Nori Olson
@neckofthewoods.bsky.social
BIologist and lover of bugs, bogs, and bears. Life is about change
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A common misfortune of looking like a blood sucking mosquito. This is a micro bee fly, one of our many underrated pollinators.
It's the entomology version of RBF. Don't judge a book by its cover.
#pollinators #entomology #buglife #nature #plantnative
It's the entomology version of RBF. Don't judge a book by its cover.
#pollinators #entomology #buglife #nature #plantnative
August 16, 2025 at 9:16 PM
A common misfortune of looking like a blood sucking mosquito. This is a micro bee fly, one of our many underrated pollinators.
It's the entomology version of RBF. Don't judge a book by its cover.
#pollinators #entomology #buglife #nature #plantnative
It's the entomology version of RBF. Don't judge a book by its cover.
#pollinators #entomology #buglife #nature #plantnative
After a wildfire, life springs forward with such brilliance.
Ponderosa pinecones will open up due to wildfires to spread their spreads. I had never seen that before. But the vermillion was striking among the leftover coal.
#nature #trees #wildfire #ecology #littlewonders
Ponderosa pinecones will open up due to wildfires to spread their spreads. I had never seen that before. But the vermillion was striking among the leftover coal.
#nature #trees #wildfire #ecology #littlewonders
August 14, 2025 at 7:58 PM
After a wildfire, life springs forward with such brilliance.
Ponderosa pinecones will open up due to wildfires to spread their spreads. I had never seen that before. But the vermillion was striking among the leftover coal.
#nature #trees #wildfire #ecology #littlewonders
Ponderosa pinecones will open up due to wildfires to spread their spreads. I had never seen that before. But the vermillion was striking among the leftover coal.
#nature #trees #wildfire #ecology #littlewonders
I love being alone on a public shoreline.
Public lands allow us to share shoreline with everyone for the greater good. I am so proud of working for public lands every day to give anyone a chance at solitude. Not just those who can afford it.
#landscape #photography #nature #publiclands #forall
Public lands allow us to share shoreline with everyone for the greater good. I am so proud of working for public lands every day to give anyone a chance at solitude. Not just those who can afford it.
#landscape #photography #nature #publiclands #forall
August 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I love being alone on a public shoreline.
Public lands allow us to share shoreline with everyone for the greater good. I am so proud of working for public lands every day to give anyone a chance at solitude. Not just those who can afford it.
#landscape #photography #nature #publiclands #forall
Public lands allow us to share shoreline with everyone for the greater good. I am so proud of working for public lands every day to give anyone a chance at solitude. Not just those who can afford it.
#landscape #photography #nature #publiclands #forall
Find a little happy place, and watch it change. See the way it dries up and flows. It's ups and downs, love it at its best and at its worst. Love the land like we love each other. For the better of ourselves and the land.
Kettle river in Washington
#landscapes #photography #lovesick #nature
Kettle river in Washington
#landscapes #photography #lovesick #nature
July 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Find a little happy place, and watch it change. See the way it dries up and flows. It's ups and downs, love it at its best and at its worst. Love the land like we love each other. For the better of ourselves and the land.
Kettle river in Washington
#landscapes #photography #lovesick #nature
Kettle river in Washington
#landscapes #photography #lovesick #nature
I've fallen in love over and over with trees and water, and the clarity at which they help me see.
My haven in New Mexico, Smith spring in Guadalupe mountains.
Even now in Washington among the pines and water, I meditate and think of this place.
#landscape #nature #photography #lovesick
My haven in New Mexico, Smith spring in Guadalupe mountains.
Even now in Washington among the pines and water, I meditate and think of this place.
#landscape #nature #photography #lovesick
July 17, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I've fallen in love over and over with trees and water, and the clarity at which they help me see.
My haven in New Mexico, Smith spring in Guadalupe mountains.
Even now in Washington among the pines and water, I meditate and think of this place.
#landscape #nature #photography #lovesick
My haven in New Mexico, Smith spring in Guadalupe mountains.
Even now in Washington among the pines and water, I meditate and think of this place.
#landscape #nature #photography #lovesick
it's been so hot and so dry, my summer flower is out in droves. Sagebrush Mariposa Lily, with a few pollinator friends relaxing inside.
Thinking about my coworkers and friends in wildfire management. I love them and wish them all their safety.
#macro #nature #wildflower #photography #pollinator
Thinking about my coworkers and friends in wildfire management. I love them and wish them all their safety.
#macro #nature #wildflower #photography #pollinator
July 10, 2025 at 2:53 AM
it's been so hot and so dry, my summer flower is out in droves. Sagebrush Mariposa Lily, with a few pollinator friends relaxing inside.
