Very long slender stick bug on a palmetto frond, it's brown, with green legs. 2 held forward and together, parallel with its long antennae
Close shot of the creature's tiny head and eyes, barely a lump in the creature's slender body
Stick! It's Stick. It's Bug. It's both Bug and Stick. It's Stick Bug
🤎
A small, oddly shaped insect with a glossy body and spiny legs stands on a bright green leaf. Its abdomen ends in a structure resembling a coiled shell or growth, giving it a distinctive and unusual appearance.
One of the most bizarre-looking insects at @tapirvalley.bsky.social is the Leistotrophus versicolor, a species of rove beetle that feeds on tapir dung.
The first time I saw one of these, I thought I had discovered an alien.
#bugsky #insects #costarica #nature
The demands also include such that if Ukraine accepted them, it might just as well capitulate completely, as they would be completely defenseless against a renewed Russian aggression. So, Russia clearly had no intention of negotiating.
Mated pair of tiger beetles on the beach sand; pale, light green pattern elytra and white margins
More evidence Boneyard Beach is for boning
#BugSex
I am confused by this enthusiasm for Han Duck-soo. I can understand being enthusiastic about Hong Junpyo and even Kim Munsu, and even Yoon, even though I don't share in that enthusiasm. But I cannot see any reason to support Han Duck-soo with such vigour.
Small shiny metallic black piglet bug on a leaf, just a small oval shape with a small pointed pig snoot and big black compound eyes
The silly nugget creature running along my finger
Rare piglet bug sighting! Bruchomorpha minima. Tiny shiny greenish black nugget creature. 🖤
assassin fly specimens on insect pins
assassin fly specimens on insect pins
assassin fly specimens on insect pins
assassin fly specimens on insect pins
#FlyWeek
worked in fly collection of KwaZulu-Natal Museum today - here are some of my favorite assassin fly genera from Afrotropics - note prey insects pinned with predator
Alcimus (Asilinae)
Oratostylum (Stenopogoninae)
Sporadothrix (Willistonininae)
Gonioscelis (Stenopogoninae)
#asiloidflies
excited to share we're preparing a themed section in @criticasianstds.bsky.social, slated for mid-summer, & it's the basis for this upcoming webinar on 5/5: What can democracy movements learn from Korea’s vigorous history of citizen engagement? w/ @yoonkyung.bsky.social & @jamiedoucette.bsky.social
A hefty tachinid fly sits on a white background facing to the right. It is black with a silvery white face and iridescent blue eyes. The tip of its abdomen is metallic gold.
A hefty tachinid fly sits on a white background facing to the right. It is black with a silvery white face and iridescent blue eyes. The tip of its abdomen is metallic gold.
A hefty tachinid fly sits on a white background facing to the left, while and empty dark reddish brown moth pupa is above it. The fly is black with a silvery white face and iridescent blue eyes. The tip of its abdomen is metallic gold.
Blue Eye Samur-fly (with a golden rump to boot)
#Tachinidae: #Belvosia bifasciata; emerged from parasitizing a Hemaris sphinx moth pupa
#FlyWeek #Diptera #FliesRule
An image of a Cecidomyidae with sunglasses on, with text reading "this fly may belong to the most speciose family in the animal kingdom! Several DNA metabarcoding studies have recovered remarkable diversity in the Cecidomyidae, hinting at over 1 million species yet to be described!"
One of the things that I love most about flies is their abundant diversity! Check out this Cecidomyidae! 😎 #FlyWeek
It’s incredible that now the *best case* scenario is basically Trump engaging in a humiliating climb-down, but having already inflicted permanent damage and uncertainty that never be undone.
Absolutely every scientist involved in the book this post is lampooning should be ashamed of themselves. Instead, I bet they'll write more propagandist pablum about how the current situation is a consequence of injecting politics into science discourse post-2020 & how they were right all along
Resharing this for #InverteFest. There's just something so relaxing about watching insects pollinate plants
The Ford Government is trying to give themselves carte blanche to do horrible things like dump raw sewage into Ontario Place West Channel. Have your say here! ero.ontario.ca/notice/025-0... #topoli #onpoli
A closeup photo of a butterfly, wings folded, clinging to a small red and green plant shoot on sandy ground. The butterfly is white with greenish-yellow mottling, especially on the hindwings. It has a fuzzy white and gray body and yellow-green compound eyes.
