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Entomology
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Yellow Velvet Beetle - Lepturobosca chrysocoma
Pardon the dorky title, insects are just unreal sometimes ๐ญ
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Orange-legged Drone Fly, Eristalis flavipes
It's that time of year when I spend a good chunk of time with my head crammed into patches of goldenrod hunting for cool bumblebees. I'm always delighted to be fooled for a moment. ๐
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This cicada is such a brilliant emerald with gold tints. And they screm.
Honduras, June 2023
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Wallonia, Belgium, today.
I stumbled upon a plant covered with small bundles of aphids, and sure enough, upon closer inspection, it had a whole aphid farming operation going on, and ladybugs had found it.
The ant tried blocking the way but fell off. Hopefully it's okay somewhere. The aphids, unfortunately, will not be.
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This was the biggest millipede I've ever seen. It was at least 6 inches long.
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Momma pushed em out of the house early. There were a lot of them moving in the same direction. I hope they made it!
Utila, Honduras, July 2022
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Three species (that I know of) in this photo--Argynnis aphrodite, Boloria bellona, and Argynnis cybele. The toad is an American toad.
Pennslyvania, July 2023
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I realize this wont be the highest quality image in this community but as a total amateur who knows nothing of insects, I got excited seeing this little ant dutifully dragging a dead centipede(?) across my garden bed as I was weeding.
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This is one of my favorite observations from this summer--a tailless whip scorpion with tiny jelly beans. She was really fiesty, with good reason! We shoo'd her out of the road, much to her displeasure, so scooters wouldn't run her over.
Utila, Honduras
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All of Orthoptera (grasshoppers, katydids, crickets, etc) were tolerant of my photography shenanigans during a hike the other day. These in particular (Roeseliana roeselii) were just stunning!
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What is this bug? Photo taken on Mt. Lemmon, AZ. Looked it up and couldn't find much.
(tucson.social)
Spent some time looking for what specific bumblebee, digger bee, or carpenter bee this might be. Couldn't figure it out.
