#BlueMountains #insects #conservation
"Researchers from Western Sydney University and #Invertebrates Australia have painted moths with a small, blue dot in the Blue Mountains to understand their distribution and flyways.They are asking citizen scientists to report sightings of the marked moths as part of conservation efforts."
#WSU #bogongMoths #bogongs #bogong
Hey there! A grasshopper, Eyprepocnemis plorans, pops out from some leaves to soak up the sun.
Valencia. October.
iPhone 18 Pro + lens for close focusing.
¡Hola! Un saltamontes Eyprepocnemis plorans sale de entre unas hojas para calentarse al sol.
Hey! Ein Grashüpfer Eyprepocnemis plorans kommt zwischen ein paar Blättern hervor, um sich in der Sonne aufzuwärmen.
#macro #macrophotography #shotoniphone
#insects #animals #nature
#Eyprepocnemisplorans
Here the little caterpillar is on a Mexican ruellia leaf. As you can see (if you're familiar with Mexican ruellia leaves), it is a very small caterpillar. It did NOT seem to be eating the ruellia, just traveling across it.
Is it easier to identify from this photo?
#Nature #Insects #Bugs #Caterpillar
The spines on this little caterpillar (apx 1" long) refract the light in ways that make it very pretty, but somewhat difficult to photograph accurately. Does anyone know what kind of caterpillar this is? I'll post another photo in the comments.
#Sage advice for #Bienstag: bee kind 🐝
#bee #Bienen #Biene #bees #InsektenSamstag #InsectSaturday #insect #insects #Insekt #Insekten #pollinators #nature #Natur #MehligerSalbei #SalviaFarinacea #ÄhrigerSalbei #ÄhrenSalbei #MehlSalbei #mealycupSage #mealySage #Salbei #flower #flowers #Blumen #Blume #FlowerFriday #florespondence #bloomScrolling
Southern Migrant Hawker dragonfly.
Tiny little mantis sun bathing on a hot morning. Smaller than my pinkie. Patient little bug let me get UP close for a portrait. Telephoto sensor, Vivo X300 Pro. Standard auto, no edits.
flic.kr/p/2sEHfeG
#photo #photography #nature #insect #insects #bokeh #android #androidography #macro #flickr
Found this little guy sun bathing. Suspicious, but was patient enough to let me get a photo. Telephoto sensor on the X300 Pro, not portrait mode, no editsFlickr
heute saß da an einer wand dieser
Wander-Fettzünsler
Udea ferrugalis
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udea
seltsamer name, zumal die fettzünsler ne andere gattung sind und die den namen selber auch zu unrecht tragen, ihre larven gehen nämlich gar nicht an fett wie behauptet 🙄
#insekten #insects #krabbeltierchen #BugOfTheDay #nature #biodiversity #entomology #macro
#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
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On returning to the nest foraging #bumblebees fly back and forth fanning their wings secreting a pheromone which encourages other workers to go foraging on flowers with the same scent as the returning bee.
Scentsational #bees!
#nature #biodiversity
#insects #pollinators
#science #eduaction
#tuesday #naturephotography
#wildflowers #flowers
Messor barbarus?
[ES] Proteína buena para las aves que hacen ahora su migración.
[EN] Good protein for the birds that migrate now.
#hymenoptera #formicidae #messor #MessorBarbarus
#insects #macro #bugs #bichos #nature #naturaleza #hormigas #ants
Moderkäfer in Abwehrhaltung.
#natur #naturfotografie #nature #naturephotography
#insekten #insects
Bumblebee on aster.
#insects #bees #nature #naturephotography #flowers #plants #garden #gardens #gardening #biology #biodiversity #entomology #botany #ecology #Hymenoptera
Recién vengo de hacer ejercicio y me encontré con este escarabajito 🪲
#photography #goblincore #fotografia #gremlincore #insects #beetle
Pollinators still keeping busy.
Carder and Honey bees.
##insects #photography #nature #macro
ist doch noch was geworden mit dem tagesaktuellen schmetterling zum #SchmetterlingsMontag 😍
wenn auch nur aus etwas entfernung, der saß zu weit oben an der wand 🤷
Grauer Wacholder-Nadelholzspanner
Thera juniperata
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grauer_W…
#insekten #insects #krabbeltierchen #BugOfTheDay #nature #biodiversity #entomology #macro
Breeding programme brings world’s heaviest #insect back from the brink theguardian.com/world/2026/oct…
"The population of #NewZealand’s endemic #wētāpunga is recovering thanks to a groundbreaking breeding programme that has overseen the release of 11,000 #insects into the wild... Over the past 15 years, tens of thousands of wētāpunga have been bred at Butterfly Creek, a wildlife facility, and #Auckland zoo, enabling release across new predator-free islands and mainland reserves"
Wētāpunga can weigh as much as a mouse and its numbers dwindled across New Zealand due to predators and habitat lossEva Corlett (the Guardian)
Southern Migrant Hawker dragonfly.
"Insects play critical role in ecosystems beyond just providing food, new research shows"
theguardian.com/environment/20…
Insects provide protection, sanitation and even shelter to vertebrates, making them a priority for conservation effortsMaya Yang (the Guardian)
Today, in excellent invertebrate news, our ginormous Wētāpunga is back from the brink.
rnz.co.nz/news/regions_aucklan…
New Zealand's heaviest insect has been taking big steps toward a population boom, with the success of a ground-breaking breeding and conservation programme.RNZ
da es mit tagesaktuellen schmetterlingsbildern wohl langsam leider schwieriger werden dürfte (und ich heute ja auch noch nicht unterwegs war) hab ich hier einen aus der konserve (von vor 2 wochen):
Olivbrauner Zünsler
Pyrausta despicata
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivenbr…
#insekten #insects #krabbeltierchen #BugOfTheDay #nature #biodiversity #entomology #macro
Party in the goldenrods!
#Hymenoptera #entomology #nativeplants #pollinators #insects #rewilding #goldenrods
Mante religieuse
Mantis religiosa
2 octobre 2026
Erdre-en-Anjou, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
closeup #closeups #grosplan #grosplans #wildlife #nature #naturephotography #biodiversity #ecosystem #écosystème
#canoneos760d #sigmadgmacrohsm105mm #nogenerativeAI #nonobtenueparIA
#insectes #insects #bugs #insecte #insect #bug #insectphotography
Fly on fly amanita
#nature #naturephotography #mushroom #mushrooms #fungus #fungi #insects #insect #fly #macro #macrophotography #decay #autumn
You’ve been seeing very large #bumblebees on the wing for the past while.
Why?
Okay I’ll tell you why in this quick thread if you promise to #repost as the more people who know that these are queens the more likely that someone will help some out meaning more colonies next year.
Deal?
1/15
#bees #nature #environment
#insects #biodiversity #science
#wildlife #autumn #education
heute war ich mal nicht zu fuß unterwegs, sondern mit den inlinern, sporteln 😁
normalerweise mache ich da dann keine #krabbeltierchen-fotos, aber hier bei dieser ziemlich großen raupe des
Windenschwärmer
Agrius convolvuli
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windensc…
musste ich doch anhalten und mit unsicherem stand ein paar bilder knipsen :3
laut wikipedia werden die _noch_ größer OO
#insekten #insects #BugOfTheDay #nature #biodiversity #entomology #macro
The male and female Dark-tipped Forest-Skimmer (Cratilla metallica) spotted at Thomson Nature Park, Singapore on 4 Oct 2026. Always a delight to spot these lovely forest dependent dragonflies.
On iNaturalist:
- inaturalist.org/observations/4…
- inaturalist.org/observations/4…
#iNaturalist #Nature #Photography #Singapore #Insects #Dragonflies #Odonata
Meet the Hornet Mimic Hoverfly, a brilliant impostor that wears the bold black and yellow stripes of a dangerous hornet. Completely harmless to humans, this…Under The Hedge
'Objekte die mit "I" beginnen oder so aussehen ...' #FotoVorschlag
bei diesen 'beginnt mit [buchstabe]' kann ich meinem bewährten verfahren treu bleiben und chronologisch rückwärts durch meine bilder gehen und stoße schon am freitag auf eine späte
Igelfliege
Tachina fera
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igelflie…
#insekten #insects #krabbeltierchen #BugOfTheDay #nature #biodiversity #entomology #macro
Eastern monarch butterflies are flying more than 2,000 miles south, through the central US, to overwinter in Mexico. NPR looks at a project aimed to help the pollinators along their journey.
King
A dazzling #InsectSaturday in #Rosandra Valley
#BlauflügelPrachtlibelle #Prachtlibelle #Kleinlibellen #Libelle #Libellen #beautifulDemoiselle #CalopteryxVirgo #damselfly #damselflies #broadWingedDamselflies #demoiselles #jewelwings #Natur #nature #insect #insects #Insekt #Insekten #InsektenSamstag #Rosandratal #ValRosandra #RosandraValley #DolinaGlinščice
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
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Bumblebee queens sit on their eggs to keep them warm.
To generate the body heat needed for this they will make up to 6000 flower visits per day to collect nectar.
#bees #biodiversity
#bumblebees #environment
#nature #science #vegan
#worldbeesanctuary
#insects #dandelions
Say hello to Buzzy!
Buzzy is a flesh fly (family Sarcophagidae) and was happy that someone wanted to take photos.
Thanks for your patience, Buzzy.
