Beautiful Plume Moth (Amblyptilia acanthadactyla)
The plume moths (Pterophoridae) usually rest with wings extended at right angles to the body and partially rolled up. This particular species is one of the most commonly found in the UK. Notice the cleft extending about one third of the way from the wing tip on the forewing.
#photography #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #insects #moth #macro #macrophotography
NEED TO KNOW:
40% of #bees and #pollinator species endangered worldwide
25% of bee species no longer showing up on field records across the #planet
76% decrease by mass in flying #insects in Germany ON NATURE RESERVES over a 26 year period
Bee populations decreasing by 5% each year
All caused by humans.
Primarily due to what we choose to eat and how we choose to produce it.
#education
#environment
#biodiversity
#biodiversityloss
#insects
#insectapocylapse
#nature
Grashüpfer
Canon 40D | 150 mm | f/7,1 | 1/250s
#grashüpfer #insekt #natur #makro #makrofotografie #grashoppers #insects #nature #macro #macrophotography
The Forest-Like Interior of Coral Takes the Grand Prize in the CUPOTY 7 Photo Contest
Western Australia-based Ross Gudgeon’s image of the elaborate internal structure of a cauliflower soft coral taking the top spot.
thisiscolossal.com/2026/02/cup… #contests #cupoty #insects #nature #photography #wildlife
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
# 256
Under research conditions (in a flight room) it was found that male #bumblebees flew up to 17 kilometres in a single day patrolling for prospective mates and foraging for nectar on #flowers.
#bees
#nature
#WorldBeeSanctuary
#wildlife
#insects
#education
#science
#environment
#saturday
Small world, big impact.
Among colors and pollen, work is being done that keeps nature alive. Sometimes it’s worth slowing down and looking closer – that’s where the real magic happens.
#DailyBug da ja heute auch #insektenSamstag ist 🥰 unterbreche ich meine spinnen-zum-dailyBug-serie kurz, weil, die sind ja keine insekten, zu viele beine :3
Höckerstreifen-Laufkäfer
Carabus ullrichii
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%B6c…
#insekten #insects #kaefer #beetle #krabbeltierchen #nature #biodiversity #entomology
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
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When male #bumblebees leave home they never look back!
They travel far from the nest - up to six miles - in order to avoid inbreeding when mating.
(A practice some people around these parts should take note of😂).
#bees
#nature
#wildlife
#education
#science
#biodiveristy
#worldbeesanctuary
#insects #environment
Not all #butterflies start out as caterpillars.
Never let anyone tell you where your limitations lie.
🐜🏘️ Invasive subterranean #termites are moving through #Florida at an alarming rate.
New #research shows that warming temperatures are allowing these destructive #insects to expand their territory farther north than ever before.
👉 popsci.com/environment/termite…
#entomology #science #environment #STEM #climatechange #climate
Most of the state may be fighting the invasive species by 2050.Andrew Paul (Popular Science)
#NewSpecies!
New myrmecophilous beetle from #brazil just snuck in:
Ecitonides colossus
Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/477586F…
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1267.1…
#ZooKeys #EcitonidesColossus
#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #entomology #insects #coleoptera #beetles #bugs
#NewSpecies!
New planthopper from #china just snuck in:
Andes luchunensis
Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/8594691…
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/dez.73.173015
#DeutscheEntomologischeZeitschrift #AndesLuchunensis
#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #entomology #insects #hemiptera #bugs #cixiids #planthoppers
#NewSpecies!
New scarab beetle from #china just snuck in:
Cheironitis aiweiae
Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/0A444A1…
Publication: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1265.1…
#ZooKeys #CheironitisAiweiae
#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #entomology #insects #coleoptera #beetles #bugs #scarabs
Dyseriocrania subpurpurella 💎
Ce petit bijou est un microlépidoptère dont la larve est mineuse des feuilles de chêne (c'est à dire se développe dans l'épaisseur du limbe des feuilles).
les papillons mineurs sont toujours dotés d’ornementation et couleurs flamboyantes, leur petitesse les rendant peu visible pour la majorité des gens.
#Nature #Biodiversite #Insects #Animals #Macro #Environment #Biology #Ecology #Entomology #InventaireNaturaliste #Wildlife #Photography #Butterfly #Photo
"Rare butterflies bounce back after landowners in Wales cut back on flailing hedges"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Wales #Butterflies #Insects
theguardian.com/environment/20…
More than 300 brown hairstreak butterfly eggs were recorded in hedgerows near Llandeilo this winter after decade of declinePatrick Barkham (the Guardian)
#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
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Male #bumblebees can’t #sting - even if they wanted to!
They don’t have a stinger.
All females (queens and workers) develop a stinger but the equivalent part of the body in males develops into the genital capsule.
Ouch!
#bees
#nature
#biodiversity
#environment
#insects
#worldbeesanctuary
#wildlife #science #education
A shiny green fly that came and sat on my hand. I don't want to know where it was sitting before.
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
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Keeping with the male bumblebee theme:
Male #bumblebees do not forage for #pollen and #nectar for the colony but rather forage exclusively for nectar for themselves to maintain energy for mating flights and mating!
#bees
#nature
#knapweed
#environment
#biodiversity
#insects
#worldbeesanctuary
#wildlife
Cilix glaucata 🦋
La petite épine est un papillon de nuit dont la chenille consomme les Rosacées (Aubépine, Prunus, pommier...).
Assez répandue, on la trouve dans les milieux ouverts buissonnants où l'imago est visible d'avril à septembre .
#Nature #Biodiversite #Insects #Animals #Insectes #Macro #Macrophotography #Entomology #Ecology #Environment #InventaireNaturaliste #Biology #Photo #Photography #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Butterfly #Papillon
Heute ist ja auch noch #Bienstag
Macht es wie die Honigbiene und denkt dran, genug zu trinken.
Learn from the honeybee and remember to drink enough.
#nature #insects #insect #macro #macrophotography #bees #beesofthefediverse #naturephotography #natur #naturfotografie #arthropods #canon #honeybee #honeybees
Nomada sp 🕰️
Cette abeille du genre Nomada fait partie des "abeilles coucou".
Dépourvue d'organes de récolte de pollen, elle parasite les nids d'autres espèces d'abeille où elle pond ses œufs dont les larves résultantes dévoreront réserves de pollen et larves de l'hôte pour se développer.
#Nature #Biodiversite #Insects #Ecology #Biology #Environment #Entomology #Macrophotography #Wildlife #InventaireNaturaliste #Photography #Animals #Bees #Photo #Insectes #Macro
Azure Damselfly (Coenagrion puella) photographed on Whixall Moss, Shropshire, UK, last summer. This one is a male (the females are green and black). Diagnostic features for this species include a coenagrion spur (the black line extending part way along the side of the thorax) and the U-shaped mark on segment 2, just below the wing base.
Flowers And Structures Beautiful, Insects Gorgeous. (1895) by John Augustus Knapp, from Etidorhpa.
Source: Duke University Libraries / Internet Archive
Check out our "behind the paper" blog post
'How to reduce the negative impacts of artificial light at night on flying insects' 🧪💡🦋
on the Springer/Nature research communities website
communities.springernature.com…
#insects #lightpollution
#biodiversity #ecology
#scicomm #openscience
@andreas_jechow @igblibrary
@LeibnizIGB
We are reporting on our inter- and trans-disciplinary applied research that aimed to reduce negative effects of light pollution on nocturnal insectsGregor Kalinkat (Research Communities by Springer Nature)
I hope you can see some cool critters today 😀
I always see lots of grasshoppers here over the summer and some plants here and there get munched, but there is enough vegetation that the impact is not usually notable. This year there were a lot of them in my main Comfrey (Symphytum) patch- man they were really chomping the heck out of those plants! It still wasn't a big deal, since those plants are huge and vigorous and I have to chop them back majorly anyway (several times, or here and there continuously). Sometimes the grasshoppers are pretty placid and don't move much when I come near- this one on Aug 06 was too busy chowing down to worry about me- I even had the tripod set up and got quite close.
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Rainbow Leaf Beetle (Spilopyra sumptuosa), family Chrysomelidae, SE QLD, Australia
photograph by Hongming Kan
via herpsandbirds
Gewöhnliche Strauchschrecke
Pholidoptera griseoaptera
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemeine_…
#insekten #insects #grashopper #nature #krabbeltierchen #biodiversity #entomology
A gallery of Pogonomyrmex harvester ants from North and South America.
alexanderwild.com/Ants/Taxonom…
#Ants #Photography #Insects #Pogonomyrmex
is an iconic ant of deserts and other arid habitats in North and South America. These conspicuous insects are normally granivorous, playing ecologically important roles as scavengers and seed dispersers.www.alexanderwild.com
