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  1. β€œRobber Fly”

    Is that close enough? πŸ˜…

    Though it doesn't look like a standard fly, the Robber Fly is actually a fly.

    The sheer size of the insect can alarm people unfamiliar with it, but the loud buzzing it creates by furiously beating its wings can be more disturbing.

    Flying insects like wasps, bees, beetles, and even other flies are all…

    πŸ”Ž nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/ro

    πŸ“… 29 avril 2012

    πŸ“Έ Canon 5D II + 100mm macro
    πŸŽ›οΈ ISO 2500, Ζ’/10, 1/80 s

    #Animals #Arthropods #Insects #Photography

  2. β€œRobber Fly”

    Is that close enough? πŸ˜…

    Though it doesn't look like a standard fly, the Robber Fly is actually a fly.

    The sheer size of the insect can alarm people unfamiliar with it, but the loud buzzing it creates by furiously beating its wings can be more disturbing.

    Flying insects like wasps, bees, beetles, and even other flies are all…

    πŸ”Ž nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/ro

    πŸ“… 29 avril 2012

    πŸ“Έ Canon 5D II + 100mm macro
    πŸŽ›οΈ ISO 2500, Ζ’/10, 1/80 s

    #Animals #Arthropods #Insects #Photography

  3. β€œRobber Fly”

    Is that close enough? πŸ˜…

    Though it doesn't look like a standard fly, the Robber Fly is actually a fly.

    The sheer size of the insect can alarm people unfamiliar with it, but the loud buzzing it creates by furiously beating its wings can be more disturbing.

    Flying insects like wasps, bees, beetles, and even other flies are all…

    πŸ”Ž nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/ro

    πŸ“… 29 avril 2012

    πŸ“Έ Canon 5D II + 100mm macro
    πŸŽ›οΈ ISO 2500, Ζ’/10, 1/80 s

    #Animals #Arthropods #Insects #Photography

  4. β€œRobber Fly”

    Is that close enough? πŸ˜…

    Though it doesn't look like a standard fly, the Robber Fly is actually a fly.

    The sheer size of the insect can alarm people unfamiliar with it, but the loud buzzing it creates by furiously beating its wings can be more disturbing.

    Flying insects like wasps, bees, beetles, and even other flies are all…

    πŸ”Ž nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/ro

    πŸ“… 29 avril 2012

    πŸ“Έ Canon 5D II + 100mm macro
    πŸŽ›οΈ ISO 2500, Ζ’/10, 1/80 s

    #Animals #Arthropods #Insects #Photography

  5. β€œRobber Fly”

    Is that close enough? πŸ˜…

    Though it doesn't look like a standard fly, the Robber Fly is actually a fly.

    The sheer size of the insect can alarm people unfamiliar with it, but the loud buzzing it creates by furiously beating its wings can be more disturbing.

    Flying insects like wasps, bees, beetles, and even other flies are all…

    πŸ”Ž nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/ro

    πŸ“… 29 avril 2012

    πŸ“Έ Canon 5D II + 100mm macro
    πŸŽ›οΈ ISO 2500, Ζ’/10, 1/80 s

    #Animals #Arthropods #Insects #Photography

  6. πŸ’πŸ»β€β™€οΈ TIL: πŸ¦—πŸͺ A 324-million-year-old fossil from West #Texas, collected in 1985 and shelved in a #museum drawer for decades, was recently reexamined under polarized light and identified as "Chosha praecursor", an #insect ancestor with 24 legs. Nine pairs of paddle-like limbs may have helped it swim or scuttle through shallow seas.

    πŸ‘‰ sciencenews.org/article/insect

    #evolution #fossils #paleontology #science #hexapods #prehistoric #nature #wildlife #news #naturalhistory #arthropods

  7. β€œMost people, when they see one spider they start screaming. And here, we have 100,000 spiders and everybody wants to learn about them β€” to me that is hard to believe.”

    Agreed!!

