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Dragonfly @dragonfly055.bsky.social · 17h

Shadow Darner male. 🥰

#DragonflyMagic #NatureWonders #InsectBeauty

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CuddlyCrawlys @cuddlycrawlys.bsky.social · 17h

Sleeping grasshopper caught in 4k at 7 am. OM-5 w/ 60mm macro lens. Do you like this or the more zoomed in photo from earlier? #macro #macrophotography #insects #omsystems #olympus #natgeo #spiders #spider #bugs #wildlife @ak_diffuser @omsystem.cameras

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becca | they/them @beccaisoutside.bsky.social · 17h

this is the most pollen ive ever seen on a single bug, shes having the time of her life

photo of a bee covered all-over with bright orange pollen.

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🕷️Tristan (he/him)🏳️‍⚧️ @spidersathome.bsky.social · 16h

Kiki's web looks like it's covered in glitter ✨

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🕸️♥ Ripley Arachnid ♥🕸️ @spiderdungeon.bsky.social · 21h

hey! can you take a moment to sign this petition urging large pet store chains to STOP carrying jumping spiders? Many owners have experienced sickly, improperly labeled, and/or pregnant spiders when buying from places like Petsmart and Petco, and the spiders themselves suffer.

chng.it/ThqkpBJ4LM

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BERGΛMΛX @bergamax.bsky.social · 1d

The Commander (Moduza procris).🦋 Chakapong Park, Rayong, Thailand 🇹🇭

A medium-sized, strikingly coloured brush-footed butterfly found in South Asia and Southeast Asia.

Photos by Håkan Igelström @hakanigelstrom [IG]

#butterfly #nature #insects

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cambrian epic wet animal @dinoserious.bsky.social · 1d

#invertober 8, bee killer robber fly. GO my diptera 👐

#invertober2025

thick lineart drawing of a bee-killer robber fly from the side, head angled to look towards the viewer. there is a pattern of simple bees and honeycomb on the yellow background

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Martyn Warren (he/him) @martynwarren.bsky.social · 1d

Pretty sure this is my Spiderman origin story...

Photo of a garden spider in a web lit from behind by the sun so it looks like it's glowing.

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Spidermax @spidermax3000.bsky.social · 2d

#arachtober
Yellow garden #spider - Argiope aurantia
(Shot in Cincinnati 9-11-25) 🕷️🕸️ #photography #macrophotography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #nature #urbanwildlife #animal #invertebrate #arachnid #orbweaver #spidersky #ento

A yellow garden spider (Argiope aurantia) shot straight on with their white head at the bottom of frame and their black abdomen with yellow and white markings at the top. Their front pair of legs are all black. The rear most pair is mostly yellow until it turns black and their second pair from the front are the same. Their second from the back pair are mostly black but yellow closer to their body. We can’t really see their web or the iconic zig-zag due to the white background they’ve chosen for their home.

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Evelyndroid's Aperture Séance and Spooky Spood-Finding 🏳️‍⚧️🕷️ @apsciencebylyn.bsky.social · 2d

Grumpy boi (why is my stick moving, I didn't ask the stick to move)
#EmotionalSupportSpood #Arachtober

(Phidippus regius lad)

Large fuzzy black and white jumping spider with bright green chelicerae, on grumpy salticid posture (legs tight around him like cat loaf), on the tip of a stick peering at you

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Tom Astle @tjalamont.bsky.social · 4d

Prowling spider, Syspira sp., one of my favorite desert species. This one was barely 1/2 inch including leg span. Shot at 4.5X & a slight crop; nine shots stacked together to get the whole face in focus. I love how well camouflaged it is on the pale sand, like a little spider ghost. #Arachtober 🌿🐙👻🕷️

An extreme closeup photo, at ground level, looking into the face of a cream-colored spider on similarly-colored sand. The spider has sparse dark hairs and several longer spiny hairs, and dark eyes. All eight eyes are visible. Most of the legs are out of frame. There's a bit of crinkly silk in the lower left.

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Luxomancer 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @luxomancer.bsky.social · 2d

Happy #TetragnathaTuesday!

This is possibly the Silver Long-jawed Orbweaver, Tetragnatha laboriosa. #LegsForDays.

#MacroPhotography
#Nature
#Photography
#Arachtober
#Spiders

A photo of a very long silvery tan spider from above. The spider's two front pair of legs are long and slender and marked with black bands which are more closely spaced closer to the body. The front most pair is the longest and both are covered in many fine spine-like hairs. The spider's forebody is tanish yellow with a dark stripe along the center rear, its two rows of small shiny black eyes are clustered around the front. The abdomen is a bit thicker but also long, almost sausage shaped, and is silvery tan/creamy with reticulated black markings.,

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Soh Kam Yung @sohkamyung.bsky.social · 2d

My first pseudoscorpion observation was pure luck. Happen to see this wasp and took a shot. It was only later did I see what was hanging on the antenna.

On iNaturalist [ www.inaturalist.org/observations... ]

A brown pseudoscopion hanging on to the antenna of a wasp. The wasp is yellow with black stripes and transparent wings.

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Perry Beasley-Hall, PhD @pbeasleyhall.bsky.social · 22d

Say hi to Micropathus ditto and M. zubat, two #NewSpecies of cave cricket from forests in southern Tasmania! These crickets are threatened by climate change, land clearing, and logging. Giving them names is an important step towards their conservation. But why did we choose these ones? #bugsky 🧵 1/6

Macro photos of the morphology of Micropathus zubat, showing the head, ovipositor, and genital plates. Superimposed in the corner is a sprite of the Pokemon Zubat.

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CuttleDreams 🪱🪳 @cuttledreams.bsky.social · Aug 26

Bug time!! Got this one done just in time for #Invertefest ~

An illustration of the earwig Oreasiobia fedtschenkoi. It is swooping down wings outstretched. Around it is a wavy golden boarder and star shapes. The background is waves of pastel purples pinks and greens with glitter-like sparkles.

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Entomological Society of America @entsocamerica.bsky.social · 1d

Arthropod Photo of the Week: October 8, 2025
Social paper wasp
Agelaia pallipes
Hymenoptera: Vespidae
By Alexandre Andes Gascon, Florida, USA
#arthropodPOTW

Close-up view of a yellow and orange wasp's face, showing detailed compound eyes, antennae, and mouthparts, against a bright red background. The wasp is perched on a piece of wood.

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𓆧 cute monsters enjoyer 𓆧 @0rthoptera.bsky.social · 1d

forgot i had annam sticks now i have these babies

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Aussie Moths @wa-moths.bsky.social · 4d

A cold night (4°C) after a cool, grey day meant not many moths last night (just 6/6).

We did get another beautiful male Orgyia athlophora visiting though. The female of this species is flightless. A species only found in the southwest of WA
#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #lepidoptera #inaturalist

Top view of a moth with forewings that have a complex pattern of dark brown, pale brown and white wavy lines. There are two pale patches on the bottom of each forewing. The antennae are large and feathery

Side view of a moth with forewings that have a complex pattern of dark brown, pale brown and white wavy lines. There are two pale patches on the bottom of each forewing. The antennae are large and feathery. The front legs are stretched out

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Arachtober @arachtober.bsky.social · 5d

A dew covered Wolf Spider - #Arachtober 4
(Hogna antelucana)
Found in South Texas, USA
#spider #insect #macrophotography #naturephotography

3D stereo macro photo pair of a wolf spider.

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Arachtober @arachtober.bsky.social · 4d

Skipper and Crab Spider - #Arachtober 5th
I think this spider knows that is too much for a meal. She wasn't moving.
#spider #macrophotography #naturephotography #butterfly #skipper

A brown skipper butterfly and a small white crab spider maybe wondering if it is too big to eat. Stereo 3D Macro Photography.

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Evelyndroid's Aperture Séance and Spooky Spood-Finding 🏳️‍⚧️🕷️ @apsciencebylyn.bsky.social · Oct 6

Crab, and crab peets 🥹
One of our most stunning crab spider species (Misumenoides formosipes) is very large and pretty chill, and that makes getting shots of their little feet a bit easier.
#Invertebrates #Arachtober

Magnificent pale white and pink crab spider on a cluster of purple chaffhead flowers, her large front leg pairs spread wide like bird wings

Close shot of two of her little feet, with 2 tiny claws on each

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Evelyndroid's Aperture Séance and Spooky Spood-Finding 🏳️‍⚧️🕷️ @apsciencebylyn.bsky.social · 4d

Crab Season
#Arachtober 🩷

Magnificent white-banded crab spider lass, perched on a white flower smaller than she is. She's light pink and white

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Brandon Claridge @ichsofna.bsky.social · 4d

Very preliminary but below should be a #newspecies and the first record of the #ichneumonid genus Patroclus in the US! This newly collected singleton specimen is from central Utah but Patroclus is neotropical, getting as far north as Mexico.

#taxonomy #insects #wasps #Hymenoptera #parasitoid

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🕸️♥ Ripley Arachnid ♥🕸️ @spiderdungeon.bsky.social · 5d

this continues to be one of my favorite spider vids i’ve made lol

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𓆧 cute monsters enjoyer 𓆧 @0rthoptera.bsky.social · 4d

everyone to their own leaf 🍃

Nesoecia nigrispina male (top) and female (bottom), sitting each on their own dry oak leaf

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