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it’s bugs

invertebrate (writhing)'s avatar invertebrate (writhing) @crevicedwelling.bsky.social
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not even sure if the junco noticed it! the finches here all like to pick at the sand, maybe seeds falling from the cliffside or else something tasty in the sand? honestly didn’t even notice the worm myself either until editing photo

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I wonder if there are any other photos containing both a Dark-eyed Junco and a giant ragworm. little bird didn’t seem fazed by the sea serpent, was picking at something tiny in the sand

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invertebrate (writhing)'s avatar invertebrate (writhing) @crevicedwelling.bsky.social
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flies are probably the too-rarely praised heroes of insect biodiversity. I can’t think of a day where I’ve gone out and not seen some sort of weird fly, cold, rain, heat, sunny, dark… you’re never too far from a fly.

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invertebrate (writhing)'s avatar invertebrate (writhing) @crevicedwelling.bsky.social
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these flies seem to all have coordinated their color schemes! rhagionid, hybