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Amy Guidry, Artist

@amyguidryartist.bsky.social

Another oldie while I wrap up new paintings for my January show at LeMieux Galleries in New Orleans.

"Delicate"
2018
Acrylic on canvas
5" x 5"

#art #painting #insects #beetle #contemporaryart #nature

Acrylic painting of a stag beetle sitting on top of a chrysanthemum flower. The beetle's body is covered in a lace pattern.

December 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM

Sheila Scott

@mahenry20.bsky.social

Little bee on a bloom from a couple of summers ago. 💛🖤🌼🐝

#flowers #bees #insects #yellow #flowerphotography #bloomscrolling #nature #NaturePhotography #gardening #gardens #beauty #hope #peace 🕊

December 8, 2025 at 8:15 AM

Mike Melton

@mikemelton.bsky.social

I found this amazing Mimetica incisa leaf katydid in my garden yesterday.

#bugsky #katydids #insects #nature #costarica

A brown leaf-mimicking insect rests on a green plant, its body and wings blending in with the shape and texture of a dry leaf.

December 9, 2025 at 7:47 PM

Enrique Gil Alcubilla

@enriquegilal.bsky.social

Buenos días con este diminuto Coenagrion puella. A pasar buen lunes!!
#libelulas #dragonfly #insectos #insects #macro #nature #naturephotography #photography #naturaleza

Fotografía del odonato Coenagrion puella

December 8, 2025 at 7:22 AM

Humberto Do Lago Müller

@lagomuller.bsky.social

Carales Astur caterpillar

Mairiporã, SP, Brasil
#photography #fotografia #macromonday #macro #moth #bugs #insects #forest #PhotographersOfBluesky #leaf #forest #nature #wildlife

December 9, 2025 at 2:09 AM

RH Photography

@rhphotography1974.bsky.social

Even een zomers plaatje tussendoor: #Kolibrievlinder (Macroglossum stellatarum) op Landgoed Schothorst in #Amersfoort .Fijne maandag.

#butterfly #vlinder #bluesky #photo #nature #natuur #holland #nederland #photography #animal #dutch #butterflies #vlinders #insect #insects #macro #fotografie #sony

December 8, 2025 at 11:15 AM

It'sFromJenni

@nurjenniii.bsky.social

"Hello ?! Where did the weekend gone ?! Because it's #MacroMonday !!!"
#Insects #Nature #Wildlife #Photogrphy #TTArtisan #EastCoastKin

December 8, 2025 at 7:32 AM

Mike Melton

@mikemelton.bsky.social

I found another alien in my yard tonight. This is some kind of planthopper nymph, but I have no idea what species.

Perhaps #bugsky can help!

At @casabentbill.bsky.social

#insects #nature #costarica

A tiny pale insect with bright red eyes and a long, slender tail stands on a dark green leaf against a black background.

December 10, 2025 at 1:21 AM

PhotogKeith (he/him)

@keithspencerphotog.bsky.social

Monday an Atala butterfly - once thought extinct but now doing well as more people plant native coontie here in south Florida. #MacroMonday #butterfly #nature #insects #EastCoastKin

December 8, 2025 at 2:58 PM

Mario Carta

@mariocarta.bsky.social

New review out! 🔥🧊
We break down how rodents, primates & insects encode temperature in Nature Reviews Neuroscience.

Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

View-only: rdcu.be/eThU1

The neuronal circuits and cellular encoding of thermosensation - Nature Reviews Neuroscience

The thermosensory system across insects and mammals has shared principles of neuronal wiring and encoding. In this Review, Carta, Vestergaard and Poulet discuss how the nervous systems of insects and ...

www.nature.com

December 8, 2025 at 6:23 AM

Call me Jan

@followerofclay.bsky.social

It´s all about insects!
Zygaena filipandulae
#insectfriends #nature #reddots #beauty #photography #macro

December 8, 2025 at 4:20 PM

𓈎𓅂𓆯𓇋𓈖

@knsc.bsky.social

We managed only limited contact with the Purple Emperors this year, but each was precious.

