A cloud of tiny flies hovering over one of the zinnias in the front garden, catching the last rays of the evening light.
#SilentSunday #photography #flowers #bloomscrolling #garden #insects
A cloud of tiny flies hovering over one of the zinnias in the front garden, catching the last rays of the evening light.
#SilentSunday #photography #flowers #bloomscrolling #garden #insects
A very small wasp from when the flowers were blooming.
I'm looking forward to the warmer weather and being able to get back out and looking for bugs again.
Howdy! New to this whole Mastodon thing (I'm not even sure what instance I should be on) but eager. Name's Bug — I'm a queer master's student in an entomology lab, passionate about scientific outreach.
When I’m not staring at insects, I spend my time creating zines, comics, other art, and playing D&D. I want to learn how to make video games. Let’s connect if you think little critters are cool!
#introductions #pixelart #zines #entomology #academia #comics #queer #insects
Invaders from underground are coming in cicada-geddon. It’s the biggest bug emergence for North America in centuries.
AP reports: "Crawling out from underground every 13 or 17 years, with a collective song as loud as jet engines, the periodical cicadas are nature’s kings of the calendar."
In case anyone’s not too sure.. this is what a 'spring lawn' is supposed to look like.
Breakdown:
• No irritating lawn-mower lines.
• A multitude of flowers.
• Lawn-mower rests, unperturbed in garden shed.
• No Louis X1V - 'rules over nature'.
• No walking up and down for hours, making a really annoying, loud noise and irritating the neighbours.
• Just peace, quiet and LOTS of bees.
#Nature #NoMowMarch #NoMowApril #ClimateDiary #Climat #ClimateChange #ClimateAction #WildLife #Insects #Bees
First damselfly sighting this year!
And hallelujah I actually got it in focus. 😂
I have the hardest time photographing damselflies. They're just so tiny. So I end up arguing w the camera, trying to convince it that yes, there *really is* something there to focus on!
[Side note: I need to learn how to use the manual settings on my camera. Someday lol.]
#damselfly #Odonata #insects #TexasGarden #NaturePhotography
Went out to feed the birds this a.m. & saw something "mounted" to a back porch support beam. Closer inspection revealed it was a very large #moth. My ID app suggests Polyphemus moth (Antheraea polyphemus) with an average wingspan of 6". It was just chilling during the a.m. storms. I hoped it would open up but it just stayed motionless. It was quite dark so the pics aren't the best. Antennae are very cool!
(05/02/24)
#pollinators #insects #nature #MacroPhotography #MastoArt #photography #AltText
Replacing some or all of your #lawn with native plants and food is one way to support each other and the environment – but it truly does so much more than that.
Here are some significant research-backed and expert-approved benefits you’ll experience when you make the switch.
#nolawn #nolawns #rewilding #gardening #biodiversity #cities #urbannature #insects #ecology #landscaping #ediblelandscaping #mentalhealth #bees
https://www.rewildingmag.com/6-reasons-to-downsize-your-lawn/
Pleased with this shot of a field ant (Formica subsericea) grabbing a pile of eggs. Tennessee.
Band-winged dragonlet #dragonfly (Erythrodiplax umbrata) on a red yucca flower spike in the front garden.
Not sure the world needs yet more photographs of leafcutter ants carrying leaves, but I thought this one turned out pretty good.
Atta cephalotes, from Colombia.
An Agreeable Tiger Moth [Spilosoma congrua] doing its best bat impression in the slats of my deck.
#Monarch on zinnia in our front garden.
#SilentSunday #butterfly #bloomscrolling #garden #photography #insects #insectphotography
Got this shot out in west Texas a couple days ago. It’s a Pogonomyrmex harvester ant sprinting across a sand dune carrying one of her nestmate sisters. The carried ant curls into a stereotypical pupal position to be easier to transport.
#Ants #Insects #Deserts #Pogonomyrmex
This looks like some sort of insect cult. But, it’s just a Tetragonisca stingless bee taking off from her nest as other workers loiter around the entrance. Colombia.
It may look like a nozzle brush with funky colored bristles, but this is the dapper Milkweed Tussock Moth Caterpillar!
For those who know anything about ants, here's a weird one: Lasius xerophilus.
Most Lasius species live in north temperate/boreal forests. This one? Sand dunes in North American deserts. A total oddball, and unexpected, living alongside classic desert species like Pogonomyrmex harvester ants.
Photographed at Monahans Sand Dunes, Texas.
#Washington #PNW #Dragonfly #insects #Wildlife #Photography #Nature #Summer #Prints #WallArt #HomeDecor #GreetingCards #Giftideas #FediGiftShop