Elli Klaus

Wasps are great, and like all little critturs, greatly appreciate clean fresh water in hot weather. #inverts 🐙

A macro photo of two beetles attacking another insect, on a pale, crystalline rock. The beetles have dull dark bluish abdomens and orange head/legs/thorax. Their prey is a similar-sized, orange-brown insect, probably a termite alate (an alate is a winged, reproductive male or female termite or ant that leaves to form a new colony; this one has lost its wings, which they do after their short nuptial flight; in this case, it might also have been due to the beetles' attack).

Two bombardier beetles (Brachinus sp.) attacking a termite. Many insects defend themselves with smelly/irritating chemicals; these beetles go to 11. They mix chemicals in their abdomen, and the resulting reaction reaches near boiling; the noxious mixture is emitted with an audible pop. 🐙🌿 #insects

Watch: Huge stick insect discovered in Australia A new "supersized" species of stick insect that is roughly as heavy as a golf ball has been discovered in Australia.

Watch: Huge stick #insect discovered in #Australia

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Love it!

This one is a syrphid 🤗

A lateral view of a green caterpillar with white spots surrounded by black. It has a brown and black spike at the end of its abdomen directed upwards. The head is light brown and black on top. It is sitting on a little twig of spurge.

Quite a colour explosion in European regards 😅 This is a Leafy Spurge #Hawkmoth ( #Hyles #euphorbiae) eating it's host plant, a Cypress Spurge. It's a young one, it will be double its size. Seen in the #Binntal, #Valais, #Switzerland

#bugsky #insects #inverts #macro #photography #inat

Jumping spider facing the camera generally brown in colour with rings of shades of brown on the legs. The front eyes have right and left white strikes extending to the side of the head.

Just a little jumper - a female #Aelurillus v-insignitus from the #Binntal in #Valais. They are quite common in their habitat but easily overlooked. This individual was 2-3 mm tall. Love to find them! 😍
#bugsky #salticidae #inverts #spiders #spidersky

GREAT movie on the village pasture of Pufesti, Romania: predatory Emus hirtus fighting down a dung beetle.
Filmed by Josepha Hirsch.

SPEECHLESS BEFORE / AFTER #BLATTEN

The magnitude of destruction after the 3:24 pm collapse of Birch Glacier is immense! 😱

All the forest has been razed and the ice/wood/debris dammed the Lonza river 🌊

Some buildings of Blatten are buried 🏠

📷 Pomona

Drawings of orchid seeds from 1863 book; photo of orchid seed germinated on synthetic, sucrose-containing medium; logo Botanical University Challenge.

🌱🌾🌍🍄🌺🌳🌿#SeedDispersal Another way for seeds to disperse themselves is to be tiny to drift through the air. #Orchids have taken this to an extreme, with most seeds much less than a milligram, abandoning food reserves, and relying on finding a fungus to nurture germination. #BUC2025

How David Attenborough’s Ocean exposed ‘violent’ bottom trawlers Somehow, this documentary is our first close-up look at the way commercial fishing wrecks the sea bed. One of the directors says it’s like watching Nemo flee for his life

How Attenborough’s Ocean exposed ‘violent’ bottom trawlers.

“We were aghast, it was a shock,” said producer Toby Nowlan, recalling the first time he saw video of the destructive fishing practice, where weighted nets are dragged across the sea bed.

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Die Megaherbivoren-Hypothese schön illlustriert und erklärt.
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A solitary bee (I don't know the species) sitting on a monkeyorchid (Orchis simia) with a pollinion on its front

For #InsectThursday I want to show you this #solitary #bee (I don't know the species) sitting on a #monkeyorchid (Orchis simia) with a pollinion on its front. This is how orchids spread their pollen, so cool! (France, 12.5.2024)
#bugsky #macrophotography #inverts #insects #pollinators

Dead honey bee caught by a (relatively) big grey female jumping spider. The male is on her and is probably trying to fertilise her.

It's #Worldbeeday! So here is my contribution: it's the #solitary wild #bees we care about - not the honey bee. It is those that we depend on for our food and all wildlife around. I like honey bees when they are good food for others, e.g. for this jumping #spider couple of #Asianellus festivus

A small bird with shimmering, iridescent feathers in vivid shades of green, blue, and orange perches on a textured branch, surrounded by a soft, out-of-focus natural background.

