St Andrew's Cross spider (Argiope keyserlingi). Theories abound about why some orbweavers decorate their webs with lines or crosses, but we don't really know. #spiders #invertebrates

To those of you for whom today is a hard day. WE SEE YOU. 🙏❤️

I AM TIRED OF BEING SICK PLEASE LOOK AT MY DOG

#HappyThanksgiving to those who celebrate. A particular shoutout to those of us who are keeping things running today, may your day be everblessed. #photography #Autumn

I believe this is #Thysanotus thyrsoideus, just didn’t note down leaf morphology oops… only so much a photo can tell, but either was as many of the genus they are a stunner! This is a wide spread species that forms upright panicles!

Hey @erinbiba.bsky.social I thought you might enjoy some pottery quality control.

Goodnight BlueSky, sleep tight 🐾

CUTE LITTLE BEETLE WITH A LITTLE HORN AND BIG EYES! #InverteFest2025 #Insect #Invert #Arthropod #Coleoptera #Cute #Tiny #Mississippi

THREAD. 3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead. We decided to call him Jim. This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.

The guardian of the coffee pot demands head scritches. #Cats #It'sSoFluffy #Morgenmuffel

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I had a couple of good days and I pushed myself too hard. I saw beautiful plants/fungi/lichen/✨moss✨ and some sweet little birds, but I am so tired of being so tired and in pain all the time. I guess I'm spending the day in bed today. :( #chronicpain #audhd

Periodic reminder: the vaccine efficacy of the pertussis vaccine drops below 50% at 4.5 years. You should be getting a Tdap booster every 5 years, not every 10. It is especially vital if you have contact with pregnant people or infants too young to be vaccinated.

Union forces had suffered some 5,800 casualties but inflicted twice that on the rebels. When a chaplain asked General Thomas whether the dead should be sorted and buried by state in the new military cemetery, the Virginian who stayed loyal replied "Mix 'em up. I'm tired of states' rights.” (21

#OTD in 1863, 23,000 Union Troops storm Missionary Ridge in one of the all time epic charges in American military history decisively routing Confederate forces and opening the literal and symbolic “Gateway to the South” (1

Methods of distraction include wigging out over the hidden details of nature. Proven effective time and again! Unrelated pro tip: There's only one way to host Thanksgiving, and that is to do as much as possible in advance. #flowers #photography

Luminous #floof. #Cats #It'sSoFluffy

Delete this... and write the script... I'll help you raise the money

this is getting absurd

Good Morning ☀️ friends Time for #TextureTuesday to get started #EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #photography

Banded Tiger Moth, genus Apantesis (getting to species ID can be tricky with these. #fujifilm X-S10, #Laowa 65mm #Macro #MacroPhotography #photography #Nature #NatureIsAmazing #Invertebrates #insects

Treehoppers are wild! Like someone hit the "random" button on the character creator. Look at this weird bug, Cladonota apicalis. from Ecuador. Now imagine a horse shaped like this, or a wolf! Why do treehoppers have such weird shapes? It's a mystery! But we have some ideas. (📷: Philipp Hoenle)

Floof Lump 🖤 Short days makes after dark walks, and looking for Hamataliwa grisea in the trees, usually spotted because they like to dangle by a thread under twigs. It's one of my favorite things, still, even though I have hundreds of shots of these spiders over the years. #EmotionalSupportSpood

Derpy Green Giant (Lyssomanes viridis) 💚 #EmotionalSupportSpood

Trump wrongly indicted me. I’ll rightly impeach him. Impeachment isn’t just an option, it’s a necessity. I know firsthand the lengths Trump is willing to go in order to silence dissent — but is it working?

Thinking I could avoid pre holiday crowds at the grocery stores today was VERY misguided 😑

It's unseasonably warm out right now which feels wrong because it is, but I guess Ms Grabby Hands is here to console us. 🫠

🕷️ I spotted this canopy jumping #spider on my front porch a couple of days ago auditioning for #MacroMonday, and I gave it the part. #spiders #macro #photography

This is accurate 😂

snurts and mold forest

A saguaro boxing robot operator with #yelloweyes for #BirdOfTheDay Western Screech Owl 📷🌿🪶 #BOTD

More freehand character doodles with a ballpoint pen

In several days you'll likely be sitting next to an ignorant relative who is 100% convinced he knows the difference between a sweet potato and a yam. Here's my primer on the topic. #thanksgiving #sweetpotato #yam #botany 🍠 colinpurrington.com/yams-versus-...

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as vezes acontece um fenômeno aqui onde umas nuvens baixas vem por trás da pedra da gávea e dão um abraço na pedra, fazendo tipo um sobretudo de nuvens que escorrem como cachoeiras em seus ombros ontem teve! ☁️ #fotografia

⚠️ ALERTA DE LOUVINHA!! esse é um tipo de louva-a-deus-de-tronco, talvez do gênero 'Liturgusa', bicho extremamente camuflado de casca de árvore e que se move MUITO rápido piscou perdeu

Unnaturally warm night temps? CHECK Crescent Moon already setting? CHECK #BugLight IS GO!

'You can radiate anything you want' #photography #naturephotography #landscape

The hardest part of baking bread is waiting. The house smells amazing right now.

These is an amazing guide for those of us who have not yet decided to hang the tree from the ceiling...

So the kittens are at rumpus age, meaning pics are a little harder to get. With that said, pleas congratulate her tiny highness cranberry fluff on breaking the 600g mark!

I need some recommendations for some STRONG #ginger tea. difficulty level, it needs to be either sugar free or low sugar. And by strong I mean it needs to have a good bit of burn.

Gorgeous tuxedo kitty! ❤️ Tinker throwing some serious side eye to Emma, who decided to muscle in on the cat bed action.

Me, in my happy place: sitting in the mud with army ants and antbirds. At @tapirvalley.bsky.social #CostaRica #loco #birds #puravida

Intro Felicitations. Thanks for visiting my nature photos. Yes, my given name is Gray. Further info is divided into sections comprised of comments, and sub-comments below this pinned post. ⚠️ This is an arthropod safe zone: we treat other Earthlings with respect, as conscious beings, and guides.

Okay Americans, it's that time of year: - Your turkey should be in the fridge thawing at this point - When planning your menu, remember how many burners your stove has - You will need more butter, chicken/veggie stock, salt, and paper towels than you think - There's no shame in pre-made