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Bug Pix
@bugpix.bsky.social
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A repository for photos of the critters I encounter.

Not an entomologist. I try my best to identify these little guys accurately, but ID suggestions/corrections are always welcome!
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spidermax3000.bsky.social
#insectthursday
Ichneumon #wasp - Family: Ichneumonidae
(Shot near Cincinnati 6-30-25) 🪳🪲🐝 #photography #macrophotography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #nature #animal #ivertebrate #insecf #bug #bugsky #ento
An ichneumon wasp (Family: Ichneumonidae) in profile on a leaf facing the left of frame. They have a dark body and thin orangish legs.
November 20, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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wa-moths.bsky.social
Hestiochora occidentalis

A species of Forester moth endemic to temperate regions of Western Australia. This beautiful male was seen in our Perth Hills garden last week.
#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #nature #inaturalist
Top view of a moth that is generally black with a red band at the neck and several white stripes on the abdomen. The antennae are large and feathered
November 14, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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jeremysell.bsky.social
Most Ichneumonid wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) are parasitoids that lay their eggs inside other insects. The larvae hatch and slowly eat their hosts alive. Eventually the larvae burst out of their hosts, killing them. Many species are very useful for pest control. Palmyra Michigan, 13 May 2016.
Most Ichneumonid wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) are parasitoids that lay their eggs inside other insects. The larvae hatch and slowly eat their hosts alive. Eventually the larvae burst out of their hosts, killing them. Many species are very useful for pest control. Palmyra Michigan, 13 May 2016.
November 13, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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fossilforager.bsky.social
New beanies are now available to preorder on my site! These will keep you cozy all winter long 🌲❤️

🍂 shop.fossilforager.art
A mockup image of a Prussian blue beanie with an embroidered pacific chorus frog egg, tadpole, and adult! The frog is green with a white belly and black markings around the eye and belly. A mockup of a brown beanie with an embroidered warm brown acorn weevil! A moss green beanie with an embroidered black stag beetle! A turmeric colored beanie with embroidered golden chanterelle mushrooms!
November 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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mariposanature.bsky.social
🦋 Spring Butterflies of Central & Northern Spain

🦋 Summer Butterflies of the Spanish Pyrenees

🦋 Autumn Exotica in Andalusia

Like ALL our butterfly tours, they generate donations to support the great conservation work of @europebutterfly.bsky.social. (2/2)
Spanish Fritillary (Euphydryas desfontainii) © Clive Burrows
November 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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cuddlycrawlys.bsky.social
Penelope having a snack of crickets. Royal Jumping Spiders are something adorable and creepy. My favorite. #macro #macrophotography #insects #omsystems #olympus #natgeo #spiders #spider #bugs #wildlife @ak_diffuser @omsystem.cameras
November 13, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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spiderdungeon.bsky.social
Gumby the Spider says hello! 💚
Gumby the spider in his terrarium amongst green moss and blue vines Gumby the spider up close. he is a mature male regal jumping spider- he is all black with white spots and stripes, and green fangs.
November 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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bernoid.bsky.social
My nature journal Secrets of a Devon Wood is available to buy in @Waterstones if you're on the hunt for a gift for a nature lover. There's some signed copies in the Newton Abbot branch.
November 13, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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mousebanshee.bsky.social
pretzel is big lounging today! 🥨💕 #spider #fishingspider #dolomedes #dolomedestenebrosus
A fishing spider rests on a branch as if she is royalty. She is stretched out and relaxed, showing off the stripes on her legs.
November 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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mousebanshee.bsky.social
her magnificent fluffiness, miss clementine 😊 #tarantula #curlyhairtarantula #tliltocatlalbopilosus
A curly hair tarantula stands in her enclosure. She is brown and covered in wild, fluffy blonde hairs all over.
November 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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cuddlycrawlys.bsky.social
Pure Green Augochlora I found in the wood pile outside at 5 am.

#macro #macrophotography #insects #omsystems #olympus #natgeo #insects #insect #bugs #wildlife @ak_diffuser @omsystem.cameras
November 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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wikidgarden.bsky.social
And the same Longtailed Skipper photographed by @rmj827.bsky.social

#Butterflies #Wildlife #Gardening #Naturalists
#Miami #NativePlants
Poised on a green leaf is a drab butterfly with light forewing spots and long tails. Fringes on its wing edges are lighted by the sun. Its iridescent green shows along the back of its wide head.
October 13, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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wikidgarden.bsky.social
Today started rainy but turned beautiful (if breezy) for butterfly hunting. In its small, drab way, this Ocola Skipper drinking nectar stole my 💚. What a face.
#Butterflies #Habitat #Rewild #NativePlants #Insects
Surrounded by green leaves and blades of grass, at the lavender inflorescence of Porterweed, a small brown butterfly sits with proboscis extended. Its large, dark eye and wide, fuzzy head are oriented toward the viewer.
October 25, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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wikidgarden.bsky.social
The Faithful Beauty, a day-flying moth, in a Key Largo, FL, coastal hammock preserve today. Thanks to @rmj827.bsky.social for spotting, camera, lens, and 📸processing.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composi...

