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Robert Back @rback.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Upper Devonian shoreline in what is today Latvia. Panderichthys rhombolepis and Asterolepis ornata. Originally made for the Museum of Evolution in Uppsala © Robert Back #Paleontology #Sciart 🐡 #Paleoart #Devonian #Biodiversity #Lifeonearth #Fossilfriday #Tetrapods #Panderichthys #armouredfish

Upper Devonian (380 mya) coastal environment, in what is today Latvia, with Panderichthys rhombolepis and Asterolepis ornata. In the background Archaeopteris forest with Rhacophyton and various club-mosses as undergrowth.
Eroding shoreline with algae covered Archaeopteris trunks in the water.

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Robert Back @rback.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Silurian reef based on fossils from Gotland, Sweden. Originally made for the Museum of Evolution in Uppsala. © Robert Back #Paleontology #Sciart 🐡 #Paleoart #Silurian #MarineLife 🦑 #Biodiversity #Lifeonearth

Silurian reef based on fossils from Gotland, Sweden.
© Robert Back

1. Calymene, 2. Poleumita, 3. Atrypa, 4. Euomphalopterus, 5. Platyceras, 6. Fenestrella, 7. Leptaena, 8. Neopalaeaster, 9. Bucania, 10. Pentomeroceras, 11. Celticystis, 12. Gissocrinus, 13. Eucalyptocrinus, 14. Cystiophyllum, 15. Halysites, 16. Heliolites, 17. Favosites, 18. Enthelophyllum, 19. Acervularia, 20. Coenites, 21. Hallopora, 22. Svampdjur (sponge), 23. Stromatoporoid

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Robert Back @rback.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Världens lavsnabblöpartätaste blogg. Förmodligen även världens lavsnabblöpartätaste webbsida. Nu med nytt lavsnabblöparinlägg: utgangspunktnykarleby.blogspot.com/2026/09/bada... #Invertebrate 🐙 #Spiders 🕷️ #Arachnida #Philodromidae #Runningcrabspiders #Biodiversity #Macrophotography

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Robert Back @rback.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Fladdermusexkurson och antennmontering på Järnäsklubb (Nordmaling). Blogginlägg: utgangspunktnykarleby.blogspot.com/2026/09/jarn... #Bats #fladdermöss #KvarkenBats #Lepakot #Chiroptera

Harpfälla som används i fladdermusforskning.

Tajgafladdermus lämnar husväggen i vilken den spenderat dagen.

Radiomottagare för radiosändarförsedda fladdermöss monteras på lotshuset på Järnäsklubb.

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Robert Back @rback.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Lacinius ephippiatus, treuddslocke. Nytt artkryss för trädgården. utgangspunktnykarleby.blogspot.com/2026/09/trad... #Invertebrate #Harvestman #Opiliones #Macrophoto #Biodiversity #macro #macrophotography #Lockespindlar #Lukit

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Robert Back @rback.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Hemolymph balloons. Leptus sp. larvae on harvestman. More (in Swedish) here: utgangspunktnykarleby.blogspot.com/2026/09/trad... #Invertebrate #Mites #Acari #Prostigmata #Harvestman #Opiliones #Macrophoto #Biodiversity #macro #macrophotography

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Robert Back @rback.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Sminthurinus bimaculatus or trinotatus. One observation report on trinotatus and two on bimaculatus here in Finland. All of those reports are fairly vague and supposedly not necessarily true species identifications. #Invertebrate #Collembola #Springtails #Hoppstjärtar #Biodiversity

Sminthurinus bimaculatus/trinotus feeding on microbes, algae or fungus on decomposing wood.

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Robert Back @rback.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Alien life on a distant planet or some species in the Oribatida family Achipteriidae among fungi. More (in Swedish) here: utgangspunktnykarleby.blogspot.com/2026/08/trad... #Acari #Mites #Kvalster #Punkit #Oribatida #Hornkvalster #Mossmites #Invertebrate 🐙 #Biodiversity #Fungi #Fungifriends

Undetermined species in the Oribatida family Achipteriidae moving about among fungi on a decomposing piece of deciduous wood.