#Nikon #photography #insects #ukwildlife #invertebrates #wildlife #nature #butterfly

December 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM

Mike Melton

@mikemelton.bsky.social

I found this Belemnia inaurata moth on my kitchen window tonight at @casabentbill.bsky.social

#bugsky #insects #costarica #nature A brightly colored moth with metallic yellow and blue tones and bold red spots on its wings rests on a mesh surface.

A brightly colored moth with metallic yellow and blue tones and bold red spots on its wings rests on a mesh surface.

December 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM

Levon Dymond

@levondymond.bsky.social

Male Orangetip butterfly and dandelion.
May 2021

#orangetip #butterfly #britishbutterflies #nature #BlueSkyArtShow #insects #sonyalpha #photography

A white, orange and grey butterfly in flight next to a dandelion seedhead.

December 6, 2025 at 1:56 PM

Jim 🇺🇦

@pom137.bsky.social

Because climbing asters were still in bloom as of last week, I was still seeing numerous insects that were new to me. One of the most photogenic was this hover fly. #bugsky #insects #invertebrates #nature 🪰

A black and yellow insect with abdominal stripes is shown perched on a lavender flower. Suggested species is Palpada pusilla, a hover fly.

December 10, 2025 at 2:16 AM

Sandra

@vintageunicorn.bsky.social

Flesh fly 🪰 for #Flyday

#insects #nature #photography #photographersUnited #photographersofbluesky

December 6, 2025 at 5:17 AM

Levon Dymond

@levondymond.bsky.social

Damselfly laying eggs in our pond.
July 2021

#damselfly #macro #pondlife #nature #gadenwildlife #insects #sonyalpha #photography

A damselfly clings to a flower stem in a pond and has it's abdomen underwater as it lays eggs.

December 6, 2025 at 11:52 AM

David MacKinnon - 🇨🇦Photographer

@dkmackinnon.bsky.social

Day 8 of #ArtAdventCalendar. #nature #BloomScrolling #Flowers #Photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #EastCoastKin #sunflower

Close-up of a vibrant yellow sunflower in full bloom, revealing a dark brown center with tiny, detailed structures, and a few small black insects on the petals.

December 8, 2025 at 2:11 PM

Yorkshire Dales National Park

@yorkshiredales.org.uk

Did you know that reducing light pollution doesn’t just make stargazing magical, it also helps wildlife thrive? 🦉

Artificial light disrupts natural rhythms for birds, bats, insects, and even plants. By keeping our skies dark, we’re giving nature the night it needs to rest and recover

📸 Paul Clark

December 8, 2025 at 5:25 PM

𓈎𓅂𓆯𓇋𓈖

@knsc.bsky.social

This year we decided to visit the Black Hairstreaks around 10 days early, which proved useful as they were out and thriving. A 2nd visit at "normal" time and they were finished.

#Nikon #photography #insects #ukwildlife #invertebrates #wildlife #nature #butterfly

December 7, 2025 at 4:40 PM

Jim 🇺🇦

@pom137.bsky.social

Common buckeye showing a little late-season wear, but still brilliant colors. This was taken earlier this week in a patch of climbing asters in my yard that has proven to be a pollinator-magnet. #butterflies #insects #pollinator #bugsky #nature #wildlife🦋

Brownish common buckeye butterfly with eye-spots on wings. Junonia coenia. Known to migrate southward as cooler fall temperatures arrive in its summer habitat.

December 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM

Nori 🇳🇴

@norwayskandinavien.bsky.social

#insects #Insekten #Natur #Garten #butterfly #Schmetterling #Winter #nature #garden

1/ Ein Nachtfalter der Gattung Operophtera (?) sitzt an einer Hauswand.

Ein Nachtfalter der Gattung: Operophtera (?) sitzt an einer Hauswand.

December 8, 2025 at 8:15 PM

John McGowan

@jmc223.bsky.social

Nothing on this day from the past! Too busy celebrating my sister's birthday so one from sunnier days earlier in the year - Small Tortoiseshell - back garden Birmingham UK - August 2025 #photography #butterflies #insects #lepidoptera #canon #macro #naturephotography #nature #uknature