Ruby-tailed wasp, could be one of several species! Metallic blue/turquoise head/thorax, metallic red abdomen
Ruby-tailed wasps were busy yesterday afternoon - what a little jewel of an insect!
North Herefordshire
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Morning #Mantis in my #Philly #garden on #pink cosmo flower. 🌞 #bugsky #MacroMonday #macro #photography #nature #eastcoastkin #mantisMonday #BugSky
A tiny tomato soup orange-red with a few black dots lady beetle, like a half oval with the bottom nearly flat against the surface. It is on a large horizontal fallen tree (we just see a small patch) with the bark fallen off and surface faded grey. The wood surface is marked with the sinuous incised path of some other beetle/larva that lived under the bark some time ago when the tree was still vertical and bark intact.
While cutting firewood in the bush on the farm the other day, this little person appeared, probably from under remnant bark on the tree. I moved it to a safe sunny spot with crevices for it to crawl into before more snow that was coming.. #ladybug #beetle #BugSky #April #Alberta #nature #insects🌿
A male Luna Moth, green with broad wings, hind wings with long tails, hanging from a small branch. Selfie view with two people, sparse tree canopy, and blue sky in background.
Luna Moth selfie! This male was hanging from a branch of invasive honeysuckle close to the forest floor. Leavenworth, Kansas, USA, April 6, 2026. #bugsky #moths #mothing
A moth with various shades of tan is shown on a white fabric background, Darapsa myron
For #mothmonday a Virginia creeper sphinx moth. #nature #bugsky #insects #invertebrates #🌎 Caterpillars feed on viburnum, Virginia creeper and grape vines. All three were within 20 yards
A first record for Brighton, Semioscopis avellanella (Early Diviner)
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A macro photo, side view, of a bright metallic green bee on a yellow, daisy-like flower, against a blue sky background. The bee is carrying a full load of bright yellow pollen.
If you're in need of a bit of color this morning, here's a metallic green sweat bee who wants all the pollen. Anza-Borrego Desert, California.
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Thaumatomyia notata resting on the edge of a leaf.
Yellow swarming fly (Thaumatomyia notata) resting briefly on a leaf
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Yellow-legged Mining Bee (Andrena flavipes)
Gwynne's Mining Bee (Andrena bicolor)
Black Oil Beetle (Meloe proscarabaeus)
Black Oil Beetle (Meloe proscarabaeus)
Yellow-legged Mining Bee (Andrena flavipes), Gwynne's Mining Bee (Andrena bicolor) & Black Oil Beetle (Meloe proscarabaeus) in West #Norfolk this morning. #bees #pollinators #solitarybees #oilbeetles #bugsky #insects #beetles
Brindled Beauty (Lycia hirtaria) was "new for year" in this morning's #Norwich moth trap. Plus a brace of Frosted Green (Polyploca ridens) - always a welcome sight. #moths #teammoth #mothsmatter #norfolkmoths #bugsky
An attractive hairy black and grey/white winged insect on small yellow-ish flowers.
One of the best... Ashy Mining Bee (Andrena cineraria) on Alexanders at Castle Water, Rye Harbour NR today.
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Beetle on the forest floor
Forest trail with stream on the left. On the right slower water or pond
Wild garlic
So excited to find this beautiful Carabus species! It was eating it's Easter dinner! Also some photos of the path close to where I found it. #bugsky #nature #wildgarlic #beetles
I typically hit you with a monochrome Mule Deer, but I wanted to try out 'Esmerelda' in black and white this week, so that's her, my crab spider hunting in profile from the wife's Cleveland Sage. Yes, the name is my idea.
Normal is an illusion.
What is normal
for the spider
is chaos for the fly.
~Charles Addams
🌿 Trying out a little #BWMacro... 🕷️ #ImageAndVerse!
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#MondayVibes
#Monochrome
#Classicmono
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#Eck
A large black tarantula with orange banding on her legs rests on my hand. Her legspan is slightly larger than my palm.
