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🇨🇦 Getting to know my non-human neighbours one post at a time. All photos by me.

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Mothfluencer @mothfluencer.bsky.social · 9h
I can’t believe I’m a foundress of my very own Two-spotted Bumble Bee colony! OK, first let’s forget that rotting log I hibernated in and find a nice hole in the ground. Then start making some female workers! I better fuel up for this. #NonHumanNeighbours #Bees #Insects #Nature #Photography #Flowers
Two-spotted Bumble Bee (female)
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Mothfluencer @mothfluencer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
They say I’m Lindley’s Aster, but I only met John Lindley once and he’s been dead since 1865. Northern Heart-leaved Aster is a bit utilitarian and Ciliolate Aster just sounds silly. Just call me Aster. Who cares which one? #NonHumanNeighbours #Flowers #BloomScrolling #Nature #Photography #Gardening
Lindley’s Aster flower
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Mothfluencer @mothfluencer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Who dares to seek the nectar of Closed Bottle Gentian?! Only the strongest of pollinators may breach my petals and taste the bounty within. You, bumblebee, have the look of such a champion. Come forth and claim your prize. #NonHumanNeighbours #Flowers #BloomScrolling #Nature #Photography #Gardening
Closed Bottle Gentian
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Mothfluencer @mothfluencer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Fly right up, fly right up! Hello Mr. calligrapher and welcome to Frost Aster. Help yourself to some nectar. I know it’s getting chilly at night and you need something sweet to see you through. Don’t be shy. Tell your friends #NonHumanNeighbours #Flowers #BloomScrolling #Nature #Insects #Photography
Frost Aster with Eastern Calligrapher Fly
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Mothfluencer @mothfluencer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Robber Fly, Assassin Fly…why am I always cast as the bad guy fly? I’m Shiny-sided Bladetail, doesn’t that sound like the hero in a story? Sure I’m an aerial predator that eats other flies and mates on the wing with abandon, but is that so bad? #NonHumanNeighbours #Insects #Flies #Nature #Photography
Shiny-sided Bladetail
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Mothfluencer @mothfluencer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hi Lavern, how’s the sap flowing? Pretty good, Stacey. How are the kids? Well, Lucy is right there next to your Suzy. They look fine. Yep. Expect to see some honeydew coming from them soon. (The life of European Fruit Lecanium Scale insects) #NonHumanNeighbours #Insects #Bugs #Nature #Photography
European Fruit Lecanium Scale insects (female)
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Mothfluencer @mothfluencer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Hey…so, green algae, I know we’ve got this great partnership going as Star Rosette Lichen and everything, but I think it’s time for me to make some spores and sexually reproduce as a fungus. I swear my offspring will hook up with more algae! #NonHumanNeighbours #Lichen #Fungi #Nature #Photography
Star Rosette Lichen
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Mothfluencer @mothfluencer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Hi there. I’m Old World Dome Sheetweaver. If you’re like me, you might still yearn for the old country back in Europe. The culture, the pace of life, the tasty midges. If so, let’s chat. I’d love to share a web hammock and reminisce #NonHumanNeighbours #Spiders #Inverts #Insects #Nature #Photography
Old World Dome Sheetweaver spider
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Mothfluencer @mothfluencer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I can’t believe it’s mating season already! I am so nervous about going to the lek tonight. Are my abdominal spots elliptical enough? Will a foundress pick me? I have so many questions. You can do this European Paper Wasp. Get ready to fight. #NonHumanNeighbours #Insects #Wasps #Nature #Photography
European Paper Wasp (male)
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Mothfluencer @mothfluencer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I’ve lived a good life. Supporting my queen. Cleaning, waxing, foraging. I am but one Western Honey Bee. A single cell of the greater colony. Now my days are getting colder. I won’t make the winter colony cluster. Maybe one last forage #NonHumanNeighbours #Bees #Insects #Inverts #Nature #Photography
