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Luxomancer 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
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Photographer ( Macros, skies, cats and things). Citizen Naturalist ( INaturalist observation page https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&user_id=luxomancer&verifiable=any )
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Hang on friends, it's almost #FRIDAY

Pine Sawyer Beetle, Monochamus carolinensis

#MacroPhotography
#Beetles
#Cerambycidae
#Coleoptera
#Photography
#Insects
#Invertebrates
A photo of a lonhorn beetle hanging on the edge of a lamp pole. Only the feet, face, and antennae of the beetle can be seen on the circular edge of the lamp pole.
November 13, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Maple Light.

Acer japonicum. C. 2024

#Fujifilm X-S10.

#Photography
#FallColor
#Autumn
A photograph of the late afternoon sun shining on the palmate autumn leaves of a Japanese Maple tree. Most of the leaves are scarlet, but a few still have some green. The light is clear and crisp.
November 12, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Blueberry Sky.

Vaccinuim species. While this particular plant is cultivated in a garden, many of these are found growing natively throughout the southern U.S.

#Photography
#FallColor
#Autumn
A photo of crimson oval shaped blueberry leaves backlit by the sun, against a blue sky featuring some wispy cirrus clouds
November 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Rosy Wolfsnails ( Euglandina rosea ) makin babies from last year. 😁

#Molluscs
#invertebrates
#snails
Two brown shelled snails with grayish tan bodies are entwined in a mating embrace.
November 9, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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Am on the road this weekend so content delivery will be limited. However I am not about to let #caturday go unobserved 😁 here is Marco resplendent on his favorite blanket 😻

#cats
A photo of a gray and black tabby cat from the front as he rests on a purple fleece blanket. He has whitnon the underside of his face and bright white whiskers. He is looking at the camera and has a dignified look on his face.
November 8, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Many of my #bug #photos are not fantastic, sometimes it's the user, sometimes it's the models. Sometimes it is both like this out of focus photo of a June Beetle (something Melonthinae) flying into a Spotted Apatelodes Moth ( Apatelodes torrefacta ) 😂

#PhotoFails
#MacroPhotography
#Insects
An out of focus photo of a orange brown beetle flying into a tan moth.
November 5, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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Blessed Night Weaver protect us. 🙏

Orchard #Orbweaver, Leucauge argryobapta.

#fujifilm X-S10. #laowa 65mm #macro

#MacroPhotography
#Spiders
#arachnids
#Invertebrates
A photo of a green and orange spider hanging from its web at night. The spider has long slender dark green legs. It's cephalothorax is partly obscured by its legs. It's pill shaped abdomen is marled with green, silver, and fluorescent orange. It is hanging from its web which stands out brightly due to the use of flash against the black of the background.
November 4, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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We are gladdened to hear of your news!
A photo of a black and white cat sitting on her human's lap. The cat has brilliant white whiskers which contrast excellently with her mostly black face which has a soulful look upon it. Her front paws are tucked under her chest in a partial loaf.
November 3, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Sometimes #GoldenHour overachieves.

C. 2023

#photography
#Landscape
#Skies
#Epic
A photo of the sky at sunset, the sun has descended under a darkened tree-filled horizon. The broken cumulus clouds above are illumined golden, while those on the sides of the frame are in shadow with golden edges.
November 3, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Happy #MothMonday. This beautiful moth is the Pecan Bark Borer #Moth, #Synanthedon geliformis.

#MacroPhotography
#MacroMonday
#Insects
#Lepidoptera
#AbolishIce
A photo of a black and orange moth on a white background. The moth's head, antennae, legs, thorax, and forewings are black with some iridescent blue accents on the thorax. The hindwings are clear with black veining. The moth's abdomen is bright red-orange with a black fan-like structure on the end.
November 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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An FYI for this channel. There will be no Christmas themed posts until after Thanksgiving 🤪 I also will be occasionally still be posting #Halloween themed content here and there "just because", such as this fantastically #Spooky photo of Tallulah for #Caturday 😁

#SheWhoMeowsInTheDark...
A photo of a long, fluffy tan and brown tortoise shell tabby cat reclines on a fire place mantle next to a vase. The room is dark and she is lit from below giving her a rather spooky appearance.
November 1, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Happy #Buggaween from this handsomely attired Milkweed Assassin Bug, #Zelus longipes (And its kleptoparasite fly hitchhiker...)

#Macrophotography
#bugs
#Insects
#Nature
#AbolishIce
#Halloween
A photo of an orange and black assassin bug on a light colored background. The assassin bug's head is small and orange with black eyes, antennae, and black around its neck. Its long slender legs are black and there is a black band on orange on its pronotum (The area behind the head) There wings are black with orange about halfway down. There is a small gray fly hanging out on it's right front leg
October 31, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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HAPPY #HALLOWEEN from Fizbit who like to lurk behind the creepy tree 😂

🤘🎃🤘

#Cats
#abolishICE
A classic (marbled) tabby cat sits behind a black leafless tree halloween decoration that is covered in multicolored glittery spiders.
October 31, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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Carolina #Mantis (Stagmomantis carolina) wants to make sure you don't over indulge in the news today. Do some #bugscrolling instead of #doomscrolling! 😁

#MacroPhotography
#Invertober
#InsectslfCare
#AbolishIce
#AltText
A macro photo of the head and forebody of a tan mantid against a light background. The mantid has a triangular head with slender antennae rising upwards at an acute angle. Its large eyes are grayish brown. It's raptorial arms descend from the front of its body and 2 of its green rear legs are just out of focus.
October 30, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Psst. Hey, #Halloween is almost here! 🤘🎃🤘

A #bug ( #Hemiptera) in the genus Prepops.

#Fujifilm X-S10, #laowa 65mm #macro

#macroPhotography
#Nature
#Invertober
#Insects.
A macro photo of a bright orange bug with black antennae, eyes, proboscis, and legs peers over the side of a door frame.
October 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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It is a very gray a drab sort of #Monday here today (the Herald of actual Autumn temps! 😁) so here is some color.

Io #Moth (Automeris Io)

#Fujifilm X-S10, #Laowa 65mm #Macro

#MacroPhotography
#invertober
#photography
#saturnidae
A photograph of a deep orange and yellow moth from above front as it rests on a white sheet. The month's legs, head, and forebody are covered in hair-like fuzzy dark orange scales. The forewings are dark orange with thin wavy white likes along the rear median area. The hind wings have large eye-spots which have white centers boardered in black, surrounded with yellow and the a band of dark orange and the lighter orange along the trailing edge.
October 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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!!WARNING!!

!CHONK CONTAINMENT BREACH IN PROGRESS!

#Chonk
#Caturday
#cats
A photograph of a black and white cat, on her back, spilling out of the mouth of a pumpkin orange covered cat bed. One front paw is curled, the other outstretched towards the bottom of the frame, there is a goofy look on her face.
October 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Autumn Light.

#Fujifilm X-S10

#Photography
#FallColor
#Autumn
A photograph of the late afternoon sun shining through a yellow leaf making it glow golden. A lichen covered tree trunk and other foliage is out of focus in the background.
October 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Happy #arachtober #FreakyFriday have some "bad romance" 😂

Common House Combfoot (foots? feets?) Theridion melanurum.

#Fujifilm X-S10, #Laowa 65mm #Macro

#MacroPhotography
#Spiders
#Photography.
A photo of two tan spiders in their webs on a light blue painted wood backgound. The spider on the left, a male, is smaller than the one on the right ( a female). The male has very slender tan legs covered in fine hairs, and has 2 dark brown pedipalps. The female lacks the pedipalps but is roughly twice the males size (mostly her globular abdomen which is tan with brown reticulated markings)
October 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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CHONKING HAZARD
A photo of a chonky black and white cat with ridiculously white whiskers filling the opening of a pumpkin orange covered cat bed.
October 23, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Shy.

#Arachtober
#Photography
#MacroPhotography
#Spiders
A photo of the tip of a green leaf against a the darkness of night. A gray spider with fuzzy legs peeks just around the tip of the leaf.
October 21, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Green Lynx, Peucetia viridans

#Fujifilm X-S10, #laowa 65mm #Macro

#MacroPhotography
#Photography
#Spiders
#Aractober
#AltText
#AbolishIce
A macro photo of a green bodied spider on light blue painted wood. The spider's legs are slender and translucent, covered in many spine-like hairs and also have small black spots. The spider's cephalothorax, the front part of its body is oval, bright translucent green and features brown spots along the side and small brown hairs along the top of its head around the eyes. The abdomen is slenderly ovoid, and darker green, almost pickle-like.
October 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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While I have not had any really nice skies lately, this #Summer brought some bangers.

#Photography
#Skies
#Skyscapes
#clouds
#SummerSkies
Storm clouds ascend into the evening sky, their bases dark, their tops illumined brilliant gold by the setting sun over a darkened pine tree in the foreground.
October 20, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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#monday mood.

#CoffeeTakeTheWheel
#cats
#it'sSoFluffy
A photo of a very grumpy looking floofy brown and tan cat laying in a laundry basket. Her face is pressed against the side of the basket, one tufted ear twisted slightly, one front paw extended towards the camera. She really is a whole mood.
October 20, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Happy #Caturday.

Khajit has wares if you have coin!
A tan and brown fluffy tortoiseshell tabby cat sits in the opening of a covered cat bed, one front paw hanging on the ledge of the opening, looking intently at the camera.
October 18, 2025 at 10:17 PM