Alicia Leroux
@leashtotheworld.bsky.social
Entomologist 🐛🐜🐝 | Wildlife Photography attempter 📸 | Obsessed with nature & slowly learning how not to kill my plants.
Cat lover at heart (and soul) 🐱🦊🐺
Expect insects, wildlife in general, feline chaos, and the occasional strange. Follow along!
Cat lover at heart (and soul) 🐱🦊🐺
Expect insects, wildlife in general, feline chaos, and the occasional strange. Follow along!
We recently adopted 2 kittens for our beautiful older gal who lost her brother at the beginning of the year 💔. They both embody parts of his character making us feel like he's still here. They bring so much joy! #whiskerswednesday #cats
October 8, 2025 at 4:35 PM
We recently adopted 2 kittens for our beautiful older gal who lost her brother at the beginning of the year 💔. They both embody parts of his character making us feel like he's still here. They bring so much joy! #whiskerswednesday #cats
As a child, I loved pinktoed tarantulas (still do, they are like the teddy bears of the tarantula world). While on a night tour in Ecuador 🇪🇨 we came across this beautiful banana 🍌 spider eating my dream tarantula - the pinktoe! There are so many mixed emotions! #bugsky #spidersky #arachnid #spider
October 8, 2025 at 6:20 AM
As a child, I loved pinktoed tarantulas (still do, they are like the teddy bears of the tarantula world). While on a night tour in Ecuador 🇪🇨 we came across this beautiful banana 🍌 spider eating my dream tarantula - the pinktoe! There are so many mixed emotions! #bugsky #spidersky #arachnid #spider
The most amazing sound was waking up to these beautiful animals munching on vegetation as they walked around our tent! You can't hear or feel them walking!
#Hippos #mammals #photography #biodiversity #zambia
#Hippos #mammals #photography #biodiversity #zambia
October 7, 2025 at 6:43 AM
The most amazing sound was waking up to these beautiful animals munching on vegetation as they walked around our tent! You can't hear or feel them walking!
#Hippos #mammals #photography #biodiversity #zambia
#Hippos #mammals #photography #biodiversity #zambia
Spotted this stunning Rufescent Tiger Heron chilling on the Amazonian riverbank in Ecuador! Jungle MAGIC! 🌿
#BirdPhotography #WildlifE #Ecuadortravel #AmazonRainforest #BirdWatching #Photography #BIRDS #Heron #birding
#BirdPhotography #WildlifE #Ecuadortravel #AmazonRainforest #BirdWatching #Photography #BIRDS #Heron #birding
October 6, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Spotted this stunning Rufescent Tiger Heron chilling on the Amazonian riverbank in Ecuador! Jungle MAGIC! 🌿
#BirdPhotography #WildlifE #Ecuadortravel #AmazonRainforest #BirdWatching #Photography #BIRDS #Heron #birding
#BirdPhotography #WildlifE #Ecuadortravel #AmazonRainforest #BirdWatching #Photography #BIRDS #Heron #birding
It is the #bridledguillemot! Kind of the stylish form in the group! They have a white eye-ring and a sleek stripe down its neck. It's not a different subspecies, just a cool polymorphism.
#superseabirdsunday #guillemot #seabirds #birds
#superseabirdsunday #guillemot #seabirds #birds
June 8, 2025 at 3:35 PM
It is the #bridledguillemot! Kind of the stylish form in the group! They have a white eye-ring and a sleek stripe down its neck. It's not a different subspecies, just a cool polymorphism.
#superseabirdsunday #guillemot #seabirds #birds
#superseabirdsunday #guillemot #seabirds #birds
Beautiful alpha female lioness seconds before taking down a wildebeest.
#lioness #lions #lion #leo #zambia #wildlifephotography #biodiversity #africanparks #Africa #zambiasafari #mammals
#lioness #lions #lion #leo #zambia #wildlifephotography #biodiversity #africanparks #Africa #zambiasafari #mammals
June 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Beautiful alpha female lioness seconds before taking down a wildebeest.
