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Evelyndroid's Aperture Science and Bugge-Finding 🏳️‍⚧️🕷️ @apsciencebylyn.bsky.social · 6h

Aaaaaaaaaaaahhh 😍 baby trapdoor spiders! It's been so long since I've seen any. Just little derpy children experiencing the wide world for the first time and dispersing. Bug and I were so happy #EmotionalSupportSpood #Arachtober

Pyramid of thick white silk over a bit of dried plant, upon which a dozen or so little red lumpy trapdoor spiders wander

A single red child navigating a thick multi-stranded road of silk

2 tiny children meeting on a strand of silk

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Evelyndroid's Aperture Science and Bugge-Finding 🏳️‍⚧️🕷️ @apsciencebylyn.bsky.social · 5h

Elephant mosquitoes! 💙 You big beautiful leggy things. Haven't gotten a chance to shoot them in a long time. (elephant mosquitoes don't bite, and their larvae prey on the larvae of other mosquitoes. Good boys, all of them)

Very large mosquito with iridescent blue legs and big floofy antennae, chilling on a green leaf

Top view of one, feeding on hempvine flowers

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Daniel Bastaja @kupac1.bsky.social · 13h

The Bearded Reedlings (Panurus biarmicus) at Lake Velence were very active today.. flying around and calling like crazy. This male stopped just long enough for me to get a nice portrait. #BirdingHungary #reedlings #BirdsSeenIn2026

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SoCal Leslie @socalleslie.bsky.social · 9h

More of the Cocos boobies & a few “ extras” from the end of the pier this morning.The adult in the first shot was camera shy and was under the pier.

Brown pelican, Pelagic Cormorant, Cocos booby and a Brandt’s Cormorant

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Daniel Branch @danbranch94.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I thoroughly enjoyed seeing my first roosting Oilbirds whilst here in Ecuador! Seven years ago I saw them in flight, and I clearly misjudged just how big they actually are! Very cool birds!

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British Nature Guide @britishnatureguide.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Very quiet around the trap in mid Cheshire this evening. Five species so far, Merveille du Jour, Lesser Yellow Underwing, Light Brown Apple moth, Narrow-winged Grey and Garden Rose Tortrix. #teammoth

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British Nature Guide @britishnatureguide.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

So many great moths around even this late in the year. You never know what will turn up in the trap next. To see some of the moth I have seen, follow the link to the British Nature Guide Website. www.britishnatureguide.com/noctuidae-mo...

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British Nature Guide @britishnatureguide.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

With heavy rain forecast for later in the night I emptied the garden trap at 2pm this morning. Very pleased to find this Figure of Eight, my first of the year. #teammoth

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James Bashford @wrenandbee.bsky.social · 23h

I was looking through some old photos. This one caught my eye from May 2023 in Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Broom Moth 🧹 The colours are spectacular, offset by its rusty ledge. #NatureWithin

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JB | Native Plant Gardener (WI) @jbtheexplorer.bsky.social · 17h

Bee on prairie sunflower. I enjoy prairie sunflower's long blooming season. #nativeplants #garden #sunflower #autumn #Wisconsin

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David C. Simon @davidcsimon.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Pink-bellied Moth! (Oenochroma vinaria) I found this magnificent creature in my garden last night. It was still stretching its wings, so I was able to get very close with my macro lens. Thank you for your patience, little friend! #invertebrates

Photo of a Pink-bellied Moth holding onto the end of a leaf. It does indeed have a pink belly, but also a pink face and pink legs with light and dark patches. Its eyes are dark brown, and its antennae are red with orange filaments.

Same subject from above focusing on the moth's wings. They are a darker shade of pink than the belly with stripes of red and orange and dark red/purple patches. Its colours are not unlike certain gum leaves, and would probably camouflage it well in leaf litter.

Same subject, cropped and focused on the moth's face. There is sufficient detail to make out the facets of its eyes, the top of its curved, pale-brown tongue, and the individual hairs on its face and antennae.

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mossworm.bsky.social @mossworm.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The butterfly that put its chrysalis on the side of the wall did not hatch well, probably because of her wings not having space to unfurl, but she is making it work and has found a boyfriend

Gulf Fritillary with slightly misformed wings

another butterfly is checking out the one with bad wings

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FrontRangeWildflowers @frwildflowers.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Lecidea tessellata (Tile Lichen), June 5th 🌿

Black and white lichen with cracks forming a mosaic of tiles

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Evelyndroid's Aperture Science and Bugge-Finding 🏳️‍⚧️🕷️ @apsciencebylyn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Oldest sis spent a long weekend with us, got to introduce her to the Smol-ticid, Ms Neonella vinnula 🧡 #EmotionalSupportSpood #Arachtober

