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tjalamont.bsky.social
A little color to start off the weekend – a vibrant monkey grasshopper, Paramastax sp., from Colombia. They really do look like this - no saturation or vibrance added during processing. #bugsky 🐙🌿
A macro photo, side angle, of a multi-colored grasshopper on bright green leaves. The grasshopper has large black eyes, a neon green and yellow face with black markings, patches of bright red-orange on the thorax and abdomen, yellow and black jumping legs, and bits of metallic blue and green elsewhere on the body. It is decidedly not attempting to blend in with the leaves.
December 13, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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madformaple.bsky.social
Cinnamon Glider Hawkmoth in #Penang #Malaysia -- #nature #bugs #moths
November 17, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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ashenferns.bsky.social
Small eyed sphinx I believe #moths #bugs
November 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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worldwildlife.bsky.social
Emperor Moth (Saturnia pavonia): Dorset heathland. Photo taken by Maurice Whitney in Dorset, UK #moth #emperormoth #moths #nature #wildlife #dorset
November 28, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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rwhooster.bsky.social
A Beautiful Golden Y for #MothFaceFriday. The only time I've seen one of these #moths was during a holiday in the North York Moors. #teammoth
Beautiful Golden Y (Autographa pulchrina).
November 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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tillingtonchum.bsky.social
A fairly warm night forecast, so we put the lamp out for the first time in a while. Just the one species …. But four gorgeous December Moths.
#moths #TeamMoth #MothsMatter #ento #UKwildlife
November 28, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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crystal-photo.bsky.social
Hickory tussock moth caterpillar on a coneflower stalk #macro #macrophotography #nature #photography #bugsky #insects #insectthursday #macromonday #insect #eastcoastkin #autumn #fuzzy #moths #caterpillars
Canon EOS Rebel T6
EF-S18-55mm f3.5-5.6 IS II
ISO 1250
55mm
f5.6
1/80 s
November 28, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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allthewayholmes.bsky.social
Not exciting to many I guess, but my first ever trapped Winter Moth last night. Just a December Moth and LBAM for company. VC66 #Moths #TeamMoth #MothsMatter
November 29, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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gavingatenby.bsky.social
The fabulous Eucalyptus Hawk Moth, found down Australia's East Coast can have a wingspan up to 120mm. The orange-red coremata tufts at the end of the abdomen, that release pheromones, indicates this one is a male. #WildOz #moths #AustralianWildlife.
December 3, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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direbecca.bsky.social
For #WildlifeWednesday, here is a lovely Isabella Tiger Moth caterpillar we saw at #PtReyes recently.💚
#Inverts #Moths #NaturePhotos #iNat 📷
A fuzzy black and burnt-orange caterpillar is resting on a bent dry stem, upside down.
December 4, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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rwhooster.bsky.social
The Lychnis for #MothFaceFriday. I reared this moth earlier this year, thinking it would be a Campion. #teammoth
The Lychnis (Hadena bicruris).
December 12, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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rwhooster.bsky.social
Six Thorns: August, Purple, Early, Canary-shouldered, Feathered, and Dusky. I doubt I'll ever get to see the others.

#teammoth #moths
December 6, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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perpetuallypissed.com
Common Looper Moth. Hitched a ride on a pepper plant when I brought it inside for winter.

Macro stack with Zerene stacker.

#macro #macrophotography #nature #moths #invertebrate #photography #nature
Common Looper moth macro. Head tuft and green eye visible. Common Looper moth macro. Head tuft and green eye visible. Crop showing details and fur. Common Looper moth macro. Head tuft and wing mark visible. Common Looper moth macro head on.
December 9, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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artbyemilytull.bsky.social
Day 11 #ArtAdventCalendar
"Reuse renew relearn - garden tiger and jersey tiger"
Hand embroidery thread painting artwork
www.emilytull.co.uk/store/p116/r...
#moths #embroidery #WildlifeArt
A rectangular (landscape) dark green wool background with four patches is a dark line green darning. On the left is a hand embroidered garden tiger moth facing to the left. On the right is a hand embroidered jersey tiger moth facing upward with its wings open.
December 11, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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trilobyter.bsky.social
A yellow-collared scape #moth on mistflower in the front garden. This was a new sighting for me, don’t generally expect to see moths in the daytime, though I read they are a common species in North America.

