#invertebrate

Quillipede

@quillipede.bsky.social

7 hours ago

An extreme close-up of a jumping spider, staring directly at the camera while holding a dead ant. The spider is mostly fuzzy grey, with fuzzy pale brown palps, greenish black eyes, and red markings just visible on its abdomen.

I used to be very scared of spiders; nowadays I'm fine with most of them, and I actually love jumping spiders. They're just so cute. This little one (Phidippus johnsoni) checked me out while I was out doing photography the other day.

#spider #invertebrate #phidippus #macro #inaturalist #canada

Audrey Sargent

@stoutheartstudio.com

19 hours ago

A pink moth with triangular shaped, bright pink, gold fringed wings folded over a on off white, furry body. It has white legs all askew, and a long pointed snout between two bulbous green eyes and long, feathery antennae.

#RepostYourArt day 7 is Silly. This is a tough one for me, I haven’t done a lot of silly!

In my mind this pyrausta moth looks a little silly. Kinda muppety, if I’m being honest. 😂 Found across the SE United States.

#insect #moth 🐡 #bug #art #invertebrate #DigitalArt #painting #Procreate

Spidermax

@spidermax3000.bsky.social

1 day ago

A profile shot of a long-jawed orbweaver (Tetragnatha sp.) hanging upside down from their web

#macromonday
Long-jawed #orbweaver - Tetragnatha sp.
(Shot near Cincinnati 4-3-26) 🕷️🕸️ #photography #macrophotography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #nature #animal #invertebrate #arachnid #spider #bug #ento #spidersky

Stephen H Kawai

@stephenhkawai.bsky.social

1 day ago

A Spider Conch lies on a white background. The shell bears several digitations. Thr aperture has dark lines and the operculum present.

#molluscmonday !
A new addition! Lambis robusta is a rare Spider Conch from Tahiti. This one measures 128 mm in length
#mollusk #seashell #sciart #invertebrate #gastropod

Robert Back

@rback.bsky.social

2 days ago

Philodromus poecilus. Subadult female.

My first documentation of Philodromus poecilus (NT in Finland) this year. This seemingly fairly rare species has become one of my favourites.
Much more (in Swedish) here:
utgangspunktnykarleby.blogspot.com/2026/04/bada...

#Invertebrate 🐙 #Spider 🕷️ #Spiders #Arachnids #Philodromidae #Biodiversity

Robert Back

@rback.bsky.social

2 days ago

Coenosia intermedia (?)

Should be Coenosia intermedia - not entirely sure though.
More (in Swedish) here:
utgangspunktnykarleby.blogspot.com/2026/03/coen...

#Invertebrate 🐙🪰
#Diptera #Insects #Insekter #Flugor #Muscidae #Husflugor #Egentligaflugor #Kärpäset #Hyönteiset #Houseflies #Muscidflies #Biodiversity

Robert Back

@rback.bsky.social

2 days ago

Thricops cunctans (female)

Thricops cunctans (female)... if my keying went well.
More (in Swedish) here:
utgangspunktnykarleby.blogspot.com/2026/03/thri...

#Invertebrate 🐙🪰
#Diptera #Insects #Insekter #Flugor #Muscidae #Husflugor #Egentligaflugor #Kärpäset #Hyönteiset #Houseflies #Muscidflies #Sukaskärpäset #Biodiversity

Robert Back

@rback.bsky.social

2 days ago

Female Fannia tuberculata.

Should be Fannia tuberculata if I'm not mistaken.
More (in Swedish) here:
utgangspunktnykarleby.blogspot.com/2026/03/fann...

#Invertebrate 🐙
#Flies 🪰
#Diptera #Fanniidae
#Biodiversity

Robert Back

@rback.bsky.social

2 days ago

Female Microchrysa polita

Female Microchrysa polita

Slowly going through deceased and collected critters from our garden greenhouse. Microchrysa polita is the most often observed - both alive and dead - Stratiomyid so far.
utgangspunktnykarleby.blogspot.com/2026/03/micr...

#Invertebrate 🐙🪰
#Diptera #Insects #Stratiomyidae #Biodiversity

Evan

@evanwahm.bsky.social

2 days ago

Plate of an invasive Red Swamp Crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) I recently captured.

#crayfish #invertebrate 🌍🧪

everydayflower.bsky.social

@everydayflower.bsky.social

2 days ago

A picture of a magnificient plant or flower.

#blue flower #borage #flower #animal #blue #plant #blossom #bee #pottery #insect #herbs #vase #vegetation #iris #potted plant #jar #honey bee #geranium #invertebrate #planter

Emily Jane Foster

@emilyjaneart.bsky.social

3 days ago

A photograph of a mixed media Posca pen, Staedtler pigment liner and Prismacolour pencil illustration on Kraft card with a Posca pen resting on top of a green and gold embellished planner. The illustration shows a yellow sea bunny, a nudibranch, with the words Easter Bunny next to it. Signed Emily Jane Foster.

Happy Easter! 🌊🐇

🐡 #art #Easter #seabunny #nudibranch #invertebrate

Gryffoon

@gryffoon.bsky.social

3 days ago

Photograph of a pinned bee from overhead view. It has long antenna with flattened circular tips. Its body is black with sparse yellowish hair and its wings have darkened tips.

I think it is a male Dieunomia sp. I wonder what the flattened terminal antenna segments are for? I've seen that male Megachile sp. have them too

#insect #bee #invertebrate

Richard Michael Blaber

@rmblaber1956.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

3 days ago

theconversation.com/humans-closest-invertebr... https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adu2291 (abstract only). "Most striking of all, we found the oldest #evidence for the group to […]

Ned Peyroux

@o0ned.bsky.social

4 days ago

I still say these things look like #obligate #inquiline #proctodeal #trophallaxis waiting to happen, a #segmented #invertebrate #endoparasitoid #stereotype #notorious by any other #name, #Beast, #Demiurge, #Demon, #Djinn, #Devil, #Pharaoh, #Pindar, #Rumplestiltskin.

#Epstein #Trump #Biden #Obama

Manu 🌊🐋

@manelcamacho.bsky.social

5 days ago

A yellow-green butterfly resting below a leave. The butterfly shows some brown spots on its wings.

Close up of the upper part of a butterfly resting below a leave. The butterfly appears to have grey colores eyes but the colour might differ depending on the light.

The giant sulphurs are sleeping below the leaves ❤️! you can find this family of butterflies from Alaska to the Andes region of Peru.

P.S. At 1/20 I think I might benefit from a speed booster to have sharper pics with the macro under an APS-C sensor.

#butterfly #invertebrate #insects

Spidermax

@spidermax3000.bsky.social

5 days ago

A relatively large piece of leaf that has been cut away from the rest of the leaf is being carried by a leafcutter ant worker (Atta cephalotes) along a thin twig from right to left. Another worker appears to be riding the leaf on the other end.

#insectthursday
Leafcutter #ant - Atta cephalotes
(Shot at @cincinnatizoo.bsky.social 2-21-26) 🪲🪳🐜 #photography #macrophotography #animal #invertebrate #insect #ants #bug #bugsky #ento #zoo #cincyzoopic

Cat Luniscia Commissions Open

@blackmoonrose13.bsky.social

5 days ago

Velvet Worm #adorable #animal #cuteanimal #art #bug YouTube video by Cat Luniscia

youtube.com/shorts/7LrJL...
#art #catart #invertebrate #worm #speedpaint

Sharty Super Difficult Mcscrote (Sandy D AU) 🍉🍉

@shartymcscrote.bsky.social

6 days ago

Australia news live: Albanese announces ban on gambling ads in sports stadiums and on jerseys; states and territories agree to forgo GST on fuel Follow live

Once again #SpinelessAlbo has to be dragged kicking and screaming to tweaky,pathetic weak-arsed reform lest he upset his gambling,Zionist media owning overlords.
#OhComeOnYouSackofJelly
#auspol
#Invertebrate
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Nathan Andrew is really just a fire-breathing reptile

@feralharp.bsky.social

1 week ago

Photo of a millipede on the shoulder of a road. It's about 3.5 cm long, the body armored with brown, overlapping plates. The rear edge if each plate is thinly lines in pale yellow. It has numerous, tiny legs, and it has 2 antennae protruding from its head.

Is it an aromatic cherry millipede (A. corrugata)? What do you think? And no, I didn't sniff it to find out. Photo taken in Central NY State #Invertebrate #Arthropod #EntomologySky 🧪

Reggie Midnight

@reggiemidnight.bsky.social

1 week ago

An extreme close-up of dense clusters of white Damson flowers. Slightly blurred in the foreground on one group of flowers is a large fluffy bee, searching for pollen. In focus behind another nearby group, is a tiny cradled sylvanian families black cat baby. It's Reggie!

Ah! I'ss a bee!

Ssh quietly quietly...
watching...
don't scare the bee.

#シルバニアファミリー #シルバニア #SylvanianFamilies #CalicoCritters #Ternurines #ReggieMidnight #ほしぞらレジー #レジーミッドナイト #bee #Bumblebee #TreeBumblebee #Insect #Invertebrate

Stephen H Kawai

@stephenhkawai.bsky.social

1 week ago

A display of colourful Conidae in four plastic boxes. Clockwise from top/left: Conus cervus, C. timorensis / C. bullatus / C. dusavelli / C. vicweei, C. adamsonii

#molluscmonday !
Textilia is a gorgeous subgenus of the Cone family which includes many sought-after rarities.
#mollusk #seashell #sciart #invertebrate #gastropod

@dcbmyers.bsky.social

1 week ago

A bright orange jellyfish with tentacles in green water.

Took a walk yesterday and saw this beautiful Lion's Mane jellyfish in the Choptank River, a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay. #jellyfish #bay #invertebrate

gommadigitale

@gommadigitale.com

1 week ago

Photo taken on October 21, 2018 with my NIKON D5200 using the Tokina MD 28mm f/2.8 (i) lens. Find more information at https://gommadigitale.com/photo/21-10-2018/443

#photo #insect #leaf #macroPhotography #larva #closeUp #invertebrate #pest - https://gommadigitale.com/photo/21-10-2018/443

David Minshall

@dbminshall.bsky.social

1 week ago

Dark-edged Bee-fly (Bombylius major) on leafy ground cover

Dark-edged Bee-fly (Bombylius major) hoveirng at a flower and feeding on nectar

A couple more pictures of dark-edged bee-fly (Bombylius major). These were taken at Lower Failand, North Somerset last week (19.03.26). Entries now on iRecord. #BeeFlyWatch #invertebrate #insectphotography #ukwildlife @uk-soldierflies.bsky.social

Matt Bracken

@brackenlab.bsky.social

1 week ago

Just don’t lick them. Your fingers will feel sticky as the nematocysts fire into them, but your skin is too tough for toxin delivery. Your tongue, on the other hand… 🌊🌸😝 #MarineLife #Invertebrate

gommadigitale

@gommadigitale.com

1 week ago

Photo taken on July 01, 2020 with my NIKON D5200 using the AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D (i) lens. Find more information at https://gommadigitale.com/photo/01-07-2020/920

#photo #insect #pest #macroPhotography #invertebrate #Megachilidae #Close_up #membraneWingedInsect - https://gommadigitale.com/photo/01-07-2020/920

David Minshall

@dbminshall.bsky.social

1 week ago

The dark-edged bee-fly (Bombylius major) are about now in the UK and through until late June. A bee-mimic with a long straight proboscis used for feeding (not stinging). They're good pollinators. Pictured today, Lamplighters Marsh NR, Bristol (26.03.26). #invertebrate #insectphotography #ukwildlife

Matt Bracken

@brackenlab.bsky.social

1 week ago

A green sea anemone - *Anthopleura xanthogrammica* - basks in a tide pool. Though its bright green color mostly comes from animal pigment, it also hosts both dinoflagellate and green algal unicellular symbionts. I just love the purple tentacle tips contrasting with the vivid green.

Who needs anemone? #MarineLife #Invertebrate 🌊🦑💚💜

Petra Korlević

@petrathepostdoc.bsky.social

1 week ago

photo of a very round dark to light brown fuzz beefly sitting on a concrete and red brick wall, snoot straight up, only the left legs are visible the others are hiding or missing, two very long thin wings with a dark top half and transparrent bottom half, majestic shadow going towards the bottom right.

today's nice #invertebrate is her rotundness the dark-edged bee-fly