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Lin Hawthorne @haggewoods.bsky.social · 2m

Did you also find a name Andy?

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Henry Cook @hcbirding.bsky.social · 57m

Couldn't believe it when we found a Death's-head Hawkmoth caterpillar on the Isles of Scilly. A serious wildlife ambition achieved! @sophieshrike.bsky.social #TeamMoth

A large green caterpillar clings upside down under a branch

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Lin Hawthorne @haggewoods.bsky.social · 57m

Autumn in a nutshell
Sweet chestnut. Castanea sativa.

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Lin Hawthorne @haggewoods.bsky.social · 1h

Pyrus x lecontei, Conte Pear, cultivated hybrid P.communis x P. pyrifolia. fruit resembles the Nashi or Asian pears.

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Lin Hawthorne @haggewoods.bsky.social · 1h

Pyrus pyrifolia var culta.

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Lin Hawthorne @haggewoods.bsky.social · 1h

Platanus orientalis var digitata, with fruit.

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Lin Hawthorne @haggewoods.bsky.social · 1h

Obligatory Amanita muscaria.
i do think autocorrect must have seen the word muscaria enough times not to have to change it to mascara.

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Lin Hawthorne @haggewoods.bsky.social · 1h

this was a challenge. i think it's a bolete. i wasn't expecting it to turn itself inside out. it's about a handspan across.
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Biodiversity Heritage Library @biodivlibrary.bsky.social · 10h

It's #WorldAlgaeDay! Japanese algologist Kintaro Okamura (1867-1935) provided taxonomies & descriptions in English & Japanese for his monumental work "Nihon sorui zufu" / "Icones of Japanese Algae" (1907-1942). Find it in #BHLib via
#MBLWHOILibrary
www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography... 🧪

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Lin Hawthorne @haggewoods.bsky.social · 10h

Yes, there are so many species, and they're in so many gardens and collections.

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 22h

God creating the animals

Bodleian Library MS. Ashmole 1511; 'The Ashmole Bestiary'; 13th century; England (Peterborough?);f.6v @bodleian.ox.ac.uk

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 23h

Time for a squirrel break

BL Add MS 18852; the 'Hours of Joanna I of Castile' or the 'Hours of Joanna the Mad'; 1486 CE-1506 CE; f.88v

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Dun Jun @clustertuck.bsky.social · 23h

Diane Keaton has died. I loved her unique, naturalistic comic acting since "Love and Death." I thought she was still young. Well - she was still young. RIP. Photo: 2022.

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Tom Astle @tjalamont.bsky.social · 23h

Here is your Saturday Spider, a fluffy Aphonopelma sp. tarantula in southeastern Arizona. They're usually on the ground, but this one climbed about a foot up into a spindly dry shrub. I thought B&W suited this portrait. #Arachtober 🌿🐙🕷️

A black and white photo looking straight into the fuzzy face of a tarantula, which is balanced on thin dry twigs.

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Lin Hawthorne @haggewoods.bsky.social · 1d

Hope so. They’ve just arrived.

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Lin Hawthorne @haggewoods.bsky.social · 1d

The only two things of which I’m moderately sure: this is a Cotoneaster, and the blackbirds are going to have a feast.
I think it’s probably C. bullatus.

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 1d

👇👇 "...all current (civilian) Epidemic Intelligence Service, and several people working on the Ebola response." 🛟

Staff at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention across multiple programs being fired tonight, including all current (civilian) Epidemic Intelligence Service, and several people working on the… | J...

Staff at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention across multiple programs being fired tonight, including all current (civilian) Epidemic Intelligence Service, and several people working on the Ebol...

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Lizzie Harper Illustrator @lizzie-harper.bsky.social · 1d

A question for #botany peeps.

Which #wildflowers have widest global distribution?

Looking for spc which grow in Asia, Europe, Americas (&Africa & Australasia too?) for a #botanicalillustration project

Suggestions please!

@bsbibotany.bsky.social @botsocamerica.bsky.social #ecology #plantscience