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Amy Rae Hill @amyraehill.bsky.social · 17h

Once again, please use alt text. Let everyone enjoy art.
#PortfolioDay

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Armando Rosario-Lebrón @rosariolebronentomology.com · 1d

Learning the spiders of the UK for Halloween season! This Linyphia triangularis (correct me if wrong) was beautifully posed in its delicate web on a cool day.

#ukwildlife #bugsky #Invert #Linyphiidae 🌿

Close-up macro photograph of a Linyphia triangularis, a small sheet weaver spider from the family Linyphiidae. The spider is perched in its fine, tangled web against a dark background. Its long, slender legs are pale yellow-green, with joints slightly darker in tone. The abdomen is oval and patterned with a pale cream base marked by darker brown bands and patches, giving it a marbled look. The cephalothorax is light brown with darker markings and small black eyes visible near the front. The spider’s fangs and mouthparts are bright orange, contrasting with the rest of its body. The web glistens faintly in the light, showing delicate geometric strands and tiny specks of dust or pollen clinging to the silk, all set against the soft, dark blur of the background.

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duleyp.bsky.social @duleyp.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks Moira. I lean heavily on "Seek" to id plants, but know from experience with invertebrates that it doesn't always get it right. So I appreciate the correction. 😊

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duleyp.bsky.social @duleyp.bsky.social · 2d

A Redstem Stork's-bill (?) for #wildflowerhour. Nestled beneath a street name sign just down the road from home. It's a little patch of colour. 😊

A cluster of four flowers, each with five pink petals, with a background of luch green foliage. One flower is isolated in the foreground and is next two developing seed pods, which have long pointed 'bills' that eminating from them. The stem immediately below the flowers is a deep red.

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Carolyn B @kylenano.bsky.social · 2d

Ivy flowering next to the River Soar, Leicester, this morning, before the fog cleared. #WildflowerHour

Lower half of the photo, foreground, shows ivy flowers growing on the bank of the River Soar, Leicester. In the background the river and a former textile factory are shrouded in fog.

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James Emerson @norwichbirder.bsky.social · 3d

Something else found on willows at Whitlingham today was this Marbled Orb-weaver, Araneus marmoreus var. pyramidatus (srs.britishspiders.org.uk/portal.php/p...). Very noticeable against green leaves, but you can see how it might blend in once the leaves start to yellow in autumn.

A spider with a round yellow abdomen with a brown area near the back. The legs are banded dark brown and white. It is resting on the underside of some willow leaves, with a yellowed willow leaf to the left of the picture.

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Paul Bowerman @severnsidebirds.bsky.social · 3d

A change of scenery today with a Scilly day trip to St. Agnes with @nigelwarren.bsky.social Great views of Mourning Dove, American Pipit and Spotted Sandpiper plus a very showy Hoopoe.

American Pipit formerly known as Buff-bellied Pipit.

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Vanna Bartlett @vannabartlett.bsky.social · 3d

Posting this just because I can - Large Tree Chernes (Dendrochernes cyrneus) from September. Haven't found a pseudoscorpion for a while, hoping for better luck in the coming week. #Arachtober

A large, dark pseudoscorpion on a piece of wood. It has robust, shiny almost black claws giving it a formidable appearance.

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Jeremy Bartlett @jeremybartlett.bsky.social · 3d

A small Flame Shield, Pluteus aurantiorugosus, growing from a hole in a dead Ash trunk.

In woods near Reepham, Norfolk,visited on Thursday's bike ride.

#Fungi #FungiFriends

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Elodryn @elodryn.bsky.social · 3d

Il y a un truc marrant cette année sur mon bord de fenêtre: 2 guêpes se sont installées depuis quelques temps dans les Impatiens. Visiblement, elles ont quitté leur nid et ont décidé de vivre là.
Je vous présente donc Agathe et Pimprenelle 🥰
Je leur ai mis une figue juste à côté, elles se régalent

Une guêpe se tient de face. Elle est posée sur les feuilles d'une impatiens. On dirait qu'elle fait coucou de sa patte avant gauche. En réalité elle était en pleine toilette

Une guêpe crapahute dans les feuilles d'une impatiens

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It's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 3d

Two large accounts have done fake alt text today, and I've muted them both.

C'mon, folks, it's bad enough to not use alt; it's worse to pretend you have so you get the original Bsky community to share.

It's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · Nov 11

Muting/blocking larger accounts who don't use alt, unfortunately.

Fake alt, like "a picture" are really disappointing, too.

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Armando Rosario-Lebrón @rosariolebronentomology.com · 4d

A mini Welsh dragon? Not quite, just a small Anystid mite in Wales, briefly interrupted while it was hunting a springtail.