#lioness #lions #lion #leo #zambia #wildlifephotography #biodiversity #africanparks #Africa #zambiasafari #mammals
#lioness #lions #lion #leo #zambia #wildlifephotography #biodiversity #africanparks #Africa #zambiasafari #mammals
The second one emerged today! So in love with these beauties. #moths #bugsky #pink #entomology #elephanthawkmoth #hawkmoth #sphingidae
June 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The second one emerged today! So in love with these beauties. #moths #bugsky #pink #entomology #elephanthawkmoth #hawkmoth #sphingidae
This is a Northern Walking Stick found in Southern Manitoba. Searched years to find them! Once I found one- there were hundreds! #bugsky #insects #stickbugs #entomology
June 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
This is a Northern Walking Stick found in Southern Manitoba. Searched years to find them! Once I found one- there were hundreds! #bugsky #insects #stickbugs #entomology
In September I found 2 elephant hawk moth larvae. I fed them up and overwintered the pupae outside in a wooden box. This evening, 1 beautiful adult emerged! It flew off before I could get white box pics. One more chance! #bugsky #moths #entomology #nature
June 2, 2025 at 8:36 PM
In September I found 2 elephant hawk moth larvae. I fed them up and overwintered the pupae outside in a wooden box. This evening, 1 beautiful adult emerged! It flew off before I could get white box pics. One more chance! #bugsky #moths #entomology #nature
How's your Monday mustache? Here is a collard restart found in the mountain region of Costa Rica. #birds #birdphotography #costarica #redstart #birding #explore #wildlifephotography
June 2, 2025 at 3:54 PM
How's your Monday mustache? Here is a collard restart found in the mountain region of Costa Rica. #birds #birdphotography #costarica #redstart #birding #explore #wildlifephotography
For #superseabirdsunday here are 2 gannets doing their beaky greetings.
#ukbirds #birding #birds #seabirds #bramptoncliffs #gannet #gannets #explore #photography #birdphotography #olympus
#ukbirds #birding #birds #seabirds #bramptoncliffs #gannet #gannets #explore #photography #birdphotography #olympus
June 1, 2025 at 1:26 PM
For #superseabirdsunday here are 2 gannets doing their beaky greetings.
#ukbirds #birding #birds #seabirds #bramptoncliffs #gannet #gannets #explore #photography #birdphotography #olympus
#ukbirds #birding #birds #seabirds #bramptoncliffs #gannet #gannets #explore #photography #birdphotography #olympus
June 1, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Tonight, we saw this kestrel hunt and carry a black bird😬! Didn't realize the kestrel was so small. Beautiful bird.
#birds #kestrel #vogel #birdphotography #birdsofprey #birding #explore
#birds #kestrel #vogel #birdphotography #birdsofprey #birding #explore
May 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Tonight, we saw this kestrel hunt and carry a black bird😬! Didn't realize the kestrel was so small. Beautiful bird.
#birds #kestrel #vogel #birdphotography #birdsofprey #birding #explore
#birds #kestrel #vogel #birdphotography #birdsofprey #birding #explore
Finding these birds is kind of like a needle in a haystack. They are so fast and very well hidden in the reeds.
#birdingphotography #olympusphotography #reedwarbler (we think) #birds #nature #explore #birding #wildlifephotography #birdlife #warbler
#birdingphotography #olympusphotography #reedwarbler (we think) #birds #nature #explore #birding #wildlifephotography #birdlife #warbler
May 30, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Finding these birds is kind of like a needle in a haystack. They are so fast and very well hidden in the reeds.
#birdingphotography #olympusphotography #reedwarbler (we think) #birds #nature #explore #birding #wildlifephotography #birdlife #warbler
#birdingphotography #olympusphotography #reedwarbler (we think) #birds #nature #explore #birding #wildlifephotography #birdlife #warbler
Male cheetah in Liuwa National Park in Zambia. #cheetah #zambia #mammals #cats #meow #biodiversity #photography #olympus #bigcats
May 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Male cheetah in Liuwa National Park in Zambia. #cheetah #zambia #mammals #cats #meow #biodiversity #photography #olympus #bigcats
The scarlet macaw, Ara macao, one of Costa Rica’s most iconic rainforest species! Brilliant in color 🌈 and vital to the ecosystem. 🪶
#ScarletMacaw #AraMacao #EndangeredSpecies #CostaRicaWildlife #birds #BirdConservation
#ScarletMacaw #AraMacao #EndangeredSpecies #CostaRicaWildlife #birds #BirdConservation
May 20, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The scarlet macaw, Ara macao, one of Costa Rica’s most iconic rainforest species! Brilliant in color 🌈 and vital to the ecosystem. 🪶
#ScarletMacaw #AraMacao #EndangeredSpecies #CostaRicaWildlife #birds #BirdConservation
#ScarletMacaw #AraMacao #EndangeredSpecies #CostaRicaWildlife #birds #BirdConservation
Happy #ThursJay!
Say hello to the #CanadaJay, aka the mischievous #WhiskeyJack!
The name "Whiskey Jack" is an anglicised spelling of the Cree word #Wisakedjak, a trickster mischievous spirit. This feathered prankster can mimic other birds’ songs and fool many creatures.
#birds #scicomm #corvids
Say hello to the #CanadaJay, aka the mischievous #WhiskeyJack!
