Brown bug on light brown bark in sunlight.
BUG WATCH
This Berliner is a Deraeocoris, a plant bug, a first in my bugs collection.
Why bother with bugs?
Turns out, they aren’t little buggers. They are essential for functioning ecosystems.
Quick reminder
No thriving ecosystems
= no thriving humans.
#BugWatch #OurFuture #photography #nature
Firebug on a low stonewall.
BUG WATCH
Today a finally saw a few more bugs, including a bright yellow butterfly, but overall there’s scarily few around.
This firebug nearly slipped away before I could catch it.
#bugwatch #bugsky #insects #photography #climate #ActionIsNeeded #OurFuture
Ant on tree bark.
BUG WATCH
My first ants this year.
There are still hardly any insects around.
#bugwatch #bugsky #ants #insects #ClimateAction #photography #nature
BUG WATCH
is back 😄
My first beetle of the season!
Probably an Aphodius. Found digging on the beach, Island of Usedom, Baltic Sea.
#bugwatch #beetles #bugsky #beach #nature #photography
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EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED
This is about rethinking our world.
This is about nudging our curiosity into action and discovering the vast worlds around us.
This is about connecting to everything that is alive.
This is about shaping a world where people & planet thrive.
#photography #bugwatch
A dung beetle on a leaf in the forest.
//13
EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED
The way to a future is the establishment of diverse ecosystems.
The more the better!
The more diverse the better!
The more integrated into our villages, towns & cities the better.
#photography #nature #bugwatch #forest #climate #insects
Froghopper
//12
EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED
Without insects we can’t survive.
And the decline in insects is already catastrophic.
Even though I frequently searched for it, I only once encountered a Froghopper. I wish I had watched it for a while.
#photography #nature #bugwatch #forest #climate #insects
longhorn beetle on daisy
//11
Grateful
for the opportunity to share my discoveries here on Bluesky.
My favourite bug, a longhorn beetle.
#photography #nature #bugwatch #forest #climate #insects #bluesky
Moth on an outdoor timber table on the beach.
//10
Grateful & Proud
for all the wondrous encounters with bugs, bees, flies, butterflies and caterpillars.
Proud of overcoming much of my discomfort with moths.
I actually remember my pride at taking this photo, my first of a moth, as far as I remember.
#photography #nature #bugwatch #insects
An ant walking across my screen, while I edited.
//9
Grateful
for Nemonte Nenquimos testimony in her book ‘We will not be saved’ which led me to challenge my discomfort with insects.
#photography #nature #bugwatch #forest #climate #insects #amazonwatch #amazon
Head of a hoverfly. Never knew that these are flies.
//8
Anger
because I didn’t know how many variations a single species has.
Education vastly simplified the natural world.
I didn’t know that there are more than 20,000 different kinds of bees. To give just one example.
Nature is diverse!
#photography #nature #bugwatch #forest #climate #insects
Lady bug in tansy.
//7
Anger
Because I didn’t know how crucial insects are and how everything is connected.
How come that we’ve lost this vital knowledge?
#photography #nature #bugwatch #forest #climate #insects
Weevil with long trunk on wildflower.
//6
Anger
because I didn’t know how much there is to discover locally.
How come that we didn’t go exploring in school?
I love this ‘elephant’ weevil!
#photography #nature #bugwatch #forest #climate #insects #weevils
Bee and hoverfly on sunflower.
//5
Amazement
about how unbothered many insects seem by the presence of other insect species.
#photography #nature #bugwatch #forest #climate #insects #bees #hoverflies #sunflowers
Butterfly on wildflowers.
//4
Amazement
that bees are not the only pollinators, and that there’s a lot of diverse insect life to be found on flowers.
#photography #nature #bugwatch #forest #climate #insects #butterflies #bloomscroll
beautifully coloured and shaped Anchomenus dorsalis, a ground beetle I’d never noticed before.
//3
Amazement
I still have an internalised image of rich and colourful fauna and flora in some vague idea of distant exotic places.
This year I discovered to my amazement how much can be found locally, like this beauty.
#photography #nature #bugwatch #forest #climate #insects #beetles
Small spider on my thumb.
//2
Amazement
See, watch, play, get used to them.
This little spider walked right on me on the beach and instead of flicking it away we spent some fun quality time.
