From Paper to Nature (and back again)

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Schmidt Ocean Institute (@schmidtocean.bsky.social)

This is a deep-sea isopod. Dr. Johanna Weston, a deep-ocean biologist and guest investigator at @whoi.edu, is confident this is Bathyopsurus

[grimark]

did you see they made jane prentiss from the magnus archives real

this is the correct way to feel about having a wasp's nest in your house.

[grimark]

oh fuck you were not kidding

[manyblinkinglights]

#Two months on‚ Rothney is in a co-working arrangement with the nest‚#which is now more than a metre tall and swallows an entire bookshelf of ring binders.#owns. of course they feel safe around her bc she is a queen

[onenicebugperday]

Captive adult male giant Asian mantis, Hierodula pulchripes, Mantidae

Via fruit_ghost on Reddit; posted with permission!

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August flowers

[itscolossal]

Lifelike Birds Emerge from Foliage in Painted Paper Reliefs by The Paper Ark

[die-rosastrasse]

Witchy woods 🐞🍄

My photography, Spring 2026

[sheishine]

オレンジ色のアノマロカリスブローチもEtsyショップに追加しました！木製のブローチ枠を使用しています。

Added another anomalocaris kogin embroidery brooch in my Etsy shop!

I used wooden brooch frame this time.

[herpsandbirds]

Green Mantisfly (Zeugomantispa minuta), family Mantispidae, Piedmont Discovery Center, VA, USA

photograph via: Piedmont Discovery Center

[onenicebugperday]

Giant Chinese dobsonfly, Acanthacorydalis fruhstorferi, Corydalidae

Like other dobsonflies, this species displays sexual dimorphism with males having considerably larger mandibles.

Photo 1 by dai_dare, 2-5 by orochikami, 6-7 by ideer, 8 by three-trees, 9 b zhongyankui, and 10 by guo_yan-qing

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Found object assemblage

[herpsandbirds]

This is easily one of the CRAZIEST videos I've ever gotten. I was rafting down a river when a Yellow Jacket came, landed on my bright pink waterproof phone pouch, and started drinking from the water droplets that had gathered there.

The most amazing part is how the water droplet magnifies the Hornet's mouth parts, so you get to see them up-close!!!! It was FASCINATING to witness!

Here's some of my favorite still shots from that video:

What do you think? 🥰

[thomas--bombadil]

A wren dances for his mate with so much joy.

[nemfrog]

History of insects. 1839. Book cover.

Internet Archive

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Microscope time

[toadbreath]

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[herpsandbirds]

Vermilion Cardinal (Cardinalis phoeniceus), male, family Cardinalidae, order Passeriformes, La Guajira, Colombia

photograph by Gabriel Willow