#nycparks — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #nycparks, aggregated by home.social.
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A red milkweed beetle (Tetraopes tetrophthalmus) in Carl Schurz Park in early June.
#redmilkweedbeetle #beetle #nature #wildlife #macro #ultramacro #insects #bugs #entomology #carlschurzpark #nycparks #canonphotography #luminarneo
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A furrow bee of some sort (g. Halictus). I think :-)
Carl Schurz Park in early June.
#furrowbee #Halictus #bees #pollinators #nature #wildlife #macro #canonphotography #luminarneo #carlschurzpark #nycparks
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A moisture ant (g. Lasius) farming aphids in Carl Schurz Park in early June.
#moistureant #Lasius #aphids #farming #insects #cooperativebehavior #nature #wildlife #macro #ultramacro #canonphotography #luminarneo #carlschurzpark #nycparks
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A bold jumping spider (Phidippus audax) in Carl Schurz Park from late September.
#boldjumpingspider #PhidippusAudax #arachnids #jumpingspiders #spiders #macro #venusoptics #ultramacro #luminarneo #canonphotography #carlschurzpark #nycparks -
A head shot and a booty shot of a Scolia Dubia (blue-winged wasp) from Carl Schurz Park in late September.
#ScoliaDubia #bluewingedwasp #wasps #insects #bugs #nature #wildlife #macro #ultramacro #venusoptics #carlschurzpark #nycparks #luminarneo #canonphotography -
Some sort of broad-headed bug (possibly a rice bug? Family Alydidae) in Carl Schurz Park.
#broadheadedbug #ricebug #Alydidae #macro #ultramacro #truebugs #nature #wildlife #insects #entomology #carlschurzpark #nycparks #canonphotography #luminarneo #venusoptics
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A common eastern bumble bee (Bombus impatiens) in Carl Schurz Park from late September.
#commoneasternbublebee #BombusImpatiens #carlschurzpark #nycparks #canonphotography #venusoptics #luminarneo #insects #bugs #Pollinators #bees #nature #wildlife
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An Ambush Bug in Carl Schurz Park from late September (Phymata americana).
#ambushbug #PhymataAmericana #carlschurzpark #nycparks #entomology #bugs #insects #venusoptics #canonphotography #luminarneo -
A portrait of a mantis from Carl Schurz Park in late September.
#mantis #mantid #mantidae #insects #bugs #entomology #Portrait #nature #wildlife #carlschurzpark #nycparks #canonphotography #venusoptics #luminarneo
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An ant farming aphids. The ants protect the aphids and the aphids excrete a sweet liquid that the ants take as payments.
#ants #aphids #bugs #entomology #farming #nature #wildlife #macro #ultramacro #carlschurzpark #nycparks #venusoptics #luminarneo #canonphotography
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An orange-legged furrow bee (Halictus rubicundus) wiping some pollen off its face in Carl Schurz Park. These are a type of sweat bee, and the same species can be either solitary or eusocial. Not sure which this one is, but it was covered in pollen and having a blast in some sunflowers.
#orangeleggedfurrowbee #furrowbee #HalictusRubicundus #pollen #pollinators #bees #insects #bugs #entomology #sweatbees #nature #wildlife #carlschurzpark #nycparks #macro #ultramacro #venusoptics
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A ?bold? jumping spider (phidippus spp.) in Carl Schurz Park.
#jumpingspider #phidippus #spiders #arcachnids #macro #ultramacro #venusoptics #canonphotography #luminarneo #carlschurzpark #nycparks
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A flea jumping spider (Naphrys pulex) with a leafhopper nymph in Carl Schurz Park.
#fleajumpingspider #jumpingspider #spider #arachnids #NaphrysPulex #predation #nature #wildlife #leafhopper #carlschurzpark #nycparks #canonphotography #luminarneo #venusoptics #macro #ultramacro
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House fly (Musca domestica Linnaeus) in Carl Schurz Park.
#housefly #flies #MuscaDomesticaLinnaeus #insects #entomology #nature #wildlife #macro #ultramacro #venusoptics #canonphotography #luminarneo #carlschurzpark #nycparks
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A flat-tailed leafcutter bee in Carl Schurz Park.
#flattailedleafcutterbee #bees #pollinators #MegachileMendica #insects #nature #wildlife #macro #ultramacro #venusoptics #canonphotography #luminarneo #carlschurzpark #nycparks
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Two shots of a bee from the genus Hylaeus. This little guy is clearly related to the better known masked bees, but has a little color just over its mandibles and some extra yellow markings near the wings and on the abdomen.
