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@amypteride.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 4:05 PM

What time is it? It’s #Cheliceratime & #Arachtober !
And this time we're looking at a companion of dogs, Demodex canis!

All the basic infos are here but if you want to learn more, there’s more in the thread below!⬇️🧵

#mite #arachnid #demodex #arthropod #sciart #bugsky #invert

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Just like humans have their own follicle mites, this species completes its entire lifecycle thanks to dogs’ skin. On a dog with a weaken immune system, this mite can cause demodicosis. Size: roughly 200µm of body length Time period: Holocene (present day) Conservation status: Least concern/Near threatened The animal drawn looks like a worm with 8 stuby legs at the front
@helenbennett.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 7:37 AM

A reminder from nature to pause, breathe, and appreciate the beauty that surrounds us while seeking a perfect balance in life... like this gorgeous male Southern Hawker! 💙🫶📷

Happy Monday everyone. Wishing you all a wonderful week ahead. 🕊️🌿

#MacroMonday #Nature #Invert #Dragonflies #UKWildlife #ECK

A close-up photograph of a vibrant male Southern Hawker dragonfly (Aeshna cyanea) resting vertically on a stalk of purple toadflax flowers. The dragonfly is positioned head-up, with his long, segmented abdomen extending straight down the flower stem. His thorax is a bright apple-green color, accented by two prominent yellow-green oval patches on top. His abdomen features a pattern of dark brown, black, and bright green spots, transitioning into vivid blue segments at the very tip of his tail. The Southern Hawker has large, shiny compound eyes separated by a bright golden patch on the top of his head. Four translucent, glassy wings are spread fully open and flat to the sides, revealing an incredibly dense, delicate, dark-veined net pattern across their entire surface. The background is completely out of focus, filled with a soft, bright green and yellow bokeh effect created by sunlight filtering through garden foliage.
@ikei.bsky.socialOct 1, 2026, 11:10 AM

Tiny snail and friends cleaning up the dead stalks of a Parsley plant.

#nature #invert #snail #autumn

Many beige coloured dead stalks, some with wet clustered seeds at the end. There is a similar coloured tiny snail on one of the stalks. It's shell is warm brown and its eye stalks are dark grey.
@ikei.bsky.socialOct 1, 2026, 10:25 AM

So this bug was walking around on the mat outside, so I crouched down to take a picture (it's a BIG bug) and then it assumed defense position thinking I was going to attack it!

#invert #insects

A long black beetle with a round head curling its tail above its head as if ready to attack
@helenbennett.bsky.socialOct 1, 2026, 7:01 AM

Always nice to find a soft and comfortable place to rest on a warm day! A lovely Small Heath butterfly pauses for just a moment on a beautiful Carline Thistle seed head. 🫶🧡🌿📷

Happy new month!

#Butterflies #InsectThursday #Invert #Photography #UKWildlife #Nature #NativePlants #WildflowerHour #ECK

A photography of a small Heath butterfly resting on a fluffy Carline Thistle seeded. The butterfly is small seen in side profile showing the underside of its forewing that has an orange glow and one eyespot at the tip. It's hindwing banded with brown, grey and cream. The butterfly is backlit with a bright green yellow background making the wings of the butterfly and seedhead glow.
@wellmanneredxs.bsky.socialSep 29, 2026, 4:20 PM

Ligus has some stunning #fish, #invert and #lizard art available in her Kofi shop right now - some with a little change-of-light twist! 🐟🦎🐙 This fishy would be amazing to hang mounted on a door so that the angle changed and lit up the SHINY ✨

@wa-moths.bsky.socialSep 29, 2026, 1:33 AM

Good news #invert story of the week 🦋

After a catastrophic decline in numbers over recent years that placed Australia’s iconic Bogong moth on the IUCN Red List, their numbers have really surged this year!

#mothsmatter #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #inaturalist

www.smh.com.au/environment/...

@numenini.bsky.socialSep 27, 2026, 9:39 PM

In this reach of the River Little Ouse amazing drifts of #mollusc shells including Great & Keeled Ram's-Horns (Planorbarius corneus, P. carinatus), Great Pond Snail (Lymnaea stagnalis), Horny Orb-Mussel (Sphaerium corneum) & Jenkin's Spire-Snail (Potamopyrgus antipodarum). #MolluscMonday #invert

@numenini.bsky.socialSep 27, 2026, 9:39 PM

Abundant Caddisfly larvae in River Little Ouse; colonies ?Welshman's Button(Sericostoma personatum); on a cow bone, Agapetus fuscipes? as well as Brown Sedge (Anabolia nervosa); ?Cinnamon Sedge (Limnephilus lunatus) & mayfly nymph; Grannom (Brachycentrus subnubili) & snail eggs. #riverflies #invert

@plompcat.bsky.socialSep 26, 2026, 11:11 AM

This is my chonkiest Isopod. I named him Tank. :3

#isopod #invert

@amypteride.bsky.socialSep 25, 2026, 3:30 PM

What time is it? It’s #Cheliceratime & #Fossilfriday !
Today in Cheliceratime an extinct scorpion from the Eocene of Ukraine!

