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Mothfluencer @mothfluencer.bsky.social · 15h

Hey Honey! I know you liked the plastic strips you found last year, but I'm thinking we go all-natural in the nursery this time. Some twigs, some bark, some pine needles. Classic Northern Cardinal chic. Give me a cheer, cheer, cheer if you agree. #NonHumanNeighbours #Birds #Nature #Photography

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Mothfluencer @mothfluencer.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Wait, why do I feel like I’m not west of the Rockies anymore? Should I even still be called Western Conifer Seed Bug? I do love me some conifer seed juice, but I’ve been venturing east for a few decades now. Also, can I stay here this winter? #NonHumanNeighbours #Insects #Bugs #Nature #Photography

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Mothfluencer @mothfluencer.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Perched on a dead branch, the Great Crested Flycatcher peers down upon the land seeking to satisfy one of its needs: to eat or mate. Spotting a familiar site, the majestic bird swoops down upon the unsuspecting female. "Hey Nancy, wanna hook up again?" #NonHumanNeighbours #Birds #Nature #Photography

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Mothfluencer @mothfluencer.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Arriving north after a long migration, the Song Sparrow perused his old haunts with a clear sense of purpose. All would know to whom this territory belonged. He lifted his head and let out a mighty Madge-Madge-Madge, put-on-your-tea-kettle-ettle-ettle #NonHumanNeighbours #Birds #Nature #Photography

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Mothfluencer @mothfluencer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

What's that I hear? Is that the telltale mating song of my mate? I just laid our last egg, and he's already out trying to attract some American Redstart hussy to raise another clutch! Well good luck to her. He'll be doing double time feeding us now. #NonHumanNeighbours #Birds #Nature #Photography

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Mothfluencer @mothfluencer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

OK kids. I know it's been a fun summer, but now that you are grown up and left the nest like big Blue Jays I'm afraid that your father and I have to cut you off. You can always come back to visit and taste some home acorns, but it's time to move on. #NonHumanNeighbours #Birds #Nature #Photography

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Mothfluencer @mothfluencer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Hey ducky, now that your summer brood is all grown up, what do you say about us Mallards settling down together? Oh drake, you're so predictable. Just don't pretend you won't skedaddle as soon as the eggs hatch. I don't need your drama. Deal! #NonHumanNeighbours #Birds #Ducks #Nature #Photography

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Mothfluencer @mothfluencer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Woah, did you feel that?! I think there’s an Amblysellus curtisii nearby vibrating my name. Wait, no that’s my stomach rumbling. This cushion is throwing me off my game. Let’s go back to the grass where we can get a drink and meet some ladies. #NonHumanNeighbours #Insects #Bugs #Nature #Photography

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Mothfluencer @mothfluencer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Shake, shake. Do you feel my vibrations, baby? Sniff, sniff. Do you smell my pheromones? Wait, something’s coming, you might smell more than pheromones. Squirt, squirt. Taste Brown Marmorated Stink Bug predator! Ha! Ok, where were we? Baby? #NonHumanNeighbours #Insects #Bugs #Nature #Photography

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Mothfluencer @mothfluencer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

You know, we should probably reproduce. What do you say algae? Let’s gather together some of your cells with my fungal filaments into soredia and see if the wind will blow them to that tree. It looks like it could use some Rosette Lichen. Fun! #NonHumanNeighbours #Fungi #Lichens #Nature #Photography

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Mothfluencer @mothfluencer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

You can’t see me, but I’m here. I’m Phytoplasma fraxini. You might know me as Ash Yellows Phytoplasma or more likely that strange growth on the ash tree. That’s just what happens when I get into the phloem. Sorry. It’s where I live. #NonHumanNeighbours #Nature #Bacteria #Plants #Insects #Photography

Phytoplasma fraxini (Ash Yellows Phytoplasma) damage on a leaf

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Mothfluencer @mothfluencer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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