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diplopodracer.bsky.social
One Hundred and Sixty-One Wasps
@diplopodracer.bsky.social
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Amateur wildlife photographer & invert keeper (millipedes, but also some beetles, tarantula, isopods, and Gryllus crickets)

Interested in most invertebrate orders, but especially Diplopoda, Isopoda, and Hymenoptera.

My OC photography is CC0 public domain
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echinoblog.bsky.social
#CRUSTMAS
mbarinews.bsky.social MBARI @mbarinews.bsky.social · 18h
Just another tiny deep-sea bestie 🥰⁠

From icy polar zones to the darkest ocean depths, these miniature wonders can thrive in habitats where few other animals survive. Amphipods are crustaceans often mistaken for tiny shrimp, but they are laterally compressed and have no carapace.
December 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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secondnaturemb.bsky.social
I had a fun time working on this wood duck drake's head. There are so many different colours blended into the feathers and I wasn't sure they were all going to work together for a while there, but I'm happy with the final result. #Art #Birds #ArtAdventCalendar
A digital painting of a wood duck male's head looking to the right. It's green feathers are interspersed with different blues and purples contrasting against the white forehead and chin stripes. The orange bill and eye stand out sharply.
December 11, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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spidermax3000.bsky.social
#crustmas
Wood louse - order: Isopoda
(Shot near Cincinnati 7-26-24) 🦀 #photography #macrophotography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #nature #animal #invertebrate #crustacean #isopod #bugsky
A wild isopod on some wood facing the top right of frame.
December 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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lyndyphotos.bsky.social
This is a rare, white-crowned pigeon. They are native to the Caribbean and are threatened with habitat loss. A few also live in Miami, and birders travel from around the country to see them here. I got lucky to get such a clear image. For the #Pigeons theme of #BirdOfTheDay. #EastCoastKin #birds
December 11, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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crawlieswithcri.bsky.social
Launching in 3...2...1...

Not surprisingly the next shot was all #Blurd 😂

#becurious #bird 🪶
photo of a steller's jay on a thin, diagonal maple branch. they are facing the camera with their head angled up and to the right, their tail is fanned out, they are about to take off.
December 11, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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richardgatley.bsky.social
Pigeons #BirdOfTheDay #EastCoastKin #birds
A close up of a colourful racing pigeon
December 11, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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arnoldtortoise.bsky.social
A 0.9mm long female Chaetostricha similis wasp of the Trichogrammatidae found 10.8.2025 in the garden birch tree.

#UKWildlife #wasps #Trichogrammatidae
side view of a yellow wasp with paddle-shaped wings held over body, its head with large red eye is to the left of picture
December 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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conniemenefee.bsky.social
Bullfrog of the day!
Thursday, 11 Dec 2025
Bullfrog photograph - well camouflaged face emerging from duckweed spangled water
December 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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chuckwendig.bsky.social
This is why hating and mocking AI relentlessly and publicly is vital work.
phillewis.bsky.social Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 22h
McDonald's has taken down a Christmas ad made with AI following online backlash

The company said the moment served as "an important learning" as it explored "the effective use of AI"
McDonald's pulls AI-generated Christmas advert following backlash
McDonald's said the moment served as "an important learning" as it explored "the effective use of AI".
www.bbc.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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ajcann.bsky.social
Oligolophus hanseni.

#Arachnids #Opiliones #VC55
Oligolophus hanseni
December 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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candlemann.bsky.social
Jumping spider in the weeds

#photography #nature #wildlife #macro #macrophotography #spider #jumpingspider
December 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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federgeistchen.bsky.social
Also for #Crustmas: Fluffy crab! (not actually a true crab)
Porcellana platycheles, the Hairy Porcellain Crab.

#MarineLife
December 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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sardonicus.eu
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
a shot of a god botherer in a car, next to him on the passenger seat is a skull in an ornate box
December 10, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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deswalsh.bsky.social
Turville Street, London E2

Glazed brick wall and window frames

#reference #buildingreference #materialreference
Glazed brick wall and window frames Glazed brick wall and window frames Glazed brick wall and window frames
December 10, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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robknell.bsky.social
Onthophagus rangifer, one of the most extraordinary horned dung beetles you might ever see. From a baited pitfall trap near Skukuza on our #MSc #Wildlife #Conservation field course in the #Kruger park. #HullWildlifeConservation #insects #coleoptera #wildlifephotography @uniofhull.bsky.social
A photo of a beetle standing in front of a green background. The beetle's head and thorax are bright metallic green and he has two horns, almost as long as his body, arising from his head and sloping backwards.
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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mossworm.bsky.social
If you would like to get a tattoo of my art, that's totally fine with me! I'm honored! In lieu of payment, please instead donate some money to Museum of the Earth. They've almost hit their goal! priweb.donorsupport.co/page/FUNWALK...
Save the Museum of the Earth and PRI – Secure Its Future!
In these challenging times, places like the Paleontological Research Institution (PRI) stand as beacons of hope, fostering understanding of the natural world and inspiring action for a sustainable fut...
priweb.donorsupport.co
December 10, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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amyguidryartist.bsky.social
Another oldie while I wrap up new paintings for my January show at LeMieux Galleries in New Orleans.

"Delicate"
2018
Acrylic on canvas
5" x 5"

#art #painting #insects #beetle #contemporaryart #nature
Acrylic painting of a stag beetle sitting on top of a chrysanthemum flower. The beetle's body is covered in a lace pattern.
December 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
diplopodracer.bsky.social
Is the bird feed down/broken? I can't get it to load anymore
December 9, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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photosteve.bsky.social
A Dark-eyed Junco foraging on the ground
#birds
A dark-eyed junco standing on a dirt floor, looking back over its shoulder towards the camera.
December 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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diplopodracer.bsky.social
EG very expressive this morning LMFAO

#crows #corvidae 🪶
a photo of a crow taken from inside an office window of the bird perched on the top of a gatepost with its head tilted to the side in a very anthropomorphically quizzical fashion
December 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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alexwild.bsky.social
Read to the end, and you’ll see it was the Hitler Youth behind the suspension of the second instructor.

Turning Point USA is a toxic, bigoted organization incompatible with the modern university. Which is their point, I guess.
chanda.blacksky.app Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 2d
“The latest educator removed from the classroom allegedly told students they would be excused for attending a Friday protest in support of a transgender instructor who was suspended for accurately grading a paper.”
www.advocate.com/news/second-...
Another University of Oklahoma instructor suspended in biblical psychology paper grading controversy
The university is investigating whether the second instructor engaged in "viewpoint discrimination."
www.advocate.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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allthingsfungi.bsky.social
A mid-snack temporary cold-induced stupor allowed me time to capture these water droplets resting on the springtails hydrophobic (water proof) skin.

Immature Hemitrichia / Trichia species pictured with Collembola - Neanura muscorum feeding/sleeping.
#myxomycetes #collembola #macronature
Collembola - Neanura muscorum feeding in a orange slime mould with water droplets on its back
December 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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sarahmackattack.bsky.social
It's day 9 of the invertebrate macro photo #ArtAdventCalendar.

Here, have a hermit crab 😘
a light pink hermit crab stands in like. idk, imagine they're about to start dancing in the musical chicago, with legs all spread out? That's how they're standing. On a leaf.
December 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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whistberry.bsky.social
Marketing? Very well (sigh).

Big thread of all my art and books! (Most of my books are also illustrated!)

Cool t-shirts and other merch with my art available in my threadless shop:

whistberry.threadless.com
Photo of a light blue tshirt with an illustration of a red crab holding up a chocolate cupcake with pink frosting in each front claw. It is standing on a beach with blue waves behind it and the caption beneath the image reads I come in peace. Black tshirt with an illustration in white of a raccoon standing on its hind legs with its front paws raised above its snarling face. The words Fix Your Heart are spread between its paws in the blue, white, and pink colors of the trans flag. Photo of a black tshirt with an illustration in white of a fantastical-looking squid with red eyes and tangled arms. It is holding a large white pearl in one tentacle. Pink tshirt with circular image of a small tropical frog with black legs and pink and blue coloration meant to evoke the colors of the trans flag. It is sitting amidst large tropical green leaves that have white and pink patterns on them.
October 16, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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#ArtAdventCalendar day 9

#watercolor
#corvid
#crow
#birdsky
A watercolor painting of a crow perched on a branch.. he is leaning forward and has a slightly wilted pink flower in his beak
December 9, 2025 at 12:48 PM