Western Honey Bee (female forager)
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Mothfluencer @mothfluencer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I love the smell of White Vervain in the morning. When the humidity is just right and my hyphae can spread across the leaf tops. I’m Golovinomyces verbenae, powdery mildew to my friends. Not that I have many friends. Just the wind, shade and this leaf. #NonHumanNeighbours #Fungi #Nature #Photography
Golovinomyces verbenae (powdery mildew on White Vervain leaf)
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Mothfluencer @mothfluencer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Hello darling, it is I, Autumn Meadowhawk. Come bask with me in the sun. I do not care if you have been with another. I will remove any trace of their love, and together we will fly in tandem to where our naiads will learn to swim. #NonHumanNeighbours #Insects #BugSky #Inverts #Nature #Photography
Autumn Meadowhawk on big toe
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Mothfluencer @mothfluencer.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Bask in my beauty, sip at my nectar or use me as a hunting platform (I see you spiders), just don’t call me a sunflower. That would be false. False Sunflower, that is. These pretty ray petals are plenty fertile. Enjoy. #NonHumanNeighbours #Flowers #BloomScrolling #Nature #Photography #Gardening
False Sunflower flowers
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Mothfluencer @mothfluencer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Hush little baby, don’t you sting, Mama’s gonna make you a gall-like thing If that gall-like thing’s too soft, Well tough cause you’re an Oak Rosette Gall Wasp If you don’t wanna be a gall wasp, At least you don’t parasitize any moths #NonHumanNeighbours #Insects #Wasps #BugSky #Nature #Photography
Oak Rosette Gall Wasp gall
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Mothfluencer @mothfluencer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I identify as a fuzzy. Whether it’s stems, flowers or fruit, I love the feel of dense soft hairs covering the flesh. They call me Staghorn Sumac, because I’m reminiscent of antler velvet. Maybe one day I’ll meet such an antler. #NonHumanNeighbours #Flowers #Fruit #BloomScrolling #Nature #Photography
Staghorn Sumac fruit (female)
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Mothfluencer @mothfluencer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Oh how I love the fall! Sawadaea tulasnei here, although you may know me as Powdery Mildew. Some of you may look forward to the fall colours, but to me the fall is when I can switch from asexual reproduction to the sexual kind. Maple leaves are my kink #NonHumanNeighbours #Fungi #Nature #Photography
Sawadaea tulasnei (powdery mildew)
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Mothfluencer @mothfluencer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Hi there, I’m Red-legged Grasshopper. They say that blonds have more fun, but I’ve always thought red-legs were more glamorous. I live across all of NA, can eat any plant around and often mate for hours. Why wouldn’t you want to be me? #NonHumanNeighbours #Insects #Bugs #BugSky #Nature #Photography
Red-legged Grasshopper (female)
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Mothfluencer @mothfluencer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I am Common Eastern Bumblebee. I am good enough. I am a worker bee. That is an important job. I don’t need to make babies like my Queen. Think of all the places I visit outside the hive. I am an adventurer. I bumble, therefore, I am. #NonHumanNeighbours #Bees #Insects #BugSky #Nature #Photography
Common Eastern Bumblebee (female worker)
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Mothfluencer @mothfluencer.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Who are you calling a Humped Green Fruitworm now?! That’s right, I’m all grown up, so you leaf yard bullies can call me Copper Underwing. No, I’m not showing you my copper. You don’t scare me anymore. #NonHumanNeighbours #Moths #TeamMoth #Insects #Nature #Photography
Copper Underwing moth
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Mothfluencer @mothfluencer.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
How ahh yas? New England Aster hiah. The weadah is wicked awesome dis time ah yiah. Not too hot, not too cold. Lots ah pollinatahs too. Good tah see, good tah see. Why doncha come ovah and tickle my petals sometime? #NonHumanNeighbours #Flowers #BloomScrolling #Nature #Photography #Gardening
