Elli Klaus
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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
November 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
A lucky find: A southern #African rock #python caught itself a nice dinner.

Seen in #Choma, #Zambia in November 2025.

#herps #snake
November 17, 2025 at 5:44 AM
One of the jumping #spiders I found in the leaf litter at #Choma, #Zambia. Any ideas for an ID?

#spidersky #inverts #macrophotography #inaturalist
November 16, 2025 at 5:55 PM
An #Amegilla #bee resting on the stem of a lavender.
Seen in #Choma, #Zambia in November 2025.

#bugsky #inverts #inaturalist #macrophotography
November 16, 2025 at 7:27 AM
A burrowing wolf spider with her #spiderlings at the entrance of her hole.
Seen in #Choma, #Zambia

#spidersky #bugsky #wolfspider #inverts #inaturalist
November 16, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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
August 22, 2025 at 6:54 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
July 21, 2025 at 7:49 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
July 20, 2025 at 8:30 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
May 22, 2025 at 8:08 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
May 20, 2025 at 6:17 PM
A tail-wagger #snail ( #Sheldonia sp.) from Wilderness, South Africa (march 2025). What a weird little thing! It made my day when I saw it!

#mollusks #gastropod #SouthAfrica #macrophotography #bugsky
April 23, 2025 at 1:11 PM
You don't see me! This #ichneumonid #wasp reminds me of a toddler trying to hide 😃

Found in Bière, #Switzerland

#bugsky #insects #arthropod #inat #hymenoptera #macrophotography #pollinator
April 3, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Another jumping #spider from Thailand. #Plexippus paykulli is originally from Africa but has been introduced on all other continents. I was happy to find it!

#inverts #bugsky #salticidae #macrophotography #arachnids #jumpingspiders #inat
March 27, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Just another #jumping #spider looking pretty. This time it's #Menemerus cf. taeniatus found in the #Camargue in France.

#inverts #bugsky #macrophotography #inat #wildlife #nature
March 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
A juvenile flower #mantis from Thailand, potentially of the genus Creobroter. All green in green!

#bugsky #inverts #inat #insects #macrophotography
March 2, 2025 at 2:49 PM
February 17, 2025 at 7:25 AM
#Butterflies on #flowers - always a good combination. So here I have a mountain burnet (Zygaena exulans) on the flower of a wood pink (Dianthus sylvestris). Seen in #Switzerland.

#inat #bugsky #inverts #insects #macrophotography
February 12, 2025 at 8:23 PM
A jumping #spider from Thailand: Pancorius magnus. There is not much known about the species (at least not in english). But I found it rather photogenic!

#Salticidae #jumpingspider #bugsky #inverts #inat #macrophotography
February 10, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Jumping #spiders are my favourites! Look at this one from #ManaDulce in #Colombia. I think it belongs to the genus #Ceriomura.

www.inaturalist.org/observations...

#bugsky #salticidae #inat #macrophotography
February 9, 2025 at 7:56 PM
A batman #hoverfly from the #Canaries. Must have freshly hatched according to the nice coloration. It is a common species but pretty nevertheless.

#inverts #bugsky #macrophotography #Myathropaflorea #insects
February 9, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Here it's dark and grey... but #Ophrys flowers are such an enrichment in life! Here an Ophrys sphegodes from Switzerland.

#wildflowers #orchids #nature #macrophotography #inat
February 2, 2025 at 10:34 AM
This is a male longhorn #bee of the genus #Eucera. Just to remind that there are not only honey bees but there is a huge amount of #solitarybees much more important for #pollination of our food - and for this tufted vetch (Vicia cracca)
#pollinators #inverts #bugsky #wildlife #inat #macrophotography
February 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Another brood #parasite is this #Sicus ferrugineus, a #fly whose larvae are endoparasites of #bumblebees. It's a common fly as long as bumblebees are common.

#inverts #bugsky #insects #biodiversity #macrophotography #nature
February 1, 2025 at 9:09 AM
I'm always amazed and excited to find sleeping #bees like this #Epeolus cf. variegatus that is a brood parasite of several #Colletes species. It feeds ondifferent species of #Asteraceae such as Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare).

#wildbee #inverts #insects #nature #macrophotography #bugsky 🌿
January 31, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I saw quite some pictures of praying #mantis photographed on the hands of people which I find not so nice for the #insect. That is why I post one within its natural environment out of grasses and herbs in autumn.

#bugsky #inverts #Mantisreligiosa #macrophotography
January 29, 2025 at 11:20 AM