#cupoty — Public Fediverse posts

The Forest-Like Interior of Coral Takes the Grand Prize in the CUPOTY 7 Photo Contest

Western Australia-based Ross Gudgeon’s image of the elaborate internal structure of a cauliflower soft coral taking the top spot.

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/02/cupoty-7-nature-photography-contest-winners/#animals #contests #cupoty #insects #nature #photography #wildlife

I can't even remember which monkeh this was 🤣

#macro #nature #photography
#monkey #wildlife #art #beautiful #closeup #macrophotography #bloomscrolling #thelittlethings #artinnature #upclose #animalphotography #passion_in_macro #cupoty #monkeys #animal #canoneosrebelt5 #natgeoyourshotnature #alttext4me #natgeo #cannon #soulmademacro #soul_made_macro

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black phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)
It has predominantly black plumage, with white on its belly and undertail coverts.

#bird #macro #nature #photography #birds #birdwatching #wildlife #art #beautiful #closeup #macrophotography #bloomscrolling #thelittlethings #artinnature #upclose #animalphotography #passion_in_macro #cupoty #birdsofInstagram #birdlovers #animal #bestbirdshots #canoneosrebelt5 #flowersandmacro #natgeoyourshotnature #alttext4me #natgeo #cannon

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Nut Leaf Weevil (Strophosoma melanogrammum)
#weevilwednesday

#insect #macro #nature #photography #bug #insects #wildlife #art #beautiful #closeup #macrophotography #bloomscrolling #artinnature #upclose #animalphotography #passion_in_macro #cupoty #insectguru #bugs #animal #entomology #canoneosrebelt5 #flowersandmacro #natgeoyourshotnature #natgeoyourshotcanada #natgeo #cannon #soulmademacro #soul_made_macro

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Bronzed Cutworm Moth (Nephelodes minians)

fuzzy pollen face

should I add this one to my shop?

#insect #macro #nature #photography #bug #insects #wildlife #art #beautiful #closeup #macrophotography #bloomscrolling #thelittlethings #artinnature #upclose #animalphotography #passion_in_macro #cupoty #insectguru #bugs #animal #entomology #canoneosrebelt5 #flowersandmacro #natgeoyourshotnature #natgeoyourshotcanada #natgeo #cannon #soulmademacro #soul_made_macro

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Least Skipper (Ancyloxypha numitor)

#insect #macro #nature #photography #bug #insects #wildlife #art #beautiful #closeup #macrophotography #bloomscrolling #thelittlethings #artinnature #upclose #animalphotography #passion_in_macro #cupoty #insectguru #bugs #animal #entomology #canoneosrebelt5 #flowersandmacro #natgeoyourshotnature #natgeoyourshotcanada #natgeo #cannon #soulmademacro #soul_made_macro

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10 stunning shots from the #2025CloseUpPhotographerOfTheYear “Something Beautiful” challenge: https://zorz.it/MRRYL

#SaumyaRatan #SomethingBeautiful #CUPOTY #photography #CloseUpPhotography #PhotographyContest #winners #finalists

Happy #weevilwednesday! It's almost Halloweevil!

Black Vine Weevil (Otiorhynchus sulcatus)

#insect #macro #nature #photography #bug #insects #wildlife #art #beautiful #closeup #macrophotography #bloomscrolling #artinnature #upclose #animalphotography #passion_in_macro #cupoty #insectguru #bugs #animal #entomology #canoneosrebelt5 #flowersandmacro #natgeoyourshotnature #natgeoyourshotcanada #natgeo #cannon #soulmademacro #soul_made_macro

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Nut Leaf Weevil (Strophosoma melanogrammum)
#weevilwednesday

#insect #macro #nature #photography #bug #insects #wildlife #art #beautiful #closeup #macrophotography #bloomscrolling #artinnature #upclose #animalphotography #passion_in_macro #cupoty #insectguru #bugs #animal #entomology #canoneosrebelt5 #flowersandmacro #natgeoyourshotnature #natgeoyourshotcanada #natgeo #cannon #soulmademacro #soul_made_macro

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Another Nut Leaf Weevil (Strophosoma melanogrammum)
for a late #weevilwednesday post

#insect #macro #nature #photography #bug #insects #wildlife #art #beautiful #closeup #macrophotography #bloomscrolling #artinnature #upclose #animalphotography #passion_in_macro #cupoty #insectguru #bugs #animal #entomology #canoneosrebelt5 #flowersandmacro #natgeoyourshotnature #natgeoyourshotcanada #natgeo #cannon #soulmademacro #soul_made_macro

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Happy #weevilwednesday!

