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Bug Pix

@bugpix.bsky.social

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A repository for photos of the critters I encounter. Not an entomologist. I try my best to identify these little guys accurately, but ID suggestions/corrections are always welcome!

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katydidposting 𓆧 @0rthoptera.bsky.social · 1d

holy crunches

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Kujawiak @kujawiak.bsky.social · 1d

The image shows a bumblebee in mid-flight, hovering near a flower. The bee’s body is covered in fuzzy hairs, with a golden-orange thorax and black-and-yellow striped abdomen. Its wings are a blur from rapid movement, and it carries a noticeable yellow pollen sac on one of its hind legs. The flower has deep magenta petals and a tubular shape, with green sepals and stems showing fine hairs. The background is softly blurred in warm brown and reddish tones, creating a beautiful contrast that emphasises the bee and the flower in sharp focus.

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Evan Grimes, M.S. @iowanaturalist.bsky.social · 1d

A beautiful mother on the move with her young. Rabidosa sp. from the southern pine forests in Mississippi. #inverts #macro #spider

Closeup of a wolf spider species on sand with small babies on her abdomen

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Bug Pix @bugpix.bsky.social · 1d

Huh, neat! I wonder if the extra work might be warming up the lower part of your range/clearing out phlegm.
And yeah I get that too, I can't do it for very long before it starts to strain my voice if I've been chatty. Seen quite a few folks recommend doing normal vocal warmups to help with strain

Bug Pix @bugpix.bsky.social · 1d

Looks like some useful info! Definitely more descriptive than a lot of the tutorials I've found. Thank you!

Also interesting how some of it feels easier than regular speech. Maybe the practice will give you some vocal flexibility back over time?

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ascalaphid @ascalaphid.com · 2d

hands you some bugs

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cambrian epic wet animal @dinoserious.bsky.social · 2d

#invertober 11, dark fishing spider 🎣

#invertober2025

symmetrical blocky art of a dark fishing spider with stylized patterning, colored like black on red greek pottery. there is a black border on the image with a greek-esque choppy line pattern

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Perry Beasley-Hall, PhD @pbeasleyhall.bsky.social · 2d

Field crickets (Gryllinae) aren't just plain brown chirping things in backyards - the group is actually pretty diverse, with >3,000 species. Maybe the weirdest are in the genus Sciobia, which all have these delightful Pikmin-like "hats" 🥺

📸: Sciobia barbara, Pierre-Henri Fabre

#EverydayEnsifera

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katydidposting 𓆧 @0rthoptera.bsky.social · 2d

what didn't she do

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Petra Korlević @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social · 2d

Day 11 #Invertober2025 - Dark fishing spider (Dolomedes tenebrosus) 🕷️

daaang, girl got legs for ~ daaaaays ~

#SciArt #invertebrates

semi-realistic drawing of a very long legged hairy spider, in orange base with black and grey dots, on a black background.

semi-realistic drawing of a very long legged hairy spider, in orange base with black and grey dots, on a white background.

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The State of the State Parks Podcast @stateofthesp.bsky.social · 2d

This is our first time meeting this Woodlands Skipper (Ochlodes sylvanoides) What a cutie!
Stateofthestateparks.com
#insects #biology #science #research #wildlife #conservation #nature #photography #bugsky #stingsandwings

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I'mjustagirljm🌻 @justagirl52.bsky.social · 2d

Good Sunday morning. It's now 8:08 AM and 44° outside, with a very early gray sky.

Today, my daily post features photographs from years ago from my files of lovely butterflies that have sadly not been present this year in my gardens.

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Bug Pix @bugpix.bsky.social · 1d

Throat singing is rad! Kinda tough to find the sweet spot between the tension in your larynx and how much air to give it; Feels sorta like clearing your throat but sustained.
Just keep practicing (gently) and you'll get it down!

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Endless @extraunknown.bsky.social · 1d

Yellow woolly bear

A fuzzy yellow Virginian Tiger Moth (Spilosoma virginica) caterpillar, peeking over the side of the wood edge of a garden bed.

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Endless @extraunknown.bsky.social · 1d

Cute lil jumper

A small slightly mottled white and grey jumping spider on a dahlia, appearing to hone in on a water droplet.
Inaturalist top suggestion- Pelegrina aeneola

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Luxomancer 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @luxomancer.bsky.social · 1d

Blessed Nightweaver protect us.🙏

Spotted Orbweaver, Neoscona crucifer.

#Arachtober
#Spiders
#MacroPhotography
#NaturePhotography
#SheWhoProtectsInTheDark

A photo of a rotund brown and tan orbweaver spider hanging in her web at night. The spider has a large abdomen which is tan with 2 columns of 3 black curved markings on either side of the middle. One of the spider's rear pair of legs are visible, slender and banded black and tan. The spider's two front pairs of legs are held tucked close to its body on either side of its head which is obscured in shadow. The spider's web shines from the flash, the background being the black of night.

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Dragonfly @dragonfly055.bsky.social · 4d

Shadow Darner male. 🥰

#DragonflyMagic #NatureWonders #InsectBeauty

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CuddlyCrawlys @cuddlycrawlys.bsky.social · 4d

Sleeping grasshopper caught in 4k at 7 am. OM-5 w/ 60mm macro lens. Do you like this or the more zoomed in photo from earlier? #macro #macrophotography #insects #omsystems #olympus #natgeo #spiders #spider #bugs #wildlife @ak_diffuser @omsystem.cameras

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becca | they/them @beccaisoutside.bsky.social · 4d

this is the most pollen ive ever seen on a single bug, shes having the time of her life

photo of a bee covered all-over with bright orange pollen.

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🕷️Tristan (he/him)🏳️‍⚧️ @spidersathome.bsky.social · 4d

Kiki's web looks like it's covered in glitter ✨

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🕸️♥ Ripley Arachnid ♥🕸️ @spiderdungeon.bsky.social · 4d

hey! can you take a moment to sign this petition urging large pet store chains to STOP carrying jumping spiders? Many owners have experienced sickly, improperly labeled, and/or pregnant spiders when buying from places like Petsmart and Petco, and the spiders themselves suffer.

chng.it/ThqkpBJ4LM

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BERGΛMΛX @bergamax.bsky.social · 5d

The Commander (Moduza procris).🦋 Chakapong Park, Rayong, Thailand 🇹🇭

A medium-sized, strikingly coloured brush-footed butterfly found in South Asia and Southeast Asia.

Photos by Håkan Igelström @hakanigelstrom [IG]

#butterfly #nature #insects

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cambrian epic wet animal @dinoserious.bsky.social · 5d

#invertober 8, bee killer robber fly. GO my diptera 👐

#invertober2025

thick lineart drawing of a bee-killer robber fly from the side, head angled to look towards the viewer. there is a pattern of simple bees and honeycomb on the yellow background

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Martyn Warren (he/him) @martynwarren.bsky.social · 5d

Pretty sure this is my Spiderman origin story...

Photo of a garden spider in a web lit from behind by the sun so it looks like it's glowing.

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Spidermax @spidermax3000.bsky.social · 5d

#arachtober
Yellow garden #spider - Argiope aurantia
(Shot in Cincinnati 9-11-25) 🕷️🕸️ #photography #macrophotography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #nature #urbanwildlife #animal #invertebrate #arachnid #orbweaver #spidersky #ento

A yellow garden spider (Argiope aurantia) shot straight on with their white head at the bottom of frame and their black abdomen with yellow and white markings at the top. Their front pair of legs are all black. The rear most pair is mostly yellow until it turns black and their second pair from the front are the same. Their second from the back pair are mostly black but yellow closer to their body. We can’t really see their web or the iconic zig-zag due to the white background they’ve chosen for their home.

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