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@wordsoup.bsky.socialSep 16, 2026, 2:02 PM

Mid September & the buddleia bush is slowly turning brown, but this Red Admiral #butterfly was still hanging on in there about an hour ago. #butterflies #nature #bugsky #insects

Portrait orientation face on picture of a red, white & black butterfly hanging upside down feeding on one of the last clumps of small pink flowers on a buddleia. The background is more of the bush, but most of the rest of the flowers have died & behind that is some tarmac.
@maireadd100.bsky.socialSep 16, 2026, 9:36 AM

#Photography
#ECK
#ColorADay
#RedWed
#Macro
#Bugsky
#Fly
#Daylily

A close-up image of a Common Green Bottle Fly perched atop a red Daylily flower petal.
@frontiersmedia.bsky.socialSep 16, 2026, 8:40 AM

One of the 'risks' of being a resident journalist at a #museum like @smnstuttgart.bsky.social is that there are so many interesting projects going on that tangents are inevitable.

Just been learning more about the diversity of cave beetles - a scientific frontier in itself!

#beetles #bugsky

Museum collection box of cave beetles An in-progress beetle phylogeny Map of karst cave systems in Pyrenees
@palangrin1526.bsky.socialSep 16, 2026, 4:31 AM

noctuid moth
Eulithosia discistriga
southeastern Arizona, 2026

#bugsky
#bugsofbluesky
#nature
#insects
#invertebrates
#moths

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@gettoknownature.bsky.socialSep 16, 2026, 4:30 AM

Huh, just sitting there? That’s odd. Maybe see if you can get it to crawl onto a stick and bring it outside? I’m not sure who it is but I’ll tag some feeds to see if somebody else knows.
#Invertebrates #BugSky

@moistwelldrained.bsky.socialSep 16, 2026, 2:03 AM

Free goldenrod, just appeared in the yard. All I had to do was not pull it up.

#nativeplants #bugsky

@dadrummond.artSep 16, 2026, 12:34 AM

Aster murderess is still at it. And still gorgeous, heaven help me. Her night eyes are just turning on here 👽 #bugsky

A female Chinese mantid, looking at the camera from close-up, against a background of purple asters. One purple aster flower covers her raptorial forelegs. Her eyes are slightly darker than her brown body.Side view of the mantid, showing her sawtoothed raptorial forelegs in profile.Full view of the mantis in her purple aster killing field.
@jtkindt.bsky.socialSep 16, 2026, 12:28 AM

Two years since I planted a spicebush from @beechhollow.bsky.social and at last have been dgraced with an adorable spicebush swallowtail caterpillar! I am SO excited!

#nativeplants #bugsky

Small caterpillar in slightly rolled green leaf. Caterpillar is dark green with some reddish brown and has markings that mimic a snake's eyes.
@paulinabarry.bsky.socialSep 16, 2026, 12:20 AM

Coming from the PNW, I love a good slug. These are leaf-veined slugs, which are an ancient species that only has 2 stalks instead of the usual 4. They're great for native plants because they only eat algae that grow on the plants, not the plant itself.

#slug #mug #sciart #handmade #bugsky #teacup

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@dolomedes.bsky.socialSep 16, 2026, 12:18 AM

i got too close to this crab spider and she dropped the little butterfly she was eating, i was going to see if i could convince her to grab it again and found her earlier meals directly below #bugsky #butterflies

a white crab spider on a white clover flower, with her front arms outstretched ready to grab whatever hapless insect comes to check out the flower directly below the spider, the remains of some former hapless insects lay in the grass.
@jtkindt.bsky.socialSep 16, 2026, 12:16 AM

Thirty-ninth native plant blooming in the yard, big leaf aster (Aster macrophyllus). Like last year it's a big hit with tiny ants, but should attract some bees as well.

#nativeplants #bugsky

Daisy-like flower with about a dozen tiny black ants in the yellow center.
@grays.artSep 16, 2026, 12:00 AM

Red-marked Pachodynerus wasp
(Pachodynerus erynnis)

on dried wildflower seed heads

Sentinel draped in crimson and charcoal.

CREW pen flint strand lake trails
Bonita Springs, Florida 9-13-26

#ColorADay #redWed #eck #macro #nature #red #threeWordGenre #art #macroPhotography #native #wasps #bugsky

Macro of a wasp on textured, brown dried wildflower seed heads. Facing forward and slightly to its left with black head and a heavily dimpled black thorax marked with deep rust-red shoulders and trim. Its segmented abdomen alternates between glossy black and rust-red bands. Long, amber-toned legs firmly grip the woody plant structures, while a single elongated, dark wing extends straight back to its right, catching the light with a subtle purplish-black iridescent sheen. The background is completely dark and smoothly out of focus, emphasizing the intricate textures of the insect.
@gettoknownature.bsky.socialSep 15, 2026, 11:28 PM

Here’s a female Eastern Tiger Swallowtail. The males are always yellow while the females can be yellow or black. She’s enjoying some Joe Pye Weed in the yard

#invertebrates #NativePlants 🌿 #BugSky

A big black butterfly with some blue and yellow markings wit wings wide open as it perches on a cluster of very small pink flowers. She’s perfectly formed and beautiful.
@rosariolebronentomology.comSep 15, 2026, 10:41 PM

You'll see the first results here of my mounting media testing. It's a laelapid mite. I am not satisfied with how dark the specimen is. Even after slide mounting, under the microscope the specimen is not clear and not really quite visible. It's a bit disappointing. #bugsky #inverts 🌿🧪

Transmitted light microscope image of a laelapid mite mounted on a slide, dorsal view. The body is a deep orange brown and heavily sclerotised, so dark that internal structure obscures the dorsal shield outline. Long, sparsely spined legs radiate from the body. The specimen is not fully cleared and detail is hard to resolve.A small orange brown mite suspended in a bright yellow droplet of mounting medium on top of a cover slip viewed at low magnification. The mite is pale and semi transparent here, with all eight legs spread out and visible against the yellow field. A few flecks of debris sit in the medium.A microscope stage seen from above, with a slide bearing a single domed droplet of yellow mounting medium under a round coverslip. The objective is out of focus above it. A red box labelled Microscope Slides Frosted sits in the background.Three small orange brown mites before transferring to mounting media in lactic acid on a white background seen through a microscope eyepiece, the circular field of view surrounded by black. Two mites sit close together at upper left, a third smaller one at lower right. Legs and body outlines are clear against the pale background.
@pedestrianbird.bsky.socialSep 15, 2026, 10:29 PM

A nice butterfly from the other day. #bugsky

A black butterfly on a flower
@cicadie.bsky.socialSep 15, 2026, 6:54 PM

The crime vs the criminal
#sawfly #hymenoptera #bugsky #insect

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@rickmartin.bsky.socialSep 15, 2026, 5:32 PM

A Red Admiral butterfly perched among blue sea holly flowers 🌱🦋

#Bloomscrolling #BugSky #TuesdayBlue #BlueTue #ColorADay #Flowers #EastCoastKin

A red admiral butterfly with its red white and black wings spread dramatically as it perches on top of a spiky blue sea holly flower and glares at me as if to say 'Mine'!
@wordsoup.bsky.socialSep 15, 2026, 5:17 PM

Mid September, but this Carder #bee was still busy at it earlier this afternoon. (I might've tweaked the colours a bit, cause I had the phone set to compensate for bright sunlight & it was a bit overcast so the pics looked a bit dark & flat) #bees #bugsky #nature #photography #insects

Portrait orientation image of a small furry bee sitting on a large orange flower feeding, with a background of leaves. We are seeing it from above & just slightly off to the side.Same bee feeding on another orange marigold flower. It's near the middle of the flower & we are looking down on it from above.
@amandamakepeace.bsky.socialSep 15, 2026, 4:34 PM

Met this striking American Dagger Moth caterpillar on our hike today! 🤍 #teammoth #bugsky

Fuzzy white caterpillar with thin, black setaeSame caterpillar with black face visible
@mothfluencer.bsky.socialSep 15, 2026, 3:36 PM

Hi there, I’m Red-legged Grasshopper. They say that blonds have more fun, but I’ve always thought red-legs were more glamorous. I live across all of NA, can eat any plant around and often mate for hours. Why wouldn’t you want to be me?
#NonHumanNeighbours #Insects #Bugs #BugSky #Nature #Photography

Red-legged Grasshopper (female)