@damgerryharkin.bsky.social
Academic at QUT. Specialist in histological techniques and corneal bioengineering. Part-time nature photographer, guitarist and song writer. https://www.instagram.com/damgerryharkin/profilecard/?igsh=MThnYjU5c2JubnRtYw== https://youtube.com/@damienharkin
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A few more of my latest pics from Mt Coot-tha.
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Close up of green caterpillar’s head with red claws.
Close up of green caterpillar’s head with red claws.
Close up of green caterpillar’s head with red claws.
Green caterpillar in full view climbing a stalk.
Always enjoy finding a caterpillar to photograph.
Have no idea what species this is. Image search says some sort of moth.
An everlasting flower with spider hiding in the shadows.
01.02.2026 00:22 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0As a dyslexic, this is super interesting to me.
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Great shot!
20.01.2026 20:59 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Just took a similar pic.
18.01.2026 19:24 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A few more latest pics.
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Jumping spider on sunflower.
Lynx spider on marigold.
Close up of a hungry caterpillar’s face.
A grasshopper contemplating its future.
A few latest pics.
17.01.2026 21:09 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A jumping spider with white whiskers and black brown body staring into the lens.
Side profile of fly with bright red compound eye sitting in a leaf.
A red brown coloured beetle sitting at the tip of a green leaf.
A bright green grasshopper with brown back, hiding within a bush.
Some of my first shots for 2026.
#macrophotography
#entomology
#arachnids
Two jumping spiders hiding from each other on two sides of the same leaf.
Assassin bug sitting on a green leaf.
A green caterpillar doing a back bend while sitting on a green stem of a plant.
Frontal closeup of a friendly grasshopper saying hope you have a wonderful year ahead.
Final set of weekly bug pics for 2025.
#macrophotography
#entomology
#arachnids
Best wishes to all my BlueSky friends for the new year ahead.
An orange ladybug resting on a green leaf.
A hairy spider hanging within the middle of its web.
A red ladybug with black markings resting on a wide green leaf.
A large dragonfly resting on the tip of a leaf.
A few latest pics from Mt Coot-tha botanic gardens.
#macrophotography
#entomology
#arachnids
A carpenter’s plane resting on a work bench.
Lots of memories in Dad’s home workshop.
I’m only qualified to assemble IKEA furniture, but perhaps still time to learn cabinet making as a hobby in retirement?
(Still a few years away yet!)
Apparently the trend started when Pete Townshend accidentally broke a guitar on a low ceiling and was then forever expected by fans to keep destroying guitars.
14.12.2025 22:15 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A great album, but as a keen guitarist, I’ve never quite been able to accept the whole “guitar smashing” concept.
As young players, we struggle to buy our first guitar and work our way up to being able to afford better guitars. We cherish them.
A bright blue damselfly resting on a green leaf.
A jumping spider staring straight ahead with its large saucer shaped eyes.
A brown spider with spiky legs walking away on a green leaf.
Two green bugs with long front legs sitting on a pink flower.
Latest collection of pics from “The Mountain”.
#macrophotography
#entomology
#arachnids
A cotton stainer bug with orange a black markings sitting on a green leaf.
An orange and black milkweed in side profile bug standing on a green hibiscus tree leaf.
Black and red juvenile harlequin bugs being watched by an older metallic blue and red coloured bug.
A black and yellow coloured ladybird bug sitting on a green leaf.
Latest best pics from Mt Coot-tha.
22.11.2025 11:16 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
And received the Nobel Prize for it!
Barry Marshall
From Western Australia
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Love the melanocytes!
09.11.2025 12:02 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Congratulations!
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A white flower crab spider resting on top of a red kangaroo paw flower.
A lynx spider with striped body resting on the side of a yellow everlasting flower.
A small wasp resting on a yellow everlasting flower.
A white flower crab spider and a bug tussle for survival.
Latest best bug pics from strolling around Mt Coot-tha.
#macrophotography
#entomology
#arachnids
Close up image of 6 bright yellow stamens in middle of red flower.
I think I snapped one of these yesterday.
05.10.2025 09:24 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Hoverfly eating pollen from a blue cornflower.
A baby grasshopper visiting a pink cornflower.
A baby grasshopper resting on a flower that’s lost most of its white petals.
A young hibiscus harlequin bug sitting on a green leaf while staring down the lens of my camera and saying hello.
Four of the best pics from today’s visit to Mt Coot-tha.
#macrophotography #entomology #botany
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Oh look! Skyhooks!
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Nice rig!
Enjoy!!
Amazing!
28.09.2025 11:39 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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It’s a great time of year at the moment with spring setting in here.
There are many weeks when I’m struggling to find much.
A fly sitting on a white everlasting flower with pink highlights.
A brown bug foraging on pollen from an everlasting flower.
A hover flower resting on the remains of a flower after losing its petals.
A hover fly from above while resting on the same flower.
Latest pics from Mt Coot-tha.
#macrophotography
#entomology