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krads.bsky.social
New fren.
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January 9, 2025 at 1:55 AM
quilbug.bsky.social
Small gentle stingless bee vs big clumsy honey bee

🪲ID Guess: European honey bee, stingless bees
#bugsky #ozinverts #inverts
October 29, 2025 at 8:10 AM
quilbug.bsky.social
Had a paper wasp nest in one of the garden bushes, they were very polite :>

🪲ID Guess: Typical Paper Wasp
#bugsky #ozinverts #wildoz #wasp
May 15, 2025 at 4:15 AM
cescomartons.bsky.social
Meneristes australis (#Tenebrionidae), from Victoria, #Australia.

#WildOZ #ozinverts #entomology #insects 🧪
May 19, 2025 at 3:31 AM
manusaunders.bsky.social
Amazing! This year's Bogong moth migration seen in full flight, after a few years of low records. Insect population dynamics can be unpredictable, especially without long-term data. Look forward to seeing science on what may have driven this year's pattern #ozinverts www.news.com.au/technology/s...
www.news.com.au
September 27, 2026 at 11:30 AM
manusaunders.bsky.social
Green grocer cicadas are out for the summer! We haven't had these in our yard for a few years #ozinverts #wildoz
Large lime green cicada resting on an open hand, with palm facing up. The cicada reaches almost the full width of the hand.
November 16, 2024 at 7:39 AM
krads.bsky.social
Gorgeous rain moth on my deck after 9mm of rain.
Inat says it is a privet hawkmoth. @nvolpe.bsky.social
#WildOz #OzInverts
February 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
stephenfricker.bsky.social
'Lactura dives' from Milner in Darwin one of only five records on #iNaturalist

www.inaturalist.org/observations...
#wildoz #Ozinverts #moths
March 19, 2026 at 2:30 AM
amatageorgeii.bsky.social
I submitted my final PhD thesis last night!
HOORAY!! 🦖🥳🦋👩🏼‍🔬
#WomenInSTEM #Invertebrates #OzInverts #WarningSignals #AmataMoths
January 23, 2024 at 1:59 AM
quilbug.bsky.social
If you look at this spiders mouth area, its moving some black goop around in its pedipalps. What you doin lil guy?

🪲ID Guess: Leaf curling Orbweaver
#bugsky #ozinverts #wildoz #spider
April 14, 2025 at 7:58 AM
keithhortonphotos.bsky.social
Wandering ringtail damselflies

Austrolestes leda, on a Fork-leaved sundew (Drosera binate)

#insects #ozinverts #wildlife #nature
The Wandering ringtail damselflies are mainly different shades of blue, while the Fork-leaved sundew is mainly yellow, and very sticky.
January 13, 2025 at 11:38 PM
keithhortonphotos.bsky.social
A Spiny Leaf Insect
Extatosoma tiaratum, endemic to rainforests in Australia. Female adults like this one are covered with thorn-like spikes for defense and camouflage.

#insect #entomology #ozinverts #australianinvertebrates #Australianphotography
December 15, 2024 at 4:49 AM
krads.bsky.social
Went for a drive up Mt Buffalo to check out the Bogong moths. Still plenty there for the nankeen kestrels to have a good feed (& currawongs & ravens). #WildOz #OzInverts
March 9, 2025 at 10:38 PM
manusaunders.bsky.social
Our first firetail (Yoyetta ignita) for the season! Currently chirping on our window screen. This species was only named recently, here's a little story about the value of recording biodiversity observations 👇 #wildoz #ozinverts 🌏🧪
A small cicada sitting in the palm of a person's hand, facing away from the camera. It's body is mostly black with a fiery orange abdomen.
November 17, 2024 at 10:57 AM
manusaunders.bsky.social
Spectacular new fungi-mimicking beetle genus discovered by James Tweed on a camping trip in southeast Queensland rainforest. Despite an extensive history of entomological collecting & research at this location, it is completely new to science #ozinverts www.taxonomyaustralia.org.au/_files/ugd/1...
May 7, 2024 at 4:00 AM
quilbug.bsky.social
"Hallooo"👋

🪲ID Guess: Silver leafhopper
#bugsky #ozinverts #inverts
A side view photo of a leafhopper sitting ontop of a piece of grass, with its two hind legs raised and one foreleg pointing upward. The leafhopper has a flat head with oval eyes and a long body mostly covered by its wings. It is mostly a beige colour with some dark brown.
December 14, 2025 at 5:04 AM
manusaunders.bsky.social
Local pest controllers on patrol #wildoz #ozinverts
Sphecid wasp pushing a prey caterpillar into her newly constructed mud nest. She will lay her eggs inside with the food before sealing the nest
November 14, 2024 at 8:06 AM
manusaunders.bsky.social
Christmas beetle iridescence #ozinverts
January 3, 2024 at 12:26 PM
amatageorgeii.bsky.social
New paper alert! 🎉
We found some interesting differences in defensive strategies in our cute little Amata wasp moths.
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
@hannahmrowland.bsky.social @liisahamalainen.bsky.social @mherberstein.bsky.social @kateumbers.bsky.social @gmramon.bsky.social #OzInverts
April 23, 2025 at 8:25 AM
elizabethfrost.bsky.social
I think this blue-banded buzz pollinator is telling me to buzz off its borage! Amegilla species. #ozinverts #entomology
January 27, 2025 at 7:57 PM
amatageorgeii.bsky.social
My friend visited me for lunch today.
This is a mantisfly, or mantispid, which is actually a type of lacewing. Check out those raptorial forelimbs!
#OzInverts #Invertebrates 🪲🧪
October 21, 2023 at 3:33 AM
quilbug.bsky.social
Doing a little peak👀

🪲ID Guess: Variable Ladybird
#bugsky #ozinverts #inverts
A photograph of a ladybird peeking over the edge of a green leaf. From this angle, the dark underside of the beetle can be seen. Its head, thorax, legs and elytron are a bright yellow-orange while its underbelly, eyes and edges of its elytron are black.
October 7, 2025 at 8:04 AM
quilbug.bsky.social
It stares into my soul

🪲ID Guess: Large Spotted Ladybird
#bugsky #ozinverts #inverts
A front view photograph of a large spotted ladybird beetle perched on the dying edge of a leaf. The beetle is very rounded, with its elytron, thorax and head following the same circular curve. It is bright orange and yellow, with large splotches of black all over.
October 23, 2025 at 1:32 PM
quilbug.bsky.social
Genuinely one of the nicest photos I've taken, and its of a molt lol

🪲ID Guess: Cicada molt
#bugsky #ozinverts #inverts
A photo of a cicada shell clung onto mossy tree bark, angled diagonally. The shell is a reddish brown and transparent in some parts, you can see the green background shining through the eye, back and abdomen parts.
December 26, 2025 at 4:48 AM
quilbug.bsky.social
Spooood bellyyyyy

🪲ID Guess: Australasian Garden Orb-Weaver
#bugsky #ozinverts #inverts #spider
A photo of an australian garden orb weaver spider taken of its underside as it sits waiting on its web. The spider is plump and fuzzy, with a large diamond shaped abdomen, segmented thorax underside, and long fuzzy legs that taper into dainty points. The spider is coloured saturated shades of cream, caramel, and soft yellow.
June 30, 2026 at 2:06 AM