Female Black Vine Weevils (Otiorhynchus sulcatus) have the ability to reproduce parthenogenetically with fertilisation of eggs required to produce males, though no males have been observed

#insect #macro #nature #photography #bug #insects #wildlife #art #beautiful #closeup #macrophotography #bloomscrolling #artinnature #upclose #animalphotography #passion_in_macro #cupoty #insectguru #bugs #animal #entomology #canoneosrebelt5 #natgeo #cannon

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Nut Leaf Weevil (Strophosoma melanogrammum)
#weevilwednesday

#insect #macro #nature #photography #bug #insects #wildlife #art #beautiful #closeup #macrophotography #bloomscrolling #artinnature #upclose #animalphotography #passion_in_macro #cupoty #insectguru #bugs #animal #entomology #canoneosrebelt5 #flowersandmacro #natgeoyourshotnature #natgeoyourshotcanada #natgeo #cannon #soulmademacro #soul_made_macro

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Nut Leaf Weevil (Strophosoma melanogrammum)
#weevilwednesday

#insect #macro #nature #photography #bug #insects #wildlife #art #beautiful #closeup #macrophotography #bloomscrolling #artinnature #upclose #animalphotography #passion_in_macro #cupoty #insectguru #bugs #animal #entomology #canoneosrebelt5 #flowersandmacro #natgeoyourshotnature #natgeoyourshotcanada #natgeo #cannon #soulmademacro #soul_made_macro

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Alder Spittlebug (Aphrophora alni)
What other animal does this bug remind you of?

#insect #macro #nature #photography #bug #insects #wildlife #art #beautiful #closeup #macrophotography #bloomscrolling #thelittlethings #artinnature #upclose #animalphotography #passion_in_macro #cupoty #insectguru #bugs #animal #entomology #canoneosrebelt5 #flowersandmacro #natgeoyourshotnature #natgeoyourshotcanada #natgeo #cannon #soulmademacro #soul_made_macro

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Clay-coloured Weevil (Otiorhynchus singularis)
#weevilwednesday

#insect #macro #nature #photography #bug #wildlife #art #beautiful #closeup #macrophotography #bloomscrolling #thelittlethings #artinnature #upclose #animalphotography #passion_in_macro #cupoty #insectguru #bugs #animal #entomology #canoneosrebelt5 #flowersandmacro #natgeoyourshotnature #natgeoyourshotcanada #natgeo #cannon #soulmademacro #soul_made_macro

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Half-black Bumble Bee (Bombus vagans) #invertefest

#insect #macro #nature #photography #bug #insects #wildlife #art #beautiful #closeup #macrophotography #bloomscrolling #thelittlethings #artinnature #upclose #animalphotography #passion_in_macro #cupoty #insectguru #bugs #animal #entomology #canoneosrebelt5 #natgeoyourshotnature #natgeoyourshotcanada #natgeo #cannon #bioblitz

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Strawberry Root Weevil (Sciaphilus asperatus) 

#weevilwednesday

#insect #macro #nature #photography #bug #insects #wildlife #art #beautiful #closeup #macrophotography #bloomscrolling #thelittlethings #artinnature #upclose #animalphotography #passion_in_macro #cupoty #insectguru #bugs #animal #entomology #canoneosrebelt5 #natgeoyourshotnature #natgeoyourshotcanada #cannon #soulmademacro #soul_made_macro

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Back with a crowd favorite, the Oval Ambersnail (Novisuccinea ovalis)! Although, I seem to have caught them mid-coitous this time 🙈 just a little peek for #snailsunday (if that's not a thing, I'm making it one now).

#macro #nature #photography #wildlife #art #beautiful #closeup #macrophotography #bloomscrolling #thelittlethings #artinnature #upclose #animalphotography #passion_in_macro #cupoty #animal #entomology #canoneosrebelt5
#snail #thrivewithnature #natgeo #cannon

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Saddled Prominent (Cecrita guttivitta)

munch munch munch 🌱🐛 this funky little friend is gonna be a very floofy moth someday, a species of moth of the family Notodontidae.

