tash | they/them | androgynous bog witch | entomologist & plant biologist | living on unceded Aboriginal land | iNaturalist id: tashrey
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Illustrations of moths from Lorenz Oken's Allgemeine Naturgeschichte für alle Stände atlas (1833-1834). Full text here.
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Striped Nomia sweat bee, Nomia strigata, Halictidae
Photographed in Singapore by budak
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Picasso Moth (Baorisa hieroglyphica), family Noctuidae, MCM Nature Discovery Villa, Fraser's Hill, Pahang, Malaysia
photographs by David Fischer
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Oleander Hawk Moth (Daphnis nerii), family Sphingidae, Greece
Photograph by Damir Cavlovic
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Jumping spider, Paraphidippus fartilis, Salticidae
Found from Texas, through Mexico and Central America
Photos 1-4 (female) by djringer and 5-7 (male) by ag18
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very tiny, very sleepy.
Unknown Sweat Bee (subgenus Austronomia), April '24.
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Endless stars in the tiny universe ★★✧✸
(M) Black swallowtail emerald - Spring adults (Papilio bianor)
영산홍 (Rhododendron indicum)
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Just look at this magnificent chonker. Golden-ring dragonfly, Cordulegaster boltonii, UK.
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Indian Black Narrowmouth Frog aka “Space Frog” (Melanobatrachus indicus), T - female, B - male, family Microhylidae, Kerala, in the Western Ghats of India
photograph by Sandeep Das
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A Calico Pennant! I spotted this guy in May - I'm still learning bug identification but this was absolutely astonishing to catch on camera!
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Io Moth (Automeris io), males, family Saturniidae, Illinois, USA
photograph by Heather L. Hill
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Pollinated
Unknown mining bee (Andrena sp.)
June 6, 2024
Southeastern Pennsylvania
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