#insect #photography #flower #bloomscrolling #insectphotography #moths
Closeup color photo of a moth with long, swept-back, dark brown wings, an orange neck, and long, comb-like antennae feeding on a feathery blue mistflower.
December 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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coldav1.bsky.social
This moth was on our apartment wall this morning in Mandria, Cyprus. Apparently it's Apochima flabellaria. #moths
December 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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llynfian.bsky.social
Some daytime moth finds from Austria and Hungary in June. #TeamMoth #moths
Golden yellow wave The feline Bright wave Spurge clearwing
December 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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sohkamyung.bsky.social
An unidentified and very hairy moth caterpillar (order Lepidoptera) spotted at Ulu Sembawang Park Connector, Singapore on 8 March 2025. I am definitely not touching it.

On iNaturalist [ www.inaturalist.org/observations... ].

#iNaturalist #Nature #Photography #Singapore #Insects #Moths #Lepidoptera
An orange caterpillar on a leaf. Its body is covered with a very thick blanker of hair. Some of the hair is gathered into a short tail at the end of the caterpillar. A closer view of the head of the caterpillar. It is round, with a white patch in the middle of the forehead. Another side view of the caterpillar, showing off the thick blanket of long hair.
December 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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incnaturalist.bsky.social
Loving the pattern of this huntsman spider on the waves and swirls of the bark
December 5, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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rainylakes.bsky.social
clouded sulphur having a tasty snack 🦋

#photography #bugsky #nature #butterfly #insectphotography #wildlife #flowers #flowerphotography #bloomscrolling #artsky #art #portrait #macro #insect #yellow
December 10, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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crevicedwelling.bsky.social
my tobacco hornworm pupa eclosed! perhaps as someone with tomato plants I shouldn’t be this happy, but what a lovely moth
a large gray moth perches on my knuckles a large gray moth with pointed wings clings to a wooden table
June 27, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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scuba-licia.bsky.social
'Vogue' It's amazing how much lives in the reef if you look hard enough! The Rust-Colored Guard Crab (Trapezia rufopunctata) has a symbiotic relationship with its coral home - it feeds on coral polyps while depending it from Crown of Thorns or other coral-killing critters.

#marinelife #crustmas
Crab strikes a post by framing its eye with its claw White and red spotted crab deep in the coral Red and white spooted crab deep in the coral
December 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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nashturley.bsky.social
Saddleback caterpillar from Belize, look but don't touch
green and brown caterpillar on a leaf with fleshy horns covered in long sharp spikes
December 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
anticulturalism.bsky.social
I am way too cold for this!!!
inaturalist.bsky.social iNaturalist @inaturalist.bsky.social · 4d
You don't need to be an expert to help protect local nature. Starting December 15, join our first-ever ID-a-thon and contribute directly to biodiversity science and conservation!

Learn more: tr.ee/id-a-thon
Join the iNaturalist ID-a-thon! December 15, 2025 – January 15, 2026 Each week, we'll share tips, quick guides, and short visual tutorials to help you build confidence and find easy starting points. Every ID helps the iNaturalist community and the science and conservation fueled by iNaturalist data. Every identification helps make a difference for science and conservation. Why identify? To protect nature, we need to know it well. Learning to identify on iNaturalist is one of the best ways to directly contribute to our shared knowledge of the nature around us. Identifying helps you deepen your understanding of nature, learn about new species, and spark inspiration for your next outing. Reminders for identifying on iNaturalist: - You don’t have to identify to the “species” level to contribute. Broader taxonomic categories — plants, birds, snails, spiders, insects, etc. — are helpful, too! - When adding or agreeing with an identification, make sure you can support it based on the evidence and information you know — and that you can cite your reasoning if asked. - It's always okay to skip an observation! If you're unsure, simply move on to the next one. - Identifying is easiest on the [iNaturalist website](https://www.inaturalist.org/), where you can use the [Identify Page](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify) and see larger images.
December 10, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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sohkamyung.bsky.social
An Assassin Bug, genus Sycanus, spotted at Ulu Sembawang Park Connector, Singapore, on 8 March 2025. One of the larger assassin bugs that I've seen locally.

On iNaturalist [ www.inaturalist.org/observations... ].

#iNaturalist #Nature #Singapore #TrueBugs #Hemiptera #AssassinBugs #Reduviidae
A stocky insect with a black body and brown abdomen resting on a leaf. The head is narrow, with a proboscis curving under the body. The side of the body is wedged shaped.
December 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM