#invertebrates
Day 5 of the 2023 #dragonfly #AdventCalendar. Brown Hawker is a very fast-flying species which doesn't settle often so I find it very hard to photograph. Except when a female is laying eggs, as here at the fantastic #RSPB #StrumpshawFen in #Norfolk in July. #DragonflyAdventCalendar #wildlife #insects #wildlifephotography #invertebrates
Emperor Dragonfly, Anax imperator Canon 400D EF 75-300 3.5-5.6 f/14 1/80 iso: 200 Prague, Czech Republic 6/2/2008 #odonata #Hawkers #aeshnidae #Dragonflies #insects #invertebrates #macro #Wetlands
Common Blue Damselfly, Enallagma cyathigerum Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/2.8 1/100 iso: 200 Prague, Czech Republic 5/30/2008 #Coenagrionidae #Damselflies #odonata #Bluets #Bluetails #Insects #invertebrates #macro #Wetlands
Scarce Swallowtail, Iphiclides podalirius Canon 5D3 sigma 105 2.8 f/6.3 1/320 iso: 125 Srbsko, Czech Republic 7/28/2022 #Swallowtails @papillionidae #Lepidoptera #Butterflies #SaveButterflies #insects #invertebrates #Macro #Grasslands
Six-spot Blue, Zygaena filipendulae Canon 5D3 f/6.3 1/200 isio:250 Srbsko, Czech Republic 7/28/2022 #mothsMatter #ZYgaenidae #lepidoptera #moths #insects #invertebrates #macro #Grasslands
Day 4 of the 2023 #dragonfly #AdventCalendar Time for our first #damselfly and it's the Large Red, which is generally the earliest to emerge each year in April. This one was at the great #Wiltshire #WildlifeTrust reserve #Ravensroost Meadows, in early June. #DragonflyAdventCalendar #wildlife #insects #wildlifephotography #invertebrates
Day 3 of the 2023 #dragonfly #AdventCalendar Today's photo is a Common Clubtail. Despite the name they're not at all common. They like large, slow-flowing rivers. This one was by the Thames at Goring in late May. Despite the bright colouring they can be hard to spot when hiding like this. #Oxfordshire #DragonflyAdventCalendar #wildlife #insects #wildlifephotography #invertebrates
Common Green Shieldbug, Palomena prasina Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/ 3.2 1/ 125 iso: 800 Srbsko, Czech Republic 5/22/2010 #Hemiptera #Shieldbugs #Stinkbugs #Insects #invertebrates #Macro #Grasslands
Brown Argus, Aricia agestis Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/ 3.5 1/400 iso: 200 Srbsko, Czech Republic 6/29/2012 #SaveButterflies #Lycaenidae #lepidoptera #insects #invertebrates #butterflies #Macro #Grasslands
Meleager's Blue, Polyommatus daphnis Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/4 1/400 iso: 200 Srbsko, Czech Republic 6/29/2012 #SaveBVutterflies #lycaenidae #Lepidoptera #butterflies #Insects #Macro #invertebrates #Grasslands
Fourteen-Spot Ladybird, Propylea quatuordecimpunctata Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/3.2 1/125 iso: 200 Srbsko, Czech Republic 6/29/2012 #Beetles #ladybirds #coccinellidae #Coleoptera #Insects #invertebrates #Macro #Grasslands
Day 2 of the 2023 #dragonfly #AdventCalendar and today we have a Keeled Skimmer, a classic species of bogs and wet heaths throughout the UK. This one was at the wonderful #Devon #WildlifeTrust reserve at Bystock Pools in August. #DragonflyAdventCalendar #wildlife #insects #wildlifephotography #invertebrates
#MarineScientist Kieran Cox calls it “probably the most #pervasive, #unregulated #pollutant in #Canada and globally.”
“#NoisePollution is certainly something that everything from small #invertebrates to big #cetaceans are interacting with and so that’s why we’re moving forward as a country on this topic,” said Cox, a #BiologicalSciences post-doctoral fellow at #SFU.
#Whales #MarineMammals #MarineBiology #Wildlife #Research #ProtectWhales #WildFirst #ProtectTheWild
32% of our target unlocked & just under £10,000 raised so far; can we reach and pass 1/3 of our target today?
