HookFancy
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I like space and bugs
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Here's a more skittish species from my experience, a Zebra Longwing. Despite the flower this one is perched on, I've noticed they better prefer the large red flowers in the area.
#Bugs
#Butterflies
#Flowers
#Nature
#iNaturalist
7 months ago
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Here's a notably small species of bee, a Pure Green Sweat Bee. While lacking the usual fuzzy exterior bees usually have, I think its vibrant green shell makes up for it in appearance.
#Bugs
#Bees
#Nature
#iNaturalist
7 months ago
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Here's an active one I found at a ravine, a Rosy Wolfsnail. These seemed to pop up everywhere after I started looking for them, goes to show how little people notice things all around them.
#Bugs
#Snails
#Mollusks
#Nature
#iNaturalist
7 months ago
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I saw only one of these on the 1st of this month, a Halloween Pennant dragonfly. Fittingly seasonal, I was saving this image for today. Happy Halloween!
#Bugs
#Dragonflies
#Nature
#Halloween
#iNaturalist
7 months ago
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These little guys are everywhere here, they're Southern Flatcoil snails. They're all up-and-down the ditches after it rains, climbing up on the grass like this one.
#Bugs
#Snails
#Mollusks
#Nature
#iNaturalist
7 months ago
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Here's one of the largest beetles I've found so far, a Grapevine Beetle. We found this one under the mulch of our garden while we were uprooting weeds, it flew away shortly after we got pictures.
#Bugs
#Beetles
#Nature
#Gardening
#iNaturalist
7 months ago
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This one's a mouthful, a Six-Spotted Flower Longhorn Beetle. Originally I was just going over to take a picture of the Spot Flower it was on, it's so small I didn't notice it until I got close.
#Bugs
#Beetles
#Plants
#Flowers
#Nature
#iNaturalist
7 months ago
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This one I've only ever seen once, a Zebra Longhorn Beetle. This one was resting on my lemon plant a few weeks after I got it established.
#Bugs
#Beetles
#Plants
#Gardening
#Nature
#iNaturalist
7 months ago
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Here's a very subtle one, a Dark Flower Scarab. These spend their time hidden under the grass, I only found this one because I saw it before it went under the brush.
#Bugs
#Beetles
#Nature
#iNaturalist
7 months ago
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Here's a lovely beetle I found in a ravine, Euphoria Limbalis. I don't know much about them, but its bright green color makes it a personal favorite of mine.
#Bugs
#Beetles
#Nature
#iNaturalist
7 months ago
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Here's one to emphasize the swamp areas around here, a Duckweed Firetail. Their bright red contrast to the plants they land on makes them easy to see, as they often perch on floating aquatic plants.
#Bugs
#Damselflies
#Swamps
#Nature
#iNaturalist
7 months ago
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Now for something different, like this Ebony Jewelwing damselfly. I found these in a ravine, at the bottom with the cool air and flowing water. I find its choice of habitat very agreeable.
#Bugs
#Damselflies
#Nature
#iNaturalist
7 months ago
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These ones we only started seeing in our area recently, the Eastern Pondhawk. I usually find these ones low to the ground, darting around as they snatch up other insects.
#Bugs
#Dragonflies
#Nature
#iNaturalist
7 months ago
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Here's one of my best pictures, this one is of a Great Blue Skimmer, perched high in a clearing as if staking claim to the area, unbothered by even me being there.
#Bugs
#Dragonflies
#Nature
#iNaturalist
7 months ago
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Here's one that rarely perches for a picture, a Carolina Saddlebags dragonfly. This is one of the brown ones, but they can also be bright red, which I'll gladly share if I get a good picture of one.
#Bugs
#Dragonflies
#Nature
#iNaturalist
7 months ago
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Alliβs Nature Journal
7 months ago
An American Lady Butterfly (Vanessa virginiensis) revealing both sides of wings. Visiting Rudbeckia triloba. One of their host plants is plantain which grows in compact soil, and you it might be growing in your yard and/or urban surroundings!
#VanessaVirginiensis
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Mixing it up for Autumn, here's an Eastern Amberwing. They're a small species of dragonfly, this one was on one of our Beautyberry plants. Dragonflies have been showing up more since the start of October, so I have a good few to share.
#Bugs
#Dragonflies
#Nature
#Plants
#iNaturalist
7 months ago
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No bugs for this picture, but rather a big flower: A Scarlet Rosemallow. It's a kind of hibiscus flower, growing several feet tall and showing itself vibrantly with its red color.
#Flowers
#Plants
#Nature
#iNaturalist
7 months ago
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Here's a very subtle one for today, a Carolina Satyr. These ones are rather easy to miss, as they stay close to the ground, amongst the dried leaves and such.
#Bugs
#Butterflies
#Nature
#iNaturalist
7 months ago
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Here's a very large one for today, a Spicebush Swallowtail. While we only see 1-2 at a time in passing, the size of their wings announces them pretty well, allowing for a fun sight when they're around.
#Bugs
#Butterflies
#Nature
#iNaturalist
7 months ago
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Coming back to the faster kinds of butterfly, here's a Whirlabout resting on a thistle leaf. This was on a nature reserve, one with little shade on the main trails.
