#insectthursday โ Public Fediverse posts
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The girl can dance! ๐ The worker bees' waggle dance, telling the others where pollen & nectar can be found Can you spot her? #InsectThursday #joy ๐ซ ๐ฝ #Killarney #Kerry #bees #nature #communication #hive #dancing
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CW: Caterpillar, live bug
Look at this buddy! The fastest caterpillar I've ever seen. I'm not quite sure on the id, but I'm leaning towards a Salt Marsh Moth, Estigmene acrea. #InsectThursday #zone7b #catterpillar #buggie #cutie #aroundthegarden
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CW: Jewel-like Fly on Flowers
I don't have a lot of time for scrolling, but trying to focus on #nature and art kinda stuff at the moment..lol I see enough news when I watch the news, can use a break from the craziness...lol
I thought I was dipping back to #August for some random shots, ended up in 2022.. why not..lol
Here's a beautiful #Syrphid #FlowerFly on a native Erigeron/Fleabane in the #garden and maybe or not the same one on Symphytum/Comfrey #InsectThursday #BloomScrolling #FlyDay #Alberta -
CW: beetle on flower
#WildflowerWednesday #WildflowerHour + #invert #InsectThursday
A bit of a cheat on the first 2 # : this is a native but not local Erigeron that I haven't settled on an id for; from seed collected in the foothills, it's in a semi-xeric berm/ #RockGarden.
The star of these shots, though, is of course the Trichodes ornatus Ornate Checkered #Beetle one of the prettiest local beetles I've had the pleasure to see- a few times in recent summers. #insects #nature #Alberta #gardening -
We found several more well-camouflaged jagged ambush bugs (๐๐ฉ๐บ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ข sp.) in the goldenrods (๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ฐ sp.) on last Sunday's hike. Here's one:
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Oleander aphids (๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ช) on swamp milkweed (๐๐ด๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ช๐ข๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ข), from July 2022.
Interestingly, these little critters are all female; no males are found in the wild. They reproduce by parthenogenesis.
#InsectThursday #aphids #Hemiptera #TrueBugs #parthenogenesis #milkweed #insects
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Oleander aphids (๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ช) on swamp milkweed (๐๐ด๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ช๐ข๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ข), from July 2022.
Interestingly, these little critters are all female; no males are found in the wild. They reproduce by parthenogenesis.
#InsectThursday #aphids #Hemiptera #TrueBugs #parthenogenesis #milkweed #insects
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Oleander aphids (๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ช) on swamp milkweed (๐๐ด๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ช๐ข๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ข), from July 2022.
Interestingly, these little critters are all female; no males are found in the wild. They reproduce by parthenogenesis.
#InsectThursday #aphids #Hemiptera #TrueBugs #parthenogenesis #milkweed #insects
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Oleander aphids (๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ช) on swamp milkweed (๐๐ด๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ช๐ข๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ข), from July 2022.
Interestingly, these little critters are all female; no males are found in the wild. They reproduce by parthenogenesis.
#InsectThursday #aphids #Hemiptera #TrueBugs #parthenogenesis #milkweed #insects
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Oleander aphids (๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ช) on swamp milkweed (๐๐ด๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ช๐ข๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ข), from July 2022.
Interestingly, these little critters are all female; no males are found in the wild. They reproduce by parthenogenesis.
#InsectThursday #aphids #Hemiptera #TrueBugs #parthenogenesis #milkweed #insects
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Common milkweed bug nymph (๐๐บ๐จ๐ข๐ฆ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ช๐ช), from last August:
#InsectThursday #BabyBug #TrueBugs #Hemiptera #InsectNymph #insects
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Dog-day cicada (๐๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ฃ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ด) with molted nymph exoskeleton, from August 2019:
#InsectThursday #cicadas #DogDayCicada #insects #LifeCycle #exoskeleton #molting
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Here's a wee leafhopper (๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ข sp.):
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Here's a wee leafhopper (๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ข sp.):
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Here's a wee leafhopper (๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ข sp.):
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Here's a wee leafhopper (๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ข sp.):
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Here's a wee leafhopper (๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ข sp.):
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Drone fly (๐๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ด sp.) on ox-eye daisy (๐๐ฆ๐ถ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฎ sp.):
#InsectThursday #insects #flies #DroneFly #BloomScrolling #flower #daisy
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Okay, another combo post or #mashup as the youngsters might say ๐ First #butterflies of the year (Aglais milbertii Fire-rim Tortoiese Shell + Nymphalis antiopa Mourning cloak- 2 beautiful butterflies with great Latin names!) for #InsectThursday (saw first bees too, but another post for that).
First #flowers of the year- Salix sp #pussywillows for #FlowersOnFriday + the ongoing return of dramatic #clouds rounding out #SixOnSaturday
@nature @plants #florespondence #Alberta #spring #nature -
@plants @nature Another (late ๐ ) #Throwback to #July #InsectThursday #FlowersOnFriday + #FlyDay +early #WildflowerHour Illustrating the value of as wide a range of flowering plants as possible, both many natives and exotics- especially those that extend the season at times fewer natives are flowering (here that's both early + late, though I do have non-natives flowering all summer).
#flowers #NativeBees #bees #FlowerFly #butterfly #pollinators #NaturalGardening #NativePlants #florespondence -
CW: flies on flowers
@plants @nature #InsectThursday #ThrowbackThursday late #June + some of the vast number of #pollinators that enjoy Gypsophila repens over its season long #flowering! These are a cool Syrphid Fly #FlowerFly (so many beauties in this family-flying jewels!) and a fierce looking Tachinid Fly- their larvae are parasitic on other insects(if you want insect populations in balance, you need lots of species of insects!) adults active on #flowers #NaturalGardening #Alberta #biodiversity