#invertebrates — Public Fediverse posts

🦗🔬 University of #Sydney researchers found that house #crickets perform "flexible self-protection" by nursing specific injuries, suggesting they experience pain-like states rather than simple reflexes.

The directed behavior indicates a level of conscious experience previously underestimated in #invertebrates. The findings could challenge our approach toward #insects, supporting a growing scientific consensus on their complex cognitive capabilities.

👉 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/13/insects-feel-pain-research

#insects #biology #science #entomology #nature #research #evolution #neuroscience #discovery #ethics #fruitflies

🦗🔬 University of #Sydney researchers found that house #crickets perform "flexible self-protection" by nursing specific injuries, suggesting they experience pain-like states rather than simple reflexes.

The directed behavior indicates a level of conscious experience previously underestimated in #invertebrates. The findings could challenge our approach toward #insects, supporting a growing scientific consensus on their complex cognitive capabilities.

👉 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/13/insects-feel-pain-research

#insects #biology #science #entomology #nature #research #evolution #neuroscience #discovery #ethics #fruitflies

🦗🔬 University of #Sydney researchers found that house #crickets perform "flexible self-protection" by nursing specific injuries, suggesting they experience pain-like states rather than simple reflexes.

The directed behavior indicates a level of conscious experience previously underestimated in #invertebrates. The findings could challenge our approach toward #insects, supporting a growing scientific consensus on their complex cognitive capabilities.

👉 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/13/insects-feel-pain-research

#insects #biology #science #entomology #nature #research #evolution #neuroscience #discovery #ethics #fruitflies

🦗🔬 University of #Sydney researchers found that house #crickets perform "flexible self-protection" by nursing specific injuries, suggesting they experience pain-like states rather than simple reflexes.

The directed behavior indicates a level of conscious experience previously underestimated in #invertebrates. The findings could challenge our approach toward #insects, supporting a growing scientific consensus on their complex cognitive capabilities.

👉 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/13/insects-feel-pain-research

#insects #biology #science #entomology #nature #research #evolution #neuroscience #discovery #ethics #fruitflies

🦗🔬 University of #Sydney researchers found that house #crickets perform "flexible self-protection" by nursing specific injuries, suggesting they experience pain-like states rather than simple reflexes.

The directed behavior indicates a level of conscious experience previously underestimated in #invertebrates. The findings could challenge our approach toward #insects, supporting a growing scientific consensus on their complex cognitive capabilities.

👉 https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/13/insects-feel-pain-research

#insects #biology #science #entomology #nature #research #evolution #neuroscience #discovery #ethics #fruitflies

Compost bin spider. Eratigena sp. New blog post: https://wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2026/05/homebody.htmlhtml #VancouverIsland #Spiders #Arachnids #Arañas #Invertebrates #NaturePhotography

Compost bin spider. Eratigena sp. New blog post: https://wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2026/05/homebody.htmlhtml #VancouverIsland #Spiders #Arachnids #Arañas #Invertebrates #NaturePhotography

Compost bin spider. Eratigena sp. New blog post: https://wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2026/05/homebody.htmlhtml #VancouverIsland #Spiders #Arachnids #Arañas #Invertebrates #NaturePhotography

Compost bin spider. Eratigena sp. New blog post: https://wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2026/05/homebody.htmlhtml #VancouverIsland #Spiders #Arachnids #Arañas #Invertebrates #NaturePhotography

Compost bin spider. Eratigena sp. New blog post: https://wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2026/05/homebody.htmlhtml #VancouverIsland #Spiders #Arachnids #Arañas #Invertebrates #NaturePhotography

Hobonichi art 19.
Wolfie the wolf spider. I found it about a year ago and kept it because winter was coming. Poor thing was missing two legs and a half but it got by just fine 🤎

From 2025

Hobonichi art 19.
Wolfie the wolf spider. I found it about a year ago and kept it because winter was coming. Poor thing was missing two legs and a half but it got by just fine 🤎

From 2025

Black Medick for the #WildflowerHour #CarrotsAndPeas challenge (it's in the pea family). Taken last night in failing light; the plant growing in a crack in the paving on my front yard. On the right of the photo is a ladybird, I think possibly a 16-spot? #invertebrates #Swindon #Wiltshire #WildflowerHour #Bloomscrolling #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #photography