#insect #macro #nature #photography #bug #insects #wildlife #art #beautiful #closeup #macrophotography #bloomscrolling #thelittlethings #artinnature #upclose #animalphotography #passion_in_macro #cupoty #insectguru #bugs #animal #entomology #mothfacefriday #canoneosrebelt5
#mothface #thrivewithnature

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ANOTHER weevil post, Nut Leaf Weevil (Strophosoma melanogrammum) because it's Weevil Wednesday and I cannot be stopped.

#insect #macro #nature #photography #bug #insects #wildlife #art #beautiful #closeup #macrophotography #bloomscrolling #thelittlethings #artinnature #upclose #animalphotography #passion_in_macro #cupoty #weevilwednesday #insectguru #bugs #animal #entomology #canoneosrebelt5 

Green Immigrant Leaf Weevil (Polydrusus formosus)

Happy Weevil Wednesday!

#insect #macro #nature #photography #bug #insects #wildlife #art #beautiful #closeup #macrophotography #bloomscrolling #thelittlethings #artinnature #upclose #animalphotography #passion_in_macro #cupoty #weevilwednesday #insectguru #bugs #animal #entomology #canoneosrebelt5 #thrivewithnature #photooftheday #picoftheday

Tricolored Bumble Bee (Bombus ternarius)

#insect #macro #nature #photography #bug #insects #wildlife #art #beautiful #closeup #macrophotography #bloomscrolling #thelittlethings #artinnature #upclose #animalphotography #passion_in_macro #cupoty #insectguru #bugs #animal #entomology #bee #canoneosrebelt5 #thrivewithnature

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Lesser Maple Spanworm Moth (Macaria pustularia)

Shortly after this photo was taken, the beauty flew into oncoming traffic and I was devastated 😭 RIP this moth

#insect #macro #nature #photography #bug #insects #wildlife #art #beautiful #closeup #macrophotography #bloomscrolling #thelittlethings #artinnature #upclose #animalphotography #passion_in_macro #cupoty #insectguru #bugs #animal #entomology #mothfacefriday #canoneosrebelt5 #moth
#mothface #thrivewithnature

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Nut Leaf Weevil (Strophosoma melanogrammum) doing a big steppy with those boots for #weevilwednesday

#insect #macro #nature #photography #bug #insects #wildlife #art #beautiful #closeup #macrophotography #bloomscrolling #thelittlethings #artinnature #upclose #animalphotography #passion_in_macro #cupoty #weevilwednesday #insectguru #bugs #animal #entomology #canoneosrebelt5 #thrivewithnature #weevils

Do you think it's Datana larvae or Sawfly larvae? 🧐🤔

#insect #macro #nature #photography #bug #insects #wildlife #art #beautiful #closeup #macrophotography #bloomscrolling #thelittlethings #artinnature #upclose #animalphotography #passion_in_macro #cupoty #insectguru #bugs #animal #entomology #canoneosrebelt5
#mothface #nccbioblitz #thrivewithnature #bioblitzcnc #moth #fly

Pond Spread wings (Genus Lestes)

Lestes is a genus of damselfly in the family Lestidae.

#insect #macro #nature #photography #bug #insects #wildlife #art #beautiful #closeup #macrophotography #bloomscrolling #thelittlethings #artinnature #upclose #animalphotography #passion_in_macro #cupoty #insectguru #bugs #animal #entomology #canoneosrebelt5 #nccbioblitz #thrivewithnature #bioblitzcnc #dragonfly

Root-maggot Flies (Anthomyiidae)

The Anthomyiidae are a large and diverse family of Muscoidea flies.

