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Spidermax
@spidermax3000.bsky.social
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Amateur wildlife/animal photographer, zoology nerd, bug lover, tarantula keeper, herper, zoo lurker, aquarium hobbyist, frog guy, ecology enthusiast, beginner birder.
He/him in Cincinnati, Oh
📸s: canon rebel T2i & T7i, iPhone 15 pro, GoPro hero black 13
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tjalamont.bsky.social
When I photographed this butterfly (I think a checkered white, Pontia protodice) last weekend in the desert, the air was about 40 degrees F. But the sand was warmer, and that's probably why the butterfly was on the ground and reluctant to fly, even when I got close. Love the blue eye! #BugSky 🌿🐙📷
A macro photo of a butterfly roosting on desert sand, seen from the side and framed with all but the back 1/4 of the wings visible. The butterfly is white with yellow and black scales on the hind wing veins. It has pale blue eyes, and dark blotches on the forewings.
January 30, 2026 at 9:01 PM
spidermax3000.bsky.social
Happy #flyday
Scarlet #ibis - Eudocimus ruber
(Shot at @cincinnatizoo.bsky.social 1-1-26) 🐦🦩 #photography #animal #bird #zoo #cincyzoopic
A scarlet ibis (Eudocimus ruber) on the ground walking towards the camera but looking towards the bottom left of frame
January 30, 2026 at 4:11 PM
spidermax3000.bsky.social
#insectthursday
#Katydid - Orchelium sp.
(Shot near Cincinnati 10-22-25) 🪲🪳🦗 #photography #macrophotography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #nature #animal #invertebrate #insect #bug #bugsky #ento
A katydid (Orchelium sp.) shot in profile facing the left of frame on a flat man-made surface.
January 29, 2026 at 4:57 PM
spidermax3000.bsky.social
Black #vultures - Coragyps atratus
(Shot near Cincinnati 1-16-26) 🐦🦅 #photography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #nature #animal #birds #vulture
2 black vultures (Coragyps atratus) in a ditch by the road with their backs to the camera as they look cautiously over their shoulders
January 28, 2026 at 3:31 PM
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1184outdoors.bsky.social
Two birds in the bath - making do with a puddle left over after recent rain. Pin-tailed Whydah in the back (native to Africa, not California) and Chipping Sparrow in the front. #Twosday #birds
Chipping Sparrow in the front. It has tans, browns and pale gray feathers with a short and relatively slender pinkish bill. Pin-tailed Whydah photo-bombing in the back — having black, brown and white feathers with a bright coral orange bill that is short and thick. Since they are in a puddle there's a reflection, and the surface of the water is the color of surrounding foliage.
January 27, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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maxwaughphoto.bsky.social
The elephant's trunk, the giraffe's long neck, the peacock's tail... These are all standout body features that make certain animals famous. But is there any more iconic body part than that of the male vervet monkey?
The male vervet monkey of Africa has bright blue balls, in case you didn't know.
January 27, 2026 at 2:45 PM
spidermax3000.bsky.social
American #bullfrog - Lithobates catesbeianus
(Shot near Cincinnati 10-6-25) 🐸 #photography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #animal #nature #herps #amphibian #frog
An American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) sitting the duckweed facing the right of frame and shot in profile.
January 27, 2026 at 6:06 PM
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marygemignani.bsky.social
Here's one from the archives of this past summer 2025. #GreatEgret hunting a fish.
#birds
A great egret is crouched with it's neck coiled hunting a fish in the waters of a very large marsh (Horicon Marsh). The bird is a large white bird with black legs, and yellow eyes and beak.
January 27, 2026 at 1:28 AM
spidermax3000.bsky.social
#macromonday
Alien sun #beetle - Pachnoda marginata peregrina
(Shot in my #animalroom 12-6-25) 🪲🪳 #photography #macrophotography #animal #invertebrate #insect #bug #bugsky #ento #pets
A close up macro shot of an alien sun beetle (Pachnoda marginata peregrina) crawling across some cork bark towards the camera
January 26, 2026 at 5:24 PM
spidermax3000.bsky.social
I’m really enjoying raising mourning #geckos (Lepidodactylus lugubris) 🦎 #animal #herps #reptile #lizard #gecko #mourninggecko #animalroom #pets
3 baby mourning geckos (Lepidodactylus lugubris) on the side of their deli cup enclosure together. The shot is mostly of their bellies
January 25, 2026 at 9:13 PM
spidermax3000.bsky.social
Happy Sunday
Komodo #dragon - Varanus komodoensis
(Shot at @cincinnatizoo.bsky.social 1-1-26) 🦎🐉 #photography #animal #herps #reptile #lizard #zoo #cincyzoopic
A Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) looking coyly at the camera as they lounge on a log facing the left of frame
January 25, 2026 at 5:06 PM
spidermax3000.bsky.social
Happy Saturday
Inca tern - Larosterna inca
(Shot at @cincinnatizoo.bsky.social 1-1-26) 🐦🐦‍⬛ #photography #animal #bird #zoo #cincyzoopic #fish
An Inca tern (Larosterna inca) perched on artificial rock with their back to us but turned towards the left of frame so we can see them choking down a fish in profile
January 24, 2026 at 5:56 PM
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umbradog-tim.bsky.social
Another shot from my (almost) father-in-law, John McFeeters, with his iPhone. #flyday
Chickadee in flight with fully spread wings and tail and a berry in its beak
January 23, 2026 at 5:09 PM
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mjlinde.bsky.social
#CrittersThatFly
#Flyday
#naturephotography
#bee 🐝

