#invertebrates — Public Fediverse posts

Tiny monarchs earlier, on wild eastern swamp milkweed / tiny monarch just now, on garden butterfly weed. Thumb for scale.

🌱🌿 #nativeplants
🐛🦋 #insects #invertebrates #bugsky
🦀⛵ #Maryland #ecoregion65

According to iNaturalist, this is a specimen of ***Catacanthus punctus***. And according to what I can find out, it is a type of Shield Bug. Visitor to our campsite in Cooktown, Far North Queensland. Absolutely incredible colours. Went on its way unharmed, after kindly hanging around to be photographed.
Photo taken with Pixel 10 Pro. Cropped slightly, but not enhanced. #insects #nature #photography #wildlife #bugs #australia #macro #invertebrates

Leaf Sheep wins Invertebrate of the Year competition

"A neon green solar-powered slug that lives underwater is the winner of the increasingly popular Invertebrate of the Year competition run by the Guardian.

The leaf sheep, Costasiella kuroshimae, triumphed in the global ballot after hundreds of thousands of readers around the world read about and shared their appreciation for the spineless creatures who make up the majority of animal life on Earth."

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/20/winner-invertebrate-of-the-year-2026-crowned-leaf-sheep

#Invertebrates

“Leaf-Sheep”

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/20/winner-invertebrate-of-the-year-2026-crowned-leaf-sheep

#invertebrates #LeafSheep #Photography

Not my vote but great choice 😎 #invertebrates #InvertebrateOfTheYear #bugs
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/20/winner-invertebrate-of-the-year-2026-crowned-leaf-sheep

Embrace your inner bug (and stop excusing politicians by labelling them as such)

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/20/winner-invertebrate-of-the-year-2026-crowned-leaf-sheep

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/20/humans-bugs-invertebrates-of-the-year-natural-world-chris-packham

#Invertebrates #Lovely #Useful #Attractive #Essential #Environment #Celebration

The leaf sheep:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/20/winner-invertebrate-of-the-year-2026-crowned-leaf-sheep

#invertebrates #slugs

King swallowtail (Papilio thoas).

From 2023

I just love this "contest". Every year I learn about the unsung heroes of the IRL world wide web - of life. Also, these tiny creatures are so cute you want every one of them for a pet. This year's winner looks like it inspired a Pokemon character.

#ecology #invertebrates #weboflife #invertebrateoftheyear #theguardian

Winner of Invertebrate of the Year 2026 crowned – and it is the size of a grain of rice
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/20/winner-invertebrate-of-the-year-2026-crowned-leaf-sheep?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Humans have learned to fear ‘bugs’, but we shouldn’t – life as we know it hinges on invertebrates | Chris Packham
By Chris Packham

At this point of the crisis in our relations with the natural world, we’ve got to protect these creatures – and we are running out of time

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/20/humans-bugs-invertebrates-of-the-year-natural-world-chris-packham

#Invertebrates #Environment #UKnews #Animals #Wildlife #TheGuardian #ChrisPackham

Winner of Invertebrate of the Year 2026 crowned – and it is the size of a grain of rice
By Patrick Barkham

The leaf sheep, a neon green solar-powered slug, has inspired at least one Pokémon character and triumphs in global ballot

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/20/winner-invertebrate-of-the-year-2026-crowned-leaf-sheep

#Environment #Invertebrates #Marinelife #Wildlife #TheGuardian #PatrickBarkham

The winner of the Guardian's Invertebrate of the year 2026 revealed
By Presented by Chris Packham ; produced by Lauren Hurrell

In a much closer contest than previous years – when the tardigrade and the common earthworm won with popular landslides – the winner of the 2026 Guardian Invertebrate of the year has been decided.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/video/2026/aug/20/the-winner-of-the-guardians-invertebrate-of-the-year-2026-revealed

#Invertebrates #Biodiversity #TheGuardian #PresentedbyChrisPackham #producedbyLaurenHurrell

Just another weevil. This one's a rescue; she was going to be spider supper. New blog post: https://wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2026/08/beetles-love-me.html #VancouverIsland #Invertebrates #Beetles #Weevils #InverteFest #NaturePhotography

Look at this baby! A moth of the Notodotidae! Some of these fellows came and didn't want to leave! So I had to take them out of the room!

Look at its colour and pattern!. perfect camouflage! Also, what a lovely face!

#insects #invertebrates #moths

The tiniest of tiny inchworms. (Hanging off my fingertip.) New blog post: https://wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2026/08/measuring-earth-one-millimetre-at-time.html #VancouverIsland #Invertebrates #Moths #Larvae #InverteFest #NaturePhotography

Please excuse the terrible focus on this video of a katydid 🦗🎶🌿

#invertebrates #insects #bugsky

I don't think this is a newly emerged monarch bc I haven't seen a chrysalis, or a caterpillar with the right timing... but maybe it was just very sneaky?? The butterfly was not in a hurry to fly away at all. 🦋 #insects #invertebrates #bugsky

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:66x6tziyavg3nmt3x46xu2bw/post/3mtfbz5y22s2h