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Dan Osipov
@danospv.bsky.social
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Macro photographer based in Bay Area, California. Odonata admirer.
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ed-phillips.bsky.social
I was photographing a globular springtail (Dicyrtomina saundersi) in the garden, when a juvenile "elongate" springtail came scurrying into view. Remarkably, they're both reasonably in focus with this single shot. Two for the price of one! #collembola #mesofauna #macro #photograph
Macro photograph of a globular springtail and an elongate springtail in garden leaf-litter.
November 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
danospv.bsky.social
We’re snailposting, post your snails.

This one was found on a jungle floor in Borneo
#snail #macro
Dark Snail on yellow leaves
November 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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petnoodle.bsky.social
Woo the Australian Insect of the Year is a #dragonfly. Graphic Flutterer is also a great name

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Insect of the year votes are in and bug lovers are all a-flutter
What flies like a helicopter and devours mosquitoes? Meet the 2025 ABC Australian Insect of the Year.
www.abc.net.au
November 6, 2025 at 11:53 PM
danospv.bsky.social
Zombie spider!

Was already dead, covered by parasitic fungus.

#zombie #Gibellula #macro #arachnid
Spider covered by parasitic fungus
November 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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melanienewfield.bsky.social
There's so much wrong in the world that it's overwhelming. But, if you can, spare a thought for the thousands of species which are silently slipping into extinction. This adorable weevil's just hanging in there, but how many more of our smaller creatures have we lost without noticing?
A felt pen drawing of a mottled brown, knobbly beetle with a long snout. Canterbury knobbled weevil, Hadramphus tuberculatus
October 25, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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plazi-species.bsky.social
#NewSpecies!
New dragonfly from #china just landed:

Cephalaeschna flabellata

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/332187DC-...
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/zoo...
#Zootaxa #CephalaeschnaFlabellata

#FAIRdata
#OA #taxonomy #biodiversity #wildlife #conservation #animals #entomology #odonata #dragonfly
Cephalaeschna flabellata (photo by Ruibin Song), male body, dorsal view.
October 24, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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plazi-species.bsky.social
#NewSpecies!
New damselfly from the #philippines just landed:

Sulcosticta fliedneri

Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/117087A2-...
Publication: doi.org/10.11646/zoo...
#Zootaxa #SulcostictaFliedneri

#FAIRdata
#science #taxonomy #biodiversity #animals #invertebrates #insects #odonata #damselfly
Sulcosticta fliedneri in nature, male, photographed by Q.T. Phan.
October 17, 2025 at 8:41 AM
danospv.bsky.social
Yellow-striped Flutterer
(Rhyothemis phyllis)

#odonata #dragonfly #inverts #nature
Yellow-striped Flutterer
October 13, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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Colorful jumping #spider from Malaysia - haven't seen many as intricate as this one. ID appreciated!

#salticidae #arachtober #biodiversity
Jumping spider on a leaf
October 12, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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martinswarren.bsky.social
The new European Butterfly Red List is published today, with worrying findings. Over 1/4 (28%) of Europe’s 442 species are threatened with extinction or are close to being so. The situation is far worse for our 148 endemic species, 40% are now threatened or nearly so www.bc-europe.eu/webpage.php?...
Front cover of the European Butterfly Red List, showing Polyommatus humedasae. The report can be downloaded at https://www.bc-europe.eu/webpage.php?name=red-list-butterflies-2025
October 11, 2025 at 9:17 AM
danospv.bsky.social
Telosticta bidayuh, a Sarawak endemic #damselfly
Its curious how it bends its lower abdomen.

#odonata #bugsky #macro
Telosticta bidayuh damselfly
October 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Malayan Lacewing (Cethosia hypsea) from Borneo

#butterfly #bugsky #entomology #macrophotography
Malayan Lacewing (Cethosia hypsea) Malayan Lacewing (Cethosia hypsea)
October 3, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
Jane Goodall was my first childhood hero, as I loved animals as a kid and was inspired by her story. I still remember the National Geographic specials about her. RIP.
Jane Goodall reaches out and touches a small monkey.
October 1, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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odonataamericas.bsky.social
Max tells us how he found, described, and named a new species of damselfly in the Amazon.
🇺🇸 www.dragonflysocietyamericas.org/en/blog
🇨🇴 www.dragonflysocietyamericas.org/es/blog

If you would like to share stories about your favorite species, contact Cindy Crosby: phrelanzer.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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nathanharness.bsky.social
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.
Red green and yellow beetle on a leaf Red green and yellow beetle on a leaf
October 1, 2025 at 1:41 AM
danospv.bsky.social
A sand wasp on a bank of a river. Do these sting? I didn't dare to check.

#insects #nature #macrophotography
Sand wasp on sand next to its burrow
September 30, 2025 at 7:20 PM
danospv.bsky.social
Barely noticeable, Elattoneura analis is an incongruously named White-legged damselfly (its legs are actually black).

#bugpics #bugsky #odonata #borneo
September 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Cool looking cricket (likely Nisitrus vittatus) hiding under a leaf.

#bugsky #entomology #macrophotography
Cricket (Nisitrus vittatus) under a leaf
September 30, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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Onychothemis culminicola, on the banks of a Bornean river

#odonata #dragonfly #borneo #bugsky
September 18, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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bug-gwen.bsky.social
*Another* piece of research showing declines in other areas of low human impact. “ insect populations... declined by an average 6.6% annually — a 72.4% drop over the 20-year period.” www.npr.org/2025/09/12/n...
Insect populations drop even without direct human interference, a new study finds
Research published this month found that even in pristine, untouched areas, insect populations are still on the decline. Climate change is a likely culprit.
www.npr.org
September 13, 2025 at 4:21 PM
danospv.bsky.social
"Climate change is extirpating ornamented species from their historical ranges."
#odonata #climate

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Showy dragonflies are being driven extinct by warming and wildfire - Nature Climate Change
The authors use 1,603 estimates of local extinctions from 1980 to 2021 to show that dragonfly species with wing ornamentation have disproportionately gone extinct and lost habitat because of climate c...
www.nature.com
September 11, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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alexwild.bsky.social
The new XKCD has to be a reference to the ant paper where ants just casually lay eggs of a different species, yes? Maybe? There are so many weird bugs its hard to know.
Line drawing of a two story institutional building with a sign in front, "Welcome to the BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT. It has been 3 days since we discovered something existentially horrifying about abugs that make you question your whole reality."
September 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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uk-wildlife.bsky.social
The Amazing Life Cycle of Dragonflies - my latest video is out on my Pond Lab Channel - Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xy7V...

#bugsky #pondlife #ukwildlife #dragonfly #insect #ponds
The Fascinating Life Cycle of Dragonflies: From Egg to Adult
YouTube video by Pond Lab
www.youtube.com
July 26, 2025 at 6:59 AM
danospv.bsky.social
Below the water line
entomemeology.bsky.social Entomemeology @entomemeology.bsky.social · Jul 18
This is my 10 year plan
July 19, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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tshahan.bsky.social
🕷️🍽️🕷️SALTICIDS EATING SALTICIDS🕷️🍽️🕷️

1 Phidippus eating Platycryptus
2 Hentzia eating Pelegrina
3 Eris eating Admestina
4 Colonus eating young Phidippus(?)
July 15, 2025 at 10:45 PM