All the basic infos are here but if you want to learn more, there’s more in the thread below!⬇️🧵

#scorpion #arachnid #eocene #paleoart #amber #sciart #bugsky #invert

Found in a chunk of Ukrainian amber, this scorpion is a member of a genus found across the eocene european ambers, and was the first fossil scorpion named in Ukraine. Size : 2-ish cm of body length Time period : Late Eocene Paleoart speculativometer : Almost a carbon copy The animal drawn is a brown to orange scorpion viewed from above
@jkwanny.bsky.socialSep 25, 2026, 3:26 PM

Banshee at Kings Island

#banshee #kingsisland #rollercoaster #sixflags #coaster #ki #invert #invertedcoaster #BolligerandMabillard #bandm #invertedcoaster #verticalloop #loop

@amypteride.bsky.socialSep 23, 2026, 4:05 PM

What time is it? It’s #Cheliceratime!

Today a special thematic post about some chelicerates' names and why they can sometimes sound a bit similar!

All the basic infos are here but there’s more in the thread below!⬇️🧵

#arachnid #arthropod #etymology #invert #bugsky
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WHY DO SEVERAL CHELICERATES' NAMES SOUND SIMILAR? HORSESHOE CRABS Limulus Guangyuanolimulus Limulitella Austrolimulidae root "limulus" for "horseshoe crab" PALEOZOIC AQUATIC CHELICERATES Lunataspis Chasmataspis Diploaspis Magnicornaspis root "aspis" for "shield" MITES Endeostigmata Prostigmata Mesostigmata Astigmatina root "stigmata" for "breathing opening" SPIDERS Mesothelae Opisthothelae Hexathelidae Macrothelidae root "thelae" for spinneret
@helenbennett.bsky.socialSep 21, 2026, 5:00 AM

Good morning. Our Ivy in the garden has just started to flower and yesterday it was covered in beautiful Ivy bees - it's wonderful to see them back! 💛 🐝 🌿

Happy Monday everyone... wishing you all a great new week ahead 👋

#MacroMonday #Bees #Photography #Nature #UKWildlife #Invert #ECK

A close up photograph of a Colletes hederae (Ivy bee) actively foraging on a cluster of Ivy flowers. She is seen in side profile with her body facing left and her head lowered toward the tiny flower florets as she feeds. The bee features a prominent, densely furry thorax covered in vibrant, light orange-brown and buff hairs. The bee's long abdomen extends to the right, showing a striking pattern of bright cream-yellow rings contrasting sharply with glossy dark brown/black segments. Bright yellow pollen is packed heavily onto her rear hind legs. The flower head beneath her forms a dense, rounded dome made up of dozens of tightly grouped, pale green flower buds. Several tiny, delicate stamens with yellowish tips protrude upward from the cluster. The background is blurred in shades of yellow and teal.
@helenbennett.bsky.socialSep 17, 2026, 5:02 PM

Today I saw a field full of beautiful Common Toadflax. Such an uplifting sight especially as I have never seen these gorgeous wildflowers before! The pollinators loved them too! 🫶📷💛🐝

#Photography #InsectThursday #Invert #ColorADay #YellowThu #BloomScrolling #WildFlowerHour #Scape #Nature #ECK

A photograph of a vertical stalk of Common Toadflax flowers being visited by a hoverfly in mid-air coming in to land. The background blurred, soft-focus of the vibrant green grass. The plant features an upright green stem topped with a cluster of pale yellow flowers that heavily resemble snapdragons. Each blossom has an elongated, downward-pointing spur and a two-lipped opening highlighted by a bright, golden-orange centre. Several unopened green buds sit tightly clustered at the very peak of the stalk, while fully opened flowers flare out lower down. On the rightmost petal is a hoverfly captured mid-flight, its clear wings blurred from rapid motion with its legs just touching the petal. The insect features a black body with distinctive, bright yellow bands across its abdomen. It faces left, leaning its head directly into the orange throat of the blossom to gather nectar. Taken on a bright sunny day, September 2026 UK
@amypteride.bsky.socialSep 16, 2026, 4:04 PM

What time is it? It’s #Cheliceratime !

Today's entry is about a Californian only species of schizomid!

All the basic infos are here but if you want to learn more, there’s more in the thread below!⬇️🧵

#schizomid #arachnid #arthropod #sciart #bugsky #invert

This ground-based arachnid is endemic to Southern California, just like the other species of this genus. It was one of the first schizomids to receive a scientific name 127 years ago. Size : around 10mm of body length Time period : Holocene (Present day) Conservation status : Least concern/Near threatened The animal drawn is a schizomid, an eyeless arachnid walking on 6 legs and using its first legs as antennae
@moistmacro.bsky.socialSep 14, 2026, 2:54 PM

Nice little Misumena vatia on a late season shrub rose. #spood #macro #invert #arachnid

A photo from the side of a Goldenrod Crab Spider perched on a pink rose
@helenbennett.bsky.socialSep 14, 2026, 5:15 AM

Good morning. A beautiful Small Heath butterfly seen feeding on the wild Calluna heather last week... it must have been a late brood as the butterfly was looking nice and fresh! 📷️ 🌿 🧡

Happy new week everyone! 🕊️ 👋

#MacroMonday #NaturePhotography #Invert #Butterflies #Insects #Pollinators #ECK

A close-up photograph of a small brown-and-orange butterfly perched on pink heather blossoms, its antennae and furry head visible against a soft purple background.
@numenini.bsky.socialSep 13, 2026, 11:30 AM

Also under Little Ouse-Brandon Bank Iron Bridge, impressive communal web of Grey Cross Spiders (Larinioides sclopetarius). Delighted by tiny Hydra hitching ride on Ear Pond-Snail (Radix auricularia). Sadly, plenty holes of alien #invasivespecies Signal Crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus). #invert

@adamasker.bsky.socialSep 12, 2026, 11:50 PM

I don't know if the pic is worth the pole burn on this one 😅 #poledance #invert #descendingangel

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