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ISAAC THE DOG
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My name is Isaac. I am fond of organisms that can be colloquially referred to as a "bug" (such as many invertebrates). I have a neurotic disposition and I was born at exactly 2:27 AM on a Saturday morning.
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alexwild.bsky.social
There's a group of braconid wasps, the Alysiinae, that attack maggots, develop inside the hardened puparia, and have to force their way out.

So their mandibles open away from the head to push rather than crush, the teeth appearing to face the wrong direction.
ajcann.bsky.social AJCann @ajcann.bsky.social · Sep 1
More funky jawedness from Aspilota.

#Wasps #Hymenoptera #VC55 #Braconidae
Aspilota wasp mandibles Aspilota Braconid wasp
September 1, 2026 at 11:32 AM
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acorviart.bsky.social
a murder

[ #art ]
Illustration of a crow on a branch, surrounded by the old windows XP ghosting error screens, all duplicating the crow's face so it looks like there's a murder of crows.
August 31, 2026 at 3:21 AM
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jencmars.bsky.social
Small & shiny

#InverteFest
Photo of a small, round wasp that is a dark blue-green metallic black with lots of texture all over its body. It has a large, boxy thorax, round head and kind of a relatively small, pyramid shaped abdomen. It's standing on a dried up leaf, which helps give it scale
August 28, 2026 at 6:32 PM
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scibugs.bsky.social
Actual footage of me looking for dessert.

El Septimo Paraiso, Mindo, EC
A brown snail with a small shell but a veerrrryyy long neck and looonnnggg eye stalks
August 29, 2026 at 2:24 AM
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dadrummond.art
Leathery lady looking lethal. 😳 A female Tenodera sinensis mantis giving me the (pseudo-)eye as I photographed her up close. Love the texture on her skin, which looks more like kid leather than anything else. #InverteFest #bugsky
Closeup of the face of a mantis. Her pseudopupils make her look a bit angry and a bit crosseyed. The photo has a high level of detail, allowing you to see the small ripples and textures on her exoskeleton. Her front legs are stretched out straight.
August 28, 2026 at 1:30 AM
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restingdinoface.bsky.social
Hey do you want to play cicada and cicada killer? I call the wasp.
restingdinoface.bsky.social Riley Black 🏳️‍⚧️ 🦖 @restingdinoface.bsky.social · Aug 28
Come along, you’re hosting.
August 28, 2026 at 11:16 PM
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cuttledreams.bsky.social
Been playing with patterns a bit, and finished this one just in time for #Invertefest ~
A repeating pattern of blue diamonds and colored circles, with a grub in various poses in each diamond.
August 28, 2026 at 10:29 PM
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forthespiders.bsky.social
Momma centipede with her legs wrapped around her eggs. #invertefest
A photo of a brown centipede in a burrow clutching a batch of yellow eggs with her legs.
August 28, 2026 at 7:09 PM
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sav.trevastropicais.art.br
trazendo para o #inverteFest hoje essa montagem com asas de mariposas bem de pertinho 🦋

#fotografia
Montagem empilhando cinco fotografias das "costas" de mariposas recortadas em faixas horizontais. De cima para baixo temos: 1) uma mariposa bege-clara com manchas mais escuras como se fossem pinceladas ligeiramente grossas em pontilhismo e eventualmente curvinhas como um "m" - de longe parece uma peça estilizada de mármore. 2) uma mariposa marrom com diversas pequenas áreas translúcidas em suas asas como um vitral rústico. 3) uma mariposa bem branco-amarelada, clarinha, com manchas escuras como em pinceladas em tinta preta em linhas, pequenos pontos e círculos, trazendo quase uma vibe de arte indígena. 4) uma mariposa marrom-avermelhada que mostra enormes manchas em formato de olho em suas asas posteriores, com grandes "pupilas" pretas e "íris" amarelas bem vibrantes sobre uma base bem avermelhada. Por causa da posição das asas anteriores, dá a impressão de ser um olhar triste. 5) uma mariposa também marrom avermelhada, mas com manchas texturizadas que lembram conjuntos de telhas de um telhado daqueles de barro tradicional. Vemos uma clara linha branca espessa cortando horizontalmente as asas como uma espuma na ponta de uma onda recém quebrada na praia. Por toda ela vemos reflexos bem roxos, possivelmente iridescentes.
August 27, 2026 at 5:29 PM
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bertonemyia.bsky.social
That's not excessive. THIS is excessive:
August 21, 2026 at 9:43 PM
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whistlingjoe.bsky.social
Not something you'll see very often - Hedychrum rutilans, one of the Jewel Wasps. Extinct in the UK up to a handful of years ago, now popping up in the southeast. A specialist cuckoo on the Beewolf - this one spotted by Mrs WJ just off #DiggerAlley @rspbminsmere.bsky.social
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August 21, 2026 at 10:42 AM
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alexwild.bsky.social
At Brackenridge Field Lab, a predatory Odontomachus trap-jaw ant strikes and lifts a termite.
Macro photo of a small white termite in side view being lifted off the ground by a larger orange ant with long jaws, a droplet of clear liquid oozing from the point of contact.
August 5, 2026 at 7:51 PM
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bertonemyia.bsky.social
Gold star for this silver soldier #fly 🌟
Diptera are seriously amazing 🤩 🥰

#Stratiomyidae: #Artemita argentea
Soltis Center, Costa Rica

@flygirlnhm.bsky.social @dipteracourse.bsky.social @riccardi-p.bsky.social
A fly covered with thick silver fur sits on a white background facing left. It's head is mostly red eyes with darker red squiggles, and it's wings are held out folder over each other sticking out the rear.
August 2, 2026 at 3:23 AM
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crawlieswithcri.bsky.social
Extreme CLOSE-up because - that leafhopper tho! I'm sure some of that color is picked up from the garden hose (what Robber Fly is standing on) - but DAYUM!

Wish I could ask the fly if it tastes like blue opal!

#inverts #becurious
macro photo of a robber fly eating a leafhopper. the hopper sparkles like a blue opal.
August 1, 2026 at 12:16 AM
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naturebureau.bsky.social
Off to Westhay Moor on the Somerset Levels tomorrow. Should see Hairy-legged Horseflies (Hybomitra bimaculata) sitting around on fences - check out the horseflies in our Flies of Britain & Ireland bit.ly/4dqQI8Z
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@gailashton.bsky.social
July 29, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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mutillidae.bsky.social
I've been working on a better setup for capturing focus-stacked images of immature insects in alcohol...and it's working well. 🙂

#NaturalHistoryCollections
#Macrophotography
#FocusStacking
#Psephenidae

#APennyForYourThoughts
Ventral view of a water penny larva (Psephenidae) against a black background. The six legs, antennae, and the feathery gills are all clearly visible—and would be well protected from above when the larva is clinging to a rock underneath the water.
July 30, 2026 at 1:57 PM
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gettoknownature.bsky.social
The fact that there’s a wasp with dark blue iridescent wings brings me joy. Also, Mountain Mint is a fabulous plant and brings in so many fancy pollinators!
#invertebrates #BugSky 🌿 #NativePlants
A long black wasp with dark blue iridescent wings stands on several clusters of very small white flowers.
July 28, 2026 at 2:24 AM
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marygemignani.bsky.social
Where's MY Milkweed?
#Butterfly #Inverts #Milkweed
Close up of a Monarch butterfly on a Milkweed plant. Head on shot.
July 27, 2026 at 11:03 PM
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kristinwyatt.bsky.social
Early instar Milkweed Tussock Moth caterpillars.
#caterpillars #moths #nature #photography
A swarm of tiny black and yellow fuzzy caterpillars eating a milkweed leaf. These guys will grow up to be crazy fluffy black and orange stripe caterpillars before becoming a grey moth with an orange and black striped abdomen.
July 28, 2026 at 1:29 PM
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ajcann.bsky.social
Common Furrow-bee male, Lasioglossum calceatum.

#Bees #Hymenoptera #VC55
Common Furrow-bee male, Lasioglossum calceatum.
July 28, 2026 at 9:15 AM
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mossworm.bsky.social
oough having a live zoanthid tank is one of those dreams I literally do not have the time or money to pursue, but I still like to look at the stuff. they tickle my primate brain
Photo from The Coral Farm of a tank with many small colonies of zoanthid coral in a variety of shapes and colors Photo collage of many different ornamental strains of zoanthid coral
July 27, 2026 at 6:54 PM
wetdogclaws.bsky.social
I've recently left my home in England and now reside in Florida. I will (probably) live here for the rest of my life, now. What is it like to be a Floridian, or an American? What are the normal and expected behaviors/culture/ways of speech? How to best assimilate? Grateful for any advice. #Florida
July 26, 2026 at 3:12 PM
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alexwild.bsky.social
A parasitoid wasp (Eupelmidae: Anastatus) oviposits into a stink bug egg. Austin, Texas.
Macro photo of an antlike metallic blue-green and black wasp standing atop a cluster of 15 globular greenish white insect eggs.
July 25, 2026 at 6:11 PM
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zinoky.bsky.social
Fritillary Selena. Butterflies are more than just pretty insects. They play an important role in nature.
July 23, 2026 at 2:32 AM
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galling.bsky.social
Gall of the week is cause by the tephritid 'picture-wing fly' Urophora cardui on thistles, Cirsium spp.
Male and female fly photos by Malcolm Storey, gall photo unknown.
July 23, 2026 at 8:14 AM