@grays.art
"Closeup of sunny, yellow-green eyed bee on pink and white milkweed florets, out of focus green background from milkweed leaf."
January 23, 2026 at 6:33 PM
spidermax3000.bsky.social
Happy #flyday
Black #vultures - Coragyps atratus
(Shot near Cincinnati 1-16-26) 🐦🦉 #photography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #nature #animal #bird #raptor #vulture
3 black vultures (Coragyps atratus) gather around a deer corpse on the side of the road (a fourth vulture is cropped out a bit in the top left.
January 23, 2026 at 5:04 PM
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drtonygillie.bsky.social
The Banded Groundling (Brachythemis impartita). A locally common dragonfly in #FreshWater habitats in southern Spain. Pictured here in the obelisk position, to minimise exposure to the sun. As their name suggests, they spend most of their time on or close to the ground!
#InsectThursday #Odonata 📷
A small dragonfly perched on top of a small stick just above the surface of a reservoir. It has a very dark blue body pointing upwards, large black eyes, and its clear wings with black bands just before the wing tips are spread out to either side.
January 22, 2026 at 12:17 PM
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learls.bsky.social
Where there are bees, there are flowers, and whereever there are flowers, there is new life and hope
--Christy Lefteri, the Beekeeper of Aleppo

#InsectThursday #ColorADay #YellowThu #WeekCforCloseUp #EastCoastKin #bees #insects #BugSky #photography #photographersofbluesky
2 fuzzy black and yellow Bumblebees cling, on opposite sides, to a goldenweed bloom. The left one is positioned above the right, both facing inward. The background is made up of blurred green leaves.
January 22, 2026 at 2:58 PM
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grays.art
Monk Skipper
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekCforCloseUp and also
(Choranthus capucinus)

in a gone-wild lot by the ocean
on 10-10-25 in Cape Coral, Florida

#insectThursday #eastcoastkin #bugsky #insectThursday #Lepidoptera #yellow #native #insects #bugs #nature #macro #photography #macroPhotography #art
Resting on a green leaf in a vertical position, large-round eyed butterfly with curled proboscis (tongue), antennae held close to each other, underside of their wings are a dark, reddish-brown, with a slight, dusty appearance.
January 22, 2026 at 5:33 AM
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mjlinde.bsky.social
#InsectThursday #naturephotography #pollinators #insects #bees #macrophotography 🐝

@grays.art
Male bicolored striped sweat bee (Agapostemon virescens) on a wet cone flower (Echinacea purpurea) 7-30-25, Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood
January 22, 2026 at 5:43 PM
spidermax3000.bsky.social
#insectthursday
Alien sun #beetle #grub - Pachnoda marginata peregrina
(Shot in my #animalroom 1-17-26) 🪲🪳 #photography #macrophotography #animal #invertebrate #insect #bug #bugsky #ento #pet
A relatively large alien sun beetle grub (Pachnoda marginata peregrina) on my hand and kind of on their side with their head and legs on the right and their chunky bum on left
January 22, 2026 at 6:00 PM
spidermax3000.bsky.social
#turtletuesday
Amazonian Mata mata turtle - Chelus fimbriata
(Shot at @cincinnatizoo.bsky.social 1-1-26) 🐢 #photography #animal #herps #reptile #turtle #zoo #cincizoopic
An Amazonian Mata mata turtle (Chelus fimbriata) poking their nose about the water and giving the camera a pretty clear shot of their face
January 20, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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dan-arc.bsky.social
Early in the morning I spotted this juvenile bald eagle along the river's edge, perched low in a tree. It knew I was nearby (nowhere to hide) but it didn't mind at all - I think it was more worried about finding some breakfast 🍽️

#BirdOfTheDay #PerfectPerch #bird #birds #birding #raptors #eagle #pnw
eagle in tree
January 17, 2026 at 5:48 PM
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jdublow.bsky.social
This #TwoOfAKind again #BirdOfTheDay #bird #wildlife #nature #photography #eagle

Regimen fascisticum delenda est!
A pair of bald eagles perched on the same branch
January 18, 2026 at 10:59 AM
spidermax3000.bsky.social
Happy MLK day
Bald #eagle - Haliaeetus leucocephalus
(Shot at @cincinnatizoo.bsky.social 1-1-26) 🐦🦅 #photography #animal #bird #zoo #cincyzoopic
A bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) looking puzzlingly into the middle distance from their perch. Camera looks at them straight on
January 19, 2026 at 5:28 PM
spidermax3000.bsky.social
Happy Sunday
American black #bear - Ursus americanus
(Shot at @cincinnatizoo.bsky.social 1-1-26) 🐻🦊 #photography #animal #mammal #zoo #cincyzoopic
A young American black bear (Ursus americanus), that is actually quite brown, carefully walks across a thin log towards the camera and the bottom left corner of the frame. We can see a little snow on their butt
January 18, 2026 at 7:14 PM