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Max Aubry @strepsipzerg.bsky.social · 17h

There's a mushroom-themed festival in Vienna this week. They were showing ''The giants'', a biopic about Bob Brown, a huge figure of the Australian environmentalist and LGBTQ+ movements.
Not really about mushrooms, but super sweet and interesting. Also a bit depressing. #cinema #ecology

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Bath Nature @bathnature.bsky.social · 18h

More highlights from the moth trap at Bath City Farm @bathcityfarm.bsky.social this week: Light Emerald, (Northern) Deep-brown Dart, White Point and Black Rustic.
#nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #ukwildlife #bathnature #insect #moth #UKmoths #TeamMoth

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Max Aubry @strepsipzerg.bsky.social · 1d

this year I saw two Red underwing, one of the biggest Noctuid moths in central Europe. They are pretty neat, I think. Their caterpillars develop on willows and poplars, so it makes sense they would feel at home in #Vienna since we have many of those. #insects #moths #cityWildlife

a big moth in a glass jar. It has grey marbled upper-wings, and much more flashy under-wings with scarlet red and black bands, along with a white fringe on the edge.

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Adrian Dutton @nottscoleoptera.bsky.social · 1d

Like little trilobites, larva of the common Riffle Beetle, Elmis aenea. #Coleoptera #Elmidae

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Max Aubry @strepsipzerg.bsky.social · 1d

such a cute weevil. I haven't seen this genus in... 15 years maybe. I really like it, and the one I saw back is on my CV ever since hehe

this is Rhynchites bacchus!

It was already in my window yesterday but I forgot to check it. It would have been perfect for #WeevilWednesday

#insects #beetle

A small beetle on the tip of my finger. It's quite round, but with a long proboscis. It is also shiny pink, and very cute.

The same beetle, now on its back, resting on a table. It is pretending to be dead, but it's very healthy actually.

A third picture of the same beetle, a macroshot of it standing on my window glass.

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Max Aubry @strepsipzerg.bsky.social · 2d

Non pas cette année, mais j'espère l'année prochaine!

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Kulturverein Krawall @krawall-wien.bsky.social · 2d

The city yearns for more bugs: your weekly dose of nature-inspired Viennese murals. #urbanism #insects #insekten #wien

A mural showing a robotic ant. It's blue, painted on a slightly lighter blue background. On top of the mural, many small yellow symbols give it a mystic vibe.

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Just Me - Yarn Sniffer @creative-flunky.bsky.social · 2d

This is megalopyge opercularis. A real cutie indeed. As a caterpillar though, they are anything but cute.

#insect #nature #moth

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Adel | La Bestiologie @adeldm.bsky.social · 2d

#Arachtober jour 8 avec une petite araignée en plein ballooning, un mode de dispersion dans lequel les araignées profitent des courants d'air pour s'envoler vers d'autres lieux. 🍃

Photographie d'une petite araignée au bout d'une tige. Elle se tient avec l'abdomen en l'air.

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Max Aubry @strepsipzerg.bsky.social · 2d

C'est lequel qui est invisible du coup?

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Max Aubry @strepsipzerg.bsky.social · 2d

L'année dernière elle y était encore oui, la tape pourra se faire tkt

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Max Aubry @strepsipzerg.bsky.social · 2d

Pas de soucis, c'est un plaisir de propager ça

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Max Aubry @strepsipzerg.bsky.social · 3d

We are done with the #insects workshops until spring, so it's time to release the butterflies!
Adults were released on the last day, with the kids, but I have a bunch of pupae left. I spread them in the park next door and hopefully they will hatch soon!
#cityWildlife #scicomm

two butterfly chrysalises are resting on a piece of stained kitchen tissue. The one on the right is twice the length of the one of the left. They both have similar shapes, very pointy. The bigger chrysalis is brown with a few golden spots, while the smaller one is darker brown, with silvery spots, making it look like very fancy bird poop.

A series of butterfly chrysalises, hanging from stems all taped together with bright red masking tape. They are all the same size, but different shades of brown, from almost beige to almost black. One is almost completely hidden in a curled up dried leaf.
The tape is stuck to a glass jar containing a piece of kitchen tissue, and more chrysalises.

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Mavis Bickle @mavisbickle.bsky.social · 3d

A Swallowtail looking like freshly washed linen came in early this morning and the Carcina quercana was on the sheet all night. Still waiting for something green … #teammoth

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SpeeDons @speedons.fr · 4d

Non, la constitution du gouvernement ne sera pas une catégorie sur la prochaine édition de SpeeDons.

