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Garrett
@philbor42.bsky.social
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Just a dork who likes bugs and video games
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Unfortunately it looks like we won’t be hitting the preorder minimum for these hats unless we get some more orders!

So if you’re interested in a leafcutter ant hat or are considering holiday gifts, please preorder! 🐜🌿

Available below ⬇️
A photo of an olive green dad cap with two embroidered brown leafcutter ants holding leaves. It is photographed on top of a rock. A photo of an olive green dad cap with two embroidered brown leafcutter ants holding leaves, but photographed from a different angle. It is photographed on top of a rock.
October 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
philbor42.bsky.social
This is my first attempt at focus stacking and studio photography, I built a whole janky light box and everything. I'm really happy with how it turned out.
This guy is a Punctured Tiger Beetle.
#BugSky #Photography #Macro #Entomology
Close up of a Puctured Tiger Beetle face My janky light box
September 14, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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"Why is it called a hanging thief?" www.inaturalist.org/photos/10502...
A large fly hanging from a leaf by its two front legs, holding a tiger-striped prey fly in its middle/hind legs. iNaturalist Photo 10502457, (c) Mikael Behrens, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/10502457?size=large
September 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Been a minute since I posted on here lol. Finally caught up with all my pictures, so I'll first start with a re-edit of this Bold Jumper
#BugSky #Entomology #Photography #Macro
Close up of a Bold Jumping Spider
September 8, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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if the hardcore band looks like this you are going to die in the pit
Still from the television show Pepper Ann showing from left to right Nicky, Milo and Peppper Ann walking down a sidewalk next to a parking lot
April 24, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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Hey everyone go give this some support
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April 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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The weather is finally nice and I was able to get out and use my new lense. Here are a male and female Bold Jumping Spider (Phidippus audax) I got today

#Arachnid #Entomology #Spider #Photography #Canon #Macro
Male bold jumping spider face Male bold jumping spider Female bold jumping spider
April 8, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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This is some kind of sawfly, not sure which one though. This was taken with Canon's 180mm macro lense which has been a blast to use

#Hymenoptera #Entomology
#Photography #Sawfly #Canon #Macro
Sawfly from the side Sawfly face
April 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Season of Love.
The courtship of the Crab Spider.
Credit: Sandip Guha.

This is the winner of the "Macro" category at the "London Camera Exchange Photographer of the Year" competition.

#Nature #Photography
March’s best #science images
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poty.lcegroup.co.uk/winners-2025/
April 2, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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Got a flash diffuser for my camera, so I've been doing test shots with a cicada specimen I have and I'm soooo excited to get back outside and use it!

The second picture has the focal point on the compound eye so you can see the details

#Entomology #Photography #Insect #Cicada
Cicada head Focus on the cicada's eye
February 20, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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It needs to be spring already! I bought a fancy new macro lense and don't have much to take pictures of with the freezing temps here in CO. In the mean time though, here's an Ichneumon wasp I spotted last year. Pretty sure it's a Therion
circumflexum wasp.

#Entomology #Photography #Insect #Wasp
February 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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I was so excited to see this weevil in my garden again I took the photos with wrong settings for the lighting ToT I apologize for the horrid lighting bUT LOOK!! WEEVIL!! BELOVED💚

🪲ID Guess: Broad Nosed Weevil (Leptopius setosus)
#ozinverts #bugsky #weevil
A broad nosed weevil sitting on the edge of a red leaf. The weevil is light brown and has a knobbly stature. It has dull spikes on its abdomen, bumps and ridges on its thorax and thick awkward looking legs. It has oblong eyes like a cartoon character and a thick snoot protruding from its round head. Another photo of the weevil sitting on the edge of a green leaf, facing the camera more. The weevils awkward stance and silly big feet are on full display A last photo of the weevil doing a big steppy off the green leaf, a front leg is blurred with the motion of its step.
February 9, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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Tomorrow my shop is opening back up! Grab some tokens, posters, playmats n more⚔️

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February 8, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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Praying mantis are so much fun to take pictures of. Like jumping spiders, I feel like you can watch them think

#Entomology #Insect #PrayingMantis #Photography
Praying mantis on a leaf
February 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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This is one of the first pictures I got with my camera, a species of Grass Spider. I'm pretty sure from the genus Agelenopsis but not 100%. Ever since getting my Canon EOS 70D I've fallen in love with wildlife photography, especially on the macro scale.
#Photography #Entomology #Spider
February 2, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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Gotta love a good longhorn beetle, especially one as stunning as the Locust Borer (Megacyllene robiniae)
#Entomology #Insect #Bug #LonghornBeetle
Megacyllene robiniae
January 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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I really enjoy getting pictures of almost any hymenopteran. They are super misunderstood and very fun to watch. This is a species of Prionyx wasp I found last year!
#Entomology #Wasp #Bug #Insect
Prionyx Wasp
January 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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This is one of the first pictures I was really proud of. The Jagged Ambush Bug (Phymata americana coloradensis). These guys are super fun to watch hunt!

#Entomology #Photography #Insect #Bug
Jagged Ambush Bug
January 26, 2025 at 11:42 PM
philbor42.bsky.social
Jumping spiders are one of my favorite subjects. Pretty certain this spider is in the genus Phidippus. I'm not sure of the species though, maybe it's a Bold Jumper?
#JumpingSpider #Entomology #Photography #Spider
January 26, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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Squrl
#Photography #Squirrel
January 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Another insect I found on my trip to #GlacierNationalPark last year, a massive polyphemus moth caterpillar (Antheraea polyphemus). This is definitely one of my favorite pictures I've taken
#Entomology #Insects #Photography #Moth
Antheraea polyphemus
January 23, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Golden Flower Longhorn (Lepturobosca chrysocoma)
Found in Glacier National Park 2024
#Insects #GlacierNationalPark
#Entomology
January 23, 2025 at 3:44 AM