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Luxomancer 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @luxomancer.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

When being forced into a morning schedule it is always important to have redundant alarm systems so as not to be late. Today's alarm woke me by walking across my head 🤪 he wasn't even hungry, just wanted snuggles🥰 #cats #purrbeastie

a photo of Marco Purrlo, an adorable derpy gray and brown tabby cat laying on his side looking at the camera.

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Luxomancer 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @luxomancer.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

It was a great #Arachtober day to catch a magnificent Golden Silk Spider, Trichonephila clavipes (and her boyfriend! (). The easiest way to tell these natives #Spiders #MacroPhotography #Nature #Awe and #Wonder

A photo of a very large yellow, orange, and black orb weaver hanging in her golden web. Her legs are yellow and banded with red and black fuzzy scales that look almost like 'leg warmers'. her prosoma, her forebody, is covered in silvery white with black spots. Her elongated abdomen is orange with yellow spots.

A photo of a slender brown orbweaver spider hanging in his web with trees in the background. He has slender brown legs, and has a white stripe down his prosoma and opisthosoma.

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Luxomancer 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @luxomancer.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Happy #IndigenousPeoplesDay! Also it is monday so that means Happy #MothMonday / #MacroMonday. I offer this magnificent Orange-spotted Flower Moth, Syngamia florella. A tiny gem. #Nature #Insects #Moths #Awe and #Wonder #ECK

A photo of a yellow and dark orange patterned moth resting on light blue painted wood. Thew moth's slender legs are striped black and white. Its head is black and yellow, it's eyes large and black, bright yellow scales between, that sweep back, spreading around an area of black scales on the thorax. The antennae are slender and tan, rising from between the eyes up towards the camera, somewhat out of focus. The wings are a darkly iridescent orange with large spots of bright yellow throughout and the trailing edge features a delicate fringe. The abdomen is bright orange with stripes of blue iridescence along the 4th and 5th segments.

A close up of the abdomen, showing the bright orange scales and rows of blue iridescence in more detail. The wing scales along either side are a shine with a rich golden hue.

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Luxomancer 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @luxomancer.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

There has been a lot of drama in my sphere these last couple of weeks (work, dead car/new car, doctor stuff, cats being butts ) but I have these giant ass #puffballs (genus Calvatia?) in my yard now and that makes me happy 😁 #Nature #Mushrooms #FungiIsWeirdAF

A photo of a large round, cream and brown mushroom in grass. The mushroom's surface rather looks like sun dried mud with broken areas of brown separated by thin creamy lines.

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Luxomancer 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @luxomancer.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Blessed #Nightweaver defend us.🙏🕷️🙏 A huge shout out to @mothmonarch.bsky.social for their amazing artwork. 😍😍😍 We did also get an awesome bee pin, which I will upload later!

A photo of a purple bandanna printed with many different types of white spiders in white. In the upper center a silver 8 sided web shaped pin rests with a blue bodied celestial spider resting in its center.

A close up photo of the pin, showing the golden web in finer detail covered in stars and constellation lines. The spider an orbweaver, has blue and yellow legs, its prosoma is dark blue, as is the center of its opisthosoma, which also features a golden crescent moon, a 5 pointed star, and a single golden dot. The sides of the opisthosoma are light blue.

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Luxomancer 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @luxomancer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Double trouble #BeeButt. more Xylocopa virginica actions on a very early camellia flower #MacroPhotography #bees #insects #Nature #awe and #wonder

a photo of two large black and yellow carpenter bees munching down on some pink camellia flower pollen. the bees have shiny black abdomens, yellow fuzzy covered thoraxes. the bee on the right, is partly resting on the larger bee on the left.

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Luxomancer 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @luxomancer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I promised #BeeBut and here we go. this Xylocopa is face deep in some morning glory goodness (Ipomea) #macroPhotography #nature #Bees #awe and #wonder #insects

a photo of a black and yellow bee buried face first into a lavender morning glory flower.

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Luxomancer 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @luxomancer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

New album cover just dropped. Tabby Trouble - Straight Outta Catnip. 😂😂😷 #cats #shenanigans

a wide photo of two tabby cats peeking under a table. the tabby on the left looks taken back, the one on the right, peeking over the larger cats feet, looks as if she is plotting shenanigans.

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Luxomancer 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @luxomancer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Good morning friends, todays theme is BEES Not just any #Bees, but the derpy #glorious chonkers that are the Eastern Carpenter Bee, Xylocopa virginiana. Bee warned #BeeBut content incoming 😂 This one posed for a portrait some years back. #MacroPhotography #Nature #insects #Awe and #Wonder

A portrait of a large fuzzy black and yellow bee. The square part of its face between its eyes is bright yellow. The eyes are a dark yellowish green mottled with black. It's thorax is covered in bright yellow fuzz-like scales forming a mane as it were for the bee. The black legs are also covered in fuzz-like scales but they are a more pale darker yellow.

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Luxomancer 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @luxomancer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

NEW PEN DAY! My sister-in-law, an all around awesome person, who knows I love both pens and #NeuroSpicy #fidget things, gave me this adorable spinner #pen! Cameo appearances by Tallulah and Biscuit. #POTAYTOES

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Luxomancer 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @luxomancer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The new yard has an unacceptable dearth of native plants to attract pollinators. However the camelia* is going off already and the LARGE Carpenter #Bees, (Xylocopa virginica I think) are very OK with this 😁 #MacroPhotography #insects #nature *One non native that will survive the coming cull.

A photo of a large yellow and black carpenter bee resting in a pink camelia flower. The bee has pale yellowish green eyes mottled with black. Its thorax is yellow and covered in fuzzy hair-like scales with a black center. The wings are a transparent dark brown that shine in the light and its abdomen is striped black and yellow. The camelia flower has light pink petals that darken at the edges and bright yellow stamens.

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Luxomancer 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @luxomancer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

to stave off a hip replacement for a while so 🙏🤞 Now due to work and the hurricane, I will have to hold off buggies till early next week, but I am very happy to announce that it is GOLDENROD SEASON, and I will be chasing #Butterflies Great Purple Hairstreak, Atlides halesus. #MAcroPhotography

A photo of a brown butterfly with colorful accents resting on bright yellow goldenrod. The butterfly's body and head are black with white spots. Along the front of the wing near the root are three bright orange spots. The wing is mostly brown with some iridescence. ALong the rear of the wings are iridescent blue/green spots and the wings terminate in delicate black ribbons.

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Luxomancer 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @luxomancer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Good morning friends! Please send all good vibes / prayers / positive incantations to the Autumn Gods, etc... as I am soon off to have an out-patient procedure which should hopefully improve my mobilitiy issues!* 🙏🤞 * which will mean more buggies! Contracted Datana #Moth, Datana contracta

A macro photo pf a tan and orange moth's head and upper body from the side. The moth has a blunt head and forebody covered in orange fuzzy hair-like scales. it has dark eyes above which slender antennae sweep back held close to the body. The wings are tan with delicate black spots and slender black vertical lines

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Luxomancer 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @luxomancer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

A short 🧵 This magnificent bastard (his name sadly lost to history) was my Grandma's cat which was known for his shenanigans. One fall afternoon he decided to practice his hunting skills in the front pasture and he chanced upon a magnificent find, a mostly grown pheasant...

An age faded photo of an orange tabby cat perched atop a wooden crate, looking magnificent.

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Luxomancer 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @luxomancer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Happy #MothMonday/#MacroMonday friends! this is a Southern Pink-striped Oakworm #Moth, Anisota pellucida from a few Summers back. #MacroPhotography #insects #nature #awe and #wonder #reflections

A photo of an orange moth from the front as it rests on a round, reflective lamp post. the moth's legs, head, and body are covered in bright orange fuzzy hair-like scales. the wings which are a bit darker with a white spot on each near the leading edge, are tented over the lamp pole. The moth's reflection is distorted by the curved surface of the lamp pole

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Luxomancer 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @luxomancer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This is the Mediterranean House #Gecko, Hemidactylus turcicus, not a native, but I love these little friends none-the-less. #MacroPhotography #Nature #Lizards #Herps #Awe and #wonder

A photo of a pale tan gecko on white painted house siding from above.

The gecko's tail is hidden under some of the siding, its body is mostly tan with white and black spots throughout and it has golden eyes.

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Luxomancer 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @luxomancer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Happy #Caturday friends! Today i have a simple lesson on how to catch a cat. 1. Get a bucket and place it in an environment with cats. 2. SUCCESS! 😂

A photo of Marco, a brown and gray tabby cat laying in a white plastic bucket which was purchased for other reasons but is his now.

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Luxomancer 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @luxomancer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Good morning friends! Last night was not the most diverse night of #BugLight observations, but I did find this gorgeous Wolf Spider (Hogna lenta I think) hanging out in our sandy yard (it's not called the SC Sand Hills for nothing 😂) #Arachtober #MacroPhotography #Nature #Awe and #Wonder

A photo of a large tan and black wolf spider from above as it rests on the sand of my yard. The spider's legs are tan and have slender black spine-like hairs. the prosoma, the forebody, is tan in the middle with black around the sides. The opisthosoma is mostly tan with some darker mottling around the front part.

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Luxomancer 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @luxomancer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

oh hey, it's #Arachtober! May the blessings of the #Nightweaver be with you and protect you form all the bitey things! Spotted Orbweaver, Neoscona crucifera (one of my favorite #Spoods) from last Fall. #Spiders #MacroPhotography #Nature #Awe and #Wonder.

A photo of a a brown Spotted Orbweaver spider hanging in her web. Her body is covered in tiny tan, spine-like hairs, her forelegs are pulled tight against her body forming an overall triangular shape. Her small eyes clustered around the front of her prosoma reflect the light of the camera flash.

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Luxomancer 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @luxomancer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

She will on occasion demand that we put Bob on, and sometimes she will get VERY into the episode...

A photo of the fluffy cat, paw extended to the screen, as she follows Bob'
s movements with the paint knife.

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Luxomancer 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @luxomancer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I made the mistake of looking at the news too early so here's a #Fluffy #cat watching #BobRoss.

A photo of a fluffy Brown and tan maine coon cat watching the painter Bob Ross on a computer monitor. the closed captioning of the screen reads,m "Okay, that gives us a little indication of trees"

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Luxomancer 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @luxomancer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Good morning friends! Here's a cute Yellow-headed #Leafhopper, Xyphon flaviceps, which visited the #BugLight a few weeks back. #Macrophotography #nature #insects #awe and #wonder

a photo of a streamlined green leafhopper resting on a white surface. the leafhopper's head is brown with some tan mottling. itcs eyes are black with lighter mottling. it has slender tan legs, the rearmost pair being larger and covered in tiny spines. its folded wings are green with lighter veination very much resembling a leaf.

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Luxomancer 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @luxomancer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Happy #MothMonday from this awesome Sweet Bay Silk Moth ,Callosamia securifera, who visited a few Summers back! #MacroPhotography #MacroMonday #Moths #Nature #Awe and #Wonder #AltText #ECK

A photo of an adorable chonky orange and yellow Sweet Bay Silk Moth from the front as it rests on a brown pine needle. The moth's legs, and body is covered in fluffy fur-like rust orange scales. Its thick forelegs are mostly clustered around the front. One dark eye is visible, the other lost in shadow, the yellow feathery antennae peeking out from above. Its large wings are held partly open behind it and a small yellowish leafhopper is hitching a ride on the leading edge of the moth's left wing .

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Luxomancer 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @luxomancer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I would like to thank the #cats for giving me the awesome birthday (51!) present of letting me sleep undisturbed. This is NOT their usual behavior 😂

A photo of biscuit, an orange cat so pale as to be blonde. She is laying on her side, head tilted so her chin is pointing up and right, her eyes are half closed and she has a sweet look on her face.

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Luxomancer 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @luxomancer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Anyways, I have posted too much today without any #bug content, so here is a Red Bull Assassin Bug, Repipta taurus. At a glance very similar to the Milkweed Assassin Bug, zelus Longipes, but this has spines and cute little 'horns' 😍 #MacroPhotography #Insects #Nature #Awe and #wonder

A photo of an orange and black assassin bug from the side as it walks across a white surface. The bug has long slender black antennae and shiny black eyes. It's long piercing mouthparts are tucked under the head. Behind the Antennae are two short red and black horn-like appendages. The pronotum, the area behind the head, is orange and black with 4 spines. The Legs are long and slender, orange close to the body but black the rest of the way. The abdomen, just visible under the flat orange bordered black wings, is orange.

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Luxomancer 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @luxomancer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Three years ago today, I experienced terror as I have never known it. In the dark, we huddled as the sky turned against us. A hour and a half of howling wind-fury and lightning so fierce it looked like we had a cop car parked outside. #HurricaneHelene #art

A stylized glyph representing HURRICANE. The eye is represented by a black diamond in the center flanked on either side by 2 scythe like angular arms representing the destructive winds that swirl around it. This may become a tattoo someday though it will be encircled with protective wards and prayers/suplications.

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Luxomancer 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @luxomancer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Thank you🙏. I use some forms of sinus rinse (can't do a full netti pot though) and also use various forms of non pharmaceutical chemical warfare including salsa, curry, and in worst case scenarios... ANGRY RUSSIAN LADY MUSTARD. Seriously, this stuff hurts, but restores nasal function. #AltText

A photo of a bottle of Zakuson mustard, featuring the words Zakuson in Cyrillic, a photo of a Russian Grandma sort of woman who looks angry (or maybe just Russian depressed?) some other words in cyrillic and the words Gourmet Mustard Net Wt. 8.8 OZ (250g/rp). The mustard is a dark yellow with a hint of brownness. This is not a gentle mustard, it commits forcible felonies on the users nasal/sinus passages. IT CAUSES TEARS. It does however restore nasal/sinus function for a short time. (While appearing to be Russian mustard, it should be noted this is a product of Quebec!)

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Luxomancer 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @luxomancer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It's dangerous to go alone, take this. 🥰 Forest Tent Caterpillar Moth, Malacosoma disstria #Macrophotography #moths #adorable #nature #awe and #wonder #invertebrates

a photo of the front of an adorable round fuzzy tan moth balanced on my fingertip. The moth has a round fuzzy tan body. Yellow feathery antennae rise above its dark eyes which are nearly lost in shadow. Its fuzzy legs are gripping my finger tip gently. its wings seen edge-on are just out of focus held at an obtuse angle above its body.

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Luxomancer 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @luxomancer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

what I see when breakfast is late... they do not understand this concept of 'sleeping in'😐 #cats

a blurry photo of the face of a brown and tan cat whose grumpy face is VERY close to the camera.

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Luxomancer 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @luxomancer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Good morning friends. The #MantidFlyOfHappiness wants to remind you all to be #Kind, to practice #SelfCare, and to let your amazing light shine. Four-spotted Mantidfly, Dicromantispa interrupta #MacroPhotography #Insects #Neuroptera #Nature #Awe and #Wonder.

A photo of the front of a brown mantidfly resting on a white surface. The mantidfly's head and raptorial arms are in sharp focus. The head is triangular, and the hemispherical eyes are large and shine with a metallic bronze hue. The mantid-like raptorial arms are folded and held ready to strike. The tan legs and body are just out of the plane of focus.

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Luxomancer 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @luxomancer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

another photo of the Small Tolype Moth (Tolype notialis ) the darkly iridescent curly mohawk is just amazing. #MacroPhotography #insects #moths #nature #Awe and #wonder

a photograph of a black and white fuzzy moth from the front as it rests on a white sheet. the moth's head is covered in white fuzzy hair-like scales, its slender feathery antennae are extended to the sides , its dark eyes hidden amongst the floof. its legs are covered in the same white fuzzy. the hump_like body is covered in white fuzz streaked in black and white. Along the top of the body there is a mohawk hairdo-like cluster of dark iridescent scales. the wings, patterned black, gray, and white are softly out of focus in the background

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Luxomancer 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @luxomancer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I meant to post this for #MothMonday / #MacroMonday but yesterday was full on high octane chaos. 😐 So here is a #Fluffy #moth friend for our Tuesday! 🥰 Small Tolype Moth, Tolype notialis #MacroPhotography #Insects #Nature #Awe and #Wonder #It'sSoFluffy

A photo of the top of the head of a VERY fluffy white moth. The moth's 2 front legs are mostly covered in fluffy, white, hair-like scales. The moth's slender antennae are yellow and feathery, emerging from the fluffy head just above the dark eyes which one is visible on the left. The moth's head is covered in the same fluffy white scales as the front legs. The second pair of legs just visible on the lower sides of the frame are black and slender, with small bands of white just visible.

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Luxomancer 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @luxomancer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Tomorrow is the start of Northern #Autumn and 🙏PRAISE THE POWERS🙏 the weather is going to be Fall-like here in South Carolina (after a furnace of a Summer) In celebration, have some #MapleLight. #Photography #FallColor #BlessedEquinox 1440P #WallPaper

A photograph of late afternoon sunlight shining on a patch of Japanese Maple leaves, brilliant scarlet and with some green still present.

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Luxomancer 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @luxomancer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Congratulations on adding the Good Documentarian to your abode! The Cat Distribution System laughs at our silly limits, Me in January, no, 4 is good, we are planning on moving. Me in February, welp we're gonna name this one Biscuit...

A photo of Biscuit, an orange cat so pale as to be blond, reclining on the arm of a recliner. one front paw extended, her sweet face looking at the camera plotting all manner of shenanigans scheduled for 0330 hours.

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Luxomancer 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @luxomancer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Oh hey it's #FlyDay. After the week we've had I feel that it should be a #FreakyFriday as well, so here's a Cranefly ( #Tipulidae) #orgy. 🤪 #MacroPhotography #Insects #nature #Weird #BugSex

A macrophotograph of 4 craneflies all attempting (successfully?) to mate. The brown and tan insects are resting on a white sheet, the female is the largest of the flies, the smaller males all coupled with her, hanging up side down by their joined abdomens.

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Luxomancer 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @luxomancer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

why am I up at 0430 on a day off? Behold the face of chaos... Furry bastard decided to knock the Falloween decorations off the coffee table in the course of his (VERY) early morning #zoomies #cats #coffeeTakeTheWheel

a photo of a brown and gray tabby cat laying on his side on a purple blanket with a look of derpy chaos on his face.

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Luxomancer 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @luxomancer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

R. I. P. My timing chain and R. I. P. my wallet. 😑🤬😭 in light of these trying times, here is a spectacular #Spood, a Spinybacked Orbweaver, Gasteracantha cancriformis from the yard #MacroPhotography #spiders #arachnids #nature #awe and #wonder #blessedNightweaver

a photo of a white, black, and red crab-like spider resting in its web. the spiders opisthosoma, the rear section, is wide and flat like a crabs. it is white with black dots throughout and there are red spines around the edges; two at the rear. and two on each side (one large and one tiny) the prosoma, front section, is much smaller, black and covered in tiny hair-like scales. 4 of the spider's legs can be seen. remains of a former meal hang below the spider.

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Luxomancer 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @luxomancer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Good morning friends from this #Adorable adult #Antlion Family Myrmeleontidae, (Not sure of the species) which visited my #buglight recently. #MacroPhotograp[hy #Insects #Neuroptera #Nature #Awe and #wonder.

A photo of the face of an adult Antlion, a brown insect that looks somewhat dragonfly-like. Its antennae are slender and curl downwards slightly towards the ends. The head is wide with large glossy brown eyes on either side. The legs are slender , tan with brown bands and tipped with twin claws. The wings which are held upright are just out of focus.

A photo of the insect from the side. it's body is slender and long, the smallish head at the left with the glossy mottled black and brown eyes and the delicate curved antennae, the long clear iridescent wings are held upright from the brown and tan thorax. The long abdomen, which widens slightly towards the end, is brown with tan stripes.

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Luxomancer 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @luxomancer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

And now for something that stinks less than our politicians... 🤪 A pretty Stink Bug in genus Banasa. #MacroPhotography #Insects #TrueBugs #Hemiptera #nature #Awe and #Wonder

A photograph of a green and brown stink bug on a white background. The stink bug's antennae are slender and redish orange and emerge from it broad green snoot just in front of it's brownish gray eyes. It's pronotum, the area behind the head is green in the front, and then brown, the coloration continuing for most of the folded wings though in the center it is greenish brown and there is a yellow spot in the center. There is a border of bright green around the sides of the bug's abdomen. The legs are slender and green except for the last joints which are yellowish brown.

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