#Butterflies #Moths #Naturalists #NativePlants #Habitat
On dark green leaves rests what appears to be a butterfly—actually a moth. Its wings are black and spangled with brilliant red and white dots. Iridescent blue lights its abdomen and central wing surfaces. Its head and thorax are black dotted by white. Its spectacular appearance signals that it’s toxic. As a caterpillar, it fed on Devil’s Potato. 💀
November 3, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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tshahan.bsky.social
🧡 a few late season butters enjoying the backyard a couple of weeks ago - Burnsius, Euptoieta, Anthanassa, Phyciodes 🤎
November 8, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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petrathepostdoc.bsky.social
4 years of #invertober #SciArt goobers

you know what, from going through 3-4 months of one of my worst art blocks ever to an outpouring of art 2025 was overall a good art year

#HumanMade #noAI #invertebrates
a collage of 32 invertebrates in a 7x5 grid, with a list of their latin names in the middle. there are beetles, millipedes, squids, butterflies, shrimp, slugs, crabs, jellifish, starfish, grasshoppers, leaf bugs, caterpillars, nautiluses, scorpions, damselflies, mussels, velvet worm, peacock spider, isopod, mantis, mosquito the text (white on black) in the middle: INVERTOBER 2022 1 | Chrysina beyeri 2 | Archispirostreptus gigas 3 | Oryctes nasicornis 4 | Sepioteuthis lessoniana 5 | Battus philenor 6 | Lysmata amboinensis 7 | Cicadella viridis 8 | Ariolimax columbianus 9 | Mnemiopsis leidyi 10 | Ocypode quadrata 11 | Junonia coenia 12 | Romalea microptera 13 | Patiria miniata 14 | Polyura athamas 15 | Pulchriphyllium giganteum 16 | Allonautilus scrobiculatus 17 | Antheraea yamamai 18 | Centruroides sculpturatus 19 | Enallagma cyathigerum 20 | Platycotis vittata 21 | Chalcosoma atlas 22 | Mytilus edulis 23 | Estigmene acrea 24 | Opisthopatus roseus 25 | Greta oto 26 | Maratus volans 27 | Peponapis pruinosa 28 | Acraga coa 29 | Armadillidium maculatum 30 | Typophyllum erosum 31 | Phyllocrania paradoxa extra | Anopheles gambiae a collage of 32 invertebrates in a 7x5 grid, with a list of their latin names in the middle. there are beetles, bees, ants, snails, octopus, flies, crabs, moths, isopods, grasshoppers, slugs, flatworms, jellyfish, mantis, spider, wasp, scorpion, starfish, clam, leaf bug, cuttlefish, millipede, dragonfly, mosquito the text (white on black) in the middle: INVERTOBER 2023 1 | Thermonectus marmoratus 2 | Megachile leachella 3 | Wasmannia auropunctata 4 | Papustyla pulcherrima 5 | Diaprepes abbreviatus 6 | Amphioctopus marginatus 7 | Syrphus ribesii 8 | Hepatus epheliticus 9 | Deilephila elpenor 10 | Magicicada septendecim 11 | Drosophila melanogaster 12 | Pentidotea resecata 13 | Melanoplus devastator 14 | Glaucus atlanticus 15 | Libelloides macaronius 16 | Pseudoceros ferrugineus 17 | Morpho peleides 18 | Lucanus capreolus 19 | Phyllorhiza punctata 20 | Mantis religiosa 21 | Thomisus onustus 22 | Dasymutilla occidentalis 23 | Heterometrus spinifer 24 | Danaus chrysippus 25 | Protoreaster nodosus 26 | Siphanta acuta 27 | Chlamys islandica 28 | Sepioloidea lineolata 29 | Scolopendra polymorpha 30 | Limax maximus 31 | Celithemis eponina extra | Sabethes sp. a collage of 31 invertebrates in a 7x5 grid, with a list of their latin names in the middle. there are lanternbugs, butterflies, cephalopods, jellyfish, flies, spiders, wasps, flatworms, ants, chnidarians, beetles, crabs, bees, snails, isopods, sea slugs, sponges, sea cucumbers, and bottom right occupying two spaces a horseshoe crab with a long tail. the text (white on black) in the middle: Invertober 2025 1 | Fulgora laternaria 2 | Siproeta stelenes 3 | Sepia officinalis 4 | Cotylorhiza tuberculata 5 | Bombylius major 6 | Brachypelma smithi 7 | Chrysis ignita 8 | Bipalium choristosperma 9 | Nothomyrmecia sp. 10 | Radianthus magnifica 11 | Goliathus goliatus 12 | Macrocheira kaempferi 13 | Bombus pratorum 14 | Monadenia infumata 15 | Argema mittrei 16 | Armadillidium gestroi 17 | Lampyris noctiluca 18 | Chromodoris annae 19 | Aplysina fistularis 20 | Coccinella trifasciata 21 | Histioteuthis heteropsis 22 | Neotibicen linnei 23 | Eristalis flavipes 24 | Hierodula membranacea 25 | Tachypleus gigas 26 | Chicobolus spinigerus 27 | Kiwa hirsuta 28 | Synchlora aerata 29 | Phidippus audax 30 | Parastichopus johnsoni 31 | Gecarcinus quadratus 7x5 grid on a black background of 32 invertebrates, from jellyfish, leafhoppers, anemones, weevils, lobsters, moths, snails, flies, cuttlefish, worms, spiders, clams, spiders, caterpillars, isopods, flatworms, nudibranch, dragonflies, ticks, centipedes, sea urchins, lacewings, squid, mosquitoes in the middle are their latin names in white text: INVERTOBER 2025 1 | Chrysaora pacifica 2 | Graphocephala coccinea 3 | Anthopleura xanthogrammica 4 | Rhynchophorus cruentatus 5 | Panulirus versicolor 6 | Phalera bucephala 7 | Chrysomallon squamiferum 8 | Mallophora fautrix 9 | Ascarosepion pfefferi 10 | Lumbricus terrestris 11 | Dolomedes tenebrosus 12 | Siliqua patula 13 | Camponotus consobrinus 14 | Eunice aphroditois 15 | Ornithoptera alexandrae 16 | Bathynomus giganteus 17 | Pseudoceros concinnus 18 | Sceliphron caementarium 19 | Vampyroteuthis infernalis 20 | Velella velella 21 | Libellula saturata 22 | Clione limacina 23 | Cicindela albissima 24 | Perna canaliculus 25 | Scutigera coleoptrata 26 | Jorunna parva 27 | Dermacentor variabilis 28 | Chrysopa perla 29 | Mesocentrotus franciscanus 30 | Anoplognathus pallidicollis 31 | Acherontia atropos extra | Aedes aegypti
November 6, 2025 at 10:55 AM
bugpix.bsky.social
Caught a beautiful Golden Paper Wasp (P. aurifer) washing up before going on about their day. ☺️

