Create accountLogin

Recent searches

No recent searches

Search options

Only available when logged in.
eupolicy.social is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
This Mastodon server is a friendly and respectful discussion space for people working in areas related to EU policy. When you request to create an account, please tell us something about you.

Administered by:

Server stats:

218
active users

eupolicy.social: AboutProfiles directoryPrivacy policy

Mastodon: AboutGet the appKeyboard shortcutsView source codev4.3.8

#insect

39 posts35 participants6 posts today
Public
valentinzi
Small excerpt of our richly blooming mountain on 1700 meadow in early summer, filled with a mixture of native wildflowers and lush grasses. Not fertilised or compacted by heavy machine.

Some of the flowers in the photo:
Jacob’s Ladder (Polemonium caeruleum, Himmelsleiter), Melancholy Ragwort (Tephroseris helenitis, Alpen-Greiskraut), Red Campion (Silene dioica, Rote Lichtnelke), Alpine Thistle (Carduus defloratus, Alpen-Kratzdistel), Common Yarrow (Achillea millefolium, Gewöhnliche Schafgarbe), Common Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium, Wiesen-Bärenklau), Yellow Rattle (Rhinanthus alectorolophus, Großer Klappertopf), Meadow Buttercup (Ranunculus acris, Scharfer Hahnenfuß), Common Sorrel (Rumex acetosa, Wiesen-Sauerampfer), Bladder Campion (Silene vulgaris, Gewöhnliches Leimkraut), White Dead-nettle (Lamium album, Weiße Taubnessel), large bitter-cress (Cardamine amara, Bittere Schaumkraut), Bush vetch (Vicia sepium, Zaun-Wicke)


#unfertilised #meadow #flowermeadow #bee #insect #green #colorful #biodiversity #sustainability #flowers
A richly blooming mountain meadow in early summer, filled with a mixture of native wildflowers and lush grasses. In the foreground and scattered throughout the scene, Polemonium caeruleum (Jacob’s ladder) displays its elegant clusters of soft violet-blue bell-shaped flowers, rising above the greenery on slender stalks. Their finely divided, ladder-like leaves are barely visible among the dense ground cover. Sprinkled generously in the middle and background are the warm yellow flower heads of Tephroseris helenitis, lending sunny spots of color amidst the cooler hues, their upright stems gently swaying above the shorter herbs. Standing out in patches with vivid magenta and pink blossoms is Silene dioica (Red Campion), its five-petaled flowers adding contrast to the blues and greens around, typical of nutrient-rich meadows. Here and there, young rosettes and flower buds of Carduus defloratus (Alpine thistle) can be seen — their spiny, deeply lobed leaves hinting at the purple thistle h
#flowers
Public
ater

It's #WorldOceansDay, so I've drawn one of the five known species of truly ocean dwelling insect, sea skaters (Halobates spp). Sea skaters lay their eggs on hard surfaces floating in the open ocean; surfaces which have become increasingly abundant as oceans are increasingly polluted with plastic. Good for the sea skaters, maybe, but unfettered insect growth is rarely good for the rest of the ecosystem.

I'd bet there are whole new species of Halobates sea skaters that evolved specifically on the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

Drawing of a small black insect with two sets of very long, stretched out legs for floating. Its front legs are shorter and used for grabbing prey.
#SciArt#InsectArt#insect
Public
arti
when you put out #water for our #insect friends on hot dry days, make sure to put a stone inside the water, so anypwny falling in has the chance to swim to the stone and to get out by climbing its rough (low biofilm) over water surface. If you put the stone to the edge of the water container you can connect it to one of those holding the container in place forming a bridge for those, who can not fly, but still smell the fresh water. Flying ones like in the picture just land on the stone after a few explorative cycles.
#gardening #insects #photography #feditips @gardening
Tele photograph of a orangy dual winged black and yellow striped wasp like insect sitting on a stone inside a white round container filled with fresh water. Stones beside the container hold it in place and build a bridge to the stone on the water at the right side. In the background are broun soil and green leaves.
ExploreLive feeds
About