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Red Admiral, casting a long shadow. #bugstodon

Fun facts about Red Admirals:

1. They used to be called “red admirables”.

2. They migrate between the UK and Ireland, continental Europe and North Africa. The American subspecies migrates similarly.

3.They like to get drunk on fermented fruit.

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it's #WeevilWednesday black vine weevil (_Otiorhynchus sulcatus_) #bugstodon #insects #beetles #weevils #Coleoptera #Curculionidae #Entiminae

Have some oribatid mites for #MiteMonday. These tiny detritivorous soil-dwelling mites look kind of like shiny poppy seeds. The plates on their sides are called pteromorphs ("wing-shaped") and are a feature of certain groups. #bugstodon #Mitestodon #arachnids #mites #Acari #Acariformes #Oribatida #Poronota

Who is this little guy? He just landed on me and DIED! #bugstodon

#Rausgeschafft ist heute mal wieder zu einer ziemlichen Foto-Session geworden... 162 Aufnahmen Wir haben nämlich Wald-Springkraut gefunden, das hier mittlerweile an vielen Stellen von invasiven Verwandten verdrängt wird... Tiny meint: Impatiens noli-tangere Bruce... Hat das mit dem springen falsch verstanden ... Und dabei eine Wanze aufgescheucht #Bloomscrolling #Makrofotografie #MacroPhotography #bugstodon

#WeevilWednesday: some people have been confused about how female hollyhock weevils (_Rhopalapion longirostre_) use their long snouts, so here you go. Her mouthparts are at the end of the snout. She chews a tunnel down into the heart of the flowerbud. Then she turns around, extends her ovipositor (at the end of her abdomen), and lays eggs down the hole. The larvae have a safe place to grow, with plenty of food! #bugstodon #insects #weevils #Coleoptera #Curculionoidea #Brentidae #Apioninae

und jetzt zurück zu den wichtigen dingen: #krabbeltierchen 🤩 Rotbeinige Baumwanze Pentatoma rufipes https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotbeinige_Baumwanze #insekten #insects #BugOfTheDay #bugstodon #nature #biodiversity #entomology #macro

A bunch of those generic viral "good news" sites are sharing this February 2025 Signal Hill story about a ten-year-old boy in Japan collaborating with one of the American entomologists who showed butterflies remember what they learn as caterpillars (https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0001736) to prove, amazingly, that butterflies pass on these learned memories to their offspring. However they all say less than the original story, and you really have to listen to it/read the transcript! I have the mp3 saved on my phone to relisten to because it legit makes me tear up a little. It's wonderfully told. Original story: https://www.signalhill.fm/issue-one/#caterpillar-roadshow MP3 direct link: https://storage.ghost.io/c/16/19/1619a79c-38d2-4e0c-8276-10c5572e1e6a/content/media/2025/02/CaterpillarRoadshow.mp3 #bugstodon #SciComm #entomology #butterflies #Lepidoptera

#MakroMittwoch 🤩 eins der dinge die mich an #krabbeltierchen so faszinieren ist ihre fremdartigkeit, dieser völlig von allem was wir in unserer welt so kennen abweichende aufbau, die daraus erwachsende skurrilität. seht euch nur zB dieses frühe nymphenstadium einer Lederwanze Coreus marginatus https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lederwanze an! ihr imago duftet nach äpfeln :D #insekten #insects #BugOfTheDay #bugstodon #AuwaldRunde #nature #biodiversity #entomology #macro

#bugstodon addition, a lil green leafhopper from yesterday

So I don't think I mentioned this on here, but a couple weeks ago, walking to the grocery store, I was surprised to find a couple of *beautiful* metallic green sweat bees peeking out of burrows in a rather weedy, neglected, half-bare corner of yard, right by the sidewalk. Today I saw them again and was taking pictures when one of the residents was coming home. I was like, "Did you know you have BEES" and pointed them out to her, and she was very excited! She mentioned they make sure to leave leaf litter over the winter for better insect habitat. I went on my way and when I glanced back she was also stooping down to take pictures of them. #bugstodon #insects #bees #NativeBees #Hymenoptera #Anthophila #Halictidae

Today's whirligig mites are eating:

• small fly (midge?)
• plant bug nymphs
• another whirligig mite

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'Optische Täuschung' #FotoVorschlag tarnung ist ja an sich eine form der täuschung, oft eine optische. und hier fühlt es sich beim betrachten auch wie eine an, hirnverzwirbelnd Marmorierte Baumwanze Halyomorpha halys https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmorierte_Baumwanze #insekten #insects #BugOfTheDay #bugstodon #krabbeltierchen #wanze #tarnung #camouflage #nature #biodiversity #entomology