#entomology — Public Fediverse posts

🐛 Argiocnemis rubescens (Red-tipped Shadefly)

📅 Observed on 2025-09-30

👤 By: gedtranter

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

🔗 iNaturalist link: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/358233239

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

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

#iNaturalist #Nature #WildlifePhotography #Entomology #Insects

🐛 Argiocnemis rubescens (Red-tipped Shadefly)

📅 Observed on 2025-09-30

👤 By: gedtranter

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

🔗 iNaturalist link: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/358233239

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

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

#iNaturalist #Nature #WildlifePhotography #Entomology #Insects

🐛 Argiocnemis rubescens (Red-tipped Shadefly)

📅 Observed on 2025-09-30

👤 By: gedtranter

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

🔗 iNaturalist link: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/358233239

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

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

#iNaturalist #Nature #WildlifePhotography #Entomology #Insects

🐛 Argiocnemis rubescens (Red-tipped Shadefly)

📅 Observed on 2025-09-30

👤 By: gedtranter

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

🔗 iNaturalist link: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/358233239

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

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

#iNaturalist #Nature #WildlifePhotography #Entomology #Insects

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

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/405026641

#iNaturalist #Hymenoptera #wasps #entomology

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

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/405026641

#iNaturalist #Hymenoptera #wasps #entomology

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

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/405026641

#iNaturalist #Hymenoptera #wasps #entomology

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

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/405026641

#iNaturalist #Hymenoptera #wasps #entomology

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

🐛 Atractomorpha lata

📅 Observed on 2025-09-30

👤 By: donwerth-chikamatsu

📌 Location: Honshu, Chofu, Tokyo, JP

🔗 iNaturalist link: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/401685114

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

#iNaturalist #Nature #WildlifePhotography #Entomology #Insects

🐛 Atractomorpha lata

📅 Observed on 2025-09-30

👤 By: donwerth-chikamatsu

📌 Location: Honshu, Chofu, Tokyo, JP

🔗 iNaturalist link: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/401685114

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

#iNaturalist #Nature #WildlifePhotography #Entomology #Insects

🐛 Atractomorpha lata

📅 Observed on 2025-09-30

👤 By: donwerth-chikamatsu

📌 Location: Honshu, Chofu, Tokyo, JP

🔗 iNaturalist link: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/401685114

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

#iNaturalist #Nature #WildlifePhotography #Entomology #Insects

🐛 Atractomorpha lata

📅 Observed on 2025-09-30

👤 By: donwerth-chikamatsu

📌 Location: Honshu, Chofu, Tokyo, JP

🔗 iNaturalist link: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/401685114

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

#iNaturalist #Nature #WildlifePhotography #Entomology #Insects

🦋 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

🦋 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