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Hi :>

I mainly post bug photos here- all photos are mine unless otherwise stated

I tag spiders as #spiders and things that look like them as #spiderlike

All bugs support trans rights <3

Blehhhh

(Sphex ichneumoneus, IN, 7/9/2026)

#bugs #bugblr #hymenoptera #sphecidae #wasps #thread waisted wasps #great golden digger wasp #macrophotography

I was thrilled to see a bee-mimicking robber fly alive for the first time recently! This guy was a big ol grizzly bear of a fly, fierce and bulky and about the size of a carpenter bee.

(Laphria thoracica, IN, 6/19/2026)

#bugs #bugblr #diptera #asilidae #flies #robber flies #eastern yellow-backed laphria #macrophotography

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Big wauce and little wauce

(Polistes major major, Polistes dorsalis dorsalis, 12/22/2025)

spacey-daydreams

Big Wauce

#heehee #wauce :3 #reblog #critter fanart

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Just out of frame: the female carpenter bee this big guy was hovering around for like five minutes making heart eyes at

(Xylocopa virginica, 4/24/2025)

toastatater

Acrylic markers on sketchbook

I immediately wanted to draw this when I saw it but I wanted to wait and use my new paint markets (still learning them)

#he’s so cute!!#reblog #critter fanart

🏳️‍🌈

(Graphocephala coccinea, IN, 6/6/2026)

#bugs #bugblr #hemiptera #cicadellidae #true bugs #leafhoppers #red-banded leafhopper #macrophotography

This stubby little assassin bug hunts millipedes. You would think such an insect would be found, like, somewhere near millipede habitat, but this one was flitting along a stretch of sidewalk.

(Rhiginia cruciata, IN, 5/14/2026)

#bugs #bugblr #hemiptera #reduviidae #true bugs #assassin bugs #scarlet-bordered assassin bug #macrophotography #urban wildlife

Beautiful perfect angel I love you so much

(Zenaida macroura, IN, 5/18/2026)

#birds #columbiformes #columbidae #doves #mourning dove #nature photography #urban wildlife #<- changing up my tagging scheme a little bit

Check out this gorgeous tachinid!

(Epalpus signifer, 4/15/2026)

#bugs #bugblr #diptera #flies #tachinidae #bristle flies #early tachinid fly

Chance encounter with a celebrity

(Gopherus polyphemus, 12/21/2025)

#reptiles #testudines #testudinidae #tortoises #gopher tortoise

Showing my mantis earthrise

#bugs #bugblr #artemis II #she doesn’t know what she’s looking at but i just. idk. i want her to see it too

Big wauce and little wauce

(Polistes major major, Polistes dorsalis dorsalis, 12/22/2025)

#bugs #bugblr #hymenoptera #wasps #vespidae #horse paper wasp #least paper wasp

Who up firing they fly

#I pinned. all of these #entomology screaming

I cannot emphasize enough how unexpected this creature was. A mucousy blob nearly the size of my foot revealed itself to be a seahare when moved back into the water

(Aplysia brasiliana, 12/23/2025)

#bugs #bugblr #gastropoda #aplysiidae #seahares #mottled seahare