#Bugs
#Butterflies
#Plants
#Nature
#iNaturalist
7 months ago
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Here's a more ornate discovery, a White Peacock butterfly. These made their way around the area, their bright wings making them stand out amongst every flower patch they were enjoying.
#Bugs
#Butterflies
#Nature
#iNaturalist
7 months ago
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Here's another one, similar to yesterday's: a Pearl Crescent. These ones sport more round spots on their wings and usually only one shade of orange, a good way of telling the difference between these and the Phaons.
#Bugs
#Butterflies
#Nature
#iNaturalist
8 months ago
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Here's one we see pretty much everywhere here, a Phaon Crescent. They're a smaller kind, keeping low to the grass as they flutter around, and having 2-3 shades of orange with their patterns.
#Bugs
#Butterflies
#Nature
#iNaturalist
8 months ago
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Alliβs Nature Journal
8 months ago
Red Admiral Butterfly (Vanessa atalanta)
#VanessaAtalanta
#bugsky
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Alliβs Nature Journal
8 months ago
Autumn π
#AutumnEquinox
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Here's one I saw only a couple days ago, a Ceraunus Blue. You can see on just the edge of its other wing the bright blue color that gave it its name, hidden by its closed wings while it rests, perched on the grass.
#Bugs
#Butterflies
#Nature
#iNaturalist
8 months ago
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Here's a rare sight, a Monarch freshly-emerged from its chrysalis, drying its wings and getting ready to fly away. This was taken when we were shopping for flowers at an outdoor garden, it's on the back of one of the signs.
#Bugs
#Butterflies
#Metamorphosis
#Nature
#iNaturalist
8 months ago
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PhotoMaze πΈπͺ
8 months ago
Oh, I love moths, including this, with the peculiar name The figure of eight, Diloba caeruleocephala! But have you seen it and its' pattern on the wings, you understand why. It flies now.
#thefigureofeight
#blΓ₯huva
#Dilobacaeruleocephala
#noctuidae
#naturephotography
#insectphotography
#RF100/2.8
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Ryan Moulton
8 months ago
The road less traveled by.
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Creight π±
8 months ago
#SundaySilence
#eastcoastkin
#nature
#autumn
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TechnicallyOwen
8 months ago
This is super cool
www.forbes.com/sites/grrlsc...
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Half Male-Half Female Spider Discovered In Thailand Is New To Science
Not only is this species new to science, but this remarkable individual is the first record of a rare biological phenomenon in this previously unknown species.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2025/10/04/half-male-half-female-spider-discovered-in-thailand-is-new-to-science/
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Andreas
8 months ago
Alpenrosen, picture from the summer βοΈπ¦
#flowers
#bloomscrolling
#flowerscrolling
#hiking
#alps
#mountains
#nature
#photography
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Now for this beauty, a Palamedes Swallowtail on a milkweed. At the time we made the mistake of getting Tropical Milkweed, but got rid of it before the colder seasons. We've since replaced it with the more native Swamp and Butterfly Milkweed.
#Bugs
#Butterflies
#Flowers
#iNaturalist
#Nature
8 months ago
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8 months ago
#Nature
#Marsh
#Scape
Sunny autumn morning in the marsh.
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Richard Fox
8 months ago
Amazed to see my first ever Dusky-lemon Sallow on a very cold evening in south Devon this week. A rare species in Devon with only a handful of records this century.
#teammoth
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Jeff, Stopping by Woods
8 months ago
On a wooded section of the East Coast Trail. The golden, late-day light was kind of special.
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Walks In Camera πΊπ¦π³
8 months ago
Deep in the woods
#trees
#treeclub
#woodland
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Walks In Camera πΊπ¦π³
8 months ago
Take a seat
#trees
#treeclub
#woodland
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8 months ago
#flowers
#nature
#photography
#flowersoftheday
#naturephotography
#bloomscrolling
#fungi
Butterfly π¦ in the sky
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Sheila Scott
8 months ago
#BlueSkyArtShow
#Relax
#nature
#beauty
#river
#hope
#peace
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rwhooster
8 months ago
The scaly wings of a Convolvulus Hawk-moth.
#teammoth
#mothsmatter
#scalywings
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Here's a bright one for you, a Cloudless Sulfur butterfly. I'm not sure what kind of flower it's drinking out of, been a while since I took this photo.
#Bugs
#Nature
#Butterflies
#iNaturalist
8 months ago
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Here's one I took some time ago, an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail going from-flower-to-flower on an Azalea, didn't even seem to care that I was there it was so busy drinking.
#Bugs
#Nature
#Butterflies
#Flowers
8 months ago
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The English Oak Project
8 months ago
I like this place and could willingly waste my time in it Shakespeare
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I return to share this beauty I found today, a Gulf Fritillary butterfly drinking from our Pentas flowers, which are a favorite with the visiting butterflies. Posted this originally on my iNaturalist, I try to share the great pictures here.
#Bugs
#Nature
#Flowers
#Butterflies
8 months ago
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The English Oak Project
over 1 year ago
Five holly leaves from the same tree π³ If holly is allowed to grow into a tree it is highly likely to do the same Holly evolved to fight back against the large herbivores that used to roam the Earth. The higher the tree grows the smoother the leaves get Photo: Emmanuel Lattes
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