A very tiny spider that is doing a moderately convincing small ant impression against a white stucco wall
One for my #invertebrates friends, if you listen closely you can hear the tiny voice: "I am an ANT! Those are NOT pedipalps! PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE EXTRA PAIR OF LEGS!" Tiny spood on my bathroom wall I spied after a shower and did the quick phone shot. π
Boosting to #SciArt #Invertebrates
A tiny bubble snail in a shallow rockpool. Two tiny eye spots face upwards amidst a wealth of speckles and spots and sparkles that look like distant stars. The lower half of the image contains swatches of its earthy colour palette.
Low key, earthy colour palette, but when you look close, this species of bubble snail (Haloa) is speckled and spotted and looks like it is full of distant stars β¨
#rstats #dataviz π¦ππ§ͺ #marinelife #invertebrates
a translucent nudibranch with finger like cerata lining its back which are also translucent with a brown line and tipped in orange. it's against a black background moving towards its reflection
a translucent nudibranch with finger like cerata lining its back which are also translucent with a brown line and tipped in orange. it's against a black background curled with its reflection underneath it
a translucent nudibranch with finger like cerata lining its back which are also translucent with a brown line and tipped in orange. it's against a black background moving towards the camera with it's reflection to the right
a translucent nudibranch with finger like cerata lining its back which are also translucent with a brown line and tipped in orange. it's against a black background moving towards the camera
I'm not really coming back quite yet, but I've been working on a backlog of my photos and I thought I'd pop back in to share these glamour shots of a Hermissenda crassicornis nudibranch.
#Invertebrates
#rainbowstagbeetle #beetle #bugsky #frogsky #stagbeetle #insects #beetlekeeping #beetlekeeper #invertebrates #petinsect #petinsects
Small dragonfly on broken branch of a swamp plant. Blue Dasher dragonfly, blue - turquoise shade of eyes, blue shading on the back of long tail. Where the mouth is, appears to be teeth. Black mouth, white chin area.
Close-up of face. Small dragonfly on broken branch of a swamp plant. Blue Dasher dragonfly, blue - turquoise shade of eyes, blue shading on the back of long tail. Where the mouth is, appears to be teeth. Black mouth, white chin area.
Dragonfly facing right, mouth closed. Small dragonfly on broken branch of a swamp plant. Blue Dasher dragonfly, blue - turquoise shade of eyes, blue shading on the back of long tail. Black mouth, white chin area.
Wait, dragonflies have TEETH? Are you kidding me? Nightmare fuel. Just when I was running out of things to keep me awake at night.
#invertebrates
#dragonfly #florida #bluesky
#nature #ECK #westcoastkin
A largish brown spider with darker brown markings and long, thin legs; the hind legs have long, almost perpendicular spines. She's momentarily paused on a sun-bleached piece of driftwood.
Wolf spider, Pardosa sp., on beach driftwood. New blog post: wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2026/04/yay-... #VancouverIsland #Spiders #Arachnids #Invertebrates #NaturePhotography
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i believe later correctly identified as #solifugae, but i wish there was an eBird or Merlin for #invertebrates!
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A silky white puff surrounds a green object that appears to be a cocoon, attached to a leaf, and held by a hand with a very short thumbnail.
Anyone know who this little fellow will grow up to be? Some kind of moth?
(Please ignore my horrifying thumb and evident anxiety disorder.)
#insects #invertebrates #Virginia
Hand holding small ceramic mug painted with flowers and leaves. All pottery by Phil stein, all painting by me.
Hand holding same mug, tilted so you can see housefly painted inside
Hand holding small ceramic mug with tulips painted around the outside
Hand holding same mug, tilted forward to see housefly painted inside
Two new mini mugs, with flies πͺ°
#art #ceramics #pottery #invertebrates
Tiny yellow blobs in decomposing leaf litter
Did some log flipping behind the house. No salamanders today, but snail eggs! #invertebrates
A cloud of small flying creatures against a blurry background. They are presumably bugs but you canβt really tell.
These are fairies who are messing up my photography with their magic and thatβs why nothing is in focus.
Thatβs my story and Iβm sticking with it
#invertebrates πΏ #BugSky #PhotoFailFriday
A cocoon spotted in a nest today. Looked like a rabbit dropping! A moth? #insects #norfolk #invertebrates
a dark brown paper wasp with black markings along the top of all three body segments, purple-ish wings, yellow legs and a just two yellow bands around the abdomen.
a gray millipede with lighter bands on each segment, curving in a sideways S shape.
a glossy black beetle viewed from above, it stands on soil in the sunlight, both antennae pointing forwards.
a tiny black jumping spider with white streaked hairs, it faces away from the viewer as it climbs along a shiny brown branch.
Polistes fuscatus, Cylindroiulus sp., Amara sp., Phidippus sp. [march-april 2026]
#invertebrates #photography
Happy Friday!
The same beautiful, female Buckeye butterfly from yesterday was still in our upper meadow this morning. Sheβs amazing. π§‘
#Photography99 π·π± #Butterflies π¦ #Invertebrates π
Happy Friday!
Honeybee on Dandelion in our upper meadow this morning. π
#Photography99 π·π± #Bees π #Invertebrates π
Happy Friday!
A beautiful Eastern Tiger Swallowtail in our upper meadow this morning. She is quite resilient to survive the bird attacks; living on to perpetuate her species. π
#Photography99 π·π± #Butterflies π¦ #Invertebrates π
Happy Friday!
Tiny female Eastern Tailed-Blue butterfly (Cupido comyntas) on wild Dovesfoot Geranium (Geranium molle) in our middle meadow this morning. Bonus super tiny beetle too; maybe a weevil.
#Photography99 π·π± #Butterflies π¦ #Invertebrates π
A black cherry tree with a web chock full of eastern tent caterpillars against a bright blue sky.
A tent caterpillar on a black cherry branch.
I π tent caterpillars aka the most abundant and easy to find baby bird food there is
π #invertebrates
π± #nativeplants
π¦β΅ #Maryland
π #ecoregion65
There are many cleptoparasites within human society and seemingly never more so than now.
Nomada flava beats them all for cuteness...
ID corrections always graciously received.
#macro #Nikon #photography #ukwildlife #invertebrates #wildlife #nature #insects
A small fuzzy bee with long antennae and smooth yellow face. Tucked between yellow flower petals Β©οΈDTL 2026
The incredibly named miserable mining bee, huddled within forsythia blooms #invertebrates
A small bee with orange fuzz covering itβs thorax. Perched among flat green leaves. Β©οΈDTL 2026
Rufous-backed mining bee on rhododendron #invertebrates
#invertebrates #pollinators #nativeplants
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A tiny tiny nudibranch, side-on, at rest on a rock. Lumpy and bumpy, with a range of warm oranges, browns and cream. Looks like some sort of fancy decorated cake or cookie. The lower half of the image is made up of colour swatches.
These tiny Carminodoris nudibranchs make me think of some fancy cake or cookie. Love this warm palette π¨
#nudibranch #rstats #dataviz π¦ππ§ͺ #marinelife #invertebrates
A bulbous eyed fly with wide wings and yellow/black stripes. Perched on a cluster of small white flowers Β©οΈDTL 2026
Hoverfly enjoying andromeda blooms and some warm weather #invertebrates
Digital flat color illustration of a green grasshopper, drawn realistically. It is saying "Fuck? More like fuck no!" in a rectangular speech bubble with a typewriter style font. The background is the asexual flag with a light purple frame.
Happy belated International Asexuality Day! #eli's-art #art #digital-art #procreate #drawing #illustration #original-art #asexual #ace #acespec #asexuality #asexuality-day #international-asexuality-day #animals #invertebrates #insects #bugs #caelifera #grasshopper
A disoriented but beautiful wasp, Yellowjacket I think, trying to warm up on our dark ice melter mats in the cool shady part of the yard in the morning.
Warm sunny #pollinators party yesterday. Saw brown #butterfly but winged off before IDβprobably always early Red Admiral since they feed on more than just blooms. Plus giant bumble queens, other native #bees, honeybee scouts, #flies, #wasps & #hoverflies. #gardening #InsectThursday #invertebrates π±
Oh, the constant flow of magnificent stuff to discover and learn about!
... And what a nice relief for the mind during these astonishingly dumb times!
#Biodiversity #Invertebrates #Ants #Diptera
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