Thinking about my coworkers and friends in wildfire management. I love them and wish them all their safety.
#macro #nature #wildflower #photography #pollinator
Thinking about my coworkers and friends in wildfire management. I love them and wish them all their safety.
#macro #nature #wildflower #photography #pollinator
Feeling messy and sweet and ready to ruin your clothing. Mulberry is a beautiful tree with berries that drop at a touch.
On my sad days, I go foraging to sustain myself through nature. With stained hands and a full bowl, I've provided simply.
#nature #foraging #lovesick #berries #fruit #photo
On my sad days, I go foraging to sustain myself through nature. With stained hands and a full bowl, I've provided simply.
#nature #foraging #lovesick #berries #fruit #photo
July 6, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Found this bee mimic beetle (Trichiotinus assimilis). Another important albeit much less effective pollinator.
Beetles were likely the original pollinators, but beetle flight is clumsy when compared to bees and butterflies.
#Macro #photography #entomology #nature #pollinators #buglife
Beetles were likely the original pollinators, but beetle flight is clumsy when compared to bees and butterflies.
#Macro #photography #entomology #nature #pollinators #buglife
June 23, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Found this bee mimic beetle (Trichiotinus assimilis). Another important albeit much less effective pollinator.
Beetles were likely the original pollinators, but beetle flight is clumsy when compared to bees and butterflies.
#Macro #photography #entomology #nature #pollinators #buglife
Beetles were likely the original pollinators, but beetle flight is clumsy when compared to bees and butterflies.
#Macro #photography #entomology #nature #pollinators #buglife
It's #pollinatorweek!
The relationship between insects and flowers is a major source of my curiosity in natural history. Flowers were only recently made for us.
Pollination in action: firefly (Photinus) with an oxeye daisy
#pollinator #buglife #nature #botany #entomology #macro
The relationship between insects and flowers is a major source of my curiosity in natural history. Flowers were only recently made for us.
Pollination in action: firefly (Photinus) with an oxeye daisy
#pollinator #buglife #nature #botany #entomology #macro
June 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
It's #pollinatorweek!
The relationship between insects and flowers is a major source of my curiosity in natural history. Flowers were only recently made for us.
Pollination in action: firefly (Photinus) with an oxeye daisy
#pollinator #buglife #nature #botany #entomology #macro
The relationship between insects and flowers is a major source of my curiosity in natural history. Flowers were only recently made for us.
Pollination in action: firefly (Photinus) with an oxeye daisy
#pollinator #buglife #nature #botany #entomology #macro
It's about perspective and the stuff we're made of. How we choose to change, and handle change.
Lake Superior continues to shape who I am. Reminds me of who I want to be.
I want to be fierce and fluid.
#nature #homesick #landscape #superior #photography
Lake Superior continues to shape who I am. Reminds me of who I want to be.
I want to be fierce and fluid.
#nature #homesick #landscape #superior #photography
June 17, 2025 at 1:09 AM
It's about perspective and the stuff we're made of. How we choose to change, and handle change.
Lake Superior continues to shape who I am. Reminds me of who I want to be.
I want to be fierce and fluid.
#nature #homesick #landscape #superior #photography
Lake Superior continues to shape who I am. Reminds me of who I want to be.
I want to be fierce and fluid.
#nature #homesick #landscape #superior #photography
I still dream about the canyons in Carlsbad. The seeps, ridges, crevasses holding plants I had only read about growing up.
She was a sparked soulmate that was never meant to last a lifetime. I needed the water and the trees back.
#homesick #lovesick #nature #landscape #photography #deserts
She was a sparked soulmate that was never meant to last a lifetime. I needed the water and the trees back.
#homesick #lovesick #nature #landscape #photography #deserts
May 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I still dream about the canyons in Carlsbad. The seeps, ridges, crevasses holding plants I had only read about growing up.
She was a sparked soulmate that was never meant to last a lifetime. I needed the water and the trees back.
#homesick #lovesick #nature #landscape #photography #deserts
She was a sparked soulmate that was never meant to last a lifetime. I needed the water and the trees back.
#homesick #lovesick #nature #landscape #photography #deserts
World bee day has me buzzing.
My latest capture, a long horned bee (Synhalonia) on a lilac bush (not native 🙁).
Native bees like this should be our focus, as they and most other pollinators decline.
#worldbeeday #entomology #nature #macro #photography #biology #native #plantnative #pollinators
My latest capture, a long horned bee (Synhalonia) on a lilac bush (not native 🙁).
Native bees like this should be our focus, as they and most other pollinators decline.
#worldbeeday #entomology #nature #macro #photography #biology #native #plantnative #pollinators
May 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
World bee day has me buzzing.
