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The Sex Lives of Insects

Some male insects come bearing nuptial gifts to put females into the mood.

By Melody Ko

https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/environment-did-you-know/sex-lives-insects

Insects at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=insects&submit_search=Search

#insects #environment #entomology

Plate XLVII. 1. LIBELLULA AXILENA. 2. LIBELLULA EPONINA (= Celithemis eponina). 3. LIBELLULA PORTIA (= Palpopleura lucia). 4. LIBELLULA SOPHRONIA (= Neurothemis fulvia).

Plates: Dru Drury (1725–1803). Text: John Obadiah Westwood (1805–1893) - Illustrations of Exotic Entomology,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insect#/media/File:Illustrations_of_Exotic_Entomology_II_47_('LIBELLULA_AXILENA').jpg

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77d

Peony Frog - a little whimsy to start your day: https://1-lisas-baker.pixels.com/featured/peony-frog-lisa-s-baker.html

#frog #frogs #ladybug #peony #flower #flowers #spring #fun #cute #art #artwork #wallart #homedecor #artforhome #artforsale #mastoart #fediart #fediverse #artprints #canvasprints #kidsroomdecor #interiordecor #cutefrogs #bug #insects #artforkids #Monday #charming #whimsy

An art print of a frog sitting in font of a large peony flower. A ladybug is crawling on the frogs head. Art by Lisa S Baker.

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44d

Bee happy.

#bees #photography #CarpenterBee #nature #naturephotography #insects #insectphotography

Close up color photo of a carpenter bee in flight facing toward the camera.

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38d

Love going outside right after it rains. All the little critters come out to explore!

Met two friends today, a #caterpillar and a #PotatoBug.

Relatively, we're all small.

#caterpillars #insects #mosstodon #nature #lichensubscribe #bloomscrolling #bugs #awalkaday

A fuzzy orange caterpillar explores a damp leaf.

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21d

Insects: Facts about the creepy-crawlies that make up more than half of the world's animal species

https://www.livescience.com/animals/insects/insects-facts

Books about insects at PG

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=insects

#animals #insects

Insects and Fish with Island Background by Maria Sibylla Merian (ca. 1719)
Various fish are shown in the water, and insects are shown on trees and land.

"Hand-coloured etching from Maria Sibylla Merian's seminal Metamorphasibus Insectorum Surinamensium, the product of two years of research — from 1699 to 1701 — in the then-Dutch colony of Surinam. It was first published in 1705 in
Amsterdam, with a number of subsequent editions issued over the next decades."- from the Public Domain Image Archive

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15d

ユウマダラエダシャク（たぶん）
こんなに目立つ色なのに堂々と葉表に止まっている（多くの蛾は葉の裏に止まる）。この自信は一体どこから来るの？
#蛾も案外いいぞ
 #昆虫 #insects #nature #photography #マストドン写真部

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11d

Another beautiful butterfly that is currently flying here is the Harris's Checkerspot (Chlosyne harrisii).

#insects #butterflies #naturephotography #closeup

A Harris's Checkerspot (Chlosyne harrisii) butterfly sits on a pebble on the ground with its wings closed.

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A Harris's Checkerspot (Chlosyne harrisii) butterfly sits on a pebble on the ground with its wings half open.

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10d

An American Painted Lady looking a little rough around the edges. Can relate. 🧡

ᏥᎫᏫ (tsiguwi)

#Insects #butterfly #nature #naturephotography

An American Painted Lady on my butterfly bush

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