#entomology — Public Fediverse posts

I don't watch TV, but I'm aware #CelebrityTraitors is a popular show with those that do. #MothOfTheDay would fit right in, I think.

BLACK RUSTIC
Aporophyla nigra

Common across the UK. Larvae feed on dock, heather & grasses

Best of a rather poor numerical bunch last night.

#moths #moth #mothsandbutterflies #butterflies #MothsMatter #nature #wildlife #britishwildlife #lepidoptera #entomology #insect #cute #garden #autumn #october #conservation #biodiversity #alttext #science #educate #black

I don't watch TV, but I'm aware #CelebrityTraitors is a popular show with those that do. #MothOfTheDay would fit right in, I think.

BLACK RUSTIC
Aporophyla nigra

Common across the UK. Larvae feed on dock, heather & grasses

Best of a rather poor numerical bunch last night.

#moths #moth #mothsandbutterflies #butterflies #MothsMatter #nature #wildlife #britishwildlife #lepidoptera #entomology #insect #cute #garden #autumn #october #conservation #biodiversity #alttext #science #educate #black

I don't watch TV, but I'm aware #CelebrityTraitors is a popular show with those that do. #MothOfTheDay would fit right in, I think.

BLACK RUSTIC
Aporophyla nigra

Common across the UK. Larvae feed on dock, heather & grasses

Best of a rather poor numerical bunch last night.

#moths #moth #mothsandbutterflies #butterflies #MothsMatter #nature #wildlife #britishwildlife #lepidoptera #entomology #insect #cute #garden #autumn #october #conservation #biodiversity #alttext #science #educate #black

I don't watch TV, but I'm aware #CelebrityTraitors is a popular show with those that do. #MothOfTheDay would fit right in, I think.

BLACK RUSTIC
Aporophyla nigra

Common across the UK. Larvae feed on dock, heather & grasses

Best of a rather poor numerical bunch last night.

#moths #moth #mothsandbutterflies #butterflies #MothsMatter #nature #wildlife #britishwildlife #lepidoptera #entomology #insect #cute #garden #autumn #october #conservation #biodiversity #alttext #science #educate #black

🦋 NEW: #Butterfly wings create barbershop-pole style motion #illusions as they deform during flapping, shifting stripe angles and confusing #predators about speed and direction.

Simulations of nearly 400 European species showed the effect is widespread, touchscreen volunteers struggled to catch virtual butterflies, and genetic #algorithms evolving over 50,000 patterns independently arrived at similar #designs found in #nature.

👉 https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/09/what-butterfly-wings-have-in-common-with-barbershop-poles/

#vision #evolution #science #wings #motion #ecology #biology #research #simulation #science #wildlife #insects #entomology

🦋 NEW: #Butterfly wings create barbershop-pole style motion #illusions as they deform during flapping, shifting stripe angles and confusing #predators about speed and direction.

Simulations of nearly 400 European species showed the effect is widespread, touchscreen volunteers struggled to catch virtual butterflies, and genetic #algorithms evolving over 50,000 patterns independently arrived at similar #designs found in #nature.

👉 https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/09/what-butterfly-wings-have-in-common-with-barbershop-poles/

#vision #evolution #science #wings #motion #ecology #biology #research #simulation #science #wildlife #insects #entomology

🦋 NEW: #Butterfly wings create barbershop-pole style motion #illusions as they deform during flapping, shifting stripe angles and confusing #predators about speed and direction.

Simulations of nearly 400 European species showed the effect is widespread, touchscreen volunteers struggled to catch virtual butterflies, and genetic #algorithms evolving over 50,000 patterns independently arrived at similar #designs found in #nature.

👉 https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/09/what-butterfly-wings-have-in-common-with-barbershop-poles/

#vision #evolution #science #wings #motion #ecology #biology #research #simulation #science #wildlife #insects #entomology

We called this the "Album Cover" photo.
What a wonderful group of humans :) All dedicated to protecting life on this precious planet we call home.

(Protip: I write lots of alt text! Often worth reading even for sighted users!)

#cave #caves #biology #ecology #caving #entomology #nature #science #womenInSTEM #AndWomenAdjacentInSTEM

We called this the "Album Cover" photo.
What a wonderful group of humans :) All dedicated to protecting life on this precious planet we call home.

(Protip: I write lots of alt text! Often worth reading even for sighted users!)

#cave #caves #biology #ecology #caving #entomology #nature #science #womenInSTEM #AndWomenAdjacentInSTEM

We called this the "Album Cover" photo.
What a wonderful group of humans :) All dedicated to protecting life on this precious planet we call home.

(Protip: I write lots of alt text! Often worth reading even for sighted users!)