Tiny dark orange jumping spider with little yellow-tipped palps and stripy legs

The little stripy lass, looking away from you

The tiny lass, 1.5mm long, navigating the vast dunes of a human hand

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David Stevens 🇺🇦 @davidst999.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Rob @robcrank68.bsky.social set today's #BirdOfTheDay theme as #WingsOpenNotFlying. So here are a Guillemot, a European Shag, an Atlantic Puffin, a Great Crested Grebe, a Common Kingfisher and an Osprey. More info in ALT Text. #Birds 🪶 #Nature #Photography #Nikon #ECK #Scotland

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Sam @smknigh.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Bumblebees slurping nectar from vibrant New England Aster plants (in the middle of the city) #nativeplants

Two bumble bees have their proboscis (straw like tongue) extended to slurp nectar from vibrant lavender New England aster flowers in the boulevard between a sidewalk and a street.

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Kay on the Prairie @kayontheprairie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

One of the last remaining bumbles in the garden 💛🐝 Common Eastern Bumblebee on Purple Giant Hyssop #nativeplants #gardening

A black and yellow bumblebee with amber wings feeds from a stalk of purple flowers

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FrontRangeWildflowers @frwildflowers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Lecidea atrobrunnea (Brown Tile Lichen) I think growing on granite last Saturday. Or perhaps Lecidea fuscoatra? 🤷🏻‍♂️ 🌿

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FrontRangeWildflowers @frwildflowers.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Brachythecium erythrorrhizon moss on the Plymouth Creek Trail Thursday #nativeplants 🌿

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FrontRangeWildflowers @frwildflowers.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Eight years ago today 🌿 Cucurbita foetidissima, our Buffalo Gourd, at Heil Valley Ranch #nativeplants. Another common name is Stinking Gourd. Touching the leaves will stink up your hand so if in doubt about the ID before flowers and fruit you can always verify ID. The smelliest plant in Colorado! 🤪

Viney plant with large gray green leaves creeping across dried grass

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SoCal Leslie @socalleslie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Encountered this rare bird early this morning at the end of the pier. Cocos booby formerly Brown booby. 🪶

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Piotr Gąsiorowski @piotrgasiorowski.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Lycoperdon perlatum (EN common puffball, PL purchawka chropowata). Kicin, Wielkopolska (western Poland). #fungi #mushrooms #grzyby #mycology #fungifriends

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The marbled polecat (Vormela peregusna) looks like a ferret dressing up as a cheetah for Halloween. They're native to a semi-desert grassland strip from Eastern Europe to Central Asia. Like a skunk, they can spray a foul-smelling fluid from anal glands. Let's talk about them. (📷: Petra Prager)

A marbled polecat photo from Petra Prager. It looks almost exactly like a ferret, but the arched back is sort of orange with brown dots on it similar to a cheetah, and the head has a white stripe that reminds me of a skunk, with a long floofy tail and dark limbs. This one looks alert and at rest.

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Ben @benrl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Waxcaps. All the Parrot Waxcaps at this site had caramel coloured caps #MushroomMonday #fungi

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Melissa McMasters @melissamactn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I recently had these jewels officially accepted as Tennessee state records 2 & 3 of the ceraunus blue. The previous record was from 2016, but this more Southern species made a push north this year, with several sightings in Missouri. I was delighted to find two individuals two days apart! #BugSky

A gray butterfly the size of a fingernail with rows of white-edged black markings and some spots on its hindwing that are outlined in orange and have blue iridescence.

The same species of butterfly, but with a few more spots on the front row of its hindwing, and more orange outlining the iridescent spots.

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蓮猫 Lotuscat @lotuscat.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

地衣類に会いに行ってきた。今年は雨がたくさん降ったので溶岩の上でクラドニアが爆発していた。これはハナゴケ（北欧ではトナカイゴケ）だが、色々な種類があるようだ。群馬県長野原町浅間園 #地衣類 Went to touch lichens. Due to long rain, the lava field was exploding with Cladonias. This one is reindeer lichen. Asama-en, Naganohara-machi, Gunma #Lichen #FungiFriends

Reindeer lichen with dew drops. The lichens are branched and shrub like, with crystal-like water droplets in the branches.

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FrontRangeWildflowers @frwildflowers.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Garden Pink blooming here now 🌿

Pink and white flowers with five frilly petals

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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It was fun visiting the Ottawa area this week and seeing how early fall happens there

View across a glassy lake covered in lily pads to the trees on the other side, that are just starting change colours. The sky overhead is grey with low clouds.

Close up view of a cluster of bright purple flowers with yellow centres.

Looking down at the surface of a lake. The water is covered with a mixture of bright green, round, lily pads and fallen red maple leaves.

Looking up the thick trunk of a huge oak tree at the canopy of foliage above.