    #arthropods #spiders #arachnids #araneae #spiderweb #worldslargest

    Why the world's largest-known spider web surprised this scientist | CBC Radio
    cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/bigge

  8. CW: Shy little spider

    This is one of the ant mimic jumping spiders, but I'm not sure which. If you know, please share. I was trying a more versatile diffusion setup, but it wasn't amazing. The spider pictured here is under a fine sheet of web though so in general, I guess it was fine. I want diffusion that is attached to my flash heads again. It has its drawbacks, but it is just so handy.

    #SalticidSunday #SriLanka #Spiders #Arthropods #Salticidae #Myrmarachne

  9. RΓ­o de milpiΓ©s de unos 50 metros de largo y 4 de ancho en un camino del bosque Dalu del parque nacional HsΓΌeh-Pa de TaiwΓ‘n. #artropodos #arthropods #taiwan #myriapoda #miriapodos

  10. CW: Wasp glamour shot eye contact

    This sweet girl has been the only wasp to pose for me since I've moved to Sri Lanka. She is easily the largest potter wasp (Delta pyriforme ssp. pyriforme) I've ever seen.

    #SriLanka #Wasp #Eumeninae #Hymenoptera #Insect #Arthropods

  11. Presenting: THE #CAMBRIANSMACKDOWN! A silly Tumblr style bracket. I will create a series of polls to determine which screwy looking Cambrian era critter is perceived as the coolest on Mastodon!
    Polls will start at 7 days long.
    Depending on how well-received this is, the polls may shorten in length.
    Polls coming soon. Enjoy. This thread will be for bracket updates rather than the polls.
    #Anomalocaris #Yohoia #Amplectobelua #Skania #Stanleycaris #Siberion #Ramskoeldia #Wiwaxia #Kylinxia #Marrella #Balhuticaris #Megadictyon #Leanchoilia #Jianshanopodia #Jianfengia #Hurdia #Hallucigenia #Aegirocassis #Cambroraster #Fortiforceps #Alalcomenaeus #Haikoucaris #Erratus #Surusicaris #Fengzhengia #Isoxys #Paradoxides #Titanokorys #Utaurora #Canadaspis #Tuzoia #Opabinia #Cambrian #Arthropod #Arthropods #Animal #Fossil #Fossils #Poll #Polls #Bracket #Tournament

  12. Mighty #Anomalocaris stirs, spreading dust and terror throughout the #Cambrian sea. #Opabinia, #Hallucigenia, #Pikaia, #Canadia, #Burgessia, #Marella, and #Elrathia can only hope the rocks and ridges they cover behind will hide them.

    Inspired by a display at the Naturkunde Museum Stuttgart that perfectly showed off the difference in size between Cambrian critters. At 40 cm, Anomalocaris was a leviathan.

    #CambrianExplosion #Paleoart #MyArt #Arthropods

  13. A Common Mormon butterfly stops for a sip of nectar, from bougainvillea blossoms growing near a construction site.

    Such is the dichotomy of life in Mumbai , where wildlife manages to eke out a living, even in the face of development.

    πŸ“Έ 10 MAR 2022 near Bhandup, Mumbai.

    #wildlife #arthropods #insects #pollinators #butterflies #urbanwildlife #Mumbai #butterfly #cityforest

  14. #FossilAdventCalendar Day 12
    #MarineLifeMonday

    #BritishColumbia's πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ #BurgessShale is one of our planet's most important important (and beautiful) #fossil sites. Sitting high in #BC's #RockyMountains, it's a window into the early evolution of #animals. Among its weird wonders is Hallucigenia (seen here in fossil and sculpture form at the #RoyalOntarioMuseum), a distant relative of #arthropods so unlike anything alive today that for years it was reconstructed upside down and backwards.

  15. Scarlet skimmer (Crocothemis servilia) ♂️

    A stunning orange-red #dragonfly which breeds in many #ponds, #lakes, ditches, and marshlands of Mumbai city.

    πŸ“Έ 1 SEP 2022 (17:59 hrs.), near #Powai #lake, inside #IIT #Bombay campus, #Mumbai.

    #dragonflytales #Odonata #insectsofmastodon #insects #Arthropods #wildlife #UrbanNature #CityForest