@joshecology.bsky.social
Exploring local wildlife and beyond with a focus on invertebrates and invasive species. Ecologist, conservationist, macro photographer. ๐ Belfast-based
Top 100! ๐ธ This photo of mating harvestmen (Dicranopalpus ramosus) made it to the top 100 of 'Close-up Photographer of the Year' @cupoty.bsky.social - the annual top international #macrophotography awards. Grateful to the judges to be selected, and to be among amazing finalists! #opiliones
24.01.2025 20:53 โ ๐ 30 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 1
2024 had promise but it wasn't it.
A select few highlights. If want further info on any, feel free to ask.
#macrophotography #birds #opiliones #weevils #bees #moths #wildflowers
Nominated by @majailiczg.bsky.social (thank you!) on German Bluesky to share a hexapod for #HexapoDezember (forgot to do it 27th, sorry!) ๐ฉ๐ช
Went for a walk today, not a lot about but did find a Juniper Shieldbug (Cyphostethus tristriatus)
For 29th December I nominate @microwildhq.bsky.social
Zum 26. #HexapoDezember mรถchte ich ein paar Fotos von schlafenden Wespenbienen (parasitรคre Wildbienen) der Gattung Nomada teilen (engl. Nomada cuckoo bees), gesichtet Ende Mรคrz.
Fรผr den 27. Beitrag nominiere ich/For the 27. post I nominate @joshecology.bsky.social
Two non-invertebrate portraits
Bohemian Waxwing with head like a whip of ice cream or Terk from animated Tarzan. January 2024, east Belfast
Irish Hare with the tiny ears. Antrim Hills, November 2021
#wildlifephotography #irishwildlife #birds #mammals #bohemianwaxwing #irishhare #animalportraits
ICYMI
Hay Wijnhoven, who first discovered the harvestman Leiobunum species A, just dropped a new Nelima species from Spain.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Aw the little humbugs! Congrats, looking forward to seeing them grow - and some mid-moult shots!
26.11.2024 17:46 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
A baby harvestman sitting on a piece of wood. It camouflages well into the background
The same baby harvestman on the same wood, this time, with a ruler beside it, showing that it is probably just about one millimetre in length, maybe less.
The same baby harvestman from a slightly different angle.
Well, today, I rechecked the vivarium and spotted that the egg had hatched. It took me ages to find the juvenile as it is so tiny (~1mm) and well-camouflaged. I also found two more!
Raising 'harvestkids' is very tough; I'd love to bring them to adulthood. Please send me your best wishes! ๐ค
Microscope photograph in side view of a brilliant metallic blue wasp in the genus Chrysis with black wings, dead and pinned through the thorax. The photo shows tremendous detail of the fine hairs and pits on the insect's body.
Wide angle photograph of a glass-topped museum drawer filled with little white trays full of small insects. The trays are labeled "Chrysis spp." and other various species names in the genus Chrysis.
Some of what I do as an entomology curator is Chrysis management.
20.11.2024 21:02 โ ๐ 893 ๐ 125 ๐ฌ 32 ๐ 7Great list - can I be added? Belfast-based with focus on inverts
20.11.2024 19:45 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Hello, I'd like to be added if possible - early career, solitary bees, harvestmen and non-native species focus
19.11.2024 19:59 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Thank you!
19.11.2024 09:52 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Hello would like to be added
18.11.2024 22:27 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Some people might say I am obsessed with harvestmen. But I don't know what they're talking about.
Dicranopalpus ramosus
Platybunus pinetorum
Nemastoma bimaculatum
Megabunus diadema
#opiliones #ouropiliones #harvestmen #irishwildlife #wildlifephotography #irishbiodiversity
Red admiral, a butterfly with dark wings but distinct red stripe with white spots at rest in a wet night time urban setting. The urban lights illuminating it.
A bee that looks like a wasp grasping a yellow petal with it's mandibles and seemingly 'planking' but is at rest.
An orchid with subdued colours but no less impressive - the petals open up almost like the mouth of the fictional alien from the movie franchise Predator. The flower is illuminated, with the background darkened.
A stout bird with dark wings, a chocolate head, and white throat, getting ready to dive from the moss covered rock it is on I to the stream to catch prey.
Hi, I'm Josh - ecologist/conservationist/photographer from & based in Belfast.
Here's a small series of photographs covering a few things
๐ฆ๐ Red Admiral
๐ Nomada rufipes resting
๐ชปBroad-leaved Helleborine
๐ฆ White-throated Dipper
#irishwildlife #wildlifephotography #entomology #botany #birds
It's stunning! I would love to explore some of the families we don't get over this way, there's some incredible species - some that fluoresce like scorpions too!
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