#Anystidae #Invert #bugsky🌿

A high-resolution macrophotograph of a vivid red Anystid mite walking across a pale green leaf. The mite's glossy, rounded body and long legs are sharply in focus, showing delicate white setae (hairs) on its limbs and body. The surface of the leaf is finely textured, almost velvety, and a slightly blurred green stem or vein runs diagonally across the upper part of the image. The contrast between the mite’s bright red coloring and the soft green background creates a striking visual. The photo captures the mite mid-motion, its legs splayed out naturally as it moves. This species is a fast-moving predatory mite, often seen darting across vegetation. The image is taken in natural light, highlighting fine details.

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Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 6d

Lyme, ME/CFS, endometriosis, long COVID, coeliac disease, adenomyosis, fibromyalgia & all the other conditions where there's actually nothing wrong with us, but we just enjoy pretending to be ill. For fuck's sake. It's like we've regressed to the 1960s when my mum was accused of being a malingerer.

George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 7d

Just as we are beginning to understand the biochemical basis of this horrendous condition, the government appoints the man perhaps most responsible for the mischaracterisation of ME/CFS – Simon Wesseley - to its *overdiagnosis* commission. www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/controv...

Controversial professor to investigate overdiagnosis of mental health and neurodivergence for Labour

Get the benefits you're entitled to: help with personal independence payment (PIP), universal credit (UC), employment and support allowance (ESA),disability living allowance (DLA). Claims, assessments...

www.benefitsandwork.co.uk

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Scrappy @scrappyaf.bsky.social · 6d

#georgia sunset

Bright yellow sun setting over calm water. Blue sky and wispy clouds going in every direction.

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duleyp.bsky.social @duleyp.bsky.social · 6d

Definitely bristling with bristles! 😆

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Spidermax @spidermax3000.bsky.social · 9d

Happy Sunday
#arachtober continues
Golden silk #orbweaver - Trichonephila clavipes
(Shot at @cincinnatizoo.bsky.social 9-4-25) 🕷️🕸️ #photography #animal #invertebrate #arachnid #spider #zoo #cincyzoopic

A golden silk orb-weaver (Trichonephila clavipes) on her web with her head down while we get a dorsal view of her golden coloration throughout her legs and abdomen.

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Spidermax @spidermax3000.bsky.social · 7d

#arachtober
Thin-legged wolf #spider - Pardosa sp.
(Shot near Cincinnati 9-18-25) 🐺🕷️🕸️ #photography #macrophotography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #nature #animal #invertebrate #arachnid #wolfspider #spidersky #ento

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duleyp.bsky.social @duleyp.bsky.social · 6d

A pseudoscorpion for #arachtober. A Compost Chernes [pselaphochernes scorpioides] from the garden compost heap.
#wildlifefrommywindow #invertebrates #ukwildlife #gardenwildlife #macro

A plan view of a eight legged invertebrate that has two long arms reaching out from its head with crab like claws on the end. The body looks like one large reddy brown oval, with the main portion bisected by a lighter line, with each side split into 10 regular sections. The body, arms, and legs, are covered in tiny short hairs, with occaisional longer ones which act as sensory organs.

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D. Allan Drummond @dadrummond.art · 6d

Loving the burst of pseudoscorpion posts! Gave this grabby guy some bristles and a bit more attitude 😈 (remember in reality they’re like sesame seeds with attitude) #arachtober

A gray resin sculpture of a pseudoscorpion, sitting in my open hand against a white background.

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Linda @lindacdolan.bsky.social · 7d

🌱 #roseWednesday One of the roses in the persica trial at Wisley. This one is called Rosa Orienta Djamila and is a real stand out beauty.
It’s a London day for me. Hope the trains behave better than last Friday.

A beautiful dark pink rose with an even darker centre.

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Jemima's Garden - Flower Seeds for Wildlife @jemimasgarden.bsky.social · 7d

I've been drying oranges ready for something I make for Yule time🍊
You're going to have to take my word for it, but they smell amazing 💛
For updates on any new products, (and 10% off all orders), please sign up to our newsletter at www.jemimasgarden.co.uk
#MHHSBD
#Christmas

Dried orange slices in a stainless steel bowl.
They smell wonderful 😊🍊🧡

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Jemima's Garden - Flower Seeds for Wildlife @jemimasgarden.bsky.social · 8d

There's a lovely large flock of Jackdaws and Rooks in the village and every evening they have a fly round before they decide where to roost for the night 🖤
If I'm awake I sometimes see them do the same thing early in the morning just before dawn 🖤
I do love the corvids 😊
#MHHSBD

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Little Green Space @lgspace.bsky.social · 9d

If you want to reduce plastic use, avoid yellow kitchen sponges like these. They're made of plastic, can't be recycled, don't break down in landfill – and release microplastics into the sea. Eco-friendly, compostable alternatives are available – see: littlegreenspace.org.uk/reviews/seep...

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duleyp.bsky.social @duleyp.bsky.social · 9d

Thanks Jeremy!

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duleyp.bsky.social @duleyp.bsky.social · 9d

Thanks Vanna. I appreciate your help, as always! 😊

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