A macro photograph of a red and orange bug on the edge of a leaf

I tried something different with this photo. What do you think?

Hibiscus plant #bug

#entomology #insect #bugskye #nature

A close up macro photograph of an orange fly with black wings on a leaf in nature

What kind of recluse is this? Is it poisonous?

#flyfriday #bugskye #entomology #photography #macro #nature

A macro photograph of a brown mantidfly insect on a stick

It's not a mantid, it's not a fly, it's a mantidfly!

#entomology #bugskye #insect #photography #macro #nature

#Insects of Mississippi

#entomology #museum #bugskye

A macro photograph of three red ants triumphantly hoisting a black weevil beetle that is likely not long for this world

Red harvester #ants (Pogonomyrmex barbatus) carrying a weevil. Portal, Arizona.

#entomology #bugskye #insects #photography #nature

A macro photograph of a robber fly on a blade of grass

Look at those eyes! #flyday #bugskye #entomology #macro

A close up macro photograph of a red and yellow glassy-winged sharpshooter insect on a stem

Glassy-winged sharpshooter. Mississippi.

#bugskye #entomology #insects #photography #nature #macro

A macro photograph of a tiger moth caterpillar on a flower bud

These tiger moth (Arctiini) caterpillars were everywhere at Lep Course in Portal, Arizona.

#entomology #bugskye #moth #photography #nature

Macro photograph of a jumping spider looking down from a leaf

Impossible not to anthropomorphize this jumping #spider

#insects #entomology #nature #photography #macro #bugskye

Macro photo of a red lone star tick questing on a green leaf

Tick eyes are not where you expect.

It’s harder to take #ticks seriously once you learn where their eyes are.

I’m still terrified of getting alpha-gal syndrome though.

Lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum), Mississippi

#entomology #arachnids #bugskye #macro #photography #nature #science

A close up macro photograph of a green owlet moth caterpillar on a leaf against a red background

Owlet #moth #caterpillar, Euplexia sp.

Sitka, #Alaska

#bugskye, #bugs, #insects, #entomology, #macro, #photography, #nature

A close up macro photograph of a brown bee-fly with red eyes

Did you know that while adult bee flies are adorable little pollinators, their larvae are parasitoids? The female hovers above a wasp or beetle burrow and flings her eggs at it like bombs.

#entomology #bugs #bugskye #macro #nature #photography #fly

A close up macro photograph of a red and yellow orbweaver spider on its web

Do you like #spiders?

I photographer this orb weaver while black lighting in South Carolina.

#macro #photography #nature #bugs #bugskye #entomology

Macro photograph of a hacklemesh spider in Sitka, Alaska. The spider has red legs and a yellow and black body.

#arachnophobia warning!

Hacklemesh weavers (Callobius pictus) are large #spiders that cohabitate houses in #sitka by the hundreds. I found them in my bed and even my baby’s pjs (while wearing them).

They are harmless and don’t bite.

#entomology #bugs #nature #photography #macro #bugskye

Harmonia axyridis

#bugskye #insects #beetle #nature #photography #macro #entomology

Macro photograph of a black sawfly wasp on a twig

Alder sawfly (Eriocampa ovata).
Sitka, Alaska.

#wasp #bugskye #bugs #entomology #photography #nature #macro

Close up of a red velvet ant head on black background

Turn this one sideways.

Velvet ant (Dasymutilla occidentalis).

#bugs #bugskye #insect #entomology #macro #nature #photography

A broad-nosed weevil stands on a leaf bud

Happy #weevilwednesday!

Broad-nosed weevil (Trichalophus alternatus),
Sitka, Alaska

#bugskye #beetle #entomology #nature #macro #photography #bugs

A black and blue fly hangs upside down from a branch. Small white tendrils of an insect killing fungus emerge from its abdomen.

A two-for-one #fungifriday and #flyfriday (or is it #flyday or #flydayfriday? Please pick one Bluesky).

An Entomopathogenic fungus killed this fly (Calliphoridae).

#entomology #bugskye #nature #photography #macro #bugs #insects

A blue ground beetle with rainbow trim

Carabus vietinghoffii
#BlueBugs

In North America, the rainbow ground #beetle is only found in Beringia. This photo doesn’t do justice to its deep blue base color.

#BlueMonday #entomology #bugskye #bugs #nature #insects

One of my earliest memories is finding a Dolomedes tenebrosus in my basement. #spidersaturday

#bugs #bugskye #entomology #nature #photography #macro

A Narceus millipede curled on a log

Is #myriapodMonday a thing?

Narceus americanus, South Carolina.

#millipede #bugs #entomology #bugskye #photography #nature #macro