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Robert Back @rback.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I stället för partiell solförmörkelse: Phthiracarus sp. passerar framför snigelägg. Mera här: utgangspunktnykarleby.blogspot.com/2026/08/trad... #Acari #Mites #Oribatida #Hornkvalster #Kvalster #Punkit #Mossmites #Invertebrate 🐙 #Biodiversity

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Robert Back @rback.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Kvalsterlarv som troligen tillhör familjen Polyaspididae (Uropodina, Mesostigmata). Mera här: utgangspunktnykarleby.blogspot.com/2026/08/trad... #Acari #Mites #Mesostigmata #Rovkvalster #Kvalster #Punkit #Invertebrate 🐙 #Biodiversity

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Robert Back @rback.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Megalepthyphantes pseudocollinus. Subadult hane. Mera här: utgangspunktnykarleby.blogspot.com/2026/08/trad... #Invertebrate 🐙 #Spider 🕷️ #Spiders #Arachnids #Linyphiidae #Biodiversity #Spindlar #Hämähäkit

Megalepthyphantes pseudocollinus. Subadult male.

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Robert Back @rback.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

"Resistance is futile!" Första trädgårdskrysset av någondera spolsnäcka (familjen Clausiidae) är föga förvånande strimspolsnäcka, Clausilia bidentata. Mer här: utgangspunktnykarleby.blogspot.com/2026/08/trad... #Mollusca #Mollusks #Biodiversity #Invertebrate #Gastropoda #Snails #snäckor #Kotelot

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Robert Back @rback.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Oribatida-nymf. Sannolikt Phenopelopidae och kanske Eupelops. Mer här: utgangspunktnykarleby.blogspot.com/2026/07/trad... #Acari #Mites #Kvalster #Punkit #Oribatida #Hornkvalster #Mossmites #Invertebrate 🐙 #Biodiversity

Probably Phenopelopidae and maybe Eupelops (nymph).

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Robert Back @rback.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Ten years ago I found my first Leucochloridium perturbatum. This midsummer I found my second. Both at home in the garden. More (in Swedish) here: utgangspunktnykarleby.blogspot.com/2026/07/trad... #Molluscs #Parasites #Flatworms #Zombiesnails #Snails #Snäckor #Kotilot #Biodiversity #Invertebrate

Leucochloridium perturbatul in Succinea putris

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Robert Back @rback.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Saperda scalaris. En aning mera här: utgangspunktnykarleby.blogspot.com/2026/07/bada... #Invertebrate 🐙 #Insects #Insekter #Coleoptera #Skalbaggar #Beetles #Kovakuoriaiset #Cerambycidae

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Robert Back @rback.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Trachytes sp. (Trachytidae, Uropodina, Mesostigmata) Mer här: utgangspunktnykarleby.blogspot.com/2026/06/trad... #Acari #Mites #Mesostigmata #Rovkvalster #Kvalster #Punkit #Invertebrate 🐙 #Biodiversity

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Robert Back @rback.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

(Probably) Sminthurinus aureus feeding on Lasiosphaeris hirsuta. More (in Swedish) here: utgangspunktnykarleby.blogspot.com/2026/06/trad... #Collembola #Hoppstjärtar #Springtails #Hyppyhäntäiset #Ascomycota #Fungi #Fungus #Svampar #Svamp #Sienet #Invertebrate 🐙 #Biodiversity

Sminthurinus aureus (likely) feeding on Lasiosphaeris hirsuta.

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Robert Back @rback.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Lasiosphaeris hirsuta and Scutellinia sp. More (in swedish) here: utgangspunktnykarleby.blogspot.com/2026/06/trad... #Ascomycota #Fungi #Fungus #Svampar #Svamp #Sienet #Scutellinia #Lasiosphaeris #Biodiversity #Eyelash #Ögonsvampar

Lasiosphaeris hirsuta (black) and Scutellinia sp. (emerging, orange)

Lasiosphaeris hirsuta (black) and Scutellinia sp. (orange)

Lasiosphaeris hirsuta (still unripe spores)

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Robert Back @rback.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Probably Cinara pruinosa. More (in Swedish) here: utgangspunktnykarleby.blogspot.com/2026/06/skog... #Insects #Insekter #Hyönteiset #Lachnidae #Hemiptera #Aphidoidea #Invertebrate 🐙 #Biodiversity

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Robert Back @rback.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Chamobates sp. Perhaps C. borealis. More (in Swedish) here: utgangspunktnykarleby.blogspot.com/2026/06/skog... #Acari #Mites #Kvalster #Punkit #Oribatida #Hornkvalster #Mossmites #Invertebrate 🐙 #Biodiversity

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Robert Back @rback.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Eupelops sp. Supposedly E. torulosus. More (in Swedish) here: utgangspunktnykarleby.blogspot.com/2026/06/skog... #Acari #Mites #Kvalster #Punkit #Oribatida #Hornkvalster #Mossmites #Invertebrate 🐙 #Biodiversity