Off the mark at last for this year's #dragonfly season - Azure #Damselfly in the car park at RSPB Pagham Harbour when I stopped to see the Slender Thistle colony they have there. #invertebrates #UKWildlife #Sussex #photography

Off the mark at last for this year's #dragonfly season - Azure #Damselfly in the car park at RSPB Pagham Harbour when I stopped to see the Slender Thistle colony they have there. #invertebrates #UKWildlife #Sussex #photography

Off the mark at last for this year's #dragonfly season - Azure #Damselfly in the car park at RSPB Pagham Harbour when I stopped to see the Slender Thistle colony they have there. #invertebrates #UKWildlife #Sussex #photography

Off the mark at last for this year's #dragonfly season - Azure #Damselfly in the car park at RSPB Pagham Harbour when I stopped to see the Slender Thistle colony they have there. #invertebrates #UKWildlife #Sussex #photography

Off the mark at last for this year's #dragonfly season - Azure #Damselfly in the car park at RSPB Pagham Harbour when I stopped to see the Slender Thistle colony they have there. #invertebrates #UKWildlife #Sussex #photography

Wildlflower Wednesday

🌱 Just posted my latest blog for Habitat Gardening. This time covering planting your natives (finally).

🌻 And, for those who are a little more experienced, the seasonal improvement section helps you get real about your climate and changes you may have to make to your native garden.

And I get into composting a little, because it is so important!

👉 Look for the picture of an ugly, rain starved bed of flowers!

📓 As usual, the Resources section at the bottom is jammed with related information for new native gardeners.

Go Native!

https://write.as/habitat-gardening/planting-time

#HabitatGardening #BiodiversityGardening #Gardening #NativePlants #Nature #Environment #Conservation #Biodiversity #Invertebrates #SolarPunk #WildflowerWednesday

Oxysarcodexia sp

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Oxysarcodexia sp

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Oxysarcodexia sp

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Oxysarcodexia sp

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Oxysarcodexia sp

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A beautiful lady and her beautiful children! This was a female argiope argentata (pictured here eating a mealworm I offered to her) that lived in my grandma's garden. She survived the loss of a leg and then a violent storm so I was thrilled to see that no only she was thriving but her babies were born as well 💚

From 2023

A beautiful lady and her beautiful children! This was a female argiope argentata (pictured here eating a mealworm I offered to her) that lived in my grandma's garden. She survived the loss of a leg and then a violent storm so I was thrilled to see that no only she was thriving but her babies were born as well 💚

From 2023

A beautiful lady and her beautiful children! This was a female argiope argentata (pictured here eating a mealworm I offered to her) that lived in my grandma's garden. She survived the loss of a leg and then a violent storm so I was thrilled to see that no only she was thriving but her babies were born as well 💚

From 2023

A beautiful lady and her beautiful children! This was a female argiope argentata (pictured here eating a mealworm I offered to her) that lived in my grandma's garden. She survived the loss of a leg and then a violent storm so I was thrilled to see that no only she was thriving but her babies were born as well 💚

From 2023

A beautiful lady and her beautiful children! This was a female argiope argentata (pictured here eating a mealworm I offered to her) that lived in my grandma's garden. She survived the loss of a leg and then a violent storm so I was thrilled to see that no only she was thriving but her babies were born as well 💚

From 2023

Wolf spider and beach stones. New blog post: https://wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2026/04/rocks-stones-spider-but-not-frog.html #VancouverIsland #Spiders #Arachnids #Invertebrates #InverteFest #NaturePhotography

Wolf spider and beach stones. New blog post: https://wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2026/04/rocks-stones-spider-but-not-frog.html #VancouverIsland #Spiders #Arachnids #Invertebrates #InverteFest #NaturePhotography

Wolf spider and beach stones. New blog post: https://wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2026/04/rocks-stones-spider-but-not-frog.html #VancouverIsland #Spiders #Arachnids #Invertebrates #InverteFest #NaturePhotography

Wolf spider and beach stones. New blog post: https://wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2026/04/rocks-stones-spider-but-not-frog.html #VancouverIsland #Spiders #Arachnids #Invertebrates #InverteFest #NaturePhotography

Wolf spider and beach stones. New blog post: https://wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2026/04/rocks-stones-spider-but-not-frog.html #VancouverIsland #Spiders #Arachnids #Invertebrates #InverteFest #NaturePhotography

There's a sea cucumber hidden down there in the dark! New blog post: https://wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2026/04/cukes-worms-etc.html #VancouverIsland #IntertidalInvertebrates #Invertebrates #MarineInvertebrates #InverteFest #NaturePhotography

🕷️🕸️ #Spiders produce #silk by funneling #protein chains through tapering tubes and spigots that apply protective coatings. The process creates a material that remains flexible at low temperatures and rivals the strength of #steel.

