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#entomology — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #entomology, aggregated by home.social.

  1. 🐛 Argiocnemis rubescens (Red-tipped Shadefly)

    📅 Observed on 2025-09-30

    👤 By: gedtranter

    📌 Location: Cattana Wetlands, Dunne Rd, Smithfield QLD 4878, Australia

    🔗 iNaturalist link: inaturalist.org/observations/3

    📷 Photo credits: (c) Ged Tranter, some rights reserved (CC BY)

    🔎 Learn more about the taxon: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argiocne

    #iNaturalist #Nature #WildlifePhotography #Entomology #Insects

  2. 🐛 Argiocnemis rubescens (Red-tipped Shadefly)

    📅 Observed on 2025-09-30

    👤 By: gedtranter

    📌 Location: Cattana Wetlands, Dunne Rd, Smithfield QLD 4878, Australia

    🔗 iNaturalist link: inaturalist.org/observations/3

    📷 Photo credits: (c) Ged Tranter, some rights reserved (CC BY)

    🔎 Learn more about the taxon: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argiocne

  3. 🐛 Argiocnemis rubescens (Red-tipped Shadefly)

    📅 Observed on 2025-09-30

    👤 By: gedtranter

    📌 Location: Cattana Wetlands, Dunne Rd, Smithfield QLD 4878, Australia

    🔗 iNaturalist link: inaturalist.org/observations/3

    📷 Photo credits: (c) Ged Tranter, some rights reserved (CC BY)

    🔎 Learn more about the taxon: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argiocne

    #iNaturalist #Nature #WildlifePhotography #Entomology #Insects

  4. 🐛 Argiocnemis rubescens (Red-tipped Shadefly)

    📅 Observed on 2025-09-30

    👤 By: gedtranter

    📌 Location: Cattana Wetlands, Dunne Rd, Smithfield QLD 4878, Australia

    🔗 iNaturalist link: inaturalist.org/observations/3

    📷 Photo credits: (c) Ged Tranter, some rights reserved (CC BY)

    🔎 Learn more about the taxon: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argiocne

    #iNaturalist #Nature #WildlifePhotography #Entomology #Insects

  5. Who doesn't like Portuguese «pastel de nata». Wasps certainly do. As seen at the Heidelberg main train station yesterday.

    inaturalist.org/observations/4

    #iNaturalist #Hymenoptera #wasps #entomology

  6. Who doesn't like Portuguese «pastel de nata». Wasps certainly do. As seen at the Heidelberg main train station yesterday.

    inaturalist.org/observations/4

    #iNaturalist #Hymenoptera #wasps #entomology

  7. Who doesn't like Portuguese «pastel de nata». Wasps certainly do. As seen at the Heidelberg main train station yesterday.

    inaturalist.org/observations/4

    #iNaturalist #Hymenoptera #wasps #entomology

  8. Who doesn't like Portuguese «pastel de nata». Wasps certainly do. As seen at the Heidelberg main train station yesterday.

    inaturalist.org/observations/4

    #iNaturalist #Hymenoptera #wasps #entomology

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 🐛 Atractomorpha lata

    📅 Observed on 2025-09-30

    👤 By: donwerth-chikamatsu

    📌 Location: Honshu, Chofu, Tokyo, JP

    🔗 iNaturalist link: inaturalist.org/observations/4

    📷 Photo credits: (c) donwerth-chikamatsu, some rights reserved (CC BY)

    #iNaturalist #Nature #WildlifePhotography #Entomology #Insects

  14. 🐛 Atractomorpha lata

    📅 Observed on 2025-09-30

    👤 By: donwerth-chikamatsu

    📌 Location: Honshu, Chofu, Tokyo, JP

    🔗 iNaturalist link: inaturalist.org/observations/4

    📷 Photo credits: (c) donwerth-chikamatsu, some rights reserved (CC BY)

  15. 🐛 Atractomorpha lata

    📅 Observed on 2025-09-30

    👤 By: donwerth-chikamatsu

    📌 Location: Honshu, Chofu, Tokyo, JP

    🔗 iNaturalist link: inaturalist.org/observations/4

    📷 Photo credits: (c) donwerth-chikamatsu, some rights reserved (CC BY)

    #iNaturalist #Nature #WildlifePhotography #Entomology #Insects

  16. 🐛 Atractomorpha lata

    📅 Observed on 2025-09-30

    👤 By: donwerth-chikamatsu

    📌 Location: Honshu, Chofu, Tokyo, JP

    🔗 iNaturalist link: inaturalist.org/observations/4

    📷 Photo credits: (c) donwerth-chikamatsu, some rights reserved (CC BY)

    #iNaturalist #Nature #WildlifePhotography #Entomology #Insects

  17. 🦋 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.

    👉 arstechnica.com/science/2026/0

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

  18. 🦋 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.

    👉 arstechnica.com/science/2026/0

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

  19. 🦋 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.

    👉 arstechnica.com/science/2026/0

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

  20. 🦋 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.

    👉 arstechnica.com/science/2026/0

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

  21. 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

  22. 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

  23. 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

  24. 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
    sflorg.com/2026/09/eco09302601

  25. 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
    sflorg.com/2026/09/eco09302601

  26. 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
    sflorg.com/2026/09/eco09302601

  27. 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
    sflorg.com/2026/09/eco09302601

  28. 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

  29. 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

  30. 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

  31. 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

  32. 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.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/30/national-museums-scotland-127-year-old-fly-launches-major-digitisation-project-in-scotland/
  33. 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.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/30/national-museums-scotland-127-year-old-fly-launches-major-digitisation-project-in-scotland/
  34. 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.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/30/national-museums-scotland-127-year-old-fly-launches-major-digitisation-project-in-scotland/
  35. 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.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/30/national-museums-scotland-127-year-old-fly-launches-major-digitisation-project-in-scotland/
  36. 🐝 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.

    👉 phys.org/news/2026-09-bumblebe

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

  37. 🐝 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.

    👉 phys.org/news/2026-09-bumblebe

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

  38. 🐝 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.

    👉 phys.org/news/2026-09-bumblebe

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

  39. 🐝 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.

    👉 phys.org/news/2026-09-bumblebe

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

  40. 🐝 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.

    👉 phys.org/news/2026-09-bumblebe

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

  41. #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

  42. #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

  43. #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

  44. #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

  45. #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