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Mike Melton @mikemelton.bsky.social · 5d

Everybody thinks they're a photography expert now. I put my camera down for a minute and this mantis has to go and change my settings on me.

At @casabentbill.bsky.social #CostaRica

#invertebrates #mantids #insects

A brown praying mantis clings to the body of a black Panasonic camera, its front legs raised near the control dial.

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Stg-Snaps @stg-snaps.bsky.social · 5d

It is always cool when I find something new to me to photograph. This is an American Rubyspot Damselfly
#damselfly #insects #damselflies #nature #natureinspired #naturebeauty #wildlife

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Colpizen @colpizen.bsky.social · 4d

Morning all :) ☕️ 🌿
Papilio machaon
White and Indian ink on old papers
#sciart #entomology #noborder #swallowtail

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Max Aubry @strepsipzerg.bsky.social · 5d

Several people have now asked/sent me on the "Ant yoghurt" article from the guardian. I'm glad my people know me as the insect + fermentation person

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klimareporter° @klimareporter.bsky.social · 5d

Klimaschutz darf nicht zum Luxusgut werden, wer wenig verdient, braucht gezielte Unterstützung, sagt Claudia Kemfert, Energieökonomin und Mitglied im Herausgeberrat von Klimareporter°. Nur eine sozial gerechte Energiewende werde weiterhin Zustimmung erhalten. www.klimareporter.de/energiewende...

Koalition im Fusions-Traum, Stadtwerke in der Gasfalle und Klimaschutz als Wohlstandsprogramm

Kalenderwoche 40: Klimaschutz darf nicht zum Luxusgut werden, sagt Claudia Kemfert, Energieökonomin und Mitglied im Herausgeberrat von Klimareporter°.

www.klimareporter.de

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Max Aubry @strepsipzerg.bsky.social · 5d

It's time to bottle the walnut #wine I started in June!
I ended up not having enough bottles, so I will have to reach out to my extended friend group to give away some of the wine 😅 .
But it smells super nice and will be very good I think
#diy #fermentation #alcohol

A picture of me pouring a dark liquid from a big plastic bowl to a big ceramic jar. A cloth is laid on the jar to filter the liquid.

A nicely ordered set of 9 bottles. At the back are 4 tall bottles with long necks, then a row of 4 smaller flip-top bottles . In the front, a single small flip-top bottle.
They're all filled with a dark liquid.

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lenik-06.bsky.social @lenik-06.bsky.social · 7d

#Photography #Nature #NaturePhotohraphy
#trees #woodland #ForestFriday

En premier plan, des rochers et une souche couverts de mousse . En deuxième plan un feuillu et une forêt de pins.

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Adel | La Bestiologie @adeldm.bsky.social · 6d

Page n°1 (jours 1 à 4) de mon #Inktober2025, qui mixe le #Insektober2025 de l'opie_insectes et le #Clapotitober2025 de Clapotis Sauvage.

Je ne parvenais pas à choisir entre les deux, alors je fais les deux !

#Art #Illustration #Inktober

Scan de la première page de mon inktober, réalisée sur un carnet avec de l'encre noire. Il y a quatre cases et des insectes autour. La première case montre une cascade, la seconde une montagne inspirée d'Erebor, la troisième un tronc d'arbre avec des champignons et la quatrième de petites fleurs. Les insectes sont les suivants : dynaste hercule, papillon feuille d'automne, guêpe à mygale aux ailes rouges et érythème émeraude.

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Max Aubry @strepsipzerg.bsky.social · 7d

Très content de te montrer ça pour la première fois si tu n'as jamais vu ces misprints

Un pile de trois livres "La zone du Dehors", de l'auteur Walain Damasio

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Kulturverein Krawall @krawall-wien.bsky.social · 7d

Danke an das Team GB*Stadtteilbüro Süd für die Einladung und Organisation!
Heute durften wir beim Gartldankfest Input zum Thema städtische Biodiversität geben, und ein paar nützliche Ressourcen teilen. #scicomm #urbanism #wien

Eine Person vor einer PowerPoint-Präsentation, die an eine Wand projiziert wird. Die Frau macht Handgesten, um etwas zu erklären. Die Beleuchtung ist sanft und ein wenig farbenfroh.

Ein Ort zum Tauschen von Pflanzen, an dem es viele verschiedene Pflanzen gibt!

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