#insect #macro #nature #photography #bug #insects #wildlife #art #beautiful #closeup #macrophotography #bloomscrolling #thelittlethings #artinnature #upclose #animalphotography #passion_in_macro #cupoty #insectguru #bugs #animal #entomology #canoneosrebelt5 #nccbioblitz #thrivewithnature #bioblitzcnc

Meadow Spittlebug (Philaenus spumarius)

I cannot express how much I adore these frogular little friends

#insect #macro #nature #photography #bug #insects #wildlife #art #beautiful #closeup #macrophotography #bloomscrolling #thelittlethings #artinnature #upclose #animalphotography #passion_in_macro #cupoty #spittlebug #insectguru #bugs #animal #entomology #leafhopper #canoneosrebelt5 #nccbioblitz #thrivewithnature #bioblitzcnc

Meadow Spittlebug (Philaenus spumarius)

I cannot express how much I adore these frogular little friends

#insect #macro #nature #photography #bug #insects #wildlife #art #beautiful #closeup #macrophotography #bloomscrolling #thelittlethings #artinnature #upclose #animalphotography #passion_in_macro #cupoty #spittlebug #insectguru #bugs #animal #entomology #leafhopper #canoneosrebelt5 #nccbioblitz #thrivewithnature #bioblitzcnc

Meadow Spittlebug (Philaenus spumarius)

I cannot express how much I adore these frogular little friends

#insect #macro #nature #photography #bug #insects #wildlife #art #beautiful #closeup #macrophotography #bloomscrolling #thelittlethings #artinnature #upclose #animalphotography #passion_in_macro #cupoty #spittlebug #insectguru #bugs #animal #entomology #leafhopper #canoneosrebelt5 #nccbioblitz #thrivewithnature #bioblitzcnc

Meadow Spittlebug (Philaenus spumarius)

I cannot express how much I adore these frogular little friends

#insect #macro #nature #photography #bug #insects #wildlife #art #beautiful #closeup #macrophotography #bloomscrolling #thelittlethings #artinnature #upclose #animalphotography #passion_in_macro #cupoty #spittlebug #insectguru #bugs #animal #entomology #leafhopper #canoneosrebelt5 #nccbioblitz #thrivewithnature #bioblitzcnc

Meadow Spittlebug (Philaenus spumarius)

I cannot express how much I adore these frogular little friends

#insect #macro #nature #photography #bug #insects #wildlife #art #beautiful #closeup #macrophotography #bloomscrolling #thelittlethings #artinnature #upclose #animalphotography #passion_in_macro #cupoty #spittlebug #insectguru #bugs #animal #entomology #leafhopper #canoneosrebelt5 #nccbioblitz #thrivewithnature #bioblitzcnc

Small Pennants (Genus Celithemis)

#insect #macro #nature #photography #bug #insects #wildlife #art #beautiful #closeup #macrophotography #bloomscrolling #thelittlethings #artinnature #upclose #animalphotography #passion_in_macro #cupoty #insectguru #bugs #animal #entomology #canoneosrebelt5 #nccbioblitz #thrivewithnature #bioblitzcnc #dragonfly

Green Immigrant Leaf Weevil (Polydrusus formosus)
(sorry for all the posts; trying to get them all in before bioblitz ends)

#insect #macro #nature #photography #bug #insects #wildlife #art #beautiful #closeup #macrophotography #bloomscrolling #thelittlethings #artinnature #upclose #animalphotography #passion_in_macro #cupoty #weevilwednesday #insectguru #bugs #animal #entomology #canoneosrebelt5 #nccbioblitz #thrivewithnature #bioblitzcnc

Wide-footed Treehopper (Enchenopa latipes) 

#insect #macro #nature #photography #bug #insects #wildlife #art #beautiful #closeup #macrophotography #bloomscrolling #thelittlethings #artinnature #upclose #animalphotography #passion_in_macro #cupoty #insectguru #bugs #animal #entomology #canoneosrebelt5  #nccbioblitz #thrivewithnature #bioblitzcnc

Bombus

#insect #macro #nature #photography #bug #insects #wildlife #art #beautiful #closeup #macrophotography #bloomscrolling #thelittlethings #artinnature #upclose #animalphotography #passion_in_macro #cupoty #insectguru #bugs #animal #entomology #canoneosrebelt5  #nccbioblitz #thrivewithnature #bioblitzcnc

Wide-footed Treehopper (Enchenopa latipes) 

#insect #macro #nature #photography #bug #insects #wildlife #art #beautiful #closeup #macrophotography #bloomscrolling #thelittlethings #artinnature #upclose #animalphotography #passion_in_macro #cupoty #insectguru #bugs #animal #entomology #canoneosrebelt5  #nccbioblitz #thrivewithnature #bioblitzcnc

buffalo treehopper (Stictocephala bisonia)

