Elli Klaus
@ellililalala.bsky.social
Conservation biologist with focus on botanics and entomology. I love macrophotography of all fauna & flora but especially of insects and spiders. Pics & opinions are my own.
Based in Switzerland. She/her
https://www.inaturalist.org/people/elliklaus
Based in Switzerland. She/her
https://www.inaturalist.org/people/elliklaus
A Longleg #Dandy (#Portia cf. schultzi) from #Choma, #Zambia.
#jumpingspider #salticidae #spidersky #bugsky #inverts #macrophotography #spiders
#jumpingspider #salticidae #spidersky #bugsky #inverts #macrophotography #spiders
November 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
A Longleg #Dandy (#Portia cf. schultzi) from #Choma, #Zambia.
#jumpingspider #salticidae #spidersky #bugsky #inverts #macrophotography #spiders
#jumpingspider #salticidae #spidersky #bugsky #inverts #macrophotography #spiders
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Enjoy this little demon, #Bugsky
At first I thought this was just a small fly, but when I got my macro on it I found this alien creature. I think it's in the genus Poppea, a type of treehopper. Found at @casabentbill.bsky.social #CostaRica #nature #insects
At first I thought this was just a small fly, but when I got my macro on it I found this alien creature. I think it's in the genus Poppea, a type of treehopper. Found at @casabentbill.bsky.social #CostaRica #nature #insects
November 17, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Enjoy this little demon, #Bugsky
At first I thought this was just a small fly, but when I got my macro on it I found this alien creature. I think it's in the genus Poppea, a type of treehopper. Found at @casabentbill.bsky.social #CostaRica #nature #insects
At first I thought this was just a small fly, but when I got my macro on it I found this alien creature. I think it's in the genus Poppea, a type of treehopper. Found at @casabentbill.bsky.social #CostaRica #nature #insects
One of the jumping #spiders I found in the leaf litter at #Choma, #Zambia. Any ideas for an ID?
#spidersky #inverts #macrophotography #inaturalist
#spidersky #inverts #macrophotography #inaturalist
November 16, 2025 at 5:55 PM
One of the jumping #spiders I found in the leaf litter at #Choma, #Zambia. Any ideas for an ID?
#spidersky #inverts #macrophotography #inaturalist
#spidersky #inverts #macrophotography #inaturalist
An #Amegilla #bee resting on the stem of a lavender.
Seen in #Choma, #Zambia in November 2025.
#bugsky #inverts #inaturalist #macrophotography
Seen in #Choma, #Zambia in November 2025.
#bugsky #inverts #inaturalist #macrophotography
November 16, 2025 at 7:27 AM
An #Amegilla #bee resting on the stem of a lavender.
Seen in #Choma, #Zambia in November 2025.
#bugsky #inverts #inaturalist #macrophotography
Seen in #Choma, #Zambia in November 2025.
#bugsky #inverts #inaturalist #macrophotography
A burrowing wolf spider with her #spiderlings at the entrance of her hole.
Seen in #Choma, #Zambia
#spidersky #bugsky #wolfspider #inverts #inaturalist
Seen in #Choma, #Zambia
#spidersky #bugsky #wolfspider #inverts #inaturalist
November 16, 2025 at 7:16 AM
A burrowing wolf spider with her #spiderlings at the entrance of her hole.
Seen in #Choma, #Zambia
#spidersky #bugsky #wolfspider #inverts #inaturalist
Seen in #Choma, #Zambia
#spidersky #bugsky #wolfspider #inverts #inaturalist
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We love jumping spiders because they are smol, cute, active, friendly and always looking around curiously with their huge eyes. But do you know they’re also masters of mimicry? Check out the bugs they pretend to be (and some of those are really good)!💚💚
September 17, 2025 at 8:09 PM
We love jumping spiders because they are smol, cute, active, friendly and always looking around curiously with their huge eyes. But do you know they’re also masters of mimicry? Check out the bugs they pretend to be (and some of those are really good)!💚💚
Just because I just found this picture and I find them pretty. So lets see who else likes it!
This is a male #Philaeus chrysops, a #jumpingspider. Discovered in #France, #Camargue in Mai 2024.
#salticidae #spidersky #inverts #inat #bugsky
This is a male #Philaeus chrysops, a #jumpingspider. Discovered in #France, #Camargue in Mai 2024.
#salticidae #spidersky #inverts #inat #bugsky
August 22, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Just because I just found this picture and I find them pretty. So lets see who else likes it!
This is a male #Philaeus chrysops, a #jumpingspider. Discovered in #France, #Camargue in Mai 2024.
#salticidae #spidersky #inverts #inat #bugsky
This is a male #Philaeus chrysops, a #jumpingspider. Discovered in #France, #Camargue in Mai 2024.
