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ISAAC THE DOG
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HE / HIM / HIS / HIMSELF

My name is Isaac. I am fond of organisms that can be colloquially referred to as a "bug" (such as many invertebrates). I have a neurotic disposition and I was born at exactly 2:27 AM on a Saturday morning.
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ajcann.bsky.social
#Arachnids #Opiliones
sharkeee.bsky.social Shane @sharkeee.bsky.social · 1d
A touch dry, but tonight we'll be searching the mossy trees for aboreal Opiliones like these 'amorous', Ramosus sp.
If you find these creatures fascinating, consider joining @megabunus.bsky.social et al, in a webinar on the 30th dec and learn more.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/arboreal-h...
November 23, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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bugeric.bsky.social
A Banded Sunflower Moth, Cochylichroa hospes, in flight. Cheyenne Mountain State Park, El Paso County, Colorado, USA, July 25, 2017. #FlyFriday #EastCoastKin #bugsky #moths #moth
Small moth in flight, overall beige in color with dark brown blotches. Short antennae, legs trailing beneath and behind as it flies from lower right to upper left, shadow beneath on wooden window frame.
November 21, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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applewildlife.bsky.social
Is it safe to call this Callitula pyrrhogaster or are there any confusion species? I can't find a relevant key but it looks like other photos of this species and it's supposed to be distinctive. It's 1.5mm long and was found by suction in late July in grass at the edge of wet woodland in Norfolk.
Presumed Callitula pyrrhogaster, a tiny wasp with a shiny red gaster and very dark (almost black) green strongly sculptured head and thorax. The legs and antennae are orange. #UKinvert #wasp A view under the microscope of the same presumed Callitula pyrrhogaster, now deceased. #Hymenoptera A side view of the same presumed Callitula pyrrhogaster.
November 21, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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americanbeetles.bsky.social
lest we think that tenebs are the only beetles who like to get weird with it, here's the brentid weevil Calodromus with his signature defensive move (stick he leggy out)
"Defensive behavior of a make Calodromus mellyi", photo by S. Bambi from Orback and Bartolozzi 2017
November 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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sjthomasbotany.bsky.social
A dipterist's dipteron, the elusive Borboropsis puberula. The only member of the family in the UK. Restricted to the Scottish Highlands. This one from Ben Lawers is probably the 7th UK record.

#Diptera #Entomology @dipteristsforum.bsky.social
Lateral macro of a small fly in ethanol. The thorax is dark while most of the head, legs and abdomen is orange/yellow.
November 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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alexwild.bsky.social
An Oxytrigona cagafogo fire bee launches from her nest in subtropical Brazil.

When I took this photo in 2012, the resources available for species IDs were sparser than now, and I often left images unprocessed if I couldn’t figure it out.

Turns out I’ve got buried treasures!
November 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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bealeiderman.bsky.social
Diminutive fairy wombat poop. Tiny cubes under 2mm on each side.

These are egg sacs made by a spider in the family Theridiosomatidae.

They made yesterday’s hike special. Finding something I’ve never seen before is such a thrill.

🌱 #nature #macro #spider
Tiny pink and cream colored cube under 2mm stuck to the surface of a leaf. There were several, scattered around randomly, but the photo is cropped to show the one that was in best focus. The second picture shows a bit of my thumbnail in the corner, with sparkly nail polish. Tiny pink and cream colored cube under 2mm stuck to the surface of a leaf. There were several, scattered around randomly, but the photo is cropped to show the one that was in best focus. The second picture shows a bit of my thumbnail in the corner, with sparkly nail polish.
November 10, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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apsciencebylyn.bsky.social
Tiny child thinking one day I will be big enough to snack on the butterfly 🖤

#EmotionalSupportSpood
Tiny black jumping spider under a yellow flower, upon which a mottled orange and black butterfly is snacking The tiny child under a petal of the yellow flower, peering at you
November 8, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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bugmom.bsky.social
like this post to find out what type of slug moth you are
November 4, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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wa-moths.bsky.social
One for #Archtober (before I miss it altogether!)

This South Pacific Orb-weaver #spider is in the genus Acroaspis, possibly A. olorina given it was seen in Western Australia.
#ausinverts #wildoz #bugsky #inaturalist #nature
Picture of a spider on a wire railing. The spider has an extended and quite pointy abdomen Picture of a spider on a wire railing, top view. The spider has an extended and quite pointy abdomen
October 29, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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fishsqueezer.bsky.social
BRAND NEW SENTENCE LEVEL RESEARCH

Dinidorid stinkbug females are armed with leg holsters containing cordyceps species that they use to inoculate their egg clusters & grow a fuzzy fungal blankie that excludes parasitic wasps.

