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Stinging Slug Caterpillar Moth (Parasa pastoralis), family Limacodidae, Sabah, Borneo

photograph by Alvin Francis Lok

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Green and black cicada, Trengganua sibylla, Cicadidae

Photographed in Malaysia by dhfischer

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saw a lot of bees today it's a joyous day. I think sweat bees are native to my area but I haven't seen one before though :(

SWEAT BEES !!! sweat bees r so cutes... i love the little guys :3 joyous !!!

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lifted up a rock today, found isopods that looked like those glittery jelly sandals, as well as a beetle

yYAYYYYY YAYYYY YAYYYYY

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BUZZES AT YOU

BUZZES BACK AT YOU /pos

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did you know?

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Daily Dose of Lepidoptera

[Day 96]

-Japanese Giant Silkworm Moth-

Caligula japonica

-Pink Star Moth-

Derrima stellata

-Picasso Moth-

Baorisa hieroglyphica

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Daily Dose of Lepidoptera

[Day 99]

-Hubbard’s Silkmoth-

Syssphinx hubbardi

-Bracca subfumosa-

-Orange-Tailed Clearwing Moth-

Synanthedon andrenaeformis

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Daily Dose of Lepidoptera

[Day 93] (FREAKY MOTH FRIDAY)

-Amynta Moth-

Ceroctena amynta

-Montana Six-Plume Moth-

Alucita montana

-Kaleidoscope Moth-

Cerace xanthocosma

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Daily Dose of Lepidoptera

[Day 94]

-Orache Moth-

Trachea atriplicis

-Pikachu Moth-

Mazuca strigicincta

-Donuca lanipes-

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Any artists who like creating creatures and need inspiration from time to time, please feel free to peruse my bugs! I would be delighted.

For the record, encyrtid wasps are perfect creatures, and you may not have heard of them, because they're tiny, and wasps. But LOOK 🖤

Encyrtids are important biocontrol agents, pretty much always tiny (biggest one I've found is a few millimeters long), and the most ridiculous, goofy, gorgeous, harmless things. I will get people to love them.

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Ms Obeza floridana made an appearance yesterday. Very silly creature on very serious wasp business. I love her, of course.

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[Image IDs: Three gifs showing a rusty spider wasp, red velvet ant, and great golden digger wasp respectively digging holes in the ground /End IDs.]

GIFs of wasps digging! Since y'all seem to be just as much of fans as I am of seeing these ladies (Yes, they're all females, if ya didn't know) at work!

Original Posts: Rusty Spider Wasp / Red Velvet Ant / Great Golden Digger Wasp

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just for fun, a compilation of every wasp species I've seen drink from the pond so far.

Spider Wasp, genus Fabriogenia.

Potter Wasp, subfamily Eumeninae.

Potter Wasp, genus Paralastor.

Square-headed Wasp, subfamily Crabroninae.

Vase-cell Mud-dauber Wasp, Sceliphron formosum.

Square-headed Wasp, genus Pison.

Australian Paper Wasp, Polistes humilis.

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Day 4 of my 2024 favorites: Ms Baeus (miniscule stubby wingless wasp), on my fingertip, moments before hopping into the void never to be seen again. These tiny nuggets can be very hard to shoot, and can basically disappear on a sheet of white paper. Getting this shot pleased me immensely. 🤎

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Rubrica nasuta sand wasps Source: Quentin Vandemoortele (CC BY-NC 4.0), 1 2

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