Time to walk the tarantula. Female Mexican red-knee tarantula (Brachypelma smithi). #spiders #tarantulas #arachnids #bugsky
A light-brown medium-sized scorpion poses in a threat display with the stinger held high above the body. The substrate is fine pale sand.
A true Saharan scorpion: Androctonus amoureuxi, a species that occurs across North Africa. Adult male in captivity. #scorpions #arachnids #bugsky
ago, #bugsky, it's clear you've been thinking about how things can be better, and that's awesome! You've got such a sharp mind and you're always coming up with interesting ideas and observations. Keep that amazing spirit going! You're doing great! ✨
buzz pollination in action. using their mandibles to hold them in place, bumblebees use their powerful flight muscles to vibrate flowers, shaking pollen loose from the stamen, and making them up to 2.5x more efficient pollinators than honeybees.
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A Green-veined White butterfly on white blossom in the sun
My first Green-veined White of the year at Weeting Heath today. #Bugsky #UKWildlife
A yellow-brown little scorpion perches on my fingers
Female Arizona bark scorpion (Centruroides sculpturatus), the only scorp species in the US with venom potent enough to be considered medically significant. I've been stung twice and it wasn't that bad. #scorpions #arachnids #bugsky
A cluster of caterpillars and cocoons on the bark of a tree. The cocoons are fuzzy tan ovals about the size of a finger joint. There are three intact cocoons and one that looks collapsed and empty. The caterpillars have red heads, two long tufts of black fuzz that look like antennae, and one long black tuft on their tail ends. There are four short dense tufts that look like grey corn kernels, starting 1-2 segments back from the head. The body is grey, with a central black stripe, and orange and yellow spouts on each segment. The body is covered in light colored hairs. There are four caterpillars in this photo; one crawling up the tree, one crawling down, one slightly curled, looking like it’s about to start weaving its cocoon, and a fourth who has already begun.
It’s Fir Tussock Moth (Orgyia detrita) caterpillar season!
They were EVERYWHERE at the park this morning, and over the past week, at least three have hitchhiked into my classroom on students’ bags or hair. 🐛🦋 #BugSky
Bug with pale green and reddish pattern on a small daisy-like flower.
A pretty bug (Harmostes reflexulus) on a pretty flower (fleabane, genus Erigeron.) Have a great day!
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#bugsky is my ID correct or is this a different species of imitation bee
‘Catch’ more on #bugsky 😎
A small, pale spider with an elongated abdomen grips an insect in her web
Female trashline orbweaver (species Allocyclosa bifurca) with insect prey in South Florida. These small spiders camouflage themselves and their egg sacs by hunkering down in a "trashline," a lengthy axis of gathered detritus that runs through the hub of the circular web. #spiders #spidersky #bugsky
A black scorpion with a thick metasoma ("tail") rests on my thumb. The long, curved stinger is clearly visible.
My Egyptian black fat-tail scorpion (Androctonus bicolor). Scorpion species of this genus are medically dangerous and have killed people, but he's my buddy. #scorpions #arachnids #bugsky
A pale spider, dorsoventrally flattened against the substrate, is seen on the surface of a tree stump
My first flattie spider (family Selenopidae), species Selenops submaculosus. Pondhawk Natural Area in Boca Raton, Florida, last month. #spiders #spidersky #bugsky
A pale jumping spider, characterized by big stereoscopic eyes, poses on a red substrate.
Female gray wall jumping spider (Menemerus bivittatus), a teddy bear with eight legs. #spiders #spidersky #bugsky
been a while since I posted some #bugsky content, but wife and I took our nieces on a “bug safari” this evening and snapped a few 🪲📸
A large pale-brown wolf spider rests on my hand
Giant female wolf spider (species Hogna lenta), one of several I found earlier this month while spidering at night in South Florida. I knew she was gonna be huge when my headlamp picked out a pop of eyeshine from about ten meters away. #spiders #spidersky #bugsky