#salticidae #spidersky #inverts #inat #bugsky
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Wasps are great, and like all little critturs, greatly appreciate clean fresh water in hot weather. #inverts 🐙
Constant stream of wasps drinking from my tiny garden tub-pond, so many I have to top it up every evening. I'm not saying I'm hormonal, but when I realised they're taking water back to their nest to spread on its surface to cool it down in these too-hot days I got a bit tearful. They work SO hard.
August 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Wasps are great, and like all little critturs, greatly appreciate clean fresh water in hot weather. #inverts 🐙
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Two bombardier beetles (Brachinus sp.) attacking a termite. Many insects defend themselves with smelly/irritating chemicals; these beetles go to 11. They mix chemicals in their abdomen, and the resulting reaction reaches near boiling; the noxious mixture is emitted with an audible pop. 🐙🌿 #insects
August 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Two bombardier beetles (Brachinus sp.) attacking a termite. Many insects defend themselves with smelly/irritating chemicals; these beetles go to 11. They mix chemicals in their abdomen, and the resulting reaction reaches near boiling; the noxious mixture is emitted with an audible pop. 🐙🌿 #insects
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Quite a colour explosion in European regards 😅 This is a Leafy Spurge #Hawkmoth ( #Hyles #euphorbiae) eating it's host plant, a Cypress Spurge. It's a young one, it will be double its size. Seen in the #Binntal, #Valais, #Switzerland
#bugsky #insects #inverts #macro #photography #inat
#bugsky #insects #inverts #macro #photography #inat
July 21, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Quite a colour explosion in European regards 😅 This is a Leafy Spurge #Hawkmoth ( #Hyles #euphorbiae) eating it's host plant, a Cypress Spurge. It's a young one, it will be double its size. Seen in the #Binntal, #Valais, #Switzerland
#bugsky #insects #inverts #macro #photography #inat
#bugsky #insects #inverts #macro #photography #inat
Just a little jumper - a female #Aelurillus v-insignitus from the #Binntal in #Valais. They are quite common in their habitat but easily overlooked. This individual was 2-3 mm tall. Love to find them! 😍
#bugsky #salticidae #inverts #spiders #spidersky
#bugsky #salticidae #inverts #spiders #spidersky
July 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Just a little jumper - a female #Aelurillus v-insignitus from the #Binntal in #Valais. They are quite common in their habitat but easily overlooked. This individual was 2-3 mm tall. Love to find them! 😍
#bugsky #salticidae #inverts #spiders #spidersky
#bugsky #salticidae #inverts #spiders #spidersky
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GREAT movie on the village pasture of Pufesti, Romania: predatory Emus hirtus fighting down a dung beetle.
Filmed by Josepha Hirsch.
Filmed by Josepha Hirsch.
June 1, 2025 at 8:04 PM
GREAT movie on the village pasture of Pufesti, Romania: predatory Emus hirtus fighting down a dung beetle.
Filmed by Josepha Hirsch.
Filmed by Josepha Hirsch.
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SPEECHLESS BEFORE / AFTER #BLATTEN
The magnitude of destruction after the 3:24 pm collapse of Birch Glacier is immense! 😱
All the forest has been razed and the ice/wood/debris dammed the Lonza river 🌊
Some buildings of Blatten are buried 🏠
📷 Pomona
The magnitude of destruction after the 3:24 pm collapse of Birch Glacier is immense! 😱
All the forest has been razed and the ice/wood/debris dammed the Lonza river 🌊
Some buildings of Blatten are buried 🏠
📷 Pomona
May 28, 2025 at 3:34 PM
SPEECHLESS BEFORE / AFTER #BLATTEN
The magnitude of destruction after the 3:24 pm collapse of Birch Glacier is immense! 😱
All the forest has been razed and the ice/wood/debris dammed the Lonza river 🌊
Some buildings of Blatten are buried 🏠
📷 Pomona
The magnitude of destruction after the 3:24 pm collapse of Birch Glacier is immense! 😱
All the forest has been razed and the ice/wood/debris dammed the Lonza river 🌊
Some buildings of Blatten are buried 🏠
📷 Pomona
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🌱🌾🌍🍄🌺🌳🌿#SeedDispersal Another way for seeds to disperse themselves is to be tiny to drift through the air. #Orchids have taken this to an extreme, with most seeds much less than a milligram, abandoning food reserves, and relying on finding a fungus to nurture germination. #BUC2025
May 23, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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How Attenborough’s Ocean exposed ‘violent’ bottom trawlers.
“We were aghast, it was a shock,” said producer Toby Nowlan, recalling the first time he saw video of the destructive fishing practice, where weighted nets are dragged across the sea bed.
👇
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
“We were aghast, it was a shock,” said producer Toby Nowlan, recalling the first time he saw video of the destructive fishing practice, where weighted nets are dragged across the sea bed.
