really happened. I encountered this grey gray owl (1 of 2) on my way home from town. It was so focussed on hunting, that I could stand to the side and watch. I didn't have my camera set to continuous shutter, so I'm stunned this came out. 🪶🌿
A large great gray owl takes off from its perch atop a small birch snag. Its five-foot wings are spread right out in a down stroke as the owl looks up toward its next perch. A bare tamarack fills the background behind it.
November 23, 2024 at 2:32 AM
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bodegacats.bsky.social
November 21, 2024 at 12:55 PM
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jencross.bsky.social
Apparently it’s #WormWednesday? I come with my offering. A giant earthworm from the Ecuador cloud forest.
Me, standing on the steps of an ecolodge on a rainy day, holding an earthworm so large that it looks like a snake. The area is surrounded by forest.
November 21, 2024 at 2:54 AM
iceotty.bsky.social
apsciencebylyn.bsky.social Evelyndroid's Aperture Science and Bugge-Finding 🏳️‍⚧️🕷️ @apsciencebylyn.bsky.social · Nov 12
Came across 3 silly Mourning Scorpionflies (Panorpa lugubris) this evening, which made me very happy.
The annual appearance of these Snootflies in the fall is a state holiday, I'm pretty sure
Handsome black fly like creature with a long scorpion-like red tail, which he's exposing by spreading his black wings. His face possesses a long snoot Another male of the species, also showing his pinchy tail Male, with pinchy tail hidden under his folded black wings One of the creatures, peering at you over a pair of leaves
November 13, 2024 at 10:32 AM