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@minifauna.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 5:01 AM

pretty much a bust on moths last night. mostly micros, and I've somehow already lost the light for my macro lens.

one very nice emerald - Dichorda illustraria

#teammoth #bugsky #facesofelnino #lepidoptera

a green geometer moth, wings fully outstretched the moth has elegant white lines - two pairs on the forewings, and one pair on hindwings, making dramatic "V" shapes. the base of the wings has a slight white fringe.

@gettoknownature.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 2:45 AM

Here’s a closer look at the “question mark” of the Question Mark butterfly
#invertebrates 🌿 #BugSky

Close up photo of a mottled brown wing of a butterfly with a small white curve and a small white dot in the center.

@gettoknownature.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 2:42 AM

Where does the name come from? Right there on its wing there are two small white marks that are supposed to look like a question mark. YMMV
#invertebrates 🌿 #BugSky

A brownish butterfly stands on a green leaf with its wings closed, looking a bit like a dry leaf itself.

@gettoknownature.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 2:38 AM

A Question Mark butterfly showing off in the garden
#invertebrates 🌿 #BugSky

An orange butterfly with dark spots rests on a green leaf in bright sunshine, its wings most of the way open.

@grays.art Oct 5, 2026, 12:05 AM

Florida ivory millipede
(Chicobolus spinigerus)

coiled around a bare brown twig

CREW pen flint strand lake trails
Bonita Springs, Florida 9-20-26

#macroMonday #eck #macro #nature #green #art #macroPhotography #native #threeWordGenre #bugsky #invertebrates #invertefest

Macro of a millipede coiled tightly around a vertical brown twig against a solid black background. Positioned on its stage-left, the creature's smooth, rounded, segmented body arches in a dynamic curve, displaying alternating glossy bands of cream and deep chocolate brown. Dozens of its delicate, pale translucent legs extend inward, firmly gripping the rough woody bark. The smooth, rounded head capsule is visible near the upper center, tucked close to the twig. The lighting highlights the glossy, reflective texture of the exoskeleton, while the background is completely dissolved.

@phazonharbinger.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 11:46 PM

A young Euchomenella heteroptera, the Giraffe necked mantis from Indonesia. #mantis #prayingmantis #insects #bugsky #macro

@zolttbolt.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 11:42 PM

Found this cute lil guy in a local cafe. Took him outside and found him a shady spot among the plants!

#bug #insect #bugsky

@thehamofficial.northsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 11:29 PM

to brag, but a bee chose me as the place to clean her legs and face! #bugsky

@suzannevtw.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 10:47 PM

These cuties were everywhere today! #ColorADay #OrangeSun #Macro #WoollyBear #TeamMoth #BugSky #ECK #Photography

A bird’s eye view of a black and orange caterpillar climbing up a plant.

@danjbrown97.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 8:20 PM

Clouded Yellow at Leaden Hall in the New Forest today. Also good to see Small Heath and Painted Lady on the walk. #UKButterflies #UKWildlife #Bugsky

A Clouded Yellow, a yellow butterfly, on a yellow autumn hawkbit flower in the sun

@rainylakes.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 8:01 PM

staring contest 🤓

#photography #bugsky #nature #butterfly #insectphotography #wildlife #flowers #flowerphotography #bloomscrolling #artsky #art #portrait #macro #insect

@melissamactn.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 7:30 PM

I recently had these jewels officially accepted as Tennessee state records 2 & 3 of the ceraunus blue. The previous record was from 2016, but this more Southern species made a push north this year, with several sightings in Missouri. I was delighted to find two individuals two days apart! #BugSky

A gray butterfly the size of a fingernail with rows of white-edged black markings and some spots on its hindwing that are outlined in orange and have blue iridescence.

The same species of butterfly, but with a few more spots on the front row of its hindwing, and more orange outlining the iridescent spots.

@levondymond.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 2:44 PM

I found an Ivy Bee covered Ivy again today! (Slo-mo) 😃

#ivybee #bees #Stunday #bugsky #insects

@suzannevtw.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 2:20 PM

Found this little #Bee in the driveway and thought it may need help to a flower! Nope…thanks for your service little one! 💕 #SundayYellow #Pollinators #HoneyBee #Nature #BugSky #Invertebrates #Fall #VT #ECK #Photography

A yellow and black bee rests in a human’s finger.

@jancasavant.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 12:46 PM

A side angle view of a male #MonarchButterfly feeding on orange Zinnias at the New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill (Boylston, Massachusetts - 9/19/26) 🧡🦋🍃

#insects #butterflies #bugsky #nature #ECK #Stunday #ColorADay #OrangeSun #Zinnias #bloomscrolling #photography #OM-1

A male Monarch Butterfly with bright orange wings laced with thick black veins on the top, paler brownish-orange undersides, black outer borders with small white spots, and small white spots on the body. Males also feature a small, distinct black spot on each hindwing. This butterfly was sipping on nectar from some orange Zinnia flowers that were surrounded by green leaves. Seen at the NE Botanic Garden at Tower Hill in Boylston, Massachusetts.

@alonsoramirez.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 12:37 PM

The Seaside Dragonlet (Erythrodiplax berenice) is the only dragonfly that inhabits only salty environments, like coastal marshes. I found this pair in the marshes of Plum Island.

#Wildlife #Odonata #Dragonflies #BugSky #nature #wildlife #animals #photography #Outdoors #plumisland

@maireadd100.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 11:26 AM

#Photography
#ECK
#Stunday
#ColorADay
#OrangeSun
#SilentSunday
#Macro
#Bugsky
#Butterfly

A close-up image of a Painted Lady Butterfly resting atop the purple flowers of a Buddleja bush.

@grays.art Oct 4, 2026, 11:14 AM

Little blue heron
(Egretta caerulea)

CREW pen flint strand
Bonita Springs, Florida 9-19-26

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme #WingsOpenNotFlying. Alt theme #Blue plumage.

#birds #ECK #nature #photography #wildlifePhotography #native #stunday #threewordgenre #birding #pelecaniformes #ardeidae #bugsky

A little blue heron wading through calm marsh water, framed by tall, sunlit green marsh grasses. The bird is viewed from the side facing stage-right, with its slender, dark blue-grey slate neck curved elegantly upward above the water's surface. It has a long, straight, pointed bill that tapers to a dark tip, and a piercing light eye. Ripple rings expand outward in the water from its position, and small patches of warm, reddish-brown breeding plumage are visible along its neck. The background shows soft, sparkling specular highlights on the water between the vertical stalks of grass.

@bugeric.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 5:35 AM

#Arachtober third: A large female Green Lynx Spider has killed an American Snout butterfly, on a prickly pear cactus pad. Florida Canyon, Santa Rita Mts., Arizona, USA. #bugsky #bugwatching #spiders #arachnids

Large, green spider with beige legs, clutching a butterfly beneath her, and with an empty egg sac to her right, on a cactus pad.