New England Aster flowers
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Mothfluencer @mothfluencer.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Goodbye summer, hello fall! I’m back, so put away the sunscreen and get ready to crave some pumpkin spice. I’m Common Blue Wood Aster, if we haven’t met. Check for me in the shade covered in pollinators. I’m here all month. #NonHumanNeighbours #Flowers #BloomScrolling #Nature #Photography #Gardening
Common Blue Wood Aster
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Mothfluencer @mothfluencer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Sorry, I’m not really into grey morphs right now. You’re kinda in my space with all these dance moves. Can you back up with the tufted morphs please? Sorry, but as a Polymorphic Jumping Spider woman I get to choose my type of man spider #NonHumanNeighbours #Spiders #Bugs #BugSky #Nature #Photography
Polymorphic Jumping Spider (female)
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Mothfluencer @mothfluencer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Do you smell that? It wasn’t me. I’m Scentless Mayweed. Maybe that’s how I’ve managed to spread so far globally, by being nose blind? Or maybe because I make a jillion seeds that last forever and grow anywhere. Whichever. #NonHumanNeighbours #Flowers #BloomScrolling #Nature #Photography #Gardening
Scentless Mayweed flower
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Mothfluencer @mothfluencer.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I love you, honey. Oh! Not you. I meant actual honey. Although, the night is young and our days are short. Did you have a sweet mandible like me as a cat? They call me Dried Fruit Moth, but give me a honeycomb any day. Bees beware. #NonHumanNeighbours #Moths #TeamMoth #Insects #Nature #Photography
Dried Fruit Moth (Vitula edmandsii)
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Mothfluencer @mothfluencer.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Anyone else disappointed by the movie Looper? I like Bruce Willis as much as the next moth, but woah what a bait and switch on the title! Not a single Common Looper Moth featured. And yes, I checked the bark and dead leaves. Let down #NonHumanNeighbours #Moths #TeamMoth #Insects #Nature #Photography
Common Looper Moth
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Mothfluencer @mothfluencer.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Stretching through the darkness, I scope the outer reaches of my senses for the taste of death. Alive. Alive. Alive. Dead! Refocusing my energies, I absorb the decaying sapwood into my very fibre. Sprouting into Milky-white Toothed Polypore #NonHumanNeighbours #Fungi #Mushrooms #Nature #Photography
Milk-white Toothed Polypore
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Mothfluencer @mothfluencer.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Can you smell it? Fall is coming. The time of plenty. Dead leaves falling from the sky to feed a Bent-winged Owlet caterpillar’s belly. It’s a glorious thing. Even if it’s not my jam these days, it reminds me of my youth. Nom nom nom #NonHumanNeighbours #Moths #TeamMoth #Insects #Nature #Photography
Bent-winged Owlet moth (male)
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Mothfluencer @mothfluencer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I do love a large maple, but I’m not sure that’s enough to call me Large Maple Spanworm Moth. Back when I ate, I would go for pretty much any leaf. I prefer Master of Disguise! Am I a stick? A leaf? A moth? I like to keep ya guessing #NonHumanNeighbours #Moths #TeamMoth #Insects #Nature #Photography
Large Maple Spanworm Moth
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Mothfluencer @mothfluencer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I CAN FLY! Do you know how cramped it is rolled up inside a leaf all the time? Only the smell of Chokecherry to keep you company? Don’t get me wrong, I love that smell as much as the next Chokecherry Leafroller Moth, but HELLO WINGS! #NonHumanNeighbours #Moths #TeamMoth #Insects #Nature #Photography
Chokecherry Leafroller moth
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Mothfluencer @mothfluencer.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Hey, aren’t you Bedstraw Hawkmoth? No, I’m a snake. But, I’m sure I saw you eating bedstraw earlier? Hissss! Why are you waving your backside around when I touch you? Don’t make me bite you! Ok, ok I’ll find another snack. #NonHumanNeighbours #Moths #TeamMoth #Insects #Nature #Photography #BugSky