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Thank you so much for your donations to date. Remember whatever you are able to donate will be DOUBLED
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👣 Small steps can have a huge impact if they fall at the same time
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#ChristmasChallenge #NoInsectinction #Charity #FridayMotivation #LoveBugs #Insects #Invertebrates
#OrchidMantises: Research discovers their petal-shaped femoral lobes may actually be used for gliding https://phys.org/news/2023-11-orchid-mantises-petal-shaped-femoral-lobes.html paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0960982223015178
"orchid #mantis nymphs are excellent gliders, exhibiting the shallowest gliding trajectories in terrestrial #invertebrates... expansion of femoral lobes throughout ontogeny reduced wing loading, improved gliding efficiency... These lobes represent the first documented rigid #exoskeleton structures enabling gliding"
Red-tailed Fly, Cylindromyia sp Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/3.5 1/100 iso: 800 Srbsko, Czech Republic 7/5/2009 #Flies #Diptera #Insects #invertebrates #macro #grasslands
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Boloria selene Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/ 5 1/500 iso: 200 Celakovice-Jirina, Czech Republic 6/24/2012 #SaveButterflies #Fritillaries #Brushfoots #Nyymphalidae #Butterflies #lepidoptera #Insects #invertebrates #Macro #Grasslands
Red Pine Longhorn Beetle, Stictoleptura rubra rubra Canon 5D3 Sigma 105 2.8 f/6.3 1/200 iso: 160 Srbsko, Czech Republic 7/28/2022 #Longhorn #Cerambycidae #Longicorn #Coleoptera #Beetles #AmazingBeetles #Insects #Invertebrates #Macro ##woodlands
Weavers Fritillary, Boloria dia Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/5 1/125 iso: 200 Srbsko, Czech Republic 7/5/2008 #SaveButterflies #Fritillaries #Nymphalidae #lepidoptera #Butterflies #insects #invertebrates #Macro #Grasslands
Pied Shieldbug, Tritomegas bicolor Canon 7D EF 60 2.8 f/4.5 1/320 iso: 200 Srbsko, Czech Republic 6/4/2023 #Hemiptera #shieldbugs #Stinkbugs #Insects #invertebrates #grasslands #Macro
Female Banded Demoiselle, Calopteryx splendens Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/6.2 1/400 iso: 400 Srbsko, Czech Republic #Calopteryx #Odonata #Dragonflies #damselflies #Jeweelwings #insects #invertebrates #macro #Wetlands
Black-veined Moth, Siona lineata Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/4 1/160 iso: 400 Srbsko, Czech Republic 6/7/2012 #mothsMatter #geometriidae #Lepidoptera #insects #invertebrates #macro #Durnal #grasslands
I like this crab’s style. It’s a porcelain crab, Neopetrolisthes maculatus. Porcelain crabs are decapod crustaceans in the family Porcellanidae, which resemble true crabs but are in fact closer related to squat lobsters. 🧵1/2
#porcelainCrab #linocut #printmaking #sciArt #crab #crustaceans #invertebrates #mastoArt
Male Meleager's Blue, Polyommatus daphnis on photographer's hand Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/8 1/320 iso: 400 Milovice, Czech Republic 7/21/2009 #lycaenidae #lepidoptera #saveButterflies #Butterflies #Macro #Insects #Invertebrates #Grasslands
Checquered Blue, Scolitantides orion Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/4.5 1/150 iso: 200 Srbsko, Czech Republic 5/1/2012 #Lycaenidae #SaveButterflies #butterflies #lepidoptera #macro #insects #invertebrates #grasslands
Byssal Resin-Leafcutter, Trachusa byssinum Canon 400D Ef 100 2.8 f/2.8 1/60 iso:400 Srbsko, Czech Republic 6/7/2012 #Apidae #Hymenoptera #megachile #Bees #solitarybees #insects #invertebrates #macro #grasslands
Longhorn Beetle, Paracorymbia maculicornis Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/3.5 1/160 iso:400 Srbsko, Czech Republic 6/7/2012 #Longhorns #Longicorns #cerambycidae #coleoptera #Beetles #AmazingBeetles #Insects #invertebrates #macro #Woodlands
Eastern Bath White, Pontia edusa Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 F/10 1/250 iso: 400 Milovice, Czech Republic 7/21/2009 #SaveButterflies #butterflies #lepidoptera #Pieriidae #Insects #invertebrates #Macro #grasslands
Meadow Plant Bug, Leptopterna dolabrata Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/2.8 1/ 60 iso: 400 Srbsko, Czech Republic 6/7/ 2012 #miridBugs #miridae #Hemiptera #insects #invertebrates #grasslands #macro
Club-tailed Dragonfly, Gomphus vulgatissimus Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/5.6 1/400 iso: 400 Srbsko, Czech Republic 5/19/2013 #Odonata #Clubtails #gomphidae #Dragonflies #Insects #invertebrates #Wetlands #macro
Emperor Moth, Saturnia pavonia larvae
Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/4 1/320 iso: 200 Srbsko, Czech Republic 6/7/2012 #moths #MothsMatter #Saturniidae #Emperor #Lepidoptera #insects #invertebrates #macro #grasslands #woodlands
Massive New #Seamount Discovered in International Waters Off #Guatemala
https://schmidtocean.org/massive-new-seamount-off-guatemala/
"The 1,600-meter seamount covers 14 square kilometers and sits 2,400 meters below sea level... This marks the ninth #seafloor #discovery since the #ResearchVessel #Falkor (too), was launched in March... #Seamounts are #biodiversity hotspots, providing surfaces for #DeepSea #corals, #sponges, and a host of #invertebrates... There are more than 100,000 #unexplored seamounts taller than 1,000 meters."