👉 https://www.discoverwildlife.com/wildlife/insects-invertebrates/how-spiders-make-silk

#biology #nature #insects #engineering #science #wildlife #invertebrates #evolution #biomechanics

My first Orange Tip #butterfly of the year on Garlic Mustard for the #WildflowerHour #HedgerowChallenge. #invertebrates #UKWildlife #Somerset #Bloomscrolling #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #photography

GARDEN COLUMN: Do you have “good bugs” in your yard? | Community https://www.allforgardening.com/1734015/garden-column-do-you-have-good-bugs-in-your-yard-community-2/ #animals #Ant #aphid #arthropods #beetle #biology #botany #bug #caterpillar #coccinellidae #dragonfly #entomology #Fly #food #garden #GardenSpider #gardener #gardening #hemiptera #hexapoda #insect #insects #InsectsAndHumans #invertebrates #Kingdoms(biology) #LadybirdBeetle #mosquito #organisms #Pest(organism) #pollinator #predation #spider #TrapDoorSpider #wasp #Zoology

GARDEN COLUMN: Do you have “good bugs” in your yard? | Community https://www.allforgardening.com/1734015/garden-column-do-you-have-good-bugs-in-your-yard-community-2/ #animals #Ant #aphid #arthropods #beetle #biology #botany #bug #caterpillar #coccinellidae #dragonfly #entomology #Fly #food #garden #GardenSpider #gardener #gardening #hemiptera #hexapoda #insect #insects #InsectsAndHumans #invertebrates #Kingdoms(biology) #LadybirdBeetle #mosquito #organisms #Pest(organism) #pollinator #predation #spider #TrapDoorSpider #wasp #Zoology

Hard Carbonate of Lime (*Calx carbonata dura*) (1802–17) by James Sowerby, from British Mineralogy.

Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/ba1debec-9077-455b-a71c-0750e1d8736e

#minerals #marine #geology #biology #rocks #invertebrates #mineralogy #art #publicdomain

A bit of AI jiggery pokery. This is the nymph of an Olive Dun Mayfly, Naetis rhodani. I photographed it in shallow water in a plastic box, but the artificial background was distracting and naff. Lightrooms AI selection tools allowed me to accurately select the mayfly and smooth the background. It would have taken hours to do the same manually. #Photography #AI #Lightroom #Nature #Invertebrates #Mayfly

Oysters have such amazing zig-zag shells! New blog post: https://wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/.../low-tide-sampler.html #VancouverIsland #Oysters #InverteFest #Molluscs #Invertebrates #MarineInvertebrates #IntertidalInvertebrates #NaturePhotography

Oysters have such amazing zig-zag shells! New blog post: https://wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/.../low-tide-sampler.html #VancouverIsland #Oysters #InverteFest #Molluscs #Invertebrates #MarineInvertebrates #IntertidalInvertebrates #NaturePhotography

Oysters have such amazing zig-zag shells! New blog post: https://wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/.../low-tide-sampler.html #VancouverIsland #Oysters #InverteFest #Molluscs #Invertebrates #MarineInvertebrates #IntertidalInvertebrates #NaturePhotography

Oysters have such amazing zig-zag shells! New blog post: https://wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2026/04/low-tide-sampler.html #VancouverIsland #Oysters #InverteFest #Molluscs #Invertebrates #MarineInvertebrates #IntertidalInvertebrates #NaturePhotography

Oysters have such amazing zig-zag shells! New blog post: https://wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/.../low-tide-sampler.html #VancouverIsland #Oysters #InverteFest #Molluscs #Invertebrates #MarineInvertebrates #IntertidalInvertebrates #NaturePhotography

Sea anemones have feelings, too! Plumose anemone protests against falling tide. New blog post: https://wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2026/04/anemone-doings.html #VancouverIsland #Anemones #Invertebrates #MarineInvertebrates #IntertidalInvertebrates #NaturePhotography

Hobonichi doodle 13 🦋

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Hobonichi doodle 13 🦋

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Hobonichi doodle 13 🦋

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