ok, getting back to the weird little critters. Paectes (abrostolella or abrostoloides?) Lifer either way. Coastal CA, June 2026 #buglight #bugsky #teammoth #lepidoptera

I had forgotten about this drawing 🐡

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When in doubt, take a nap.

BREAKING: in May 2026, *every single one* of the 599 refugees admitted in the U.S. were white South Africans. In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 6,665 white South Africans, three Afghans (back in November 2025), and nobody else. For reference, the U.S. admitted 100,060 refugees in 2024.

I devour the hours outside the office like a wild beast.  Franz Kafka, 1907.

God: Ta-daa! Gabriel: what is it? God: I call it the shoulder joint. Gabriel: ... God: What? Gabriel: It's just a cup and a round bone held together by some muscles and tendons and luck. God: They don't live forever. Just 30 or 40 years. It'll be fine. Adam: It's not fine. Eve: I have some notes.

I adore how confident friends and fsm are that I can navigate this. “you’re a scientist! you’re good at this stuff.” I have a BS in plant biology 🤦 - how does one weigh competing advice? - how do I find the best surgeon for my issue? - how do I decide when to get surgery?!

Happy Pride all!

adding to the collection of little ms paint dragons i've drawn lately

IF A BUG MADE A ALBUM TRACKLIST 1.) picnic boogy 2.) eating grass 3.) sugar. .,, cube 4.) song for a lady(bug) 5.) 🎂🐛 6.) lemme bee your love bug 7.) jammin’ with the beetles 8.) ants, ants, ants 9.) squishy 10.) smoochin’ a worm 11.) hey imma bug 12.) bedroom jam 13.) 🎈🐞 14.) i’m in your kitchen

apparently it's cool beetle monday, i didn't know. #bugsky #beetles

OK, I've now actually read the entire piece, and it truly resonates! great stuff! "For years, I thought I played games to escape reality. But escape is too dramatic a word for what I actually seek now. I am not trying to abandon my life. I am trying to briefly exist somewhere that asks less of me."

reposting to remind myself to look at this. main patch has +/- straight edges on both sides. stripe similar, but it’s no more than a couple inches wide.

Hey #Hymenoptera people. I have some self seeded Salix sp. in the garden and some interesting little larvae are turning the leaves to skeletons. I think that these are Euura pavida #Sawflies. Can anyone confirm? #GardenWildlife #insects

tl,dr; Scientists no longer allowed to use federal funding to publish, attend meetings, or talk to the public. They cannot collaborate internationally. Grants can be cancelled for any reason, at any time, political appointees have a final say over what gets funded, and who gets funded.

Just realised I haven't spammed you with moths this week, really. Therefore... 🧵 1. Everyone's favourite broken twig mimic dropped by today (buff tip moth)

Friday Flyday! Here’s Copestylum marginatum, a small hover fly. Dripping Springs, Texas.

Hawk-moths obviously like thunder and lightning and torrential rain! So very excited this morning to see my first ever Pine Hawk-moth, relatively unusual for Cheshire. 4 species of Hawk-moth with Eyed, Poplar & Elephant. Also 13 Silver Y’s which is a garden record. #teammoth

well, initial media coverage implied that the grove completely burned down. drone footage shows that isn't the case! but the long term survival of the remaining trees is precarious. go hug your trees, folks.

As an anthropologist, I endorse this message!

in this thread we’ve decided on a 2nd common name - Goth death metal moth 🤘

In between moments when I melt like bees wax in this heatwave I am working on my conceptual portable Bee Altarpiece the latest addition is the tawny mining bee box. I wonder what St Gobnait would make of it?