Ringlet, Aphantopus hyperantus Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/5 1/320 iso: 400 Milovice, Czech Republic 7/4/2010 #lepidoptera #SaveButterflies #butterflies #Satyridae #meadowBrowns #Insects #invertebrates #macro #grasslands
Two-spot Ladybird, 2-spot Ladybird, Adalia bipunctata Canon 400D #F 100 2.8 f/2.8 1/250 iso: 400 Srbsko, Czech Republic 6/7/2012 #ladybirds #ladybugs #Coccinellide #Coleoptera #insects #invertebrates #macro
This #WildlifeWednesday join us as we celebrate & congratulate Buglife founder & Vice President, Alan Stubbs MBE.
🎖️The first MBE titled ‘for services to invertebrate conservation’.
"𝑆𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑟𝑢𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑡"
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🗓️ 𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞! 🗓️
We’re excited to announce that we’ll be taking part in the Big Give #ChristmasChallenge!
🥰 Every donation made to our #NoInsectinction campaign between midday on the 28 November & midday on 5 December will be DOUBLED!
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Take a look at our campaign ahead of next week's launch and be sure to save the date!
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#CharityTuesday #DoubleDonations #SaveTheDate #Bugs #Insects #Invertebrates
Did you catch Buglife founder & Vice President, Alan Stubbs, talking to John Devine on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire?
🕷️Join them as they discuss Alan's recent MBE & hunt for bugs in Peterborough's Central Park
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0gsw4dm (👂listening time 00:03:38)
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#MondayMotivation #CelebrateBugs #Invertebrates #Bugs #Insects #MBE
Amblyjoppa fuscipennis Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/5 1/320 iso: 800 Milovice, Czech Republic 8/11/2010 #Wasp #Ichneumonidae #Hymenoptera #macro #insects #invertebrates
Reverdin's Blue, Plebejus argyrognomon Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/2.8 1/250 iso: 200 Srbsko, Czech Republic 6/67/2012 #Lycaenidae #lepidoptera #Butterflies #SaveButterflies #Macro #Insects #invertebrates #grasslands
Spotted Longhorn, Rutpela maculata Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/13 1/100 iso: 400 Srbsko Czech Republic 7/5/2009 #Longhorns #Cerambycidae #Coleoptera #beetles #Longicorns #IInsects #invertebrates #macro
Broad-bodied Chaser, Libellula depressa Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/2.8 1/400 iso: 200 Prague, Czech Republic 5/29/2008 #Libellula #Odonata #Darters #Skimmers #Dragonflies #insects #invertebrates #macro #Wetlands
Small Elephant Hawk Moth, Deilephila porcellus Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/3.5 1/160 iso: 400 Srbsko, Czech Republic 6/11/2011 #MothsMatter #Sphingidae #Lepidoptera #insects #invertebrates #macro
Female Banded Demoiselle, Calopteryx splendens Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/6.3 1/400 iso: 400 Srbsko, Czech Republic 5/19/2013 #Odonata #calopteryx #jewelWings #damselflies #dragonflies #IMacro #insects #invertebrates #Wetlands
Interesting #conservation sign at #uva #leavetheleaves #invertebrates https://www.xerces.org/
Club-tailed Dragonfly, Gomphus vulgatissimus Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/8 1/320 iso:400 Srbsko, Czech Republic 5/22/2010 #odonata #Gomphidae #Dragonflies #Clubtails #Insects #invertebrates #Macro #Wetlands
Soldier Beetle, Cantharis fusca Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/4.5 1/250 iso: 200 Prague, Czech Republic 4/26/2009 #SoldierBeetles #Cantharidae #Coleoptera #AmazingBeetles #insects #invertebrates #macro
Marbled White, Melanargia galathea Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/5 1/125 iso: 400 Srbsko, Czech Republic 6/26/2010 @SaveButterflies @butterflies #lepidoptera #nymphalidae #Brushfoots #insects #invertebrates #Macro #grasslands
Meadow Brown, Maniola jurtina Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/3.5 1/250 iso: 200 Milovice, Czech Republic 5/27/2012 #SaveButterflies @Butterflies #lepidoptera #Satyridae #meadowBrowns #Insects #invertebrates #Macro #Grasslands
Cereal Leaf Beetle, Oulema melanopus Canon 7D EFS 60 2.8 #beetles #Chrysomelidae #Coleoptera #insects #invertebrates #macro #grasslands
Alfalfa Plant Bug Adelphocoris lineolatus Canon 7D EFS 60 2.8 f/4.5 1/400 iso 250 Milovice, Czech Republic 7/11/2023 #bugs #Hemiptera #PlantBugs #Insects #invertebrates #macro #Grasslands
Female White-legged Damselfly, Platycnemis pennipes Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/8 1/250 iso: 400 Srbsko, Czech Republic #Odonata #Dragonflies #insects #invertebrates #Macro
Brown Argus, Aricia agestis Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/4.5 1/200 iso:400 Srbsko, Czech Republic 5/29/2010 #lycaenidae #SaveButterflies #Buttrflies #Lepidoptera #insects #invertebrates #macro #insects #invertebrates #grasslands
Plant Bug, Lygus pratensis on daisy Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/ 10 1/160 iso: 400 Srbsko, Czech Republic 5/30/2010 #Hemiptera #miridae #Insects #Invertebrates #bugs #plantbugs #Macro #Grasslands #canon
Enjoy this smack of jellyfish for #WorldJellyfishDay! This linocut shows a smack of jellyfish. The collective noun for a group of jellyfish is a "smack". This amuses me, because I imagine them smacking their tentacles together in some sort of deepsea high five. To be honest, marine biologists speak of 'blooms' and we do tend to lump in a bunch of soft-bodies marine creatures into the term jellyfish, 🧵
#linocut #jellyfish #printmaking #typography #termsOfVenery #invertebrates #sciArt #MastoArt
November 3rd. World #Jellyfish Day! https://invertebrate.w.uib.no/2023/11/03/november-3rd-world-jellyfish-day/
"they are an important part of the regular diet for many #fishes and #invertebrates, both while swimming in the #WaterColumn, and once their remnants fall to the #seafloor, transferring a significant amount of #carbon to the #DeepSea"
✍️Share your views✍️
Live, work or visit the #SouthWales Valleys?
Please complete this short survey (<10 mins) to help us develop a project around the #wildlife found on #colliery spoil sites (coal tips & former collieries).
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#Invertebrates #Cymru #Wales #Colliery #NewProject
Nothing here but us lichen!
Sure, arches moth, sure. You just keep being your cute, fuzzy, lichen-looking self!
#LichenSubscribe #LookALike #Moth #invertebrates #photography #insect
A sketch of a little fire ant (Wasmannia auropunctata), often called an electric ant, for #invertober.
🐝Join the Buglife Scotland Team
We're currently looking for:
🐝Aberdeen B-Lines Conservation Officer
🦋Pollinators Along the Tweed Conservation Officer
Maybe you're the best person for the job? Let's find out!
Find out more & apply
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#ConservationCareers #Opportunity #Jobs #Scotland #Bugs #Invertebrates
Another reminder that as far as I can tell, the wonderful @Buglife are the only UK conservation charity with an active presence on mastodon, and they're great! Give them a follow
#insectodon #invertebrates #bugs #bugstodon
update: @bumblebeeconservationtrust are here too! and also very worthy of a follow!
For the #SciArtSeptember prompt glowing, it’s my linocut of the #bioluminescent firefly squid! The firefly squid (Watasenia scintillans), also called sparkling enope squid or hotaru-ika in Japan, live at depth (200 to 400 m) and are bioluminescent and emit blue light from photophores. 🧵1/2
#linocut #printmaking #invertebrates #squid #fireflySquid #WaraseniaScintillans #enope #Squidtember
Zum #InsektenSamstag Groß und Klein: Eine Feldwespe (Polistes spp), von einer winzigen Schlupfwespe (vermutlich) umschwirrt. Die letztere entdeckte ich erst bei der Nachbearbeitung des Fotos - sie ist deutlich kleiner als auch nur ein Auge der Feldwespe. Die Vielfalt der Natur bringt mich immer wieder zum Staunen!
Blue Morpho Butterfly painting 🦋🦋🦋
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/blue-morpho-butterfly-painting-jan-matson.html
Palette knife oil painting of a Blue Morpho Butterfly on a black background.
