prince with a thousand enemies

tash | they/them | androgynous bog witch | entomologist & plant biologist | living on unceded Aboriginal land | iNaturalist id: tashrey

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Illustrations of moths from Lorenz Oken's Allgemeine Naturgeschichte für alle Stände atlas (1833-1834). Full text here.

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moths on lightsheet

David Fischer, Malaysia, 2024.

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Striped Nomia sweat bee, Nomia strigata, Halictidae

Photographed in Singapore by budak

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Picasso Moth (Baorisa hieroglyphica), family Noctuidae, MCM Nature Discovery Villa, Fraser's Hill, Pahang, Malaysia

photographs by David Fischer

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Oleander Hawk Moth (Daphnis nerii), family Sphingidae, Greece

Photograph by Damir Cavlovic

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Jumping spider, Paraphidippus fartilis, Salticidae

Found from Texas, through Mexico and Central America

Photos 1-4 (female) by djringer and 5-7 (male) by ag18

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incredible curlicue antennae on this bee

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very tiny, very sleepy.

Unknown Sweat Bee (subgenus Austronomia), April '24.

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Endless stars in the tiny universe ★★✧✸

(M) Black swallowtail emerald - Spring adults (Papilio bianor)

영산홍 (Rhododendron indicum)

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Cribraria aurantiaca by naturalnie_fotografia

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Pastel colored moths 🌸

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Just look at this magnificent chonker. Golden-ring dragonfly, Cordulegaster boltonii, UK.

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Indian Black Narrowmouth Frog aka “Space Frog” (Melanobatrachus indicus), T - female, B - male, family Microhylidae, Kerala, in the Western Ghats of India

photograph by Sandeep Das

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A Calico Pennant! I spotted this guy in May - I'm still learning bug identification but this was absolutely astonishing to catch on camera!

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Io Moth (Automeris io), males, family Saturniidae, Illinois, USA

photograph by Heather L. Hill

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Pollinated

Unknown mining bee (Andrena sp.)

June 6, 2024

Southeastern Pennsylvania