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Spidermax
@spidermax3000.bsky.social
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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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 🌿🐙📷
January 30, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Happy #flyday
Scarlet #ibis - Eudocimus ruber
(Shot at @cincinnatizoo.bsky.social 1-1-26) 🐦🦩 #photography #animal #bird #zoo #cincyzoopic
January 30, 2026 at 4:11 PM
January 29, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Black #vultures - Coragyps atratus
(Shot near Cincinnati 1-16-26) 🐦🦅 #photography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #nature #animal #birds #vulture
January 28, 2026 at 3:31 PM
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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
January 27, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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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?
January 27, 2026 at 2:45 PM
American #bullfrog - Lithobates catesbeianus
(Shot near Cincinnati 10-6-25) 🐸 #photography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #animal #nature #herps #amphibian #frog
January 27, 2026 at 6:06 PM
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Here's one from the archives of this past summer 2025. #GreatEgret hunting a fish.
#birds
January 27, 2026 at 1:28 AM
#macromonday
Alien sun #beetle - Pachnoda marginata peregrina
(Shot in my #animalroom 12-6-25) 🪲🪳 #photography #macrophotography #animal #invertebrate #insect #bug #bugsky #ento #pets
January 26, 2026 at 5:24 PM
I’m really enjoying raising mourning #geckos (Lepidodactylus lugubris) 🦎 #animal #herps #reptile #lizard #gecko #mourninggecko #animalroom #pets
January 25, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Happy Sunday
Komodo #dragon - Varanus komodoensis
(Shot at @cincinnatizoo.bsky.social 1-1-26) 🦎🐉 #photography #animal #herps #reptile #lizard #zoo #cincyzoopic
January 25, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Happy Saturday
Inca tern - Larosterna inca
(Shot at @cincinnatizoo.bsky.social 1-1-26) 🐦🐦‍⬛ #photography #animal #bird #zoo #cincyzoopic #fish
January 24, 2026 at 5:56 PM
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Another shot from my (almost) father-in-law, John McFeeters, with his iPhone. #flyday
January 23, 2026 at 5:09 PM
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January 23, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Happy #flyday
Black #vultures - Coragyps atratus
(Shot near Cincinnati 1-16-26) 🐦🦉 #photography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #nature #animal #bird #raptor #vulture
January 23, 2026 at 5:04 PM
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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 📷
January 22, 2026 at 12:17 PM
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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
January 22, 2026 at 2:58 PM
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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
January 22, 2026 at 5:33 AM
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#insectthursday
Alien sun #beetle #grub - Pachnoda marginata peregrina
(Shot in my #animalroom 1-17-26) 🪲🪳 #photography #macrophotography #animal #invertebrate #insect #bug #bugsky #ento #pet
January 22, 2026 at 6:00 PM
#turtletuesday
Amazonian Mata mata turtle - Chelus fimbriata
(Shot at @cincinnatizoo.bsky.social 1-1-26) 🐢 #photography #animal #herps #reptile #turtle #zoo #cincizoopic
January 20, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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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
January 17, 2026 at 5:48 PM
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This #TwoOfAKind again #BirdOfTheDay #bird #wildlife #nature #photography #eagle

Regimen fascisticum delenda est!
January 18, 2026 at 10:59 AM
Happy MLK day
Bald #eagle - Haliaeetus leucocephalus
(Shot at @cincinnatizoo.bsky.social 1-1-26) 🐦🦅 #photography #animal #bird #zoo #cincyzoopic
January 19, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Happy Sunday
American black #bear - Ursus americanus
(Shot at @cincinnatizoo.bsky.social 1-1-26) 🐻🦊 #photography #animal #mammal #zoo #cincyzoopic
January 18, 2026 at 7:14 PM