Yessss found it

Amazing to see a mating pair of Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth (Hemaris tityus) on a @savebutterflies.bsky.social guided walk today at the beautiful Langaford Farm on Dartmoor. #teammoth

The sun rises rises on another day! It’s another beautiful one. The birds are singing and it’s beautifully cool and fresh. Even more exciting had my first Elephant Hawk-moth of the year! here I go again, nature is so amazing! 😁

The day keeps getting better… CRIMSON SPECKLED at Froward Point! Been wanting to see this species for ages! Also 2 Western Bee-fly also new for me #teammoth #lepidoptera #beefly

Had to change all 3 lamps in the trap after one failed and glad I did..it was so much brighter. Still not enough to bring hordes in, but a nfm, Azalea Leaf-miner Caloptilia azaleella unless you all think otherwise.. 2 Cockchafers, a smart Buff-tip and a fresh Currant Pug 😁 #teammoth

hey everyone wanna see what a manufactured hate campaign is shaped like???

this week we lost half the population of the critically endangered Torrey line. we may have lost all of Linus torreyana sap. insularis. looks like the fire moved through quickly, so perhaps some survive. most of the trees were young, protected through conservation efforts.

"Did you ever think that maybe there’s more to life than being really, really… really ridiculously good looking?" Vestal tiger moth (Spilosoma vestalis) late March 2025. Coastal central CA (this was 🥇 moth @foam.bsky.social!) #lepidoptera #entomology

Gall of the week is the distinctive one of the sexual generation of the cynipid wasp Andricus grossulariae on Turkey oak, Quercus cerris. Plenty of them about just now. Photographer unknown.

May 20th means its #WorldBeeDay 🐝🌼 Let's give our bees and other pollinators a fighting chance with no mow May and planting more native flowers! Older sketch from 2017, when I was doing more expressive loose style sketching. #HoneyBee #SciArt #NatureArt #WildlifeArt #bskyart

#Weltbienentag Habt möglichst viele unterschiedliche nekttar- und pollenreiche Pflanzen in Eurem Garten und auf Eurem Balkon. #Bienen #Wildbienen #worldbeeday Have as many different nectar- and pollen-rich plants in your garden or your balcony. #bees #wildbees

Diadasia rinconis is supposedly a cactus bee but this one’s happily lounging in a thistle. Dripping Springs, Texas.

This folder is chock full of transparent native bee png drawings, but I'm pretty sure my favorites are still the Andrena specialists on spring beauty and trout lily I am still mostly a plant person! drive.google.com/drive/folder...

LIFER! common here, yet I’d never seen one in person. It came to the sheet as I was setting up on Sat nite. Mexican tiger moth (Apantesis proxima), coastal CA, May 2026 male, I think, based on the light underwing. #teammoth #bugsky #mothlight #lepidoptera

Phyllocnistis citrella - Citrus Leafminer A new observation for our Perth Hills garden last night, a Citrus Leafminer. These moths are found around the world wherever citrus grows, but not frequently reported in WA it seems 🍋🍊 #teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #inaturalist

LIFER! common here, yet I’d never seen one in person. It came to the sheet as I was setting up on Sat nite. Mexican tiger moth (Apantesis proxima), coastal CA, May 2026 male, I think, based on the light underwing. #teammoth #bugsky #mothlight #lepidoptera

Good morning Tokyo. This harmless kumabachi would like to remind you of the importance of saying 暑くなったね! to every human you cross paths with today.

coffee addict

For International Dark Skies Week -and every week, every night- know that light pollution is a significant contributor to biodiversity declines and animal populations, especially insects. Especially the insects.

chunky, furry legs, a tuft on the butt? 10/10 perfect weird moth

messing around on bluesky when I should be sleeping, good way to start the week. had a Mexican tiger moth show up last night -WOW! they're supposedly fairly common here, but a 1st for me. sleep 1st, then post photos. #teammoth

Very quiet again in the Marbury VC58 traps last night 5/5. Happy though to have this Pale Prominent NFY as I have only had 1 a year on my 2 years of trapping. I have a soft spot for these weird looking moths! It’s wonderful how different in terms of colour,shape,size moths all are😃 #teammoth

I've been enjoying this so much, I forgot to post a picture of it set up! under 15 min for full set up. if leaving at same location, breakdown/wind safety takes 30 sec. I made it, it works - onward to less urban locations! #teammoth #mothlight #bugsky

Another shot just for u.

Trichiocercus sparshalli - Long-tailed Bombyx This Long-tailed Bombyx is demonstrating exactly where its common name comes from. Seen in the Perth Hills, May 2026. #teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #inaturalist

sand crab x grain weevil -> silo surfer