There is a LOT going on down there! #虫🌎

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A couple lil pink baby stinkbugs emerging from their eggs onto a plant stem that looks covered in cotton candy.
October 27, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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rwhooster.bsky.social
One more picture from the other day of the Red-green Carpet. Compared to the other picture, I think I like this one better.

#teammoth #mothsmatter #moths
Red-green Carpet (Chloroclysta siterata).
October 24, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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ajcann.bsky.social
Lepthyphantes minutus.

#Arachnids #Spiders #VC55 #Arachtober
Lepthyphantes minutus
October 23, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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lizaadamczewski.bsky.social
Today’s #1000postcard is the song thrush who sits singing his heart out to anyone who will listen. His liquid song like upward rain dripping over the wet woods in fluting refrain
A song thrush in the ivy singing
October 23, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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ceiseman.bsky.social
In my pursuit of an unknown species of leaf-mining fly on false hellebore, I accidentally discovered a new species of stem-boring fly, which had a zillion other insects living in the stems along with it.
False Hellebore Fauna
For the past decade, I have been trying to rear an unknown species of Liriomyza (Agromyzidae) that mines leaves of false hellebore (Melanthiaceae: Veratrum viride). The mines are very scarce consid…
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October 22, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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mikemelton.bsky.social
I found this spectacular Moss Katydid (Championica montana) in my garden here at @casabentbill.bsky.social #CostaRica

#bugsky #insects #invertebrates #nature
Close-up of a spiny green katydid clinging to glossy leaves, its camouflaged body and long antennae in sharp focus against a soft green background.
October 21, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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suillia.bsky.social
Cimbex luteus (Willow Clubhorn) on Salix in the Howardian Hills today...there can't be many better looking sawfly larvae in the UK! #yorkshiresawflies #sawflies #symphyta #ukwildlife
July 17, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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suillia.bsky.social
Thaumatomyia notata, the Yellow Swarming Fly doing exactly that at Allerthorpe Common in East Yorkshire....10,000s of them on pine trunks, and particularly interested in this Hairy Shieldbug. @yorkswildlife.bsky.social @ynuorg.bsky.social @dipteristsforum.bsky.social
October 19, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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americanbeetles.bsky.social
still pulling together specimens for the spooky museum event, devastated to find we are fresh out of Bone Skippers www.livescience.com/37965-mythic...
Buzzworthy Find: 'Mythical' Corpse-Eating Flies
So-called 'bone-skippers' are only active during the early winter and feed on large carcasses. They were thought to be extinct for a century but were recently rediscovered.
www.livescience.com
October 17, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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jencross.bsky.social
Xylethrus superbus is a fabulous species of orb weaving spider from the Amazon rainforest. While she looks a bit like a strawberry, eating her is not recommended. #Arachtober
Cuyabeno Reserve, Ecuador 2022
A spider with a large shield shaped abdomen that is edged in blue with red splotches across the top. He legs are red and she is standing on a leaf. A spider with a red cephalothorax, legs, and a large abdomen edged in blue with red blotches. She is standing on a leaf facing the camera. A spider with a red cephalothorax, legs, and a large abdomen edged in blue with red blotches. She is standing on a leaf facing the camera.
October 16, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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elizabethbeston.bsky.social
This little worm is literally a sex machine! This is a male epitoke of a polychaete worm (Myrianida I believe). Let me tell you how it goes down…
#marineplankton 🦑
October 16, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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gscherer2.bsky.social
Blue Dasher dragonfly resting on a blade of grass. Descanso Gardens, La Canada Flintridge, California, USA. June, 2024. #descansogardens #bluedasher #dragonfly #insect #insectphotography #nature #naturephotography #amateurphotography #photography #omsystem #mzuiko40150pro
A blue dasher dragonfly, with huge bright blue eyes, a blue body, and transparent wings, perched on a broad blade of grass. The dragonfly is viewed from the front and slightly above.
October 15, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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mikemelton.bsky.social
I found an alien in my garden this morning here at @casabentbill.bsky.social #CostaRica

I think this is Membracis dorsata, a species of leafhopper.

#invertebrates #insects #nature
Close-up macro of a small white, waxy, spiny insect nymph clinging to a smooth green stem against a soft olive background.
October 15, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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lloyd9632.bsky.social
A garden find from Shaftesbury this week, I occasionally see these in the house (usually the kitchen) but this is the first outdoor one I've seen. This is a Wine Cellar Spider, Psilochorus simoni carrying her eggs. (I do have a small cellar but rarely any wine for very long)
October 16, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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pbeasleyhall.bsky.social
Field crickets (Gryllinae) aren't just plain brown chirping things in backyards - the group is actually pretty diverse, with >3,000 species. Maybe the weirdest are in the genus Sciobia, which all have these delightful Pikmin-like "hats" 🥺

📸: Sciobia barbara, Pierre-Henri Fabre

#EverydayEnsifera
October 12, 2025 at 4:52 AM