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Kathleen

@sandalfaun.bsky.social

Artist,photographer with interest in geology, astronomy. I enjoy walking through forests and beaches, very long hikes inner city, swimming, gardening, dancing, and good music! Anyone else out there getting a little bit frightened with what’s going on?

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“Calleta Silkmoth”

Found in our garden this morning. It’s REALLY big.

#MothMonday

09.03.2026 16:35 — 👍 30    🔁 7    💬 2    📌 0
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Well a 1st to photograph for me, Carpenter Bees mating.
#insects #bees

06.03.2026 23:28 — 👍 20    🔁 3    💬 3    📌 0
A butterfly with orange, black and white wings on a yellow flower.

A butterfly with orange, black and white wings on a yellow flower.

Painted Lady Butterfly on Brittlebush flower. #butterflies #insects

06.03.2026 23:44 — 👍 14    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Do I have any followers who know about bees? I had this large amber/orange bee in my yard this afternoon. #insects #bees

07.03.2026 00:47 — 👍 24    🔁 4    💬 2    📌 0

WOW! 😱❤️🕊❤️🕊

07.03.2026 02:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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I just signed a petition telling President Trump: No War for Israel! Help reach the signature goal — add your name too: nowarforisrael.org?source=blues...

07.03.2026 01:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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It's #FlyDay!!!!
Critters that fly. This #LadyBug can fly.
I took this the day I found out my #CanonR7 has a photo stacking feature built in. #Sigma105Macro plus a 31mm extension tube made it difficult to get the whole thing sharp, but the head and eyes turned out ok.
#EastCoastKin #macro #insects

06.03.2026 20:02 — 👍 11    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Stumbled across this Wood Ant this morning, presumably fresh from its winter hibernation, scouting on a rotten stump
#Entomology #WoodAnt #MacroPhotography #NatureUK #Insects #WildlifePhotography #SurreyWildlife

06.03.2026 21:26 — 👍 12    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Come see this queen and other cards of the Arcana at Zoetropolis, in Lancaster, PA tonight and all month!

#arcana #tarot #sciart #bugsky #queen

06.03.2026 12:30 — 👍 17    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

❤️🕊

06.03.2026 14:16 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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www.instagram.com/reel/DVJpxev... any independent ladies out there will enjoy this no end it is a beautiful bowl. Found it on Instagram.

03.03.2026 02:26 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I love these little bugs. It’s so cute.. lots of times I’ll find them along the shore as of Lake Erie struggling I don’t know if they fly through the storms or what but there are. They are on the rocks on the dead wood.❤️🕊

02.03.2026 17:28 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Surreal Moth

Hope you like it! (^v^)

#surreal #psychedelic #orange #moth #insect #fantasy #creature #animals #nature #illustration #graphicdesign

02.03.2026 16:00 — 👍 13    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

❤️🕊❤️🕊😻

02.03.2026 17:27 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Morning (loud) Eastern Eyed Click #Beetle from my summer walk in #Philly 🌞 #MacroMonday #BugSky#photography #macro #nature #insect #EastCoastKin

02.03.2026 16:08 — 👍 22    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0
Clouded Drab (Orthosia incerta). NFY.

Clouded Drab (Orthosia incerta). NFY.

A Clouded Drab NFY from the trap last night. Compared to some of the drabs I've seen on #TeamMoth today, this one is undoubtedly drabbier. But I'll take it; there's going to be a lot more in my trap over the next few months.

02.03.2026 16:26 — 👍 37    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Wolverhampton SJ90
3/1 Given the minimum temperature was only around 7C I was hoping for something more than 3 Common Quakers. It was a little breezy but still.
#teammoth

02.03.2026 16:49 — 👍 19    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
A close-up image of a red, black and white beetle crawling over a mossy pebbly path. Their red body has black spots. Their pronotum and head are black with two white spots on each.

A close-up image of a red, black and white beetle crawling over a mossy pebbly path. Their red body has black spots. Their pronotum and head are black with two white spots on each.