#insect #macro #nature #photography #bug #insects #wildlife #art #beautiful #closeup #macrophotography #bloomscrolling #thelittlethings #artinnature #upclose #animalphotography #passion_in_macro #cupoty #insectguru #bugs #animal #entomology #canoneosrebelt5  #nccbioblitz #thrivewithnature #bioblitzcnc

Wide-footed Treehopper (Enchenopa latipes) 

#insect #macro #nature #photography #bug #insects #wildlife #art #beautiful #closeup #macrophotography #bloomscrolling #thelittlethings #artinnature #upclose #animalphotography #passion_in_macro #cupoty #insectguru #bugs #animal #entomology #canoneosrebelt5  #nccbioblitz #thrivewithnature #bioblitzcnc

Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica)

#insect #macro #nature #photography #bug #insects #wildlife #art #beautiful #closeup #macrophotography #bloomscrolling #thelittlethings #artinnature #upclose #animalphotography #passion_in_macro #cupoty #insectguru #bugs #animal #entomology #canoneosrebelt5 #nccbioblitz #thrivewithnature #bioblitzcnc

weeeeeee!
The siblings want uppies

anyone know which species of Lepidoptera these larvae belong to?

#insect #macro #nature #photography #bug #insects #wildlife #art #beautiful #closeup #macrophotography #bloomscrolling #thelittlethings #artinnature #upclose #animalphotography #passion_in_macro #cupoty #insectguru #bugs #animal #entomology #mothfacefriday #canoneosrebelt5
#mothface #nccbioblitz #thrivewithnature #bioblitzcnc

Common candy-striped spider (Enoplognatha ovata) eating a wasp (if anyone knows the species please tell me)

#insect #macro #nature #photography #bug #insects #wildlife #art #beautiful #closeup #macrophotography #bloomscrolling #thelittlethings #artinnature #upclose #animalphotography #passion_in_macro #cupoty #insectguru #bugs #animal #entomology #canoneosrebelt5  #nccbioblitz #thrivewithnature #bioblitzcnc

Dusky Stink Bug

(Euschistus tristigmus)

I've really been enjoying seeing all the different stink bugs around right now. Lots of their pretty little nymph babies everywhere too. 

#insect #macro #nature #photography #bug #insects #wildlife #art #beautiful #closeup #macrophotography #bloomscrolling #thelittlethings #artinnature #upclose #animalphotography #passion_in_macro #cupoty #insectguru #bugs #animal #entomology #canoneosrebelt5 #nccbioblitz #thrivewithnature #bioblitzcnc

Virginian Tiger Moth (Spilosoma virginica)

#insect #macro #nature #photography #bug #insects #wildlife #art #beautiful #closeup #macrophotography #bloomscrolling #thelittlethings #artinnature #upclose #animalphotography #passion_in_macro #cupoty #insectguru #bugs #animal #entomology #mothfacefriday #canoneosrebelt5 #mothface

Virginia Ctenucha Moth (Ctenucha virginica) for #mothweek

#insect #macro #nature #photography #bug #insects #wildlife #art #beautiful #closeup #macrophotography #bloomscrolling #thelittlethings #artinnature #upclose #animalphotography #passion_in_macro #cupoty #moth #insectguru #bugs #animal #entomology #mothweek2025 #mothface #nationalmothweek #inaturalist

*NEW* The Pressure Wave
—
The patterns and textures of the sandstone along the Northumbrian coast are metaphors for something bigger. This is a small selection from Spittal Beach.
—
#abstract #landscape #colour #intimatelandscape #northumberland #northumberlandcoast #abstractphotography #cupoty
#eroded #sandstone #spittal #fujifilm #fujifilmxt5 #abstract_photography_magazine #lensculture #lip #londonindependentphotography

*NEW* The Pressure Wave
—
The patterns and textures of the sandstone along the Northumbrian coast are metaphors for something bigger. This is a small selection from Spittal Beach.
—
#abstract #landscape #colour #intimatelandscape #northumberland #northumberlandcoast #abstractphotography #cupoty
#eroded #sandstone #spittal #fujifilm #fujifilmxt5 #abstract_photography_magazine #lensculture #lip #londonindependentphotography