Macro photo of the face of a female American Moon moth, Actias Luna.

Macro floof!!

#ActiasLuna #moth #sofloofy #entosky

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology Call for Papers Submit by 31st July 2026 Integrative Biology and Evolution of Aphids — 12th International Symposium on Aphids (ISA12) Conference Special Issue

New Special Issue: Integrative Biology and Evolution of Aphids 🐞

Building on the 12th International Symposium on Aphids, we invite papers on systematics, invasiveness, host plant interaction, and management.

Deadline: 31 July 2026 🔗: https://ow.ly/ZJkC50Y4TMq
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This was such a long wait.
My Actias luna moths have finally hatched today!!
🖤🖤
#ActiasLuna #moth #EntoSky

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Large beetle sitting on an index finger with its legs wrapped around the finger. It is about 5cm in length.

This morning I caught sight of the Atlas beetle.
As she's the first of my larvae to successfully eclose, I shall call her Lilith.

I've never bred Atlas beetles before and so I'm really chuffed!

#beetle #beetles #ChalcosomaAtlas #entomology #entosky #coleoptera

Collage of two photos. The upper shows a tobacco hornworm with braconid parasite cocoons. The lower shows a Stanley Steemer truck with large, white, cocoon-like structures on top of the truck.

The Braconid wasps have found something bigger and better than tobacco hornworm to parasitize. #Entomology #waspsky #EntoSky

Female Diploptera punctata cockroach with a group of six of her nymphs, newly born

Have you had sleepless nights wondering about how cockroaches sleep, and if this is different for pregnant cockroach females? And what happens when pesky scientists keep them awake by shaking them? Well, wonder no more! doi.org/10.1242/jeb.... 🧪
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Got an excellent little spood, an Emerald Jumping Spider, I think. I am not alt-texting the video because I usually have to try three times before it takes. It's cute, wiggles its palps, and has iridescent green coloring. Anyone know how to crop vid previews correctly? #spiders #entosky #inverts

a group of people with disabilities holding signs that say disability rights are civil rights ALT: a group of people with disabilities holding signs that say disability rights are civil rights

Calling disabled entomologists! Planning a symposium in November & we have room for more speakers if anyone would like to share their journey. Comment or DM me for more information!

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Oh he's got some fancy foot work💃🕺 Gryllus rubens dancin

#bugsky #entosky

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Macro photo of a pale tussock moth. He has impressive comb antenna which, combined with the fluffy body makes him look like a bunny.

My floofy boi has pupated!

I found the caterpillar amongst some bramble that I'd fed my katydids and before I knew it, he'd pupated under one of the stems.

A beautiful pale tussock.
#entosky #entofeed #moth #paletussock

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funky little austral ellipsidon! idc if theyre cockroaches they’re actually so silly #entomology #entosky #insects

A screenshot of the Facebook group Insect Identification with a cover photo image of a blue dragonfly on a yellow flower against a green background. The group has 103K members.

I don't think I talk about the group I admin, Insect Identification on Facebook enough! 🐞🪰🐜🦋🦗🐝🪲It's so nice to be able to ID things for the public, and see bugs from around the globe. Very rewarding and keeps me sharp! Feel free to join the group (but be sure to read rules + answer the Qs) #entosky

#Entofashion #Entosky

Against a blank, light blue background stands a stalk of blooming pink orchids facing all directions. Looking closer, there is a pink orchid praying mantis camouflaged among the flowers.

Camouflage is one of the many adaptations that help insects survive. Perhaps one of the most famous of these insects is the #OrchidMantis who seems to disappear among the flowers—ready to catch anything attracted to the sweet orchid’s scent.
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Every day I go out and fill my camera roll with a minimum of 50 bug photos and maybe 5 turn out good. This is one of them. 🪰

Yellow-shouldered stout hoverfly (Simosyrphus grandicornis), East Ryde, NSW. 🇦🇺 #bugsky #entomology #entosky

a small brown beetle on the surface of a car's tire

🖐️🛑 Stop! This is a bug check point ✅🏁 What is the last arthropod picture on your camera / phone? Mine is the cute brown beetle I saw in Sedona, AZ 🪲🦗🦋🐜🐞🪰🐝

#entomology #entosky #bugsky

Everybody knows I love my entomology tattoos.

Left: death’s head hawk moth (think Silence of the Lambs)

Right: The assassin bug (display namesake) also known as the kissing bug

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Male rhinoceros beetle mating with a female.

A two-fer this Sunday!
A successful Chalcosoma atlas mating, too!!

#BeetleSunday #beetles #coleoptera #entosky #entofeed

Large black male stag beetle copulating with a female on some bark.

Wahey! 🎉🪲🎉🪲🎉

After previous unsuccessful attempts at getting Dorcus titanus to mate (they are super aggressive), it seems that using an empty box and keeping a close eye on the well fed adults for an hour is proving a useful strategy.

#BeetleSunday #beetles #coleoptera #entosky #entofeed

The Secret Life Of Midges is EXACTLY why I pay my licence fee!
Plus it has an old colleague presenting it...
#midges #BBC2 #entosky

Male Atlas beetle on some mossy wood.

I know my feed has been ento heavy recently, but it is the season, so forgive me 😀
Meet my new Atlas beetle.
He's called Rocky (because he used the Charles Atlas method to get this awesome 😎).
#AtlasBeetle #beetle #coleoptera #enyofeed #entosky

White female with black and blue hair, and glasses looking at the katydid on her forearm in the foreground of the picture. The katydid is about 1/2 the length of her forearm.

One of my Giant Hooded Katydids enjoying the sunshine this afternoon
😊🦗🖤
#Entosky
#Entofeed
#Katydid

Fungus gnat paper sticks to your hair when moving tanks.
#BeetleRearerProblems #Entofeed #Entosky #Coleoptera

Large blue/black beetle eating a slug.

OMG.
I had the ABSOLUTE PLEASURE of (finally) finding the rare Blue Ground beetle (Carabus intricatus) up on Dartmoor this evening. It was chewing on a slug.
No-one can wipe away this smile.
Seeing one has totally made my day 🖤🖤
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