#cave #caves #biology #ecology #caving #entomology #nature #science #womenInSTEM #AndWomenAdjacentInSTEM

Vertebrate-insect interactions encompass the diverse, ubiquitous ecological relationships between vertebrate animals and the estimated 14 to 30 million insect species, extending far beyond simple predator-prey dynamics.
#AnimalEcology #EvolutionaryBiology #Entomology #ConservationBiology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/09/eco09302601.html

Vertebrate-insect interactions encompass the diverse, ubiquitous ecological relationships between vertebrate animals and the estimated 14 to 30 million insect species, extending far beyond simple predator-prey dynamics.
#AnimalEcology #EvolutionaryBiology #Entomology #ConservationBiology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/09/eco09302601.html

Vertebrate-insect interactions encompass the diverse, ubiquitous ecological relationships between vertebrate animals and the estimated 14 to 30 million insect species, extending far beyond simple predator-prey dynamics.
#AnimalEcology #EvolutionaryBiology #Entomology #ConservationBiology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/09/eco09302601.html

Vertebrate-insect interactions encompass the diverse, ubiquitous ecological relationships between vertebrate animals and the estimated 14 to 30 million insect species, extending far beyond simple predator-prey dynamics.
#AnimalEcology #EvolutionaryBiology #Entomology #ConservationBiology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/09/eco09302601.html

Stuck at home again today, so I hunted around the garden until I finally found a female Common Halfband hoverfly to bookend my recent capture of the male on a daisy flower. This time it's a combination of two hand-held images to get what I could in focus - passably in this instance. Notice that unlike the male's eyes that touch in the centre, the female's are quite separate.
#Insects #Flies #Biodiversity #Ecology #Entomology #Photography
 #Spring #Nature #Macro

Stuck at home again today, so I hunted around the garden until I finally found a female Common Halfband hoverfly to bookend my recent capture of the male on a daisy flower. This time it's a combination of two hand-held images to get what I could in focus - passably in this instance. Notice that unlike the male's eyes that touch in the centre, the female's are quite separate.
#Insects #Flies #Biodiversity #Ecology #Entomology #Photography
 #Spring #Nature #Macro

Stuck at home again today, so I hunted around the garden until I finally found a female Common Halfband hoverfly to bookend my recent capture of the male on a daisy flower. This time it's a combination of two hand-held images to get what I could in focus - passably in this instance. Notice that unlike the male's eyes that touch in the centre, the female's are quite separate.
#Insects #Flies #Biodiversity #Ecology #Entomology #Photography
 #Spring #Nature #Macro

Stuck at home again today, so I hunted around the garden until I finally found a female Common Halfband hoverfly to bookend my recent capture of the male on a daisy flower. This time it's a combination of two hand-held images to get what I could in focus - passably in this instance. Notice that unlike the male's eyes that touch in the centre, the female's are quite separate.
#Insects #Flies #Biodiversity #Ecology #Entomology #Photography
 #Spring #Nature #Macro

National Museums Scotland: 127 year-old fly launches major digitisation project in Scotland. “As Scotland’s Climate Week gets underway, a 127 year-old hoverfly is among the first insect specimens to be digitised as part of a major new project led in Scotland by National Museums Scotland and Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.”

National Museums Scotland: 127 year-old fly launches major digitisation project in Scotland. “As Scotland’s Climate Week gets underway, a 127 year-old hoverfly is among the first insect specimens to be digitised as part of a major new project led in Scotland by National Museums Scotland and Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.”

National Museums Scotland: 127 year-old fly launches major digitisation project in Scotland. “As Scotland’s Climate Week gets underway, a 127 year-old hoverfly is among the first insect specimens to be digitised as part of a major new project led in Scotland by National Museums Scotland and Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.”

National Museums Scotland: 127 year-old fly launches major digitisation project in Scotland. “As Scotland’s Climate Week gets underway, a 127 year-old hoverfly is among the first insect specimens to be digitised as part of a major new project led in Scotland by National Museums Scotland and Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.”

🐝 NEW: #Bumblebees returning to a hive were filmed landing on a #flower model sliding sideways twice a second.

Three high-speed cameras recorded 48 landings, rebuilt in three dimensions. #Bees banked to match the platform’s motion, lagging slightly behind it, and models combining the flower’s visual motion with the bee’s turning rate reproduced their flights.

👉 https://phys.org/news/2026-09-bumblebees-wont-stay.html

#insects #entomology #flight #aerodynamics #physics #biomechanics #pollinators #science #research #nature #robotics

🐝 NEW: #Bumblebees returning to a hive were filmed landing on a #flower model sliding sideways twice a second.

Three high-speed cameras recorded 48 landings, rebuilt in three dimensions. #Bees banked to match the platform’s motion, lagging slightly behind it, and models combining the flower’s visual motion with the bee’s turning rate reproduced their flights.

👉 https://phys.org/news/2026-09-bumblebees-wont-stay.html

#insects #entomology #flight #aerodynamics #physics #biomechanics #pollinators #science #research #nature #robotics

🐝 NEW: #Bumblebees returning to a hive were filmed landing on a #flower model sliding sideways twice a second.

Three high-speed cameras recorded 48 landings, rebuilt in three dimensions. #Bees banked to match the platform’s motion, lagging slightly behind it, and models combining the flower’s visual motion with the bee’s turning rate reproduced their flights.

