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@0rthoptera.bsky.social

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mainly posting bugs i keep or find in nature 🍃 Polyneoptera enthusiast 🦗 header by me (Tettigonia cantans), pfp by saltedpeanuts on pinterest

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𓆧 @0rthoptera.bsky.social · Jul 5

woke katydid... call that wokedid

thank u soggy for help, even
tho ur barely there @thesoggiest.bsky.social

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𓆧 @0rthoptera.bsky.social · 14h

forgot i had annam sticks now i have these babies

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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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Dr Perry Beasley-Hall @pbeasleyhall.bsky.social · 21d

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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Owen Leyshon @dungenessowen.bsky.social · 22h

Taken the lawnmower way out to the Pilot Path, Dungeness today for its annual mow

This is to help the Autumn Ladies Tresses as there are no sheep or goats to do the munching

Moved a Large Conehead out the way - which is my first of the year

@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@kentfieldclub.bsky.social

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𓆧 @0rthoptera.bsky.social · 1d

can i participate in the hashtag

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Dr Perry Beasley-Hall @pbeasleyhall.bsky.social · 1d

Cooloola monsters are weird, chunky insects endemic to South East Queensland, Australia. They're probably related to king crickets (Anostostomatidae), but not much is known about their evolution. The wingless females live permanently underground. #EverydayEnsifera

📸: Visit Gympie Region

A pale insect with tiny eyes digging underground. It looks almost like a fat potato with legs.

Source: https://www.visitgympieregion.com.au/great-experiences/wildlife/

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𓆧 @0rthoptera.bsky.social · 1d

>gets mad at the usage of gendered terms toward me
>mainly has feminine profile pictures
many such cases...

𓆧 @0rthoptera.bsky.social · 1d

ENSIFERA !!!!!!!

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Dr Perry Beasley-Hall @pbeasleyhall.bsky.social · 2d

There are ~18,000 species of katydids, crickets, & allies worldwide - over 32,000 if you include questionable names. I thought it'd be fun to showcase some weird, beautiful, or unusual species daily. First up is Orophus tessellatus, a katydid from Central America! #EverydayEnsifera

📸: Karl Kroeker

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𓆧 @0rthoptera.bsky.social · 2d

gives you a bouquet of Siliquofera... (no worries, the dry leaves were changed)

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𓆧 @0rthoptera.bsky.social · 2d

everyone to their own leaf 🍃

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

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𓆧 @0rthoptera.bsky.social · 3d

hashtags are a thing there? nice actually

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𓆧 @0rthoptera.bsky.social · 3d

because people are stupid
nobody bats an eye when someone says they like wolves

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MarcelWasp @marcelwasp.bsky.social · 3d

I hate that any time I mention liking wasps the immediate follow up question is "well have you ever been stung" as if being stung would change my opinion
If my pet cat scratches me that won't automatically make me hate cats now
So why would it for any other animal

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𓆧 @0rthoptera.bsky.social · 3d

knew u would love him hehe

thats from he was smaller and they were taking awful care of him in the pet shop so i had to rescue him

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𓆧 @0rthoptera.bsky.social · 3d

curly hair tarantula is so cute 🕷️🤎

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Niko Kasalo @kasalo.bsky.social · 3d

@cmkosemen.bsky.social has graced us with his rendition of Nophtha proditor, a traitor scarcely larger than a flea! If you ever feel the need to intersect imagination and biology, Kosemen is your man!

Name inspired by @michaelcisco.bsky.social's character.

sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiqu...