#insectthursday — Public Fediverse posts
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Oh hey! Apparently #InsectThursday is a thing. So here you go. Found this guy relaxing next to the roof rails on the Subie and he hung out long enough for me to grab the camera. I moved him before I drove off.
#ClassicMono #EastCoastKin #MicroFourThirds #Bugs #OlympusOMD
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Spotted yesterday in the Botanic Gardens in Dublin First bee I've seen this year with pollen sacs on hind legs! And the season begins! ♡ #InsectThursday #nature #photography #macro #bees #springtime #bloomscrolling
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Spotted yesterday in the Botanic Gardens in Dublin First bee I've seen this year with pollen sacs on hind legs! And the season begins! ♡ #InsectThursday #nature #photography #macro #bees #springtime #bloomscrolling
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First 'proper' insect of the year despite the cold and endless rain.. Hawthorn Shield Bug on my strawberries.
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First 'proper' insect of the year despite the cold and endless rain.. Hawthorn Shield Bug on my strawberries.
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CW: crazy cool multicolour metallic sparkly wasp on flowers
I've been mentioning this #wasp for ages finally got photos edited. I said green + red, but it's also blue + gold!
As crazy as this looks, I learned there are other species with even brighter / wilder markings! Still, I'm thrilled to have seen this, even more so that it hung around long enough and still enough that I could get lots of photos 🙂
More on iNat https://inaturalist.ca/observations/309659975
#InsectThursday #inverts #nature #garden #Alberta #Canada -
CW: crazy cool multicolour metallic sparkly wasp on flowers
I've been mentioning this #wasp for ages finally got photos edited. I said green + red, but it's also blue + gold!
As crazy as this looks, I learned there are other species with even brighter / wilder markings! Still, I'm thrilled to have seen this, even more so that it hung around long enough and still enough that I could get lots of photos 🙂
More on iNat https://inaturalist.ca/observations/309659975
#InsectThursday #inverts #nature #garden #Alberta #Canada -
A monk named Modomnoc is said to have introduced bees to Ireland in the 6th century, #travelling by boat from Wales Native Irish words about bees emerged at this time such as beach (bee), mil (honey) & míodh (mead) 🐝 #FolkloreThursday #Legend #Speirgorm #InsectThursday #IrishLanguage #Nature 📷me
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CW: cool wasp mimic fly on flowers
I'm used to seeing lots of bee/wasp mimic flies and most of them don't fool me at all-- this one had me for a minute till I got a better look! Stratiomys sp Soldier Fly on Anthriscus sylvestris Ravenswing in the garden.
#InsectThursday #insects #inverts #pollinators #garden #NaturalGarden #Alberta #Canada -
Good evening. Have a great Thursday. #bugsky #InsectThursday #photography
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CW: cool looking fly on plant
Hmm I could make this #InsectThursday or #InsectFriday or how about #FlyDay
Anyway, this cool customer was in the garden last #June so I guess #ThrowbackThursday works too 😉
Funny:posted it on iNaturalist, their system recognised right away that it was a photo of a Lonicera/Honeysuckle - the plant the fly is sitting on- from the close-cropped photo! Impressive, except it didn't notice the fly at all..
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CW: cool looking fly on plant
Hmm I could make this #InsectThursday or #InsectFriday or how about #FlyDay
Anyway, this cool customer was in the garden last #June so I guess #ThrowbackThursday works too 😉
Funny:posted it on iNaturalist, their system recognised right away that it was a photo of a Lonicera/Honeysuckle - the plant the fly is sitting on- from the close-cropped photo! Impressive, except it didn't notice the fly at all..
#nature #garden #WildlifeGarden #NaturalGardening #Alberta #Canada -
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: 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: 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: 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: 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 -
We found several more well-camouflaged jagged ambush bugs (𝘗𝘩𝘺𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘢 sp.) in the goldenrods (𝘚𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘨𝘰 sp.) on last Sunday's hike. Here's one:
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Oleander aphids (𝘈𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘪) on swamp milkweed (𝘈𝘴𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘢), 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 (𝘈𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘪) on swamp milkweed (𝘈𝘴𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘢), 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 (𝘈𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘪) on swamp milkweed (𝘈𝘴𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘢), 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 (𝘈𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘪) on swamp milkweed (𝘈𝘴𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘢), 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 (𝘓𝘺𝘨𝘢𝘦𝘶𝘴 𝘬𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘪𝘪), from last August:
#InsectThursday #BabyBug #TrueBugs #Hemiptera #InsectNymph #insects
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Common milkweed bug nymph (𝘓𝘺𝘨𝘢𝘦𝘶𝘴 𝘬𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘪𝘪), from last August:
#InsectThursday #BabyBug #TrueBugs #Hemiptera #InsectNymph #insects
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Common milkweed bug nymph (𝘓𝘺𝘨𝘢𝘦𝘶𝘴 𝘬𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘪𝘪), from last August:
#InsectThursday #BabyBug #TrueBugs #Hemiptera #InsectNymph #insects
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Common milkweed bug nymph (𝘓𝘺𝘨𝘢𝘦𝘶𝘴 𝘬𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘪𝘪), from last August:
#InsectThursday #BabyBug #TrueBugs #Hemiptera #InsectNymph #insects
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Common milkweed bug nymph (𝘓𝘺𝘨𝘢𝘦𝘶𝘴 𝘬𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘪𝘪), from last August:
#InsectThursday #BabyBug #TrueBugs #Hemiptera #InsectNymph #insects
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Dog-day cicada (𝘕𝘦𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴) with molted nymph exoskeleton, from August 2019:
#InsectThursday #cicadas #DogDayCicada #insects #LifeCycle #exoskeleton #molting
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CW: spider (with live young?)
I thought this #spider looked bumpy, but viewing on the computer screen, it seems like those could be its young, all over its back? About the size of common wolf spider here in #CentralAlberta, on the ground on the sunny, hot side of the house, amid some spray foam insulation. #Arachnid #InsectThursday ( I know, but spiders have traditionally been included..lol)
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CW: spider (with live young?)
I thought this #spider looked bumpy, but viewing on the computer screen, it seems like those could be its young, all over its back? About the size of common wolf spider here in #CentralAlberta, on the ground on the sunny, hot side of the house, amid some spray foam insulation. #Arachnid #InsectThursday ( I know, but spiders have traditionally been included..lol)
@nature #Alberta #biodiversity -
CW: bee + butterfly on flowers
@plants @nature #InsectThursday we've had some cool days, a few quite warm, and lots of moderate days, good amount of sunshine, and plenty of rain-- so things are green and flowering, and #insect life is thriving! Probably the most #butterflies and moths I've ever seen and plenty of #bees and Flower Flies (missing, though, are bigger wasps- Yellowjackets and Bald-Faced-weird!).
#florespondence #Alberta #Bloomscrolling #pollinators #NaturalGardening -
I had more photos for #Invertefest but didn't have time to get them posted in time..lol Here we are instead for #InsectThursday This was the first #WildBee of the year (pre-dated by a few non-native honeybee sightings, and now joined by several bumblebees, but no shots of those yet). The shots were over several days on or near one of the #RockGarden beds in front of the house. I *think* it may be the same one (never saw more than one individual at a time)- but won't swear to it! #bees #Alberta
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Okay, another combo post or #mashup as the youngsters might say 😉 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 -
Okay, another combo post or #mashup as the youngsters might say 😉 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 😆 ) #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 -
@plants @nature Another (late 😆 ) #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 -
@plants @nature Another (late 😆 ) #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 -
@plants @nature Another (late 😆 ) #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 -
@plants @nature Another (late 😆 ) #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 -
@plants Okay, gonna try to hit a couple bases in one go here -except late (or really early?) for all of them😆This is a #Throwback to late last #summer for #FlowersOnFriday + #InsectThursday
Top to bottom, L-R Papaver popovii ; Nasturtium/Tropaeolum majus-one of my fave edible greens, here hosting a#TinyBee ; Dasiphora (Potentilla) fruticosa a *big* old cultivar; Geranium sanguineum *not* Elke with another itty bitty #WildBee ; Geranium swatense
#gardening #Alberta #florespondence #colour -
@plants @nature #InsectThursday #ThrowbackThursday #RockGardens are great for #pollinators- I have flowers from early spring (before native plants start) until covered by snow in mid-late fall. #Bees of all sorts love the #flowers on this low mounding Paederota bonarota (Potentilla nitida and Sempervivum behind) like this flashy #bumblebee ! And check out the blue and yellow pollen bundles in the close crop! #Alberta #NaturalGardening #florespondence #FlowerFriday
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@plants @nature #InsectThursday #ThrowbackThursday #RockGardens are great for #pollinators- I have flowers from early spring (before native plants start) until covered by snow in mid-late fall. #Bees of all sorts love the #flowers on this low mounding Paederota bonarota (Potentilla nitida and Sempervivum behind) like this flashy #bumblebee ! And check out the blue and yellow pollen bundles in the close crop! #Alberta #NaturalGardening #florespondence #FlowerFriday
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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
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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
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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
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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
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CW: close-up of small wild red #bee
#ThrowbackThursday meets #InsectThursday one of my favourite #bees of the year these little red people seem to live in one of the #rockgardens possibly Nomada species from #May #Alberta #PollinatorGarden #NaturalGardening #WildBees #NativeBees #insect #NaturePhotography