#invertebrates — Public Fediverse posts

🦋 You can help build up populations of butterflies that already appear in your garden.
* They may need more host plants for more of their caterpillars to feed on.
* They may need more of a certain type of nectar plant for more adults to feed on.

📈 I just posted steps for supporting butterfly populations in my Habitat Gardening blog, in time for you to plan over the offseason. I give 2 examples from my own efforts.

In the Seasonal Improvement section, there is special guidance from the Xerces Society on what NOT to do when you "leave the leaves."

Always with photos from my garden.

https://write.as/habitat-gardening/build-existing-populations

#HabitatGardening #WildflowerWednesday #BiodiversityGardening #Gardening #NativePlants #Environment #Conservation #Biodiversity #Invertebrates #Pollinators #BirdConservation #Wildlife #Birds

🕷️ NEW: Writer Laura Kiniry examined how #medieval communities in southern #Italy danced for days to treat wolf #spider bites.

Modern arachnologists note the local spider species produces venom no stronger than a #bee sting, meaning heat, dehydration, and collective #anxiety drove the frantic movements. Over time, the exhausting #ritual transformed into the celebratory folk #traditions seen today.

👉 https://www.popsci.com/science/tarantella-history-spider-bite/

#history #biology #science #culture #folklore #psychology #nature #dance #invertebrates #arachnids

This is an **Australian Christmas beetle**, so called because these usually appear in numbers in the period coming up to Christmas, which is 'summer' in Australia.

Photographed with Canon R6 III and Canon EF 100mm f2.8 L Macro IS USM with extension rings, f/16 1/100s ISO 2000. Handheld, natural light. Stacked in camera - 35 images. This was a live insect, just really slow at this, terminal, stage of its life.

Have just started experimenting with this set-up, so would appreciate advice on how to do better.

#nature #wildlife #australia #insects #beetles #invertebrates #inaturalist #ecology #biodiversity #photography #wildlifephotography #macrophotography #naturephotography #macro