Dan Osipov
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Dan Osipov
@danospv.bsky.social
Macro photographer based in Bay Area, California. Odonata admirer.
We’re snailposting, post your snails.

This one was found on a jungle floor in Borneo
#snail #macro
November 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Zombie spider!

Was already dead, covered by parasitic fungus.

#zombie #Gibellula #macro #arachnid
November 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Yellow-striped Flutterer
(Rhyothemis phyllis)

#odonata #dragonfly #inverts #nature
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
October 12, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Telosticta bidayuh, a Sarawak endemic #damselfly
Its curious how it bends its lower abdomen.

#odonata #bugsky #macro
October 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Malayan Lacewing (Cethosia hypsea) from Borneo

#butterfly #bugsky #entomology #macrophotography
October 3, 2025 at 2:38 PM
A sand wasp on a bank of a river. Do these sting? I didn't dare to check.

#insects #nature #macrophotography
September 30, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Barely noticeable, Elattoneura analis is an incongruously named White-legged damselfly (its legs are actually black).

#bugpics #bugsky #odonata #borneo
September 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Cool looking cricket (likely Nisitrus vittatus) hiding under a leaf.

#bugsky #entomology #macrophotography
September 30, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Onychothemis culminicola, on the banks of a Bornean river

#odonata #dragonfly #borneo #bugsky
September 18, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Happy place
June 6, 2025 at 11:12 PM
June 3, 2025 at 9:11 PM
June 1, 2025 at 3:25 PM
And its off!

Chinese Yellow Swallowtail (Papilio xuthus)
#butterfly #eastcoastkin #photography #lepidoptera #bugpics
May 31, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Another first for me - the Blue-spotted Emperor (Anax nigrofasciatus). Had to capture it in flight, as they don't land often.

#odonata #dragonfly #nature #photography #entomology
May 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
It was great to find Mnais pruinosa in Japan. Flash showed slight iridescence in otherwise transparent wings.

#odonata #damselfly #macro #photography #bugpics
May 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM
White-banded Flat (Daimio tethys) from Japan.

#butterfly #bugpics #photography #macro #nature
May 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Brachysomida californica (I suspect), hanging out on a flower.

#beetles #macro #photography #nature #california
May 14, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Amazing ant mimic - looked just like a tiny ant hanging out near other ants, but is actually a plant bug larvae (iNat suggests Closterocoris amoenus).
#bugpics #insects #macro #photography #nature
May 13, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Three-striped Longhorn (Adela trigrapha) for #MothMonday
Can't tell where they get the name from...

#photography #insect #bugpics #nature
May 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
In search of less common tiger beetles, the western tiger beetle is rising to become my most frequent observed species...
#photography #beetles #coleoptera #macro
May 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Mount Diablo Fairy-Lantern - an endemic flower that grows on the slopes of Mount Diablo in California - is in full bloom right now.

#flowers #art #wildflowers #california #photography
May 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
For World Frog Day, here is a cute frog on a sign post
#worldfrogday
March 21, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Vulnerable Foothill Yellow-legged frog (Rana boylii)

#eastcoastkin #frog #nature
March 4, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Oh, is that what is happening? I saw some flies do this, but assumed they were drinking
February 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM