A motorbike frog casually lounging on a low tree branch

Not great quality because it was dark but it was funny to see this motorbike #frog chilling on a branch so I had to get some pics.

diagram of 7 different dragonfly species that can be found in the midwest.

the full set of dragonflies that i put together last year!

A small sea hare about 5 cm long
#invertebrates

Figure showing the evolutionary diversification of Lepidopteran larval appendages.

Really excellent paper on the genetics of caterpillar butt ornaments
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

bugguide page for the genus Craponius (a ceutorhynchine weevil that only sort of looks like a crap)

bugguide page for the ceutorhynchine genus Poophagus, which does not eat poo but in fact prefers watercress

it's Friday post rude weevil names

Dragonflies mating while perched on a washing line

Dragonflies mating while perched on a washing line in my garden

The intimate lives of dragonflies in my garden #bugsky

Please do this survey and share so these researchers can get a better picture of how people feel about forests and biodiversity

Why is animal print almost exclusively big cat patterns when these creatures exist?

We specialise in weird endemics 😆

I'm getting real deep into hyporheic-dwelling freshwater crustacea rn

Yes! Come to the dark side! Hyporheic zone is the gateway to falling for subterranean fauna 😁

Reminder: the deadline for this scholarship is March 15th! 🪲🐛🦋 🧪

Don't forget to become a member of the @systassn.bsky.social or @linneansociety.bsky.social to apply for the LinneSys scheme!

And, PLEASE, don't harrass the Membership Officers/teams!

#invertebrates

Full-time science photography job at the BioEconomy Science Institute - Maiangi Taiao, in Auckland, NZ. a great gig: careers.sciencenewzealand.org/jobdetails?a... #science #photography

Image of two snails on leaf matter. Euglandina tenella (Strebel, 1875) and Helicina sp., with kind permission to MSL to use image from Tadeo De Jesús Esquivel Blanco and Luis Armando Navarro Zarco

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Sagittal cut. I love how you can see the antennal nerve. Also the brain is very cool.

Transversal cut.

I love visual science! Made these today.
What you can see are two cross-sections of an Onychophore from different angles.

6 bad doodles with text under each one. horseshoe crab is literally the animal horseshoe crab. shoehorse crab is a crab riding a shoe, cowboy style. crabshoe horse is a horse wearing literal crabs as shoes. shoecrab horse is a horse telling a crab to go away. crabhorse shoe is a pair of shoes, left one crab shaped, right one horse shaped. horsecrab shoe is literally the same pair of shoes, flipped.

#InvertebrateShitposting as per @joabaldwin.com's request

Did you know gum blossoms don't just attract bees - Australia's eucalypts rely on a huge range of species for pollination!

Stay tuned for more stories about #OurEucalyptHome in the lead up to National Eucalypt Day on March 23rd! Cartoon in collaboration with @eucalyptaus.bsky.social!

"Common" names are a menace 😅

Looks like we're doing a parasite- themed zodiac takeover. Where are our parasitologists at? #invertebrates 🪲🕷🪱🦑🦀🪼

We can only hope!
Ox Tongue (or Tongue Worm): Balanoglossus, a type of hemichordate (marine worm) whose collar shape resembles an ox tongue. --> exhibit A, thanks Google

Rat-tailed maggots! That's a keeper 😄. this game is fun

Dog flea 😅
Pretty sure there'll be a quirky parasite for all of these taxa.
Alternatively, pick a red invertebrate for each? E.g. red velvet mite, ladybug etc

This art features 100 bees of various colors and shapes. These bees are designed in a cartoonish style, based on real species. The common name or species is written below the animals. Some bees are moving leaves, scraping plant hair, or sticking out their tongues. Some male bees have hairy faces and unusually shaped legs. There are also baby bees that have just hatched from their petal nests. Cute and colorful atmosphere. There are over 20,000 species of bees, so I only depicted a very small fraction of them!

Bees 🐝

A herd of zebras

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Me too! Definitely high on my wishlist

Imagine seeing them! They should just rename it Crab Island

Spectacular 'sea of red' as millions of baby crabs clamber up island beaches Wildlife officials on Christmas Island, the remote territory 2,600 kilometres north-west of Perth, are welcoming the final chapter of its famous red crab migration — the return to shore of millions of...

Wonderful time of the year - "The crab horde will now move inland to the jungle"

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

It's from the 1800s and probably written on a stone tablet hidden in a mysterious tomb 😃