Ladybird in our back garden. 📷📸🎞️ #beetle #insect #ukwildlife

01.03.2026 01:25 — 👍 12    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

gorgeous butterflies❤️🕊

01.03.2026 04:22 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Despite the moon Oak Beauty & perennially reliable Hebrew Character saved me from a Wogan last night to kick off my mothing year here in vc45. #teammoth @gardenmothscheme.bsky.social

25.02.2026 15:51 — 👍 16    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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INSECTS OF MEXICO 1
Texaanse halvemaanvlek | Texan crescentspot
(Anthanassa texana)
Lerdo, Coahuila, Mexico

#mexico #coahuila #vlinder #butterfly #insectphotography

25.02.2026 03:22 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
A Florida Red-Bellied Cooter turtle perched stoically on a mossy log sloping out of the water.

A Florida Red-Bellied Cooter turtle perched stoically on a mossy log sloping out of the water.

“You have power over your mind — not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” — Marcus Aurelius
#turtle #florida #pond #marsh

25.02.2026 01:42 — 👍 19    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

I love the photo❤️🕊❤️ such a beautiful bird. I love those little guys.

25.02.2026 05:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Teeny lil mushroom popping up out of the sand prairie and dead grass.

Teeny lil mushroom popping up out of the sand prairie and dead grass.

Riding out of the sand prairie! 🍄 🌿

#fungifriends

24.02.2026 15:06 — 👍 9    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
A tall red and white mushroom grows in front of stringy green moss that hangs down from a wall of dirt in the background. This mushroom, Amanita muscaria, stands about 10 inches tall. Its stipe is thick and white with a rough-looking texture. Its cap is dome shaped, reddish-orange, and covered in slightly separated raises white patches.

A tall red and white mushroom grows in front of stringy green moss that hangs down from a wall of dirt in the background. This mushroom, Amanita muscaria, stands about 10 inches tall. Its stipe is thick and white with a rough-looking texture. Its cap is dome shaped, reddish-orange, and covered in slightly separated raises white patches.

Stringy green moss makes a great backdrop for a reddish-orange and white Amanita muscaria 🌱🍄

📷 Canon R5
Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM
M, f/4, 1/20, ISO 400
Stack of 9 images
11/6/24
Northern Oregon Coast

#mushroom #fungifriends #mushrooms

🍄📷 📸🎞 🌿🌱 🟢 🍄 🍄‍🟫

24.02.2026 15:21 — 👍 175    🔁 16    💬 0    📌 0
pyxie cup lichen

pyxie cup lichen

I believe this lichen is called pyxie cup or lesser sulphur cup. Grows on top of a wooden fence by the river.

#lichen #fungi #fungifriends #nature

24.02.2026 16:13 — 👍 24    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
Cedar cup in grass

Cedar cup in grass

Cedar cup found today! #fungi 🍄📷

24.02.2026 18:32 — 👍 46    🔁 8    💬 1    📌 1

I think they’re beautiful❤️🕊

25.02.2026 05:07 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
"Photo of a dozen or so tiny, bronze coloured slime mold sporangia that look kinda like tiny cups on short stalks…the cups have covers. The slime mold is on a green, leafy lichen."

"Photo of a dozen or so tiny, bronze coloured slime mold sporangia that look kinda like tiny cups on short stalks…the cups have covers. The slime mold is on a green, leafy lichen."

#ColorADay
#CyanTuesday
#lichen #fungi
#fungifriends

"Slime mold, Craterium minutum on lichen, Parmelia sulcata. NWT, Canada.
The slime mold sporangia are only about 2 to 3mm high."

Jeff, Stopping by Woods
@jeffontherock.bsky.social

24.02.2026 20:06 — 👍 65    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 0
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Look at this happy bunch! scruffy twiglets? #fungi #fungifriends #mushrooms #nature #macro

25.02.2026 00:11 — 👍 40    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0