My latest capture, a long horned bee (Synhalonia) on a lilac bush (not native 🙁).
Native bees like this should be our focus, as they and most other pollinators decline.
#worldbeeday #entomology #nature #macro #photography #biology #native #plantnative #pollinators
My latest capture, a long horned bee (Synhalonia) on a lilac bush (not native 🙁).
Native bees like this should be our focus, as they and most other pollinators decline.
#worldbeeday #entomology #nature #macro #photography #biology #native #plantnative #pollinators
A sky full of stars and a forest full of woodland stars.
They're all part of the genus Lithophragma. Litho is latin for rock and phragma is Greek for fence. Why is it named rock fence, it's such a delicate spring flower. No idea.
#nature #photography #macro #botany #flowers
They're all part of the genus Lithophragma. Litho is latin for rock and phragma is Greek for fence. Why is it named rock fence, it's such a delicate spring flower. No idea.
#nature #photography #macro #botany #flowers
May 13, 2025 at 11:30 PM
A sky full of stars and a forest full of woodland stars.
They're all part of the genus Lithophragma. Litho is latin for rock and phragma is Greek for fence. Why is it named rock fence, it's such a delicate spring flower. No idea.
#nature #photography #macro #botany #flowers
They're all part of the genus Lithophragma. Litho is latin for rock and phragma is Greek for fence. Why is it named rock fence, it's such a delicate spring flower. No idea.
#nature #photography #macro #botany #flowers
I believe in love at first sight because I know how I feel when I see a spring flower. A cloud in the desert, or the buzz of a bumblebee.
Every single time, my heart aches for more. And how I feel when they're gone, or when you aren't here.
#landscape #photography #poetry #lovesick #nature
Every single time, my heart aches for more. And how I feel when they're gone, or when you aren't here.
#landscape #photography #poetry #lovesick #nature
May 13, 2025 at 4:19 AM
I believe in love at first sight because I know how I feel when I see a spring flower. A cloud in the desert, or the buzz of a bumblebee.
Every single time, my heart aches for more. And how I feel when they're gone, or when you aren't here.
#landscape #photography #poetry #lovesick #nature
Every single time, my heart aches for more. And how I feel when they're gone, or when you aren't here.
#landscape #photography #poetry #lovesick #nature
Mayflies are found commonly in wet areas this time of year. They start out their life in water as a critical part of the food chain.
This is a Speckled Dun Mayfly on a piece of copper piping found during shoreline survey time.
#buglife #photography #entomology #macro #nature #biology
This is a Speckled Dun Mayfly on a piece of copper piping found during shoreline survey time.
#buglife #photography #entomology #macro #nature #biology
May 9, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Mayflies are found commonly in wet areas this time of year. They start out their life in water as a critical part of the food chain.
This is a Speckled Dun Mayfly on a piece of copper piping found during shoreline survey time.
#buglife #photography #entomology #macro #nature #biology
This is a Speckled Dun Mayfly on a piece of copper piping found during shoreline survey time.
#buglife #photography #entomology #macro #nature #biology
When I'm sad I go out and find something new to experience.
Today was a click beetle (Prosternon sp.) showing off its elytra and the unfurling of its wings before flight. Thanks buddy.
#entomology #buglife #biology #macro #photography #beetles #nature
Today was a click beetle (Prosternon sp.) showing off its elytra and the unfurling of its wings before flight. Thanks buddy.
#entomology #buglife #biology #macro #photography #beetles #nature
May 7, 2025 at 2:32 AM
When I'm sad I go out and find something new to experience.
Today was a click beetle (Prosternon sp.) showing off its elytra and the unfurling of its wings before flight. Thanks buddy.
#entomology #buglife #biology #macro #photography #beetles #nature
Today was a click beetle (Prosternon sp.) showing off its elytra and the unfurling of its wings before flight. Thanks buddy.
#entomology #buglife #biology #macro #photography #beetles #nature
A mourning cloak butterfly is a welcomed sight as one of the first things to take wing in spring.
There are known to be migrating populations, an uncommon trait made famous by monarch butterflies.
#entomology #nature #biology #macro #photography #buglife #butterflies
There are known to be migrating populations, an uncommon trait made famous by monarch butterflies.
#entomology #nature #biology #macro #photography #buglife #butterflies
May 4, 2025 at 9:48 PM
A mourning cloak butterfly is a welcomed sight as one of the first things to take wing in spring.
There are known to be migrating populations, an uncommon trait made famous by monarch butterflies.
#entomology #nature #biology #macro #photography #buglife #butterflies
There are known to be migrating populations, an uncommon trait made famous by monarch butterflies.