👇
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
How David Attenborough’s Ocean exposed ‘violent’ bottom trawlers
Somehow, this documentary is our first close-up look at the way commercial fishing wrecks the sea bed. One of the directors says it’s like watching Nemo flee for his life
www.thetimes.com
May 23, 2025 at 4:09 PM
How Attenborough’s Ocean exposed ‘violent’ bottom trawlers.
“We were aghast, it was a shock,” said producer Toby Nowlan, recalling the first time he saw video of the destructive fishing practice, where weighted nets are dragged across the sea bed.
👇
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
“We were aghast, it was a shock,” said producer Toby Nowlan, recalling the first time he saw video of the destructive fishing practice, where weighted nets are dragged across the sea bed.
👇
www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
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Die Megaherbivoren-Hypothese schön illlustriert und erklärt.
charlotte-hintzmann.de/giant-plant-...
charlotte-hintzmann.de/giant-plant-...
May 23, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Die Megaherbivoren-Hypothese schön illlustriert und erklärt.
charlotte-hintzmann.de/giant-plant-...
charlotte-hintzmann.de/giant-plant-...
For #InsectThursday I want to show you this #solitary #bee (I don't know the species) sitting on a #monkeyorchid (Orchis simia) with a pollinion on its front. This is how orchids spread their pollen, so cool! (France, 12.5.2024)
#bugsky #macrophotography #inverts #insects #pollinators
#bugsky #macrophotography #inverts #insects #pollinators
May 22, 2025 at 8:08 PM
For #InsectThursday I want to show you this #solitary #bee (I don't know the species) sitting on a #monkeyorchid (Orchis simia) with a pollinion on its front. This is how orchids spread their pollen, so cool! (France, 12.5.2024)
#bugsky #macrophotography #inverts #insects #pollinators
#bugsky #macrophotography #inverts #insects #pollinators
It's #Worldbeeday! So here is my contribution: it's the #solitary wild #bees we care about - not the honey bee. It is those that we depend on for our food and all wildlife around. I like honey bees when they are good food for others, e.g. for this jumping #spider couple of #Asianellus festivus
May 20, 2025 at 6:17 PM
It's #Worldbeeday! So here is my contribution: it's the #solitary wild #bees we care about - not the honey bee. It is those that we depend on for our food and all wildlife around. I like honey bees when they are good food for others, e.g. for this jumping #spider couple of #Asianellus festivus
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May 20, 2025 at 12:39 AM
What a great story about beavers in Scotland! Worth a look
May 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
What a great story about beavers in Scotland! Worth a look
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Ponds are vital freshwater habitats which support a disproportionally high level of biodiversity but we’ve lost too many over time.
Making a pond is a great way to bring more messy habitat into your garden or park! 🪲🐸🦆
Making a pond is a great way to bring more messy habitat into your garden or park! 🪲🐸🦆
May 15, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Ponds are vital freshwater habitats which support a disproportionally high level of biodiversity but we’ve lost too many over time.
Making a pond is a great way to bring more messy habitat into your garden or park! 🪲🐸🦆
Making a pond is a great way to bring more messy habitat into your garden or park! 🪲🐸🦆
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Serviceskeet @ndr.de:
Da hat kein Wald gebrannt, sondern eine standortfremde Nadelholzplantage. 🌲🔥🌲
Laubwälder 🌳🌳 brennen in Mitteleuropa nicht.
Würde mich sehr freuen, wenn das in der Berichterstattung irgendwann mal berücksichtigt werden würde 🙏
Da hat kein Wald gebrannt, sondern eine standortfremde Nadelholzplantage. 🌲🔥🌲
Laubwälder 🌳🌳 brennen in Mitteleuropa nicht.
Würde mich sehr freuen, wenn das in der Berichterstattung irgendwann mal berücksichtigt werden würde 🙏
Teil der jahrelangen Brandserie? Vier Waldbrände in nur einer Woche in Gemeinde ausgebrochen
Gleich zwei Waldbrände sind laut Polizei am Donnerstag im Amt Neuhaus (Landkreis Lüneburg) ausgebrochen. Bereits am Montag musste die Feuerwehr in der Gemeinde ausrücken.
www.ndr.de
May 17, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Serviceskeet @ndr.de:
Da hat kein Wald gebrannt, sondern eine standortfremde Nadelholzplantage. 🌲🔥🌲
Laubwälder 🌳🌳 brennen in Mitteleuropa nicht.
Würde mich sehr freuen, wenn das in der Berichterstattung irgendwann mal berücksichtigt werden würde 🙏
Da hat kein Wald gebrannt, sondern eine standortfremde Nadelholzplantage. 🌲🔥🌲
Laubwälder 🌳🌳 brennen in Mitteleuropa nicht.
Würde mich sehr freuen, wenn das in der Berichterstattung irgendwann mal berücksichtigt werden würde 🙏
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