Fiery-throated Hummingbird at Paraiso Quetzal Lodge #CostaRica

#birds #hummingbirds #nature

What a great story about beavers in Scotland! Worth a look

Ponds are vital freshwater habitats which support a disproportionally high level of biodiversity but we’ve lost too many over time.
Making a pond is a great way to bring more messy habitat into your garden or park! 🪲🐸🦆

Teil der jahrelangen Brandserie? Vier Waldbrände in nur einer Woche in Gemeinde ausgebrochen Gleich zwei Waldbrände sind laut Polizei am Donnerstag im Amt Neuhaus (Landkreis Lüneburg) ausgebrochen. Bereits am Montag musste die Feuerwehr in der Gemeinde ausrücken.

Serviceskeet @ndr.de:
Da hat kein Wald gebrannt, sondern eine standortfremde Nadelholzplantage. 🌲🔥🌲

Laubwälder 🌳🌳 brennen in Mitteleuropa nicht.

Würde mich sehr freuen, wenn das in der Berichterstattung irgendwann mal berücksichtigt werden würde 🙏

Battered and bruised by a cat, his wings so torn that his name became Shreddie. But he's beaten the odds and is now fat and feisty. I tested his flight, watched him adjust with each circuit until he mastered it. Magnificent little common pipistrelle. #lovebats #batcare 🦇

Buchcover: Die Rückkehr der großen Pflanzenfresser. 2 erwachsene Wisente und ein Kälbchen

Grade bekommen: Ein wirklich tolles Buch, das hoffentlich hilft, unsere Prokrastination im Naturschutz zu überwinden. Das Thema wird breit abgedeckt:
1. Weidetierarten
2. Weideökologie
3. Wildtiermanagement
4. Naturschutz
5. Beispiele
Lauter Fachleute, toll illustriert! Kann es allen nur empfehlen!

This photograph captures Sir David Attenborough seated outdoors on the rugged terrain of Skomer Island. Behind him, the ocean and coastal cliffs form a scenic backdrop under a clear sky. Sir David, dressed in a khaki jacket and light trousers, looks towards the camera with a gentle expression, exuding a sense of warmth, calm, and wisdom. Around him, puffins can be seen flying and perched on the rocky ground, illuminated in rays of golden sunlight as the sun sets behind the cliffs.

Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉

Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.

You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.

Die Erde und der Mond in der nendlichen Weite des Alls. Zwei Leute im winzigkleinwn Deutschland unterhalten sich. Stimme 1: „IST SCHON DOOF, WENN AM ENDE DER JÄHRLICHEN RESSOURCEN IMMER NOCH SO VIEL JAHR ÜBRIG IST.“ Stimme 2: „JA, IRGENDWIE DOOF.“ Unterzeile: „KEIN PLANET B = VOLL DOOF“ (Credit: SCHWARWEL)

„Heute ist Erdüberlastungstag: Deutschland hat Ressourcen für 2025 aufgebraucht“
#Erdüberlastungstag #ressourcenschonen #Raubbau #schwarwel

🕷️Close-up view of the eyes of a little "Oklahoma Brown Tarantula" (Aphonopelma hentzi) found beneath a stone in the woods. Apparently females can live up to ~20 years, and males ~5-10!

Wow, so nice!

For me, it's always exciting to find a bug with entomopathogenic fungi.
They are always a treat to the eyes, and I mean, just look at the intricate structures of the fungi coming out of the wasp, amazing!

Have a good one, y'all

Very nice!

Amazing shot!

Its time for #inverteFest!

We might not be in spring in the Southern hemisphere, but there’s still lots of #invertebrates about to share here and on @inaturalist.bsky.social

a male jumping spider with bright red legs, red pedipalps, large greenish eyes with a blue iridescent stripe beneath the eye, and fangs with bundles of white hairs

this pretty spider has me thinking about pretty spiders

male Habronattus americanus, from the Deep Creek Mountains of far western UT

I was lucky enough to find this resting Nomad Bee in my garden yesterday evening. These are one of the Cuckoo Bees, laying their eggs in the nests of mining bees.

#macro #macrophotography #ukwildlife #gardenwildlife #dorsetwildlife #bees #nomadbee #OMSystem #OM-1