#Hylaeus #bee #bees #pollinators #nature #wildlife #insects #entomology #bugs #macro #ultramacro #luminarneo #venusoptics #canonphotography #carlschurzpark #nycparks
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A bee from the family Halictidae in Carl Schurz Park.
#bee #bee #pollinators #Halictidae #entomology #insects #bugs #macro #ultramacro #venusoptics #canonphotography #luminarneo #carlschurzpark #nycparks
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A skipper (family Hesperiidae), sipping nectar on a sunflower in Carl Schurz Park. I wasn't bright enough to write down which kind it is.
#skipper #Hesperiidae #lepidoptera #butterflies #insects #wildlife #nature #entomology #macro #ultramacro #venusoptics #canonphotography #luminarneo #carlschurzpark #nycparks
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A Jalysus (many species) on verbena in Carl Schurz Park.
#jalysus #verbena #carlschurzpark #nycparks #macro #ultramacro #bugs #truebugs #entomology #insects #nature #wildlife #luminarneo #canonphotography #venusoptics
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A Pennsylvania ambush bug (Phymata pennsylvanica) in Carl Schurz Park.
#pennsylvaniaambushbug #ambushbug #jaggedambushbug #carlschurzpark #nycparks #insects #bugs #entomology #macro #ultramacro #wildlife #nature #venusoptics #canonphotography #luminarneo
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Some sort of broad-headed bug (possibly a rice bug? Family Alydidae) in Carl Schurz Park.
#broadheadedbug #ricebug #Alydidae #macro #ultramacro #truebugs #nature #wildlife #insects #entomology #carlschurzpark #nycparks #canonphotography #luminarneo #venusoptics
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A flat tailed leafcutter bee (Megachile mendica) on ornamental milkweed in Carl Schurz Park.
#flattailedleafcutterbee #leafcutterbee #bees #pollinators #MegachileMendica #insects #bugs #entomology #macro #ultramacro #wildlife #nature #carlschurzpark #nycparks #canonphotography #venusoptics #luminarneo
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Sidewalk mites (genus Balaustium) in Carl Schurz Park in mid July. These are hunters of softer insects and can help to control pests.
#sidewalkmites #balaustium #mites #predatorymites #arachnids #carlschurzpark #nycparks #macro #ultramacro #luminarneo #venusoptics #canonphotography #luminarneo
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A portrait and wallpaper (my current desktop background) of a cicada killer wasp. Cicada Killers are large wasps that effectively control cicadas. They're also benign if you aren't a cicada, so unless you want to be overrun with cicadas let them be.
#cicadakiller #wasps #insects #bugs #critters #entomology #macro #canonphotography #luminarneo #carlschurzpark #nycparks
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A member of the genus Neurocolpus. These are true bugs, and there are over 20 species.
#neurocolpus #truebugs #bugs #insects #entomology #nature #wildlife #macro #ultramacro #venusoptics #canonphotography #luminarneo #carlschurzpark #nycparks
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A much lighter morph zebra jumping spider. This one has eaten recently, which you can tell by the size of the abdomen.
#zebrajumpingspider #jumpingspider #spiders #arachnids #cute #ultramacro #macro #venusoptics #luminarneo #canonphotography #carlschurzpark #nycparks
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A northern yellow sac spider in Carl Schurz Park. These are actually dangerous to humans. They're also tiny and not really interested in us.
#northernyellowsacspider #sacspider #spiders #arachnids #carlschurzpark #nycparks #nature #wildlife #macro #ultramacro #venusoptics #canonphotography
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A crazy looking leafhopper nymph. The knobby texture covering it's body is wild. Carl Schurz Park early July.
#leafhoppernymph #typicalleafhopper #nymph #leafhopper #insects #bugs #truebugs #macro #ultramacro #venusoptics #luminarneo #canonphotography #carlschurzpark #nycparks
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A Zebra Jumping Spider in Carl Schurz Park from early July.
#zebrajumpingspider #jumpingspider #spider #arachnids #luminarneo #venusoptics #canonphotography #macro #ultramacro #carlschurzpark #nycparks
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A leafhopper nymph in Carl Schurz Park from early July.
#leafhopper #nymph #truebugs #insects #bugs #nature #wildlife #carlschurzpark #nycparks #macro #ultramacro #venusoptics #luminarneo #canonphotography