#entomology #insect #wasp #paperwasp #hymenoptera
November 8, 2025 at 10:13 PM
bugpix.bsky.social
Also been seeing a ton of these adorable Western Pigmy Blues[?] (B. exilis[?]) ❤️

Accidentally captured a bee booting one off their flower lol

#entomology #insect #butterfly #lepidoptera
November 8, 2025 at 9:49 PM
bugpix.bsky.social
Been seeing a lot of these Three-Cornered Alfalfa Hoppers[?] (S. festinus[?]) recently and they are just precious. 🥰

Such a good-shaped creature.

#entomology #insect #treehopper #leafhopper #hemiptera
November 8, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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hemipepsis.bsky.social
went to a bug show today and made some friends. the Giant Peaceful Ground Beetle (actual common name of the Teflus genus) was my favourite she was SO sweet
a large, dark stick insect with a prickly cuticle balancing on my hand and looking towards the camera a large black shiny ground beetle with many grooves along its abdomen, resting on my hand. she is so very cute and exudes a kind aura a long, skinny tan-coloured stick insect climbing up my forearm. a large green mantis resting on my knuckles and staring off into the distance.
November 8, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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spiderdungeon.bsky.social
Dewey says HELLO! 👋
Dewey the jumping spider pressing himself against the terrarium to look at the camera. he is white and semi transluscent with big black eyes and an orangey abdomen.
November 8, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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mousebanshee.bsky.social
i'm trying to give the baby some privacy because she seems a little premolty, but she is just so so sweet 🥹💖 #tarantula #acanthoscurriageniculata
A tarantula spiderling, very small and delicate, pauses in plain sight for a picture. Her cephalothorax is brown, her abdomen is gray, and her legs have subtle stripes between the two colors.
November 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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grays.art
Happy Fly-day. We made it!

Male Eastern amberwing
(Perithemis tenera)

on red mangrove leaf
a dragonfly under an inch (~2cm)
10-8-25 in Bonita Springs, FL

#FlyDay #eastCoastKin #bugSky #macro #photography #macroPhotography #florida #native #insects #bugs #dragonflies #nature #art #dragonflyweek 🐉🪰
Small, red-and-yellow-eyed, yellow and orange dragonfly perched on the end of the upper branch of a pink twig with two branches terminating in the remains of dried flowers.
November 7, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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rajio.bsky.social
Arachnid Megacity

www.sciencealert.com/arachnid-meg...
Arachnid Megacity Discovered in Cave May Be World's Largest Spider Web
A cave straddling the border of Greece and Albania has just yielded an absolute treasure trove of spiders.
www.sciencealert.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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justagirl52.bsky.social
Bluesky 🦋 friends, have a superb #HotStickSaturday! Walking stick insect version in hot color!
November 1, 2025 at 4:12 PM