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Spider features red back and grey ventral coloring. Cute spider crawls on zinnia leaf

Dorsal view of spider hunting #spiders #nature

Spider features red orange coloration on dorsal side and grey ventral size. Fuzzy like the velvet ants that they mimic. Spider waits for pollinator to visit red zinnia flower (not yet in bloom)

Cardinal jumper’s are mimics of mutillid wasps (like velvet ants). This one was came out of hiding to see the camera
#Arachtober
#spooktober

Spiderweb with green colored spider in center. Foliage in the background. Nearly ran into the web while hiking!

Trying out #spooktober and #spiders #nature

Yellow sulfur cosmos flower features slight red coloration on the anther with other smaller flowers in the background. Monarch butterflies love these flowers, though I have yet to photograph any foraging

Sulfur cosmos flower for #yellowsunday #gardens #flowers #nature native to Mexico, northern South America, and Central America.

“I’m worried about my community… I’m out here in a frog costume to show how ridiculous the notion that we’re violent terrorists is, and showcase how that narrative is wrong…”

Serious Q: is it too late to give this dude the Nobel Peace Prize? 🐸 🏆

Live Updates: María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.

The US is going to host a Qatari air base in Idaho which is somehow fine but Mexican immigrants are somehow not

Texas proudly invading Illinois.

It’s hard to describe the level of potential constitutional crisis here.

Top of yellow mushroom appears like an umbrella. Pine cones surround it. Why can’t I have an umbrella that looks like a mushroom that would be so cool

Another angle of yellow flower pot mushroom #fungi #fungusamongus

Yellow mushroom with long gills. Pine cones in background. My camera wouldn’t focus on anything else and it kept getting blurred. Have mercy my phone was covered in dirt

Yellow mushroom (flower pot parasol?) that was a surprise #yellowsunday #fungifriends #mycology

Insects aren’t ‘little robots’—so scientists are rethinking their welfare Science chats with an entomologist and an expert in animal ethics who are monitoring how researchers report on the ethical treatment of insects

Bees, fruit flies, and other insects used in research are often excluded from legal and ethical guidelines designed to protect other laboratory animals.

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Image of an X post screenshot. The post from @CBotTh ... (C-Bo the Eggman) reads, "Banning words should do the trick," posted 20 hours ago. Below it, a Politico post from @politico (1 day ago) states, "Energy Dept. adds 'climate change' and 'emissions' to banned words list," with the Politico logo. The image includes profile pictures and timestamps.

Censorship is the mark of a weak regime.

Butterfly features orange wings with black and white markings. Flower is white with yellow

#FlowerFriday featuring pearl crescent (Phyciodes tharos) on an aster #inverts #nature #flowers

For Jane.
RIP.

“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” Jane Goodall

Rest in peace.

Papilio polyxenes features black body with yellow dots and orange dots on hindwing. Marigold is orange.

Eastern black swallowtail butterfly (Papilio polyxenes) on orange marigold. Sometimes these butterflies are so shy it’s nearly impossible to photograph. Other times they’re friendly (like this one)! #inverts #butterflies #insects #gardens #naturephotography

Thinking about all of my US colleagues today that work for USGS, USFWS, US Parks Service, NOAA and the EPA. From front line environmental practitioners to scientists and policy makers, these folks ensure that waters are swimmable, fish are edible, that natural areas are accessible, etc, etc, etc.

Orange monarch features black markings and white dots on wings. Goldenrod features small yellow flowers

Migratory monarch butterfly on goldenrod #inverts #monarchbutterflies #butterflies #insects #naturephotography

Pritzker: “ICE is running around the Loop harassing people for not being white. Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States. Now, ICE is making it commonplace.”

Brown mushroom on green moss covered log. Smaller mushrooms in background

Mushroom (common bonnet?) for #MushroomMonday #fungifriends #mycology and moss for #mossymonday #nature

I DON'T SEE ANY SPIDER HERE DO YOU SEE A SPIDER HERE GOSH I SURE HOPE THAT ANYBUGGY WHO WANTS TO COME VISIT THIS FLOWER DOESN'T SEE A SPIDER HERE okay fine there's a spider here. This landscape-oriented photo is a black-eyed susan except tucked against the middle of the flower is a perfectly blended-in crab spider. A white-banded crab spider, maybe? Even though there's no white band -- this spider is yellow as the flower's pedals, with reddish Rorshach test ink blots on its plump crabby body that also blends into the center of the flower. It's really something else. You can barely see it. Spiders are so cool. They're great. I am admittedly glad they're not human-sized, though, though I guess that's true of all bugs, even the cute ones. Photo by me, Chuck Wendig

Okay, I warned you yesterday but SPIDER POST SPIDER POST SPIDER POST. Look. Spiders are great! They're our friends. They do good work out there and in our houses. I love spiders and how can you not love THIS spider, who is both a work of art *and* wildly successful at this game of hide-and-seek?

A black swallowtail caterpillar feeding on a dill plant

I grew those dill plants just for you little chonk. Enjoy! #bugsky #gardening #nature

Orange yellow mushroom with porous gills

#FungiFriday #FungiFriends #mycology

Close up of a neon green Snowberry Clearwing caterpillar holding on to a vine with it's tiny feet.

Holding on to my sanity while the country falls apart around me.
#stressed #NatureIsMyHappyPlace #photography

Butterfly feeding on pink zinnias features white dots on edges of wings with blue speckles and two orange spots

Spicebush swallowtail (Papilio troilus). These butterflies mimic pipevine swallowtails, which are toxic (aka Batesian mimicry) #Inverts #InsectThursday #gardens #insects

red and yellow sunflowers, sky and sun in the background

🌻

Two bees graze under a purple and yellow flower

I think it’s safe to say that bees are cool. 🐝😎

A photo of an adorable orange scarab beetle from the low front. The beetle has powerful legs tipped in large claws. It's eyes are black and glossy, there are two spots on either side of its pronotum (the area just behind the head) and a spot on each side of the elytra (the hardened forewings characteristic of beetles).

I really, REALLY do not reccomend spending too much time reading the news today. Be informed, but don't get sucked in to the doomscrolling. Also, have an ADORABLE #BEETLE!

Grapevine Beetle, Pelidnota punctata circa 2020

#MacroPhotography
#Photography
#Coleoptera

An old rock along the trail that has been growing moss for quite a while. It’s not right on the river, but only 100 yards away. It’s wet most of the time. I believe it’s a mixture of mosses with some lichen on the side ☯️

moss with lichen on the side

Squirrel glaring from a tree with arms crossed and penis and balls out and proud

Greg is always watching