👉 https://phys.org/news/2026-09-bumblebees-wont-stay.html

#insects #entomology #flight #aerodynamics #physics #biomechanics #pollinators #science #research #nature #robotics

🐝 NEW: #Bumblebees returning to a hive were filmed landing on a #flower model sliding sideways twice a second.

Three high-speed cameras recorded 48 landings, rebuilt in three dimensions. #Bees banked to match the platform’s motion, lagging slightly behind it, and models combining the flower’s visual motion with the bee’s turning rate reproduced their flights.

👉 https://phys.org/news/2026-09-bumblebees-wont-stay.html

#insects #entomology #flight #aerodynamics #physics #biomechanics #pollinators #science #research #nature #robotics

🐝 NEW: #Bumblebees returning to a hive were filmed landing on a #flower model sliding sideways twice a second.

Three high-speed cameras recorded 48 landings, rebuilt in three dimensions. #Bees banked to match the platform’s motion, lagging slightly behind it, and models combining the flower’s visual motion with the bee’s turning rate reproduced their flights.

👉 https://phys.org/news/2026-09-bumblebees-wont-stay.html

#insects #entomology #flight #aerodynamics #physics #biomechanics #pollinators #science #research #nature #robotics

Small Skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris), a member of the skipper family Hesperiidae.

#butterfly #butterflies #smallskipper #thymelicussylvestris #skipper #hesperiidae #lepidoptera #insects #insectphotography #macrophotography #macro #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildflowers #meadow #summer #pollinators #biodiversity #entomology #polishnature #karłątekleśny #motyle

Small Skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris), a member of the skipper family Hesperiidae.

#butterfly #butterflies #smallskipper #thymelicussylvestris #skipper #hesperiidae #lepidoptera #insects #insectphotography #macrophotography #macro #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildflowers #meadow #summer #pollinators #biodiversity #entomology #polishnature #karłątekleśny #motyle

Small Skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris), a member of the skipper family Hesperiidae.

#butterfly #butterflies #smallskipper #thymelicussylvestris #skipper #hesperiidae #lepidoptera #insects #insectphotography #macrophotography #macro #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildflowers #meadow #summer #pollinators #biodiversity #entomology #polishnature #karłątekleśny #motyle

Small Skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris), a member of the skipper family Hesperiidae.

#butterfly #butterflies #smallskipper #thymelicussylvestris #skipper #hesperiidae #lepidoptera #insects #insectphotography #macrophotography #macro #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildflowers #meadow #summer #pollinators #biodiversity #entomology #polishnature #karłątekleśny #motyle

#MothOfTheDay is the beautiful

GOLDEN TWIN-SPOT
Chrysodeixis chalcites

An immigrant species with just a few handfuls of records each year in the south of the UK. Only 58 officially recorded in Sussex.
Larvae feed on chrysanths and vipers bugloss

#moths #moth #mothsandbutterflies #butterflies #MothsMatter #nature #wildlife #britishwildlife #lepidoptera #entomology #insect #cute #garden #autumn #september #conservation #biodiversity #alttext #science #educate #gold #orange

#MothOfTheDay is the beautiful

GOLDEN TWIN-SPOT
Chrysodeixis chalcites

An immigrant species with just a few handfuls of records each year in the south of the UK. Only 58 officially recorded in Sussex.
Larvae feed on chrysanths and vipers bugloss

#moths #moth #mothsandbutterflies #butterflies #MothsMatter #nature #wildlife #britishwildlife #lepidoptera #entomology #insect #cute #garden #autumn #september #conservation #biodiversity #alttext #science #educate #gold #orange

#MothOfTheDay is the beautiful

GOLDEN TWIN-SPOT
Chrysodeixis chalcites

An immigrant species with just a few handfuls of records each year in the south of the UK. Only 58 officially recorded in Sussex.
Larvae feed on chrysanths and vipers bugloss

#moths #moth #mothsandbutterflies #butterflies #MothsMatter #nature #wildlife #britishwildlife #lepidoptera #entomology #insect #cute #garden #autumn #september #conservation #biodiversity #alttext #science #educate #gold #orange

#MothOfTheDay is the beautiful

GOLDEN TWIN-SPOT
Chrysodeixis chalcites

An immigrant species with just a few handfuls of records each year in the south of the UK. Only 58 officially recorded in Sussex.
Larvae feed on chrysanths and vipers bugloss

#moths #moth #mothsandbutterflies #butterflies #MothsMatter #nature #wildlife #britishwildlife #lepidoptera #entomology #insect #cute #garden #autumn #september #conservation #biodiversity #alttext #science #educate #gold #orange

#MothOfTheDay is the beautiful

GOLDEN TWIN-SPOT
Chrysodeixis chalcites

An immigrant species with just a few handfuls of records each year in the south of the UK. Only 58 officially recorded in Sussex.
Larvae feed on chrysanths and vipers bugloss

#moths #moth #mothsandbutterflies #butterflies #MothsMatter #nature #wildlife #britishwildlife #lepidoptera #entomology #insect #cute #garden #autumn #september #conservation #biodiversity #alttext #science #educate #gold #orange