The name "Whiskey Jack" is an anglicised spelling of the Cree word #Wisakedjak, a trickster mischievous spirit. This feathered prankster can mimic other birds’ songs and fool many creatures.
#birds #scicomm #corvids
May 15, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Happy #ThursJay!
Say hello to the #CanadaJay, aka the mischievous #WhiskeyJack!
The name "Whiskey Jack" is an anglicised spelling of the Cree word #Wisakedjak, a trickster mischievous spirit. This feathered prankster can mimic other birds’ songs and fool many creatures.
#birds #scicomm #corvids
Say hello to the #CanadaJay, aka the mischievous #WhiskeyJack!
The name "Whiskey Jack" is an anglicised spelling of the Cree word #Wisakedjak, a trickster mischievous spirit. This feathered prankster can mimic other birds’ songs and fool many creatures.
#birds #scicomm #corvids
Thank you to the loving and supportive mothers, whether by birth, adoption, or chosen family. I love to see family dynamics in nature. Here's a spider monkey mom and baby! #mom #mum #mothersday #spidermonkey #costarica #love #biodiversity
May 11, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Thank you to the loving and supportive mothers, whether by birth, adoption, or chosen family. I love to see family dynamics in nature. Here's a spider monkey mom and baby! #mom #mum #mothersday #spidermonkey #costarica #love #biodiversity
Happy fly day, Friday! This fly seems to have had a tough week with carrying the weight of this mite! Hope all yours is better!
#fly #diptera #flydayfriday #flyday #bugsky #entomology
#fly #diptera #flydayfriday #flyday #bugsky #entomology
May 9, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Happy fly day, Friday! This fly seems to have had a tough week with carrying the weight of this mite! Hope all yours is better!
#fly #diptera #flydayfriday #flyday #bugsky #entomology
#fly #diptera #flydayfriday #flyday #bugsky #entomology
Zombie ant alert! 🧟♂️🍄 This ant was taken over by #cordyceps, a mind-controlling #fungus! After infection, it climbs high, latches on, & becomes a spore-spreading machine. Nature is beautiful! 🌿🐜 🪲
#Cordyceps #ZombieAnt #FungusAmongUs #Nature #MindControl #scicomm #Entomology #NatureFacts #bugsky
#Cordyceps #ZombieAnt #FungusAmongUs #Nature #MindControl #scicomm #Entomology #NatureFacts #bugsky
May 7, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Zombie ant alert! 🧟♂️🍄 This ant was taken over by #cordyceps, a mind-controlling #fungus! After infection, it climbs high, latches on, & becomes a spore-spreading machine. Nature is beautiful! 🌿🐜 🪲
#Cordyceps #ZombieAnt #FungusAmongUs #Nature #MindControl #scicomm #Entomology #NatureFacts #bugsky
#Cordyceps #ZombieAnt #FungusAmongUs #Nature #MindControl #scicomm #Entomology #NatureFacts #bugsky
Roseate spoonbill seen inland in the area of the Arenal Volcano - La Fortuna, Costa Rica 🇨🇷.
#spoonbill #roseatespoonbill #biodiversity #birds #pink
#spoonbill #roseatespoonbill #biodiversity #birds #pink
May 6, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Roseate spoonbill seen inland in the area of the Arenal Volcano - La Fortuna, Costa Rica 🇨🇷.
#spoonbill #roseatespoonbill #biodiversity #birds #pink
#spoonbill #roseatespoonbill #biodiversity #birds #pink
Great kiskadee, Pitangus sulphuratus, eating a small lizard!
#costarica #birds #birding #birdphotography #photography
#costarica #birds #birding #birdphotography #photography
May 6, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Great kiskadee, Pitangus sulphuratus, eating a small lizard!
#costarica #birds #birding #birdphotography #photography
#costarica #birds #birding #birdphotography #photography
May 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
A beautiful male cheetah from Liuwa National park. This one had an injured leg and was waiting for its brother to return with, hopefully, a meal.
#wildlife #cheetah #conservation #wildlifeconservation #nature #zambia #africa #liuwaplains #photography #nature #mufilika_tours_and_safaris #mammals
#wildlife #cheetah #conservation #wildlifeconservation #nature #zambia #africa #liuwaplains #photography #nature #mufilika_tours_and_safaris #mammals
May 4, 2025 at 1:34 PM
A beautiful male cheetah from Liuwa National park. This one had an injured leg and was waiting for its brother to return with, hopefully, a meal.
#wildlife #cheetah #conservation #wildlifeconservation #nature #zambia #africa #liuwaplains #photography #nature #mufilika_tours_and_safaris #mammals
#wildlife #cheetah #conservation #wildlifeconservation #nature #zambia #africa #liuwaplains #photography #nature #mufilika_tours_and_safaris #mammals