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JB | Native Plant Gardener (WI) @jbtheexplorer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Milkweed seeds in the prairie remnant. Hawthorn Hollow Nature Sanctuary. #prairie #nativeplants #Wisconsin #autumn

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The story of the Texas Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys elator) is, in its own way, the story of Texas. They're native to a tiny area of North Texas where American buffalo once roamed in vast numbers, clearing prairie, making nighttime foraging & escape easier for our k-rat. (📷: Texas Parks & Wildlife)

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Shawn Lenore | How to be a Werewolf webcomic @shawnlenore.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

New page! howtobeawerewolf.com These gays from a few towns over have a million companies under their LLC #howtobeawerewolf

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Toad Facts @toadfacts.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Our friend the Togo Toad lives in western Africa from Sierra Leone to Togo! They are a moderately sized toad, with males growing to about 2.5 inches long! A population in Sierra Leone was once known as the Tingi Hills Toad but is now considered synonymous with the Togo Toad! (photo by Alex Rebelo)

A rather stout looking brown toad with strong looking legs and very rough skin! They are covered in lots of warty bumps and have long, skinny parotoid glands!

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Piotr Gąsiorowski @piotrgasiorowski.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It isn't what you think. It's Macrolepiota procera (EN parasol, PL czubajka kania). Kicin, Wielkopolska (western Poland). #fungi #grzyby #mushrooms #mycology #fungifriends

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Butterfly Conservation Norfolk @norfolkbutterflies.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Reports received of Swallowtail caterpillars feeding on Fennel. These are likely to be the Continental Swallowtail (gorganus), not the British one (britannicus) which is found only in the Norfolk Broads. We would be interested to hear of any sightings of the Continental form.#savebutterflies

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SoCal Leslie @socalleslie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Royal tern in LaJolla. 🪶

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Cephalopods Daily @cephalopodsdaily.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Brachioteuthis paralarvae have very long necks that they can extend, but at as adults they look your typical squid. We still have a lot to learn about these squids, so maybe one day we'll find out why they have these long necks. #SQUIDtember

A blackwater photo of a Brachioteuthis paralarva. It is transparent and blue, and it has a long neck. There are some orange chromatophores on the squid.

A photo of a Brachioteuthis paralarva at night. It is transparent and blue, and it has a long neck. There are some orange chromatophores on the squid.

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Jocelyn Anderson Photography @jocelynanderson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A Black-capped Chickadee checks a seed head for anything tasty.

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SoCal Leslie @socalleslie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Timeline cleanse. This relative of the Monarch is called a Queen butterfly, and is often mistaken for a Monarch. Took the shot at a great birding place called Big Morongo near Joshua Tree and Palm Springs . #invertebrate 🌿

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KJ Misme @kjmisme.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Bumble bee on New England aster, bumble bee on smooth aster. #bugsky #gardening w/ #maryland #nativeplants 🌱

Bumble bee on New England aster, Symphyotrichum novae-angliae

Bumble bee on smooth aster, symphotrychum laeve

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Evelyndroid's Aperture Science and Bugge-Finding 🏳️‍⚧️🕷️ @apsciencebylyn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Mr Attidops cinctipes, in a lovely little mossy crevice in magnolia bark. Very small 🤎 #EmotionalSupportSpood

Lumpy brown jumping spider with stripy stubby legs, peering at you from a mossy crevice

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Julie the ok gardener @juliejam.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Eastern Carpenter Bees stealing nectar from the Azure Sage. Their passionflowers aren't blooming a lot now that the weather is changing, so they have to make do. #bees #nativeplants #BlueTuesday 🌱 #gardening

The same bee, seen from behind grasping another salvia flower and drinking from the top of it. Her wings are a little frayed on the edges.

An extreme closeup of another carpenter bee drinking from a sage flower. The holes they make are usually hidden under the edge of the calyx.

A closeup of a Salvia azurea flower with some visible holes in it from carpenter bee feeding. Oklahoma Northern Crosstimbers ecoregion 29a.

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Evelyndroid's Aperture Science and Bugge-Finding 🏳️‍⚧️🕷️ @apsciencebylyn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There's nothing quite like walking the white sands and spotting a large bright orange lump 🧡 Ms Phidippus cardinalis #EmotionalSupportSpood

Large floofy jumping spider in the shade of a small plant in the white sand; she's bright red-orange on top, just a stunner. She's peering up at you

The lass on a leaf of the plant, peering up to right of frame

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Newton @mossynewt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Pruinose squash bee, Xenoglossa pruniosa and beetles in a hedge bindweed flower, Calystegia sepium. Unlike the invasive field bindweed, Convolvulus arvensis, hedge bindweed is native in the United States. It hosts many native insects on its leaves, especially beetles. #nativeplants #Bugsky

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