#BlueMorpho #butterfly #insects #WildLife
#JanMatson #artist #painting #art #MastoArt #prints #oilpainting #ArtistsOfMastodon #HomeDecor #FediGiftShop #bugs #entomology #Entomologist #nature #mothtodon #invertebrates #lepidoptera #insekten #gardening
#introduction
After several decades working in Pathology & 25 years at my current workplace, it is time for a change. Working in healthcare through the #pandemic was frankly exhausting & demoralising. So I'm planning my escape, & will spend the next couple of years doing some courses & volunteering in ecological/environmental surveying
#Ecology #Habitat #Surveying #Invertebrates
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...another instance where calm is called for: when you spot a bipalium kewense flatworm that's longer than your foot.
these guys are big predators of earthworms & are thus enemies of mine. they may also be carriers for angiostrongylus.
they are one of my least favorite creepy crawlies. do not touch with your hands. smoosh them on sight. they can regrow from fragments, so smoosh them FULLY.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bipalium_kewense
#InvasiveSpecies #invertebrates #nature #ActualSolarPunk #HighContextLiving
i just saw a little non-segmented white worm (some kind of larva, maybe 1cm long). it was crawling along, then scrunched itself up, kind of like a turtle pulling its head back into its shell. and then it released and launched itself forward 3 inches! in the air! it fricken turned itself into a spring and then released! is this common larval behavior??
#worms #biology #wildlife #nature #animals #AnimalBehavior #invertebrates
Hi #bugstodon i found this #moth on my front door (Vienna, Austria), i can’t figure out what kind it is, any ideas? #insects #invertebrates #id
Writing about hammerhead worms meant looking at the history of their US invasion, which is how I learned that the invasive species Bipalium adventitium was identified in NY in 1947 (and in California in 1943) by zoologist Libbie Hyman.
At a time when there were few women in zoological research, Hyman literally wrote the book on invertebrates, producing a 6-volume treatise ("The Invertebrates") and 90 articles from 1940-1967.
Early alert. #InverteFest , organized by @franzanth is coming from 28 Aug - 3 Sept 2023. Share your photos of invertebrates during that period with the hashtag.
Only have pictures of your pet snail? That's fine, just post it during that time period. 🙂
Western Honey Bee, Apis mellifera Canon 7D EFS 60 2.8 f/5.6 1/250 iso: 200 7/28/2020 Prague, Czech Republic #bees #apidae #Hymenoptera #honeybee #pollinators #insects #invertebrates #Macro #grasslands
Light Emerald, Campaea margaritaria Canon 5D2 Sigma 105 2.8 f/5 1/400 iso:100 Dobrichovice, Czech Republic 8/11/2019 #MothsMatter #moths #Lepidoptera #insects #invertebrates #macro #grasslands
My kid just asked me if backbones give you eyelids. I was as confused as you would expect, but he explained:
While some vertebrates do not have eyelids, he couldn’t think of any invertebrates that do have them, so his conclusion was that having eyelids requires a backbone.
Now I’m definitely no #biology expert (this kid probably knows more than I do) but I do know that eyes evolved independently in different animals. Now, #biologists, I am curious. Do any #invertebrates have eyelids?
Fun fact - the nests, which are constructed from chewed up bark, and leaves, mixed with mud, are waterproof.
That's right. Bugs invented paper, cardboard and waterproofing way before us.
#antstodon #ants #AntsOfMastodon #biologymastodon #wildlife #naturalhistory #invertebrates #entomology #myrmecology #naturephotography #nature #mumbai #MumbaiUnseen #mumbaimangroves #BombayMeriJaan #IITBombay #powai
Found in forests, woodland, and scrub jungles, but also in the parks and gardens of urban Mumbai, their large pagoda style nests are not only hard to miss, but also earn them the 'pagoda' moniker.
#antstodon #ants #AntsOfMastodon #biologymastodon #wildlife #naturalhistory #invertebrates #entomology #myrmecology #naturephotography #nature #mumbai #MumbaiUnseen #mumbaimangroves #BombayMeriJaan
Today, on cool critters which share our planet, but which we seldom notice, let's meet the Pagoda ant (Crematogaster sp.).
These tree-dwelling ants are amongst those bugs which have pioneered the making of cardboard (much like the 'paper' wasps which build papery nests from chewed-up plant fiber).
#antstodon #ants #AntsOfMastodon #biologymastodon #wildlife #naturalhistory #invertebrates #entomology #myrmecology #naturephotography #nature