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Paul Houle

🕷️ Spiderweb silks and architectures reveal millions of years of evolutionary ingenuity

https://theconversation.com/spiderweb-silks-and-architectures-reveal-millions-of-years-of-evolutionary-ingenuity-261928

#bugs #spiders #evolution #spiderwebs #nature

Halictus ligatus is a species of sweat bee from the family Halictidae. I've been very excited to introduce them here because they look like little fuzzy angy rubber duckies to me 😂🥹 isn't it adorable!? 🐝🐥

#insect #macro #nature #photography #bug #insects #wildlife #art #beautiful #closeup #macrophotography #bloomscrolling #thelittlethings #artinnature #upclose #animalphotography #bugs #animal #entomology #canoneosrebelt5 #cannon

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A cute little bee in a cute little purple flower. The bee is looking into the camera and has a fuzzy face and bright yellow face parts that resemble duck lips.

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Jagged Ambush Bug (Phymata Americana) waiting for prey. These bugs are so freaking cool and hard to spot! #invertefest

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#insect #macro #nature #photography #bug #insects #wildlife #art #beautiful #closeup #macrophotography #bloomscrolling #thelittlethings #artinnature #upclose #animalphotography #disabledartist #bugs #animal #entomology #canoneosrebelt5 #natgeoyourshotnature #natgeoyourshotcanada #cannon #disabled #inaturalist

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Strawberry Root Weevil (Sciaphilus asperatus)

#weevilwednesday #invertefest

#insect #macro #nature #photography #bug #insects #wildlife #art #beautiful #closeup #macrophotography #bloomscrolling #thelittlethings #artinnature #upclose #animalphotography #passion_in_macro #cupoty #insectguru #bugs #animal #entomology #canoneosrebelt5 #natgeoyourshotnature #natgeoyourshotcanada #cannon #soulmademacro #soul_made_macro

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Closeup of a light brown Strawberry Root Weevil (Sciaphilus asperatus) chewing on a green leaf, with bits of the plant matter in its mouth parts.

Anthony

Graphocephala versuta is a species of sharpshooter in the family Cicadellidae. Also just commonly called Leafhoppers. I think this is my best photo of one to date, and fortunately it had rained the day before so I got some cool water droplets on the leaves.

#photography #fotografie #photographie #fotografía #nature #insects #bugs #macro #macrophotography #fujifilm #laowa #godox #earthshinephotography #akdiffuser #lightroom

An orange, blue, and green sharpshooter leafhopper perches on a leaf that has water droplets around it.

danny (they/them)

POV: you are insect about to be munched by a Mallee Grass Mantis 👀

#insects #bugs #entomology #photography

A close up view of a Mallee Grass Mantis, it's front legs blurred as it reaches to and past the camera lens. It is red and brown and sitting on someone's hand.

A second close up view of a Mallee Grass Mantis, this one slightly clearer, showing the mantis' eyes looking at the camera.

Alex

some little creatures for your feed :3

#artist #art #illustration #bugs #doodle #MastoArt #mastoartist

an illustration of several different cartoon creatures; a horse with wings, a worm and a fish on the left, a bug, a berry and a slug in the middle, and some feathers, a dragon and a caterpillar on the right.

barkandbog nature photos

Green Immigrant Leaf Weevil (Polydrusus formosus)

Me, not being able to contain my excitement for #weevilwednesday
YIPPEEEE

#insect #macro #nature #photography #bug #insects #wildlife #art #beautiful #closeup #macrophotography #bloomscrolling #thelittlethings #artinnature #upclose #animalphotography #bugs #animal #entomology #canoneosrebelt5 #thrivewithnature #natgeoyourshotnature #natgeoyourshotcanada #natgeo #cannon

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A green weevil with brown antenna stands at the end of a branch, extending a leg to look like it's waving and looking at the camera against a green background

Paul Houle

🌿 Native Grass Enhances Bird, Dragonfly, Butterfly and Plant Biodiversity Relative to Conventional Crops in Midwest, USA

https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/15/15/1666

#usa #ecology #environment #grass #biodiversity #birds #insects #plants #bugs

Figure showing map illustrating study area somewhat south of Madison, Wisconsin

Peter

"It's not a feature, it's a bug"

#nature #naturephotography #bugs #wildlife #wildlifephotography #insects

A macro photograph of a green bug sitting on a cluster of wilted flowers. the plant consist of many rows of flowers, most of which have totally wilted. The plant is mostly out of focus. The bug is in the middle of the image, its shield facing the camera and head down. The shape of the bug is quite flat, with a slightly convex green shiled, full of small black dots ant a yellow rim. From the head come two antennae, mostly greenish but a couple of red spots and dark tips.

The background is completely out of focus and a uniform, light bluish green.

barkandbog nature photos

How do I get accepted into the cool bug people club? (flipping.rocks) I keep seeing it and just connected the dots 🥺
I feel like I'm figuring this out too late and that's where I belong help 😭 did I mess this whole Mastodon thing up? 😵‍💫 #bugs #nature #insects #rocks #plants #conservation

myrmepropagandist

Hey bug-lovers. A great new ant video just dropped from SyneAnts. He's just getting his channel going and the video has only 3 views. Why not stop by and say hi?

Ant keeping in NZ is kind of like "hard mode" for the hobby as the islands have only 11 native species due to the recent glacial past. It's a fascinating example of taxonomic radiation in action.

#ants #insects #bugs #cute #CuteAnimals #antArmy #videos #youTube #newZealand #nz #antKeeping

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOYJxOfMNkw

Ari "Two Dogs" Jackson

Saw some cool #bugs tonight when my neighbor enticed us out for a sweaty around-the-block dog walk.

(No photos bc I went w/o a phone.)

Neighbor was entertained when I picked up a recently-hatched locust and stuck it to my shirt like a brooch. I took it away from the danger of the sidewalk and stuck it on an elm tree so hopefully it could join its screaming brethren.

I had honestly never seen one in that stage of life before. It was so cool!

When the dogs and I got home at dusk I saw a hawk moth (not a clear wing moth) on my phlox! Aaaaaaaaah!

Also I found a... centipede? in my sink this morning! A cool, but weird, bug. I captured it in the sink strainer and took it outside.

I don't want to laud the fruit flies that I found in the indoor compost …

Saw some cool #bugs tonight when my neighbor enticed us out for a sweaty around-the-block dog walk.

(No photos bc I went w/o a phone.)

Neighbor was entertained when I picked up a recently-hatched locust and stuck it to my shirt like a brooch. I took it away from the danger of the sidewalk and stuck it on an elm tree so hopefully it could join its screaming brethren.

I had honestly never seen one in that stage of life before. It was so cool!

When the dogs and I got home at dusk I saw a hawk moth (not a clear wing moth) on my phlox! Aaaaaaaaah!

Also I found a... centipede? in my sink this morning! A cool, but weird, bug. I captured it in the sink strainer and took it outside.

I don't want to laud the fruit flies that I found in the indoor compost bucket tonight, though. Sheesh. That bucket l went out back to be dealt with tomorrow.