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Robert Back @rback.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Cymbaeremaeus cymba. More (in Swedish) here: utgangspunktnykarleby.blogspot.com/2026/06/trad... #Acari #Mites #Kvalster #Punkit #Oribatida #Hornkvalster #Mossmites #Invertebrate 🐙 #Biodiversity

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Robert Back @rback.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Rosenfinksjakt. Det gick sisådär. Mer här: utgangspunktnykarleby.blogspot.com/2026/06/trad... #Fåglar #Birds #Linnut #Birding #Birdphotograpy #Biodiversity

Ficedula hypoleuca. Svartvit flugsnappare. Kirjosieppo. Pied Flycatcher

Phylloscopus collybita. Gransångare. Tiltaltti. Chiffchaff

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Robert Back @rback.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Carabodes femoralis. More (in Swedish) here: utgangspunktnykarleby.blogspot.com/2026/06/hysa... #Acari #Mites #Kvalster #Punkit #Oribatida #Carabodes #Hornkvalster #Mossmites #Invertebrate 🐙 #Biodiversity

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Robert Back @rback.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Camisia biurus (Crotoniidae, Oribatida) Mer här: utgangspunktnykarleby.blogspot.com/2026/06/hysa... #Acari #Mites #Oribatida #Hornkvalster #Kvalster #Punkit #Mossmites #Invertebrate 🐙 #Biodiversity

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Robert Back @rback.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Nuctenea silvicultrix, mindre skuggspindel. Blott andra exemplaret på Bluesky? Jag har postat en tidigare också. Mer här: utgangspunktnykarleby.blogspot.com/2026/06/hysa... #Invertebrate 🐙 #Spider 🕷️ #Spiders #Arachnids #Araneidae #Biodiversity #Spindlar #Hämähäkit

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Robert Back @rback.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Betande kreatur i form av Phthiracarus sp. (Phthiracaridae, Oribatida). Mer här: utgangspunktnykarleby.blogspot.com/2026/06/trad... #Acari #Mites #Oribatida #Hornkvalster #Kvalster #Punkit #Mossmites #Invertebrate 🐙 #Biodiversity

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Robert Back @rback.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Några kvalster som bör tillhöra familjen Trematuridae (Uropodoidea, Mesostigmata). Mer här: utgangspunktnykarleby.blogspot.com/2026/06/trad... #Acari #Mites #Mesostigmata #Rovkvalster #Kvalster #Punkit #Invertebrate 🐙 #Biodiversity

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Robert Back @rback.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Trädgårdskryss av Euzetes globulus. Mer här: utgangspunktnykarleby.blogspot.com/2026/06/trad... #Acari #Mites #Oribatida #Hornkvalster #Kvalster #Punkit #Mossmites #Invertebrate 🐙 #Biodiversity

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Robert Back @rback.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Om man stirrar på trädstammar kan man ibland se prickar som rör på sig. Denna Phauloppia lucorum är en sådan prick. Mer om det här: utgangspunktnykarleby.blogspot.com/2026/05/trad... #Acari #Mites #Oribatida #Hornkvalster #Kvalster #Punkit #Mossmites #Invertebrate 🐙 #Biodiversity

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Robert Back @rback.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

En hel månad sedan... men ändå liksom. Tornens kamp 9.5.2026. Mer här: utgangspunktnykarleby.blogspot.com/2026/05/torn... #Birds #Birding #Linnut #Birdlife #Tornkampen #Tornientaisto #Linnut #Fåglar

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Robert Back @rback.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Möjligen Nothrus silvestris men det kan sannolikt inte bekräftas utan insamling. Mer här: utgangspunktnykarleby.blogspot.com/2026/05/bada... #Acari #Mites #Kvalster #Punkit #Oribatida #Nothrus #Hornkvalster #Mossmites #Invertebrate 🐙 #Biodiversity

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Robert Back @rback.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Salticus cingulatus. They're everywhere... or I'm only moving around among trees where they happen to be. Jumping spiders - a bit peculiar in an otherworldly fashion. More (in Swedish) here: utgangspunktnykarleby.blogspot.com/2026/05/bada... #Salticidae #Spiders #Araneae #Arachnids #Evertebrate 🕷️🐙

Male Salticus cingulaticus doing some strange jumping spider stuff, namely playing around with a small piece of wood in the opening of a beetle emergence hole.

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Robert Back @rback.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

One of several species of Erythraeus found in my nearby surroundings. These require a more thorough investigation in order to create proper ID and species list. There's surely room for discoveries in the field of mites. This one is mainly seen in spring. #Acari #Mites #Erythraeidae

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Robert Back @rback.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

100 år i dag! Lyckoruset som sköljde genom kroppen när jag i barndomen andäktigt betvittnade Life on Earth i SVTs utsändning är närmast obeskrivligt. Rejält över 9 på maggropspirrets Richterskala. Läggs dvd-skivan i spelaren är upplevelsen än i dag den samma. Ja må han leva! #Attenborough

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Robert Back @rback.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Nej varför i hela fridens namn skulle det få vara enkelt? Neobisium carcinoides... eller? Mer här: utgangspunktnykarleby.blogspot.com/2026/04/bada... #Invertebrate 🐙 #Pseudoscorpions #Klokrypare #Arachnids #Biodiversity #valeskorpionit

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Robert Back @rback.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

"Än en gång i stort sett fullständigt fruktlöst"... tillvaron när man rör sig med kamera ute i den där naturen. Åkergrodorna vann den här gången. Mer här: utgangspunktnykarleby.blogspot.com/2026/04/bada... #Frogs #Grodor #Groda #Amphibians #Sammakot #Nature #Naturephotography #Naturfotografi

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Robert Back @rback.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Perhaps not that uncommon, but slightly elusive. Araneus nordmanni More (in Swedish) here: utgangspunktnykarleby.blogspot.com/2026/04/bada... #Invertebrate 🐙 #Spider 🕷️ #Spiders #Arachnids #Araneidae #Biodiversity #Spindlar #Hämähäkit

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Robert Back @rback.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Cyclosa conica, Ostrobothnia, Finland. utgangspunktnykarleby.blogspot.com/2026/04/bada... #Invertebrate 🐙 #Spider 🕷️ #Spiders #Arachnids #Araneidae #Biodiversity #Spindlar #Hämähäkit

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Robert Back @rback.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Gibbaranea omoeda is not uncommon here, but mostly lives hidden among the needles of our spruces. Only youngsters this time of year. More (in swedish) here: utgangspunktnykarleby.blogspot.com/2026/04/bada... #Invertebrate 🐙 #Spider 🕷️ #Spiders #Arachnids #Araneidae #Biodiversity #Spindlar #Hämähäkit

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Robert Back @rback.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Dr Trump delar ut migrän till folket. #DrTrump

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Robert Back @rback.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

My first documentation of Philodromus poecilus (NT in Finland) this year. This seemingly fairly rare species has become one of my favourites. Much more (in Swedish) here: utgangspunktnykarleby.blogspot.com/2026/04/bada... #Invertebrate 🐙 #Spider 🕷️ #Spiders #Arachnids #Philodromidae #Biodiversity

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Robert Back @rback.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Should be Coenosia intermedia - not entirely sure though. More (in Swedish) here: utgangspunktnykarleby.blogspot.com/2026/03/coen... #Invertebrate 🐙🪰 #Diptera #Insects #Insekter #Flugor #Muscidae #Husflugor #Egentligaflugor #Kärpäset #Hyönteiset #Houseflies #Muscidflies #Biodiversity

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Robert Back @rback.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Thricops cunctans (female)... if my keying went well. More (in Swedish) here: utgangspunktnykarleby.blogspot.com/2026/03/thri... #Invertebrate 🐙🪰 #Diptera #Insects #Insekter #Flugor #Muscidae #Husflugor #Egentligaflugor #Kärpäset #Hyönteiset #Houseflies #Muscidflies #Sukaskärpäset #Biodiversity

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Robert Back @rback.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Should be Fannia tuberculata if I'm not mistaken. More (in Swedish) here: utgangspunktnykarleby.blogspot.com/2026/03/fann... #Invertebrate 🐙 #Flies 🪰 #Diptera #Fanniidae #Biodiversity

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Robert Back @rback.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Slowly going through deceased and collected critters from our garden greenhouse. Microchrysa polita is the most often observed - both alive and dead - Stratiomyid so far. utgangspunktnykarleby.blogspot.com/2026/03/micr... #Invertebrate 🐙🪰 #Diptera #Insects #Stratiomyidae #Biodiversity

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Robert Back @rback.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Nä... Jag håller på att tappa förståndet med dessa Anthomyiidae. Nu får någon gå in och styra upp här: utgangspunktnykarleby.blogspot.com/2026/03/anth... #Invertebrate 🐙🪰 #Diptera #Insects #Insekter #Flugor #Anthomyiidae #Blomsterflugor #Kärpäset #Muscoidea #Juurikärpäset #Biodiversity

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