#entomology #nature #biology #macro #photography #buglife #butterflies
Life is contrasting, and that's a beautiful thing.
Diversity allows us to appreciate all those differences. There are more than just exceptions, there are spectrums and changes and we cannot fit them into our established lines.
#photography #biology #nature #macro #bugs #flowers #colors #life
Diversity allows us to appreciate all those differences. There are more than just exceptions, there are spectrums and changes and we cannot fit them into our established lines.
#photography #biology #nature #macro #bugs #flowers #colors #life
April 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Almost a year ago I took this picture in Oregon after a long, beautiful, life changing car camping trip.
Arrowleaf balsam roots are what I consider the iconic Columbia plateau flower.
To the hills: roll on Columbia, roll on.
#landscape #flowers #photography #nature #PNW
Arrowleaf balsam roots are what I consider the iconic Columbia plateau flower.
To the hills: roll on Columbia, roll on.
#landscape #flowers #photography #nature #PNW
April 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Almost a year ago I took this picture in Oregon after a long, beautiful, life changing car camping trip.
Arrowleaf balsam roots are what I consider the iconic Columbia plateau flower.
To the hills: roll on Columbia, roll on.
#landscape #flowers #photography #nature #PNW
Arrowleaf balsam roots are what I consider the iconic Columbia plateau flower.
To the hills: roll on Columbia, roll on.
#landscape #flowers #photography #nature #PNW
Spring brings shooting stars.
Not the wishing kind, just another beautiful flower in the genus Primula.
The back folded petals and outstretched style makes it perfect for bumblebees and other early native pollinators.
#plants #nature #landscape #wildflower #plantnative #photography
Not the wishing kind, just another beautiful flower in the genus Primula.
The back folded petals and outstretched style makes it perfect for bumblebees and other early native pollinators.
#plants #nature #landscape #wildflower #plantnative #photography
April 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Spring brings shooting stars.
Not the wishing kind, just another beautiful flower in the genus Primula.
The back folded petals and outstretched style makes it perfect for bumblebees and other early native pollinators.
#plants #nature #landscape #wildflower #plantnative #photography
Not the wishing kind, just another beautiful flower in the genus Primula.
The back folded petals and outstretched style makes it perfect for bumblebees and other early native pollinators.
#plants #nature #landscape #wildflower #plantnative #photography
It's #FlyFriday again and I am coming at you with another pollinator fly. Hoverfly are common throughout the summer and are great first subjects for those starting out in macro or insect photography.
#nature #photography #bugs #insect #macrophotography
#nature #photography #bugs #insect #macrophotography
April 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
It's #FlyFriday again and I am coming at you with another pollinator fly. Hoverfly are common throughout the summer and are great first subjects for those starting out in macro or insect photography.
#nature #photography #bugs #insect #macrophotography
#nature #photography #bugs #insect #macrophotography
Spring makes me poetic.
I think it's the way the first rain drops hit my face before I slip into my sleeping bag to stay warm. Only to wake up and walk among ephemeral flowers facing the sun the next day.
#nature #photography #poetry #PNW #washington #spring
I think it's the way the first rain drops hit my face before I slip into my sleeping bag to stay warm. Only to wake up and walk among ephemeral flowers facing the sun the next day.
#nature #photography #poetry #PNW #washington #spring
April 17, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Spring makes me poetic.
I think it's the way the first rain drops hit my face before I slip into my sleeping bag to stay warm. Only to wake up and walk among ephemeral flowers facing the sun the next day.
#nature #photography #poetry #PNW #washington #spring
I think it's the way the first rain drops hit my face before I slip into my sleeping bag to stay warm. Only to wake up and walk among ephemeral flowers facing the sun the next day.
#nature #photography #poetry #PNW #washington #spring
Feeling very blue today. It's raining and life can be heavy.
It's a good day to follow some butterflies. It takes all my senses to keep following them, not lose it, sneak up and get a good picture.
Have joy, look inward, be your biggest advocate when you want to put yourself down.
#nature
It's a good day to follow some butterflies. It takes all my senses to keep following them, not lose it, sneak up and get a good picture.
Have joy, look inward, be your biggest advocate when you want to put yourself down.
#nature
April 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Feeling very blue today. It's raining and life can be heavy.
It's a good day to follow some butterflies. It takes all my senses to keep following them, not lose it, sneak up and get a good picture.
Have joy, look inward, be your biggest advocate when you want to put yourself down.
#nature
It's a good day to follow some butterflies. It takes all my senses to keep following them, not lose it, sneak up and get a good picture.
Have joy, look inward, be your biggest advocate when you want to put yourself down.
#nature