An extremely close-up photo of a snail, with a caramel-coloured shell and a bluish-black body, with its eyestalks extended towards a piece of dirt in front of it.
A tiny, tiny snail!
#snail #invertebrate #macro #burnaby #burnabylake #bc #britishcolumbia #canada
A red velvet mite (Trombidium sp.) crawling across sediment and leaf litter from left to right. They contrast completely with their surrounding being a bright red and velvety lump with legs.
#macromonday
Red velvet #mite - Trombidium sp.
(Shot near Cincinnati 4-6-26) 🕷️🪲🪳 #photography #macrophotography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #nature #animal #invertebrate #arachnid #spidersky #bug #ento
Four cone snails sit on a white surface. The shells are pale purple or yellow in colour and are adorned with complex, dark markings as well as as white areas.
#molluscmonday !
The Snowflake Cone (Conus floccatus) is a gorgeous shell growing to 60-70 mm. Normally pale purple in colour, those with a yellow background are referred to as the 'magdalenae' form.
#mollusk #seashell #sciart #invertebrate #gastropod
very good suggestions so far people, keep em up
can you spot your #invertebrate #DnD weirdo?
Western Tiger swallowtail butterfly.
Western tiger swallowtail butterfly in a bottlebrush. 🌿 #invertebrate
chat, funny idea when discussing DnD characters with @franzanth.bsky.social
what would be your #invertebrate DnD character?
mine is a male mozzie cleric but he don't know shit about the ancient blood rituals because he is vegan
A bee fly with a brown abdomen and thorax that is covered with blonde bristles. The wings are clear with thick veins. It is sitting on a wild wildflower that is white daisy tidytips
My guiding thought:
“One way to open your eyes to unnoticed beauty is to ask yourself, ‘What if I had never seen this before? What if I knew I would never see it again?’”
~Rachel Carson
The Sense of Wonder
Bombyliidae on White Daisy Tidytips
🌿
#Invertebrate
#Biodiversity
A very close-up image of two termites in reddish chewed-up wood, with a third termite appearing near the bottom of the frame. The central termite has a tiny white arthropod on its back, a springtail, which is dwarfed by the termite.
A very cool find! I spotted this termite (Zootermopsis spp.) with a little springtail (Cheirotoma spp.) riding on its back. Apparently Cheirotoma are known hitchhikers on termites.
#springtail #termite #arthropod #invertebrate #macro #inaturalist #bowenisland #canada #britishcolumbia
Photo of a pinned wasp with a long and thin abdomen with yellow and black stripes. At the top is an upturned hook, which looks like a stinger.
Oooooh, male Myzinum?
#invertebrate #insect
Photo taken on September 29, 2018 with my NIKON D5200 using the Tokina MD 28mm f/2.8 (i) lens. Find more information at https://gommadigitale.com/photo/29-09-2018/393
#photo #insect #pest #macroPhotography #fly #closeUp #invertebrate #photography - https://gommadigitale.com/photo/29-09-2018/393
A carrion beetle larva (Family: Silphidae) on a blade of grass facing the left of frame. A top down shop shows their mostly brown body with a sort of light skirting around the edges.
#insectthursday
Carrion #beetle larva - Family: Silphidae
(Shot near Cincinnati 4-6-26) 🪳🪲 #photography #macrophotography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #nature #animal #invertebrate #insect #bugsky #bug #ento
A male springtime darner (Basiaeschna janata) perched in a way where he’s sort of dangling from plants on the stream bank. His back is to the camera so we can see the cryptic pattern with blue and brown all down his body.
#insectthursday
Male springtime #darner - Basiaeschna janata
(Shot near Cincinnati 4-6-26) 🐉🪰🪳🪲 #photography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #nature #animal #invertebrate #insect #dragonfly #bug #bugsky #ento
Photo of a line drawing on beige toned paper of an upside-down jellyfish using sepia and white ink.
Cassiopea, Upside-down jellyfish!
I tend to accidentally spelly their name "Cassieopea" because I'm used to calling them "Cassie's". Oops
#art #linedrawing #traditionalart #natureart #marinelife #invertebrate #jellyfish #upsidedownjellyfish
A very plump leech (Subclass: Hirudinea) curled up in the mud with their little head barely visible and pointing to the right of frame. They appear to have a brown line down the dorsal side of their body that stands out on their black slimy skin.
#wormwednesday
#Leech - Subclass: Hirudinea
(Shot near Cincinnati 4-3-26) 🪱 #photography #macrophotography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #nature #animal #invertebrate #worm #ento
Watery scene with many small oblong creatures.
Interesting! Newly discovered #fossils suggest that humans’ earliest #invertebrate ancestors - those without backbones - existed much farther back in time than we previously knew. The fossils link modern animals to simple, worm-like organisms. 🪱
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📸 The Conversation/ Xiaodong Wang.