Bedstraw Hawkmoth caterpillar
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Mothfluencer @mothfluencer.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Who? Me? Oh I’m just Wormseed Wallflower. Don’t mind me. I just like to blend into the background. No need for pollinators, I can fertilize myself, but you can come over if you’d like. What, you like my flowers? Oh, thanks… #NonHumanNeighbours #Flowers #BloomScrolling #Nature #Photography #Gardening
Wormseed Wallflower flowers and seed pods
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Mothfluencer @mothfluencer.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Are those fungal spores in your abdominal pocket Carbonifera Goldenrod Gall Midge or are you just happy to see me? You’re hilarious, Goldenrod. Now let me inject your leaves with my eggs and this fungus before a wasp tracks me down. #NonHumanNeighbours #Insects #Fungi #Galls #Nature #Photography
Carbonifera Goldenrod Gall Midge galls on goldenrod leaves
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Mothfluencer @mothfluencer.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Call me Jack. Jack Pine Budworm Moth. I like nothing more than the sweet smell of your pheromones drifting on a warm summer breeze at night. The humidity holds my scales tight to my wings, as I skirt the tree canopy looking for love. #NonHumanNeoghbours #Moths #TeamMoth #Insects #Nature #Photography
Jack Pine Budworm Moth
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Mothfluencer @mothfluencer.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
How do you like them apples? Do you like them more than me, Speckled Cutworm Moth? Is that why you keep trying to poison me? I am a fan, but am open to eating other plants too. Maybe we can come up with a mutual understanding where I live? #NonHumanNeighbours #Moths #TeamMoth #Nature #Photography
Speckled Cutworm Moth
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Mothfluencer @mothfluencer.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Don’t pretend to know me. You have no idea. It’s fitting that you call me Red-shawled Moth. A red shawl symbolizes the plight of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. Who are just as invisible to you as I am. Don’t pretend #NonHumanNeighbours #Moths #TeamMoth #Insects #Nature #Photography
Red-shawled Moth
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Mothfluencer @mothfluencer.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Hi, I’m Cardinal Flower. I’m not a religious plant. Unless birding is a religion? I like to think that I’m named after the bird rather some guy’s robes. Mostly I’m into hummingbirds though. Especially how they get into me. #NonHumanNeighbours #Flowers #BloomScrolling #Nature #Photography #Gardening
Cardinal Flower
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Mothfluencer @mothfluencer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Oh I’m an Eastern Thistle Longhorn Bee, I live for thistle pollen yes siree! I fly all day on flower sorties, I roam all alone, no hive for me. I was born in a ground nest Mom made for me, Brr it’s cold, let’s make some new bees! #NonHumanNeighbours #Bees #Insects #Inverts #Bugs #Nature #Photography
Eastern Thistle Longhorn Bee
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Mothfluencer @mothfluencer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Call me Tess. I’m a night owlet. I come from a long line of Tessellate Darts in this neck of the yard. Cutting down stalks in my youth, now hanging out at the lights. But I’m lookin’ to go. Find me a tobacco field. Wanna join? #NonHumanNeighbours #Moths #TeamMoth #Insects #Bugs #Nature #Photography
Tessellate Dart moth
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Mothfluencer @mothfluencer.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Attention! Common Red Soldier Beetle coming through! JK. Such a silly name. Better than Bloodsucker Beetle. Unless you’re an aphid, I’m not out for blood. Hogweed Bonking Beetle is more like it! Time to enjoy our summer of love #NonHumanNeighbours #Insects #Beetles #Bugs #BugSky #Nature #Photography
Common Red Soldier Beetle
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Mothfluencer @mothfluencer.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
A bee?! No, I get that all the time. I’m Eastern Calligrapher Fly. They say I copy their pattern, but I think they copied me. I’m a hover fly. You might see me down at the flower patch. Look me up if you want to grab some nectar #NonHumanNeighbours #Flies #Insects #Bugs #Nature #BugSky #Photography
Eastern Calligrapher Fly
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Mothfluencer @mothfluencer.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I lie in wait. Hunger my only friend. My forelegs’ sundew setae glisten with their sticky secretions. My trap is set. I hold my pose waiting for a passing snack to brush against my legs. I am Pale Green Assassin Bug. Any time now bugs… #NonHumanNeighbours #Bugs #Insects #BugSky #Nature #Photography
Pale Green Assassin Bug
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Mothfluencer @mothfluencer.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Everyone seems to love my white flowers, but I always wanted to be purple like the rest of the Dense Blazing Stars. I just wanted to stay in the fields rather than someone’s garden. Pollinators like us all equally at least #NonHumanNeighbours #Flowers #BloomScrolling #Nature #Photography #Gardening
Dense Blazing Star flowers
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Mothfluencer @mothfluencer.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
As the bumblebees say, my flowers are like butter. Maybe that’s why I’m called Butter and Eggs. I like my soil a little disturbed, and there is a LOT of disturbance out there. It helps me get around. Look for me by the road #NonHumanNeighbours #Flowers #BloomScrolling #Nature #Photography #Gardening
Butter and Eggs flowers
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Mothfluencer @mothfluencer.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I know you love me. Don’t deny it. Is that my leaf on your flag? My sap on your pancakes? Don’t you worry about throwing my samaras in the air like toy helicopters. I’ll make plenty more in the next 200 years. I’m your Sugar Maple. #NonHumanNeighbours #Trees #Plants #Nature #Photography #Gardening
Sugar Maple samaras
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Mothfluencer @mothfluencer.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Konnichiwa! I am called Thunberg’s Geranium. Strange for a Japanese plant to be named for a Swedish biologist while living in NA, but here I am. I apologize for escaping your gardens. I like your land. I will treat it well. #NonHumanNeighbours #Flowers #BloomScrolling #Nature #Photography #Gardening
Thunberg’s Geranium flower
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Mothfluencer @mothfluencer.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Pollinators, this is Meadow Buttercup in the back path. Petal reflectors have been engaged. Confirm visual, over. Buttercup, this is pollinator one confirming visual on petals from across the field. Looks nice and warm! #NonHumanNeighbours #Flowers #BloomScrolling #Nature #Photography #Gardening
Meadow Buttercup flower
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Mothfluencer @mothfluencer.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Hello…HELLO! It’s like these humans can’t hear ultrasonic sounds. What’s wrong with them? Do you really want to get their attention, Coppery Leafhopper? Just keep vibrating your abdomen. I think I hear some ladies coming our way. Act cool #NonHumanNeighbours #Insects #Bugs #Nature #Photography
Coppery Leafhopper (male)
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Mothfluencer @mothfluencer.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Hi, I’m Red-headed Inchworm Moth. They say redheads have a fiery personality, but I’m pretty chill. All I needed growing up were some pine needles to munch on and I was a happy cat. But now I’m all grown up and looking for more #NonHumanNeighbours #Moths #TeamMoth #Insects #Bugs #Photography #Nature
Red-headed Inchworm Moth
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Mothfluencer @mothfluencer.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
They say not to litter, but I disagree. I live in the litter, eating dead leaves until I grow my wings. Am I yellow, you ask? Good question. Unclear. I do have fan-shaped scent brushes on my feet. I’m Yellowish Fan-foot moth. #NonHumanNeighbours #Moths #TeamMoth #Insects #Bugs #Nature #Photography
Yellowish Fan-foot moth
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Mothfluencer @mothfluencer.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I’m Hairy. Hairy Snail. Caught the accent did you? Yes, I’m originally from Europe. What’s that? Why did I stab you with a thorn? Oh, that’s a mucus-covered love dart. Helps with the mating and all. Care to help line up our bits? #NonHumanNeighbours #Snails #Invertebrates #Nature #Photography
Hairy Snail
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