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Willa :v_trans: :v_bi:CW: Lewd insects (!)
EarthandaboveBanded <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/demoiselle?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#demoiselle</a> <br> Gebänderte Prachtlibelle<br> Calopteryx splendens, ♂<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bugsky?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bugsky</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/insects?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#insects</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/invertebrates?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#invertebrates</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/naturfotografie?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#naturfotografie</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/damselfly?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#damselfly</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/libelle?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#libelle</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/insectThursday?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#insectThursday</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/naturephotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#naturephotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/wildlife?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wildlife</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/macrophotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#macrophotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/makrofotografie?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#makrofotografie</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/entomology?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#entomology</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Osnabrück?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Osnabrück</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Germany?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Germany</a>
Chris Nelson<p>So, now I have a dragon guarding my tomatoes!<br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/InsectThursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InsectThursday</span></a></p>
Willa :v_trans: :v_bi:<p>Eastern carpenter bee (𝘟𝘺𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘰𝘱𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢) enjoying some tufted vetch (𝘝𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘢), from the Wiley Trails:</p><p><a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/BloomScrollingWithBee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BloomScrollingWithBee</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/InsectThursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InsectThursday</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/bee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bee</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/CarpenterBee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CarpenterBee</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/hymenoptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hymenoptera</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/BloomScrollingWithInsect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BloomScrollingWithInsect</span></a></p>
Sam HarrisonCaterpillar, live bug
cohancool wasp mimic fly on flowers
The Keeper of the Bees<p>A bumble with a purple crown for <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23InsectThursday" target="_blank">#InsectThursday</a> 💜 <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23nature" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23photography" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23beauty" target="_blank">#beauty</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23pollination" target="_blank">#pollination</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23bloomscrolling" target="_blank">#bloomscrolling</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23gardening" target="_blank">#gardening</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23flowers" target="_blank">#flowers</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23bees" target="_blank">#bees</a> 📷me</p>
Willa :v_trans: :v_bi:<p>Another lepidopteran from yesterday's hike, a lovely pearl crescent (𝘗𝘩𝘺𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘴):</p><p><a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/InsectThursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InsectThursday</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/butterfly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>butterfly</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/lepidoptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lepidoptera</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a></p>
Willa :v_trans: :v_bi:<p>A photogenic little grapevine epimenis (𝘗𝘴𝘺𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘩𝘢 𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘴), from yesterday's hike on the Wiley Trails:</p><p><a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/InsectThursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InsectThursday</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/moth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>moth</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/lepidoptera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lepidoptera</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/insects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insects</span></a></p>
Paul Arnheim-Projekt<p><a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23InsectThursday" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InsectThursday</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23MayBlooms" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MayBlooms</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23pollinator" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pollinator</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23woodland" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#woodland</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23nature" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23macrophotography" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#macrophotography</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23FlowersOfBluesky" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FlowersOfBluesky</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23bloomcsrolling" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bloomcsrolling</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23PhotographyIsArt" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PhotographyIsArt</a> A cuckoo* <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23bumblebee" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bumblebee</a> on <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23meadowknapweed" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#meadowknapweed</a> *This bumblebee behaves like a cuckoo!</p>
Joe Wynne 🌻 🚗 ⛰️<p>What a beautiful bug! Check out those striped legs! </p><p>✅ First time this species has been seen in my garden. It's common in North America, though.</p><p>😬 Looks like it flew out of a Beetlejuice movie. I would have named it the stripy-leg bug, but someone named it Orange Assassin Bug. (Just because it has a fang to repeatedly stab other insects.)</p><p>🌻I have probably increased the total amount of insects through my <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/gardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gardening</span></a> with native plants so that these predators will be more common.</p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/InsectThursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InsectThursday</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/BiodiversityGardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BiodiversityGardening</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Wildlifegardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wildlifegardening</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/HabitatGardening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HabitatGardening</span></a></p>
cohancool looking fly on plant
cohanJewel-like Fly on Flowers
cohansmallish spider partly obscured by grass etc
cohanbeetle on flower
Willa :verifiedtrans: :verifiedbi: :verifiedsappho:CW: Insect (wasp)