An extreme close-up of a jumping spider, staring directly at the camera while holding a dead ant. The spider is mostly fuzzy grey, with fuzzy pale brown palps, greenish black eyes, and red markings just visible on its abdomen.
I used to be very scared of spiders; nowadays I'm fine with most of them, and I actually love jumping spiders. They're just so cute. This little one (Phidippus johnsoni) checked me out while I was out doing photography the other day.
#spider #invertebrate #phidippus #macro #inaturalist #canada
A pink moth with triangular shaped, bright pink, gold fringed wings folded over a on off white, furry body. It has white legs all askew, and a long pointed snout between two bulbous green eyes and long, feathery antennae.
#RepostYourArt day 7 is Silly. This is a tough one for me, I haven’t done a lot of silly!
In my mind this pyrausta moth looks a little silly. Kinda muppety, if I’m being honest. 😂 Found across the SE United States.
#insect #moth 🐡 #bug #art #invertebrate #DigitalArt #painting #Procreate
A profile shot of a long-jawed orbweaver (Tetragnatha sp.) hanging upside down from their web
#macromonday
Long-jawed #orbweaver - Tetragnatha sp.
(Shot near Cincinnati 4-3-26) 🕷️🕸️ #photography #macrophotography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #nature #animal #invertebrate #arachnid #spider #bug #ento #spidersky
A Spider Conch lies on a white background. The shell bears several digitations. Thr aperture has dark lines and the operculum present.
#molluscmonday !
A new addition! Lambis robusta is a rare Spider Conch from Tahiti. This one measures 128 mm in length
#mollusk #seashell #sciart #invertebrate #gastropod
Philodromus poecilus. Subadult female.
My first documentation of Philodromus poecilus (NT in Finland) this year. This seemingly fairly rare species has become one of my favourites.
Much more (in Swedish) here:
utgangspunktnykarleby.blogspot.com/2026/04/bada...
#Invertebrate 🐙 #Spider 🕷️ #Spiders #Arachnids #Philodromidae #Biodiversity
Coenosia intermedia (?)
Should be Coenosia intermedia - not entirely sure though.
More (in Swedish) here:
utgangspunktnykarleby.blogspot.com/2026/03/coen...
#Invertebrate 🐙🪰
#Diptera #Insects #Insekter #Flugor #Muscidae #Husflugor #Egentligaflugor #Kärpäset #Hyönteiset #Houseflies #Muscidflies #Biodiversity
Thricops cunctans (female)
Thricops cunctans (female)... if my keying went well.
More (in Swedish) here:
utgangspunktnykarleby.blogspot.com/2026/03/thri...
#Invertebrate 🐙🪰
#Diptera #Insects #Insekter #Flugor #Muscidae #Husflugor #Egentligaflugor #Kärpäset #Hyönteiset #Houseflies #Muscidflies #Sukaskärpäset #Biodiversity
Female Fannia tuberculata.
Should be Fannia tuberculata if I'm not mistaken.
More (in Swedish) here:
utgangspunktnykarleby.blogspot.com/2026/03/fann...
#Invertebrate 🐙
#Flies 🪰
#Diptera #Fanniidae
#Biodiversity
Female Microchrysa polita
Female Microchrysa polita
Slowly going through deceased and collected critters from our garden greenhouse. Microchrysa polita is the most often observed - both alive and dead - Stratiomyid so far.
utgangspunktnykarleby.blogspot.com/2026/03/micr...
#Invertebrate 🐙🪰
#Diptera #Insects #Stratiomyidae #Biodiversity
Plate of an invasive Red Swamp Crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) I recently captured.
#crayfish #invertebrate 🌍🧪
A picture of a magnificient plant or flower.
#blue flower #borage #flower #animal #blue #plant #blossom #bee #pottery #insect #herbs #vase #vegetation #iris #potted plant #jar #honey bee #geranium #invertebrate #planter
A photograph of a mixed media Posca pen, Staedtler pigment liner and Prismacolour pencil illustration on Kraft card with a Posca pen resting on top of a green and gold embellished planner. The illustration shows a yellow sea bunny, a nudibranch, with the words Easter Bunny next to it. Signed Emily Jane Foster.
Happy Easter! 🌊🐇
🐡 #art #Easter #seabunny #nudibranch #invertebrate
Photograph of a pinned bee from overhead view. It has long antenna with flattened circular tips. Its body is black with sparse yellowish hair and its wings have darkened tips.
I think it is a male Dieunomia sp. I wonder what the flattened terminal antenna segments are for? I've seen that male Megachile sp. have them too
#insect #bee #invertebrate
theconversation.com/humans-closest-invertebr... https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adu2291 (abstract only). "Most striking of all, we found the oldest #evidence for the group to […]
