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Tarantula Wizard
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xercessociety.bsky.social
Join us and learn how to collect the data we need to protect fireflies! 🪲💡
This event is intended for those participating in the Firefly Atlas project, but anyone with an interest is welcome!
🗓️May 8 at 11am PT / 2pm ET
🔗Register for this free event: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
“Firefly Atlas Training Webinar and Q&A Session” Two researchers stand before a display of keel-necked fireflies at a salt marsh in New Jersey.
May 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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syrza.bsky.social
Tiger beetle real

#art #stainedglass #insect #beetle #tigerbeetle #bug
A diamond-shaped stained glass piece depicting a stylized tiger beetle, held up to the sun. The beetle’s body is primarily blue and striated, the legs are red, and the background is a light green A diamond-shaped stained glass piece depicting a stylized tiger beetle, held up to the light. The beetle’s body is iridescent, the legs are red, and the background is a light green
May 5, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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xercessociety.bsky.social
Grants from the US federal government make up about 1/3 of our annual budget—and that funding is now at risk. Now more than ever, Xerces is looking to you, our community, to help keep our essential conservation programs going.
From all the bugs out there, thank you! 💖🐝 xerces.org/give
April 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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valentinolasso.bsky.social
Are there any Barnacles enthusiasts over here? 🌿
April 14, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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bugeric.bsky.social
Got my advance copy of my new book, “Bugwatching: The Art, Joy, and Importance of Observing Insects.” You can preorder now from Princeton University Press. Shoutout to @samanthagallagher.bsky.social for the amazing illustrations!
Me, older White man, gray hair and beard with wire frame glasses, smiling, wearing long sleeve gray shirt, and holding my new book. Book is softcover, green, with magnifying glass, titled “Bugwatching: The Art, Joy, and Importance of Observing Insects.” Background is a pegboard screen with a cross stitch sign reading “Bug Eric.”
April 11, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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nickybay.bsky.social
Here are 3 beautiful mantidflies that I saw last month!

They are neither mantises nor flies; their larvae are parasitoids of spider eggs, and these adults appear to mimic wasps.

Euclimacia rufocincta
Tuberonotha sp.
Euclimacia sp.
April 11, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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bedupolker.bsky.social
Cool isopods
Three isopods with simple graphic backgrounds. Top to bottom: an isopod holding an electric guitar captioned "rock 'n roly poly," an Isopod on a snowboard captioned "take a chill pill(bug)" and an isopod wearing headphones at a mic captioned "isopodcasting"
April 11, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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bugpix.bsky.social
A Creosote Bush Katydid (Insara Covilleae) that I saw while I was in Arizona a couple of years ago.

Such a fancy lil guy!

#entomology #insect #katydid #orthoptera
April 11, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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mattfossen.com
The genus of this little bug is "Tuxedo". Seems appropriate! #Entomology #BugSky
A small point-mounted black and white bug.
April 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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mdineenphoto.bsky.social
Golden orb spider
Costa Rica
#Stunday #EastCoastKin #insects #spiders
Large spider. Black with yellow spots
April 6, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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levondymond.bsky.social
Comma butterfly of Blackthorn blossom. March 2025.

#comma #commabutterfly #britishbutterflies #butterfly #insect #nature #wildlife #photography
a Comma butterfly is sat with its wings open on Blackthorn blossom.
April 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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ascalaphid.com
WIZARD
March 28, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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ascalaphid.com
moss piglets
pretty little tardigrade with a pretty little bow
April 2, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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tracyv24.bsky.social
Mole Cricket Hunter
#insects
#entomology
#macro
#bugsofbluesky
#photographersofbluesky
April 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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sillyjay.bsky.social
Leaf Litter Lads!

#art #digitalart #leaflitter #bugs
April 8, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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tracyv24.bsky.social
Gray Hairstreak
#butterflies
#insects
#bugs
#entomology
#macromonday
#macro
#photographersofbluesky
April 7, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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harkthorn.bsky.social
Forget doomscrolling-try bugscrolling and looking at cool moths, spiders, beetles, and more, over on the Bugsky feed: bsky.app/profile/did:...

#bugsky #spiderSky #insects #spiders #bugs
A photo of a shield bug on a leafy branch, with text over the top. The header, in yellow, says BUGSKY Underneath, says "A feed for all terrestial arthropods and insect content-not just true bugs" Middle, off centre to the right, says "Photos, scientific articles, discussion, and more-all are welcome!" Lower at the bottom third of the photo, says "Use (hashtag) bugsky, (hashtag) spidersky, or the combo of (beetle emoji and cockroach emoji) to add a post to the Feed" At the very bottom of the image is the url to the feed
April 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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grays.art
Happy Fly-day!

Narrow-headed marsh fly
(Helophilus fasciatus)

Late September in Chicago.

Less than a month from now, expect to be sharing the best new photo made each day, instead of pulling from the Winter archives.

#flyDay #diptera #flies #nature #macro #photography #chicago #insects #bugs
April 4, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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lindseymunson.bsky.social
Close up of the flea print 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌 my prints always make me happier with it cause of how bright they turn out.

#animals #nature #art #design #illustration #sciences #bugs
April 4, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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somecallmee.bsky.social
Red velvet mite with dinner. #photography #📷 #EastCoastKin #nature #bugs #Ohio
Red Velvet Mite - very tiny, crab-like critter - with an even smaller insect it's having for dinner.
April 6, 2025 at 2:33 AM