Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #insects, aggregated by home.social.
The pest I’ll never forget: the cockroaches I still dream about
By Anna Moore
My student house in Manchester had several thousand other occupants. Despite pest controllers regularly dousing the property, the glossy, greasy, relentless insects marched onwards, endlessly reproducing
#Insects #Lifeandstyle #Studentexperience #Environment #Animals #Wildlife #TheGuardian #AnnaMoore
Myscelia cyaniris (Blue Wave / Royal Blue) is a Nymphalid butterfly native to Neotropical rainforests from Mexico to South America. Known for its brilliant iridescent blue-striped wings, adults bypass floral nectar to feed on fermenting fruit, tree sap, and decaying organic material. #butterflies #biology #nature #animals #insects #photo
🐛 Apis mellifera (Western Honey Bee)
📅 Observed on 2025-10-04
👤 By: mmnezzy
📌 Location: W Lexington Dr, Arlington Heights, IL, US
🔗 iNaturalist link: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/358410038
📷 Photo credits: (c) Matthew Neswold, some rights reserved (CC BY)
🔎 Learn more about the taxon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_honey_bee
#iNaturalist #Nature #WildlifePhotography #Entomology #Insects
Common Green Darner (Anax junius)
This insect was not able to fly. I assume it was dying of old age.
iNaturalist link [ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/405902354 ]
#CommonGreenDarner #Dragonfly #Dragonflies #Insect #Insects #Arthropods #Animal #Animals #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #NaturePhotography #Tulsa #Oklahoma #iNaturalist
Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus)
A butterfly lands on a chainlink fence just short of the goldenrod blossoms.
iNaturalist link [ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/405902310 ]
#GrayHairstreak #butterfly #butterflies #Insect #Insects #Arthropods #Animal #Animals #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #NaturePhotography #Tulsa #Oklahoma #iNaturalist
Northern Paper Wasp (Polistes fuscatus)
A male wasp takes a midmorning break on rocky ground.
iNaturalist link [ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/405902309 ]
#NorthernPaperWasp #Wasp #Insect #Insects #Arthropods #Animal #Animals #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #NaturePhotography #Tulsa #Oklahoma #iNaturalist
1/ #insects #Insekten #Natur #Garten #butterfly #Schmetterling #Blüten #Falter #Schmetterling #Herbst #autumn #nature #Natur
Vier Fotos:
Ein Mauerfuchs, Lasiommata megera, sitzt auf Blüten von Herbstaster und saugt Nektar.
ist doch noch was geworden mit dem tagesaktuellen schmetterling zum #SchmetterlingsMontag 😍
wenn auch nur aus etwas entfernung, der saß zu weit oben an der wand 🤷
Grauer Wacholder-Nadelholzspanner
Thera juniperata
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grauer_Wacholder-Nadelholzspanner
#insekten #insects #krabbeltierchen #BugOfTheDay #nature #biodiversity #entomology #macro
T is for… Tussok Moth Caterpillar 💚
Join us for #ArtABCs; No AI, Yes alt text, CW as needed
https://dotart.blog/karin-wanderer-learns/t-is-for-terrific
#MastoArt #Art #Nature #MobilePhotography #Photography #Insects #Caterpillars #Larva #Autumn
Breeding programme brings world’s heaviest #insect back from the brink https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/05/new-zealand-worlds-heaviest-insect-breeding-programme
"The population of #NewZealand’s endemic #wētāpunga is recovering thanks to a groundbreaking breeding programme that has overseen the release of 11,000 #insects into the wild... Over the past 15 years, tens of thousands of wētāpunga have been bred at Butterfly Creek, a wildlife facility, and #Auckland zoo, enabling release across new predator-free islands and mainland reserves"
Breeding programme brings world’s heaviest #insect back from the brink https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/05/new-zealand-worlds-heaviest-insect-breeding-programme
"The population of #NewZealand’s endemic #wētāpunga recovering thanks to a groundbreaking breeding programme that has overseen the release of 11,000 insects into the wild... Over the past 15 years, tens of thousands of wētāpunga have been bred at Butterfly Creek, a wildlife facility, and #Auckland zoo, enabling release across new predator-free islands and mainland reserves"
"Insects play critical role in ecosystems beyond just providing food, new research shows"
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/30/insects-ecosystems-conservation
How is that you can open every door and window in a place, and a fly that could find its way in, can't find its way out?
#schmetterlingsmontag #insects #insectsoftheFediverse #backgardenentomology #pollinators #butterfly #ButterfliesOfEurope #nature
#biodiversity
Meistens hauen Schmetterlinge ja ab, wenn man sich nähert. Diese Kompasslatticheule kam als Räupchen ins Haus und wurde nach ihrer Metamorphose draußen freigelassen. Sie war so schnell weg, dass ich nicht mitbekam, wohin. Sekunden später meinte mein Mann lachend: "Die hatte es nicht gerade eilig, wegzufliegen", und zeigte auf mein Hosenbein ...
Today, in excellent invertebrate news, our ginormous Wētāpunga is back from the brink.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/regions_auckland/1693089/big-boom-for-wetapunga-population-celebrated
da es mit tagesaktuellen schmetterlingsbildern wohl langsam leider schwieriger werden dürfte (und ich heute ja auch noch nicht unterwegs war) hab ich hier einen aus der konserve (von vor 2 wochen):
Olivbrauner Zünsler
Pyrausta despicata
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivenbrauner_Z%C3%BCnsler
#insekten #insects #krabbeltierchen #BugOfTheDay #nature #biodiversity #entomology #macro
Variegated Longhorn (Coptomma variegatum), 13 Nov 2009
Longhorn beetle photographed at Nga Manu Nature Reserve.
Ngā Manu Nature Reserve via DigitalNZ
http://api.digitalnz.org/records/35400240/source
#Beetles #HexatrichaPulverulenta #Insects #NgaManuNatureReserve #SqueakingLonghorn #Museum
‘The future is bright’: breeding programme brings world’s heaviest insect back from the brink
By Eva Corlett in Wellington
Wētāpunga can weigh as much as a mouse and its numbers dwindled across New Zealand due to predators and habitat loss
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/05/new-zealand-worlds-heaviest-insect-breeding-programme
#NewZealand #Wildlife #Insects #Invertebrates #TheGuardian #EvaCorlettinWellington
Took a ride through nature and the woods and this (not-so-little) guy hitched a ride on the golf cart. I’ve never seen a bug actually move its head to look and follow me. #bloomscrolling #insects #preyingmantis
Look at this charmingly fuzzy little bastard.
That's all I've got today folks. Cheers.
This morning, I spied a nest, witnessed a hoverfly coming in for what turned out to be an unsuccessful landing, hung out with a wattlebird, and met this nice snootdude
#photography #birds #insects
Golden Beetle ( Cetonia Aurata ) in Tokyo
Diese Große Heidelibelle wollte leider nur kurz für ein Smartphone-Foto posieren. Als die richtige Kamera bereit war, war sie schon wieder unterwegs.
A little teaser of the piece I drew today, I can’t wait to show you the whole page!
#art #artist #traditionalArt #Illustration #insects #nature #plants #mastoArt #FediArt
3/ #insects #Insekten #Natur #Garten #butterfly #Schmetterling #Blüten #Falter #Schmetterling #Herbst #autumn #nature #Natur
Vier Fotos:
Ein Mauerfuchs, Lasiommata megera, sitzt auf einer Wand und ruht sich aus.
1. Damselfly
2. Dragonfly
#nature #insects #photography
📷 https://zeens.app/profile/roshn.me/post/3mx2phqiags2q
1. Dragonfly
2. Damselfly
#nature #insects #photography
📷 https://zeens.app/profile/roshn.me/post/3mx2phqiags2q
#insects #Insekten #Natur #butterfly #Tagfalter #Blüten #Tagfalter #Herbst #Lepidoptera
1/ Fotos und ein Video: Heute ist ein kühler Tag, ein #Schmetterling das #Tagpfauenauge, #Aglais io sitzt auf einer Blüte von einer Kletterrose und sonnt sich.
Bilder leider unscharf.
You’ve been seeing very large #bumblebees on the wing for the past while.
Why?
Okay I’ll tell you why in this quick thread if you promise to #repost as the more people who know that these are queens the more likely that someone will help some out meaning more colonies next year.
Deal?
1/15
#bees #nature #environment
#insects #biodiversity #science
#wildlife #autumn #education
heute war ich mal nicht zu fuß unterwegs, sondern mit den inlinern, sporteln :D
normalerweise mache ich da dann keine #krabbeltierchen-fotos, aber hier bei dieser ziemlich großen raupe des
Windenschwärmer
Agrius convolvuli
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windenschw%C3%A4rmer
musste ich doch anhalten und mit unsicherem stand ein paar bilder knipsen :3
laut wikipedia werden die _noch_ größer OO
#insekten #insects #BugOfTheDay #nature #biodiversity #entomology #macro
The male and female Dark-tipped Forest-Skimmer (Cratilla metallica) spotted at Thomson Nature Park, Singapore on 4 Oct 2026. Always a delight to spot these lovely forest dependent dragonflies.
On iNaturalist:
- https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/405733697
- https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/405733701
#iNaturalist #Nature #Photography #Singapore #Insects #Dragonflies #Odonata
'Objekte die mit "I" beginnen oder so aussehen ...' #FotoVorschlag
bei diesen 'beginnt mit [buchstabe]' kann ich meinem bewährten verfahren treu bleiben und chronologisch rückwärts durch meine bilder gehen und stoße schon am freitag auf eine späte
Igelfliege
Tachina fera
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igelfliege
#insekten #insects #krabbeltierchen #BugOfTheDay #nature #biodiversity #entomology #macro
Eastern monarch butterflies are flying more than 2,000 miles south, through the central US, to overwinter in Mexico. NPR looks at a project aimed to help the pollinators along their journey.
Some bonus #photos from my husband’s Saturday walk to the Dighty Burn wooded river valley near our home in eastern #Dundee, #Scotland. #Monifieth #BroughtyFerry #Photography #Birds #Birding #BirdPhotography #BirdsOfMastodon #Insects #Butterflies
「クロメンガタスズメ黄色タイプ」
【概要】ベランダのアサガオにいたクロメンガタスズメの幼虫。（2026年9月）
https://toriyamaehagaki.jpn.org/fnb_html/notepast202609.html#g
【抜粋】2階ベランダまで昇ってきているグリーンカーテンのアサガオ（セイヨウアサガオ）。そこにクロメンガタスズメの幼虫がいました。鮮やかな黄色タイプでした。保護色的にはどうなのよという色ですが、人間にはわからない何かがあるのかもしれません。
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.
51.
Bumblebee queens sit on their eggs to keep them warm.
To generate the body heat needed for this they will make up to 6000 flower visits per day to collect nectar.
#bees #biodiversity
#bumblebees #environment
#nature #science #vegan
#worldbeesanctuary
#insects #dandelions
Met up with this lovely lady while weeding. I happily took a break so as not to disturb her any further.
#Garden #Gardening
#Insects #Nature
Say hello to Buzzy!
Buzzy is a flesh fly (family Sarcophagidae) and was happy that someone wanted to take photos.
Thanks for your patience, Buzzy.
Ugh, where did all the boxelder bugs and stink bugs come from.!?
