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Dan 𓍊𓋼𓆏𓋼𓍊
@mortikaii.bsky.social
300 followers 44 following 94 posts
Macro Photographer
Mainly bugs, mushrooms, and other tiny things. All photos taken by me.
📍San Francisco, CA
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Dan 𓍊𓋼𓆏𓋼𓍊 @mortikaii.bsky.social · Dec 1
New account, so I thought I would introduce myself. In short, I do macro photography as a hobby. I usually focus mostly on insects, fungus, and slime molds but dabble in reptiles and really just anything I find interesting.

So toss me a follow if that content sounds interesting to you!
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A pair of snowplants. Love these alien looking parasitic plants.
July 29, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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🦎Alpine newt (Ichthyosaura alpestris)

Max. size 120 mm (4.7").

Found in Europe from France in the west to Romania and Bulgaria in the east. It's found as far north as Denmark and as far south as Greece.

Considered Least Concern by the IUCN.

📷by furbymama on Pixabay
A newt is walking from the left towards the right of the picture. The newt is a blueish dark grey on most of its body. On its lower sides it has black spots on a white background. The belly and throat is bright orange. Behind the newt is a reddish brown rock.
March 2, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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don’t talk to me or my son ever again
a photograph of an ensatina salamander adult next to a tiny juvenile ensatina. the juvenile is a tiny copy of the adult. the salamanders are reddish-brown with an orange belly and legs.
February 26, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Reposted by Dan 𓍊𓋼𓆏𓋼𓍊
inaturalist.bsky.social
The paper describes how the fly larvae imitate termites and infiltrate their nests: phys.org/news/2025-02...
Fly larva with a fake termite face can infiltrate termite mounds and socialize
Nature is full of impostors, and many of them are found in the insect world. Certain species, such as the bee fly or the ant spider, are experts at misdirection and their ability to confuse predators ...
phys.org
February 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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🐸
February 12, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Love this black and red lanternfly. Gives Darth Maul vibes. If anyone has any idea for an ID on this guy, please let me know. I feel like it’s from the genus Aphaena but none fit the description closely.

#macrophotography #macro #nature #photography #science
February 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Embrace coziness 😴🍄🌧️
An illustration of a banana slug holding a red mug with white spots underneath a matching red and white spotted fly agaric mushroom. The slug is drinking green tea. They are yellow with brown spots. The mushroom and slug are on some green moss, with green handwritten text underneath that reads “Embrace Coziness” in all uppercase. The background is a vibrant light blue.
February 5, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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White leafhopper - Pagaronia triunata. A very old photo of mine, probably one of the first photos I took that I was pretty excited about at the time.

#nature #leafhopper #photography #macro #macrophotography
January 30, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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Map fungus (Coccomyces dentatus) 🍄📷
#fungifriends #forest #nature #photography
A leaf is colonized by a fungus that divides it into irregularly-shaped light-colored regions, with thin black boundary lines between. There are dark spots within some of the regions. The whole thing looks uncannily like an old paper map.
January 29, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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fossilforager.bsky.social
Take a walk in the forest ✨
An illustration of a Polyphemus moth against a dark deep blue-purple background. Near the moth is a redwood branch with leaves and a cone, redwood sorrel, and redwood rooter fungi. Orange text is arching above and below and reads “Take a walk in the forest”.
January 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Ever see a green moth? Species of emerald moth(Herochroma cristata)

#moth #nature #macrophotography #macro #photography
January 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Sumatra Forest Dragon(Gonocephalus beyschlagi)

#nature #macrophotography #photography #macro #lizard #forest
January 30, 2025 at 6:06 PM
mortikaii.bsky.social
I am enjoying Bluesky but I am finding it hard to find new nature photographers to follow on here.

Let's make a thread to help find new likeminded accounts! Reply and repost this so people can find other great photographers on here!
January 30, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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I love this tiny coral slime mold star. Hard to believe these things are not aliens sometimes 😂

#nature #slimemold #fungifriends #macrophotography #photography #forest #fungi
January 30, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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Tiny jumping spider friend

#nature #macro #jumpingspider #macrophotography #photography
January 29, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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One of my favorite isopods(porcellio hoffmannseggi).

#nature #isopod #macro #macrophotography #photography #bug #insect
January 29, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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A tiny gnat sitting on top of a Hygrocybe mushroom.

#macrophotography #photography #mushroom #macro #fungus #nature #fungifriends
January 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Frog Friday!

#frog #nature #macrophotography #macro #photography
January 24, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Instead of worrying about the dumpster fire that is the US gov’t. Let’s enjoy this little salamander.

#nature #salamander #macrophotography #photography #macro
January 18, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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An oldie but a goodie. A little panda isopod curled up.

#nature #isopod #macrophotography #photography #macro
January 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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🐸🐸🐸

#frog #nature #macrophotography #macro #photography #science #froge
January 18, 2025 at 4:52 AM
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Little gem of a beetle. Lychee Shield Beetle(Chrysocoris Stollii)

#nature #macrophotography #beetle #photography #macro
January 17, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Curious Orangutan watching us eat lunch.
January 14, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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Springtail party on some witches butter fungus

#nature #fungifriends #macrophotography #photography #mushroom
January 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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I beautiful lanternfly(Pyrops pythicus) I found out in northern Sumatra. I wish it wasn’t so high up in the tree so I could have gotten a good profile shot but this is the best we got 😅

#nature #photography #macrophotography
January 14, 2025 at 2:53 AM