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Happy #Arachtober first! I start the month off with one of my favorite #Spider photos, this stunning shot of a magnificent, Tropical Orbweaver, Eriophora ravilla, which i found some years back. #MacroPhotography #Photography #Spiders #AltText

My first charcoal experiment with captive slime molds to use as a food source for springtails, has resulted in a wild mix of life forms :) Cant wait to try a clay version! FTRTTSPWBF!!!

hit by the sudden realization that the GOP latched onto the pro-natalism weirdos both because of white supremacism and also because they’re antivaxxers and know a huge percentage of those kids aren’t making it to their third birthday

First time for me to see these little marvels :D Genus Kapala I think, Family Eucharitidae (Chalcidoidea) I think they're ant parasitoids? Not sure what about the sculpture on their back! Moyobamba, Peru @apsciencebylyn.bsky.social #iNaturalist www.inaturalist.org/observations...

Have you ever noticed how beautiful thistles are? We have so many varieties here in California. They're generally regarded as "noxious weeds" but they're an extremely important food source for pollinators, and help restore poor soil. They are wonderful. #flowers #photography 𝐶𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑢𝑢𝑠 𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑢𝑖𝑓𝑙𝑜𝑟𝑢𝑠

I had to pay rent today and my bank account is crying - if you liked my work pls consider donating so I can rest for a moment before getting back to commission work!

Reposting condor to give yall some feels that aren't anxiety

Hi! Did you know that you aren’t pronouncing axolotl correctly? Suppression of indigenous languages by the Spanish is one of the Four Wounds of Colonization. This is a small subversion of colonial power you can use! Axolotl is a Nahuatl word, and it sounds like this:

It's time everyone! Have you purchased enough creepy paper?

I love #nature, but there are a few species I would rather they live far away from me. #Ragweed is one of them 😷 I need science to design in nose pollen filtration STAT., #FuckingAllergies

Meet your FAT BEAR WEEK 2025 champion. Chunk the Hunk. The Chunkster. 32 Chunk. All hail the new king of Brooks River 👑

I found this rove beetle friend on the rainforest floor. They are so so fast, you can imaging me chasing it around with my camera just rolling around in the leaf litter. Just unbelievable colors. In person the rainbow iridescence is stunning. It’s hard to say much here beyond just wow.

Join us in celebrating Arachtober by sharing your #spider and other #arachnid photos all month. #Arachtober has spread around the web. We’ve created a basic site at Arachtober.com to explain what this is all about. Banner by @ashleymbradford.bsky.social, inspired by my recent linocut artwork.

The first of the NBG sasanqua camellias are opening, and they make me really happy. #Bloomscrolling.

Jason: that’s mean to Paul Reiser’s character. Me: it’s INCREDIBLY mean to his character. And I hate that character!

Miss Major, one of the mothers of the trans liberation movement, has been in the hospital for 10 days with sepsis and a blood clot. She has looked out for us for generations, now it’s time to look out for her. Donate if you can: fundly.com/missmajor

Fall in Colorado… nothing quite like it. ❤️ #fallcolors #aspen #independencepass #colorado #photography #landscapephotography #photographersofbluesky

Holy cow a lot is going on in the US right now. You may also need to take a deep breath and look closely at a painted lady butterfly.

This is the Broad-tipped Conehead, Neoconocephalus triops, A handsome Katydid that sometimes will visit the bug light 😁 #fujifilm X-S10, #Laowa 65mm #Macro #MacroPhotography #photography #Nature #NatureIsAmazing #Invertebrates #insects #Orthoptera

Bucket of #floof. I draped a blanket over a bucket this week and it has become the house's most favored #cat bed. #CatsOfBlueSky

The centers of Hurricanes #Humberto and #Imelda are now just 480 miles apart, and they share a larger envelope of circulation. What a spectacular example of binary vortex interaction!

NUBBLY 😻😻😻

Marbled orb weaver in a holly leaf tent #invertebrates

Why are all the skeletons in my neighborhood so horny this year

Happy #MacroMonday / #MothMonday! This pretty little #moth (5MMish) is the Suzuki's Promalactis Moth, Promalactis suzukiella, an introduced species from Eastern Asia. #fujifilm X-S10, #Laowa 65mm #Macro #MacroPhotography #photography #Nature #NatureIsAmazing #Invertebrates #insects #Lepidoptera

Look at her 🥹 #EmotionalSupportSpood

Two clusters of Stemonitis slime mold, likely Chocolate tube, grows side-by-side on decaying wood 📷 Canon R5 Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM M, f/4, 1/4, ISO 400 Stack of 45 images 8/29/25 Northern Oregon Coast #mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms 🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫

Welp, got the TDAP and Pneumonia vaccines yesterday and the post vaccine blahs are more intense than the Covid/flu ones were. A lazy day and sore arm is a small price to pay. #Vaccinate #VaccinesSaveLives

The joy of box 😻

Autumn in Tucson is raptor season- Peregrine Falcon with prey 🪶☀️🌵

The Cloudless Sulfurs are out and about today. #inverts

Number 51 #KlingonBirdofPrey #StarTrek

As someone on the spectrum, I can tell you, people don't want unapologetically weird, they want socially acceptable quirky.

the tiniest most babiest crab spider… size of one sand

Listen friends if you lionize a liar… you are also a liar The best response for the memory of a person whose hallmark is disinformation… is silence

Kaosean #macro #nature #photopgraphy #bluesky

Day 28 #Invertober2024 - Wavy-lined emerald moth (Synchlora aerata) 💚 #SciArt #invertebrates

Perfect place to put an egg case. Will open lid gently til they emerge. When I opened it next for a peep she was sitting over it. Heteropoda cervina Brown Huntsman #invertebrate #spider #garden #habitat

Happy #Sunday have a snoot! 😁 Elephant #Weevil, Curculio proboscideus, one of the Nut and Acorn Weevils! #fujifilm X-S10, #Laowa 65mm #Macro #MacroPhotography #photography #Nature #NatureIsAmazing #Invertebrates, #insects, #Beetles, #Coleoptera

Frodo: “I wish it need not have happened in my time." Gandalf: "So do I, and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” J.R.R. Tolkien

It’s my birthday 🥳🎉 It’s incredibly homophobic that I’m sitting here with a cold for it and have 2 dissertations to work on, ON A SUNDAY But hey check out my work and give it a share 🥳

No one is safe from The Beast #cuddleUnit6

Caturday shenanigans for your day. Nothing like a weekend wrassle to set things right. Blessings from Aiden, Drew and me. #aidenanddrew #cowcat #Catscadia #CatsOfBlueSky #Caturday #PoetryOfNature

There was a post going around asking why water tastes different when it sits overnight and someone replied, “because it’s haunted.” So now when I change the cat’s water I tell them I’m getting the ghosts out. #caturday

Sunset on Hurricane Humberto. A Category 5 monster.

This is one of the best satellite signatures I have ever seen in the SW Atlantic (non-Gulf/Caribbean). #Humberto is up there with storms like Andrew, Dorian, and Irma in my eyes.