Did butterflies invent the solar panel? A few springs ago, I saw this marble butterfly (Euchloe sp.) land on the desert floor, then tilt its wings at an angle exactly perpendicular to the sun - like a motorized solar array - to efficiently warm up on a chilly morning (Mojave Desert, California). 🐙🌿
"The wu have also been a source of lively debate and controversy, to which this book bears eloquent witness. Can the Wu even be called shamans, and if not, what are they? What was the extent and status of their social role in early China?"
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Japanese netizens are shocked by a tweet from the US Embassy declaring that Japanese people applying for non-immigrant visas must provide information on all social media accounts they have used in the last 5 years [or their visas could be rejected].
Some are comparing it to China & North Korea.
@RobynDixon__ That JD Vance comment about “Chinese peasants” was taken in China as deeply offensive, and it is now a hurdle to trade talks. Trump administration’s approach appears tone deaf on this. Quote Joe Weisenthal @TheStalwart · 12h "China wants to see a number of steps from President Donald Trump’s administration before it will agree to trade talks, including showing more respect by reining in disparaging remarks by members of his cabinet..." https://bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-16/china-open-to-talks-if-trump-shows-respect-names-point-person?srnd=homepage-uk 5:36 AM · Apr 16, 2025 · 241.7K Views
in chinese culture, it is considered rude to offend the people you want to negotiate with by calling them dumb peasants. few know this
Tiny black #EmotionalSupportSpood with a bright orange face, grooming one of his feets and peering at you from a finger
Tiny black salticid with bright yellow palps and orange legs peering up at you from under a dry wiregrass blade
Black salticid boy with a white face, also grooming one of his feets
Chonky little black jumping spider lass, peering
Just delivered a dozen or so Chalcoscirtus nuggets to GB Edwards for science (he's planning on revising the genus or their placement in it soon) this past weekend. I'm always a little stressed when they're in my care, it's difficult to feed creatures so tiny. Glad to know they're in good hands. 🖤
I know my warnings about something like ignoring administrative law notice-and-comment requirements may sound trite. But attacks on *that kind* of democracy makes attacks on *this kind* of democracy much, much easier.
My follow up story today: An effort by Canadian entrepreneurs to cut public spending is distancing itself from DOGE, Elon Musk’s federal employee slashing agency.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/04...
This is happening today in Tucson, AZ, in front of the El Salvador Embassy, 5447 E. 5th St, 3:30-4:30pm. #BringHimHome
You can't be serious?
A photo of a the dorsal side of a very leggy tan spider resting on some light blue siding. The spider's prosoma (front part of the body) is tan in the middle and darker brown on the sides. The Opisthosoma (rear part of body) is tan with mottled darker brown markings. The legs are slender and long in relation to the body and are tan with darker brown banding. The second set of legs are longer than the other sets, a defining characteristic of the Philodromidae.
LEGGGGGGGGS
Mostly certain this lad is in genus #Philodromus.
#Fujifilm X-S10, #laowa 65mm #Macro.
#Spiders
#Arachnids
#invertebrates
#MacroPhotography
#LegsForDays
🤯🤩
Greater Thorn-tipped Longhorn Beetle, Pogonocherus hispidulus. OM System OM-5 OM SYSTEM M.Zuiko Digital ED 90mm f3.5 Macro IS PRO Godox V680-O
Greater Thorn-tipped Longhorn Beetle, Pogonocherus hispidulus.
#Beetles #Coleoptera #VC55 #UKWildlife #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem
All of them are Dundubia vaginata.
Clergy in red vestments standing on a raised stone balcony blessing palm branches. The cathedral is behind them.
The blessing of the palms at Palermo cathedral #PalmSunday.
Apple Fruit Weevil, Tatianaerhynchites aequatus. OM System OM-5 OM SYSTEM M.Zuiko Digital ED 90mm f3.5 Macro IS PRO Godox V680-O
The schnozztastic Apple Fruit Weevil, Tatianaerhynchites aequatus.
#Beetles #Coleoptera #VC55 #UKWildlife #macrophotography #macro #OMSystem
