Thomas Barbin
@thomasbarbin.bsky.social
Naturalist
Nature Photographer
He/him
Nature Photographer
He/him
Went for a morning walk with Winnie and we saw an eagle swimming
August 12, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Went for a morning walk with Winnie and we saw an eagle swimming
A Sagebrush Sheep Moth (Hemileuca hera) on Mount Kobau in the Okanagan. What a great place to be for bugs!
#Lepidoptera #Moth #iNaturalist
#Lepidoptera #Moth #iNaturalist
August 8, 2025 at 6:39 PM
A Sagebrush Sheep Moth (Hemileuca hera) on Mount Kobau in the Okanagan. What a great place to be for bugs!
#Lepidoptera #Moth #iNaturalist
#Lepidoptera #Moth #iNaturalist
Some sleeping bees on a foggy morning at the beach. Coelioxys up top and Ammophila below them.
#Hymenoptera #Macrophotography #Macro
#Hymenoptera #Macrophotography #Macro
July 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Some sleeping bees on a foggy morning at the beach. Coelioxys up top and Ammophila below them.
#Hymenoptera #Macrophotography #Macro
#Hymenoptera #Macrophotography #Macro
July 23, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Two more Phidippus comatus shots.
This guy was much more cooperative for photos than I am used to for male salticids. Lots of pausing between movements allowing for quick focus stacks.
#Salticidae #Jumpingspider #Phidippus
This guy was much more cooperative for photos than I am used to for male salticids. Lots of pausing between movements allowing for quick focus stacks.
#Salticidae #Jumpingspider #Phidippus
July 8, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Two more Phidippus comatus shots.
This guy was much more cooperative for photos than I am used to for male salticids. Lots of pausing between movements allowing for quick focus stacks.
#Salticidae #Jumpingspider #Phidippus
This guy was much more cooperative for photos than I am used to for male salticids. Lots of pausing between movements allowing for quick focus stacks.
#Salticidae #Jumpingspider #Phidippus
A male Phidippus comatus!!
I put in some serious hours to find this guy. I had found a handful of females before, but finally found a subadult male earlier this month. He just emerged as an adult and is absolutely incredible!
#Salticidae #JumpingSpider #Phidippus
I put in some serious hours to find this guy. I had found a handful of females before, but finally found a subadult male earlier this month. He just emerged as an adult and is absolutely incredible!
#Salticidae #JumpingSpider #Phidippus
June 17, 2025 at 9:29 PM
A male Phidippus comatus!!
I put in some serious hours to find this guy. I had found a handful of females before, but finally found a subadult male earlier this month. He just emerged as an adult and is absolutely incredible!
#Salticidae #JumpingSpider #Phidippus
I put in some serious hours to find this guy. I had found a handful of females before, but finally found a subadult male earlier this month. He just emerged as an adult and is absolutely incredible!
#Salticidae #JumpingSpider #Phidippus
June 17, 2025 at 9:23 PM
A Schizocosa sp. Wolf spider I found a few days ago. I was excited to find him because there aren’t any official records of this genus where I live. I figure it is probably Schizocosa mccooki based on habitus.
#Lycosidae #WolfSpider #macrophotography
#Lycosidae #WolfSpider #macrophotography
June 14, 2025 at 4:56 AM
A Schizocosa sp. Wolf spider I found a few days ago. I was excited to find him because there aren’t any official records of this genus where I live. I figure it is probably Schizocosa mccooki based on habitus.
#Lycosidae #WolfSpider #macrophotography
#Lycosidae #WolfSpider #macrophotography
A female Synageles venator. Introduced, but still love to see them. Mimicry is one of my favourite things. I didn’t get any good photos of it, but they hold out their second pair of legs like antennae while moving around.
#Salticidae #JumpingSpider #Synageles
#Salticidae #JumpingSpider #Synageles
June 7, 2025 at 3:25 PM
A female Synageles venator. Introduced, but still love to see them. Mimicry is one of my favourite things. I didn’t get any good photos of it, but they hold out their second pair of legs like antennae while moving around.
#Salticidae #JumpingSpider #Synageles
#Salticidae #JumpingSpider #Synageles
A couple of recent Habronattus oregonenesis males.
The second guy was wandering around in a semi-display pose. I’m guessing there was a female around that I spooked and he was trying to refind her. Or maybe it was a competing male.
#Habronattus #Salticidae #Jumpingspider
The second guy was wandering around in a semi-display pose. I’m guessing there was a female around that I spooked and he was trying to refind her. Or maybe it was a competing male.
#Habronattus #Salticidae #Jumpingspider
June 1, 2025 at 4:36 PM
A couple of recent Habronattus oregonenesis males.
The second guy was wandering around in a semi-display pose. I’m guessing there was a female around that I spooked and he was trying to refind her. Or maybe it was a competing male.
#Habronattus #Salticidae #Jumpingspider
The second guy was wandering around in a semi-display pose. I’m guessing there was a female around that I spooked and he was trying to refind her. Or maybe it was a competing male.
#Habronattus #Salticidae #Jumpingspider
A tiny Polyxenus millipede on the underside of some dry Douglas fir bark.
#Millipede #iNaturalist #macro
#Millipede #iNaturalist #macro
May 31, 2025 at 6:46 PM
A tiny Polyxenus millipede on the underside of some dry Douglas fir bark.
#Millipede #iNaturalist #macro
#Millipede #iNaturalist #macro
Zora hespera on arbutus bark. I found this guy in some arbutus leaf litter today.
May 14, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Zora hespera on arbutus bark. I found this guy in some arbutus leaf litter today.
A Cuckoo Bee (Epeolus olympiellus) photographed last summer. One that I forgot about and just stumbled across on my phone this evening!
#CuckooBee #Bee #Hymenoptera
#CuckooBee #Bee #Hymenoptera
April 15, 2025 at 4:01 AM
A Cuckoo Bee (Epeolus olympiellus) photographed last summer. One that I forgot about and just stumbled across on my phone this evening!
#CuckooBee #Bee #Hymenoptera
#CuckooBee #Bee #Hymenoptera
Sleeping Coelioxys bees.
I was first introduced to these bees and their sleeping behaviour by @ibycter.bsky.social at a local beach here on Vancouver Island
#bee #Hymenoptera #macrophotography
I was first introduced to these bees and their sleeping behaviour by @ibycter.bsky.social at a local beach here on Vancouver Island
#bee #Hymenoptera #macrophotography
March 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Sleeping Coelioxys bees.
I was first introduced to these bees and their sleeping behaviour by @ibycter.bsky.social at a local beach here on Vancouver Island
#bee #Hymenoptera #macrophotography
I was first introduced to these bees and their sleeping behaviour by @ibycter.bsky.social at a local beach here on Vancouver Island
#bee #Hymenoptera #macrophotography
An alien-like Western Tiger Beetle larva (Cicindela oregona) waiting at the entrance of its burrow for prey.
One of my favourite photos I have taken!
#iNaturalist #Coleoptera #TigerBeetle #macrophotography
One of my favourite photos I have taken!
#iNaturalist #Coleoptera #TigerBeetle #macrophotography
March 13, 2025 at 6:24 PM
An alien-like Western Tiger Beetle larva (Cicindela oregona) waiting at the entrance of its burrow for prey.
One of my favourite photos I have taken!
#iNaturalist #Coleoptera #TigerBeetle #macrophotography
One of my favourite photos I have taken!
#iNaturalist #Coleoptera #TigerBeetle #macrophotography
I was pretty blown away by the size of this Square-legged Camel Cricket (Tropidischia xanthostoma). Must be up there for the largest insects we get on Vancouver Island. It seemed to be living in the space between large boulders beside a river.
#iNaturalist #Orthoptera
#iNaturalist #Orthoptera
March 12, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I was pretty blown away by the size of this Square-legged Camel Cricket (Tropidischia xanthostoma). Must be up there for the largest insects we get on Vancouver Island. It seemed to be living in the space between large boulders beside a river.
#iNaturalist #Orthoptera
#iNaturalist #Orthoptera
A couple of Ceratinops inflatus males. I found them by sifting moss in a mature Douglas fir forest.
#Linyphiidae #spider #iNaturalist
#Linyphiidae #spider #iNaturalist
March 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A couple of Ceratinops inflatus males. I found them by sifting moss in a mature Douglas fir forest.
#Linyphiidae #spider #iNaturalist
#Linyphiidae #spider #iNaturalist
A Pompilid wasp dragging a juvenile Habronattus ophrys that it paralyzed back to its burrow.
#Pompilidae #wasp #salticidae #Habronattus
#Pompilidae #wasp #salticidae #Habronattus
March 8, 2025 at 3:52 PM
A Pompilid wasp dragging a juvenile Habronattus ophrys that it paralyzed back to its burrow.
#Pompilidae #wasp #salticidae #Habronattus
#Pompilidae #wasp #salticidae #Habronattus
Bathyphantes brevipes
I caught this male out of the air while it was ballooning a few days ago.
#Linyphiidae #Spider
I caught this male out of the air while it was ballooning a few days ago.
#Linyphiidae #Spider
March 8, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Bathyphantes brevipes
I caught this male out of the air while it was ballooning a few days ago.
#Linyphiidae #Spider
I caught this male out of the air while it was ballooning a few days ago.
#Linyphiidae #Spider
Laphria sp. Robberfly hanging out on a manzanita leaf on a summer evening. Not often I get to photograph these as they are quite flighty!
#flyfriday #Asilidae #Diptera #Robberfly
#flyfriday #Asilidae #Diptera #Robberfly
February 21, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Laphria sp. Robberfly hanging out on a manzanita leaf on a summer evening. Not often I get to photograph these as they are quite flighty!
#flyfriday #Asilidae #Diptera #Robberfly
#flyfriday #Asilidae #Diptera #Robberfly
Cybaeopsis wabritaska
I found a population of these spiders on a seep overhanging the ocean
#spider #Amaurobiidae
I found a population of these spiders on a seep overhanging the ocean
#spider #Amaurobiidae
February 6, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Cybaeopsis wabritaska
I found a population of these spiders on a seep overhanging the ocean
#spider #Amaurobiidae
I found a population of these spiders on a seep overhanging the ocean
#spider #Amaurobiidae
Ghost Spider (Anyphaena sp.) and the Small-headed Fly (Acrocera sp.) that emerged from it.
In the second photo you can see it beginning to split open the spider’s abdomen.
#spider #diptera #parasitoid #macrophotography
In the second photo you can see it beginning to split open the spider’s abdomen.
#spider #diptera #parasitoid #macrophotography
January 28, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Ghost Spider (Anyphaena sp.) and the Small-headed Fly (Acrocera sp.) that emerged from it.
In the second photo you can see it beginning to split open the spider’s abdomen.
#spider #diptera #parasitoid #macrophotography
In the second photo you can see it beginning to split open the spider’s abdomen.
#spider #diptera #parasitoid #macrophotography
Looks like they are salticid mimics?? Or some kind of spider
January 27, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Looks like they are salticid mimics?? Or some kind of spider
A couple of photetic mites sitting on a Snail-eating Beetle’s head (Scaphinotus angusticollis)
#Coleoptera #Beetle #macrophotography
#Coleoptera #Beetle #macrophotography
January 27, 2025 at 9:23 PM
A couple of photetic mites sitting on a Snail-eating Beetle’s head (Scaphinotus angusticollis)
#Coleoptera #Beetle #macrophotography
#Coleoptera #Beetle #macrophotography