#photography #nature #bugwatch #forest #climate #insects #spiders
I forgot again what this small green visitor from Britain is called. I think I called it Fred.
recap 2025
NATURE (Re)Discoveries
#10
BUG WATCH
In 2025 I continued with my quest to connect to the insect world, which before 2024 had mostly been ignored by me or treated as a nuisance. The result so far? Amazement & anger. 🧵
#photography #nature #bugwatch #forest #climate #insects #nature2025
Dung beetle sitting on a leaf near the forest ground, looking as if it was surveying the land. Photo from September, taken on the island of Rügen.
DAY 6, COMMUNITY
prelude
What makes a community?
#sociology #society #philsky #resist #climate #architecture #townplanning #urbanism #cityplanning #housing #rewilding #ecosystems #systems #networks #feedbacks #tippingpoints #collapse #ThisIsOurWorld #WeCanShapeIt #OurFuture #photography #bugwatch
photo: Devil’s Coach Horse Beetle, September 2025, Usedom
DAY 7, #quotes
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Is the body evil?
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photo: Devil’s Coach Horse Beetle,
September 2025, Usedom
Find the full chapter here: www.easy-town-books.com/2025/12/07/d...
#photography #body #evil #nature #devil #bugwatch #beetles #insects
#booksky #books #reading #writing
A small bug in the sand.
A BUG WATCH
This little reddish fellow jumped, so it might be a flea.
I was after a macro of beach sand and got a reminder that everything is alive and a habitat - unless of course it’s human-made. Humans perfected the creation of dead things. Something we can change.
#photography #bugwatch #flea
ribbed pine borer on deadwood
Thinking about how little I knew & know about insects and how few bugs I found, in particular in recent weeks, I searched my photos and rediscovered this Rhagium inquisitor, the ribbed pine borer, a longhorn beetle, from June. 🧵
#bugwatch #biodiversity #bugsky #photography #forest #insects #actnow
Probably a Tenthredo livid, a sawfly, sitting on the bark of a beech.
BUG WATCH
I remember considering most insects as creepy nuisance not to be bothered with.
Why?
Because I didn’t take the time to watch them, to explore them.
Every being on our planet counts. Every being has a role to play in its ecosystem. Let’s restore our planet.
#photgraphy #bugwatch #nature
BUG WATCH
I captured this on the chalk cliffs on the Island of Rügen, Baltic Sea.
I guess it’s a kind of fly, laying eggs?
I was fascinated how much life happens on the cliff. Insects, lichen, moss and other plants.
#bugwatch #insects #flies #chalk #moss #cliffs #bugsky #photography #nature
Froghopper sitting on a plant’s green stem.
BUG WATCH
I love the FROGHOPPER. Such a strange looking bug with its big eyes.
I tried to find another one, but I haven’t been lucky so far.
#bugwatch #photography #insects #naturelover #bugsky #froghopper #climateaction #ThisIsOurWorld
A ground beetle on the beach.
BUG WATCH
Anchomenus dorsali, a ground beetle in the subfamily Platyninae.
Nature is full of wonders.
And so are we.
Let’s rethink our world.
Together.
#photography #bugwatch #bugsky #nature #beach #tippingpoints
Weevil on the beach
BUG WATCH
Weevil on the beach 🏖️
I hadn’t been aware of how many different insects live on the beach or ‘use’ it.
Though, on a single day, there were only few around.
We need to rethink our way of life to save people & planet.
#bugwatch #photography #insects #weevils #beach #BalticSea #bugsky
Caterpillar on the beach
BUG WATCH
I found a caterpillar (fox moth) on the beach, today. It was so close to the water that I relocated it to the dunes. But I wonder whether I shouldn’t have left it. Hm.
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#bugwatch #bugsky #mothfriends #photography #moths #insects #nature #beach
🇨🇦Oreo🇨🇦
Wishing mew a Fabmewlous Friday
I'm watching out for a HUGE moth here
Let's show these bugs who's in charge
☄️Luna☄️
#Hedgewatch #BugWatch #MothWatch
With all the BS that’s going on, it’s time for another instalment of
BUG WATCH
and look what I found on my evening walk with Max, the dog:
A Devil's coach horse beetle
fitting, eh?
Though, generally I think we shouldn’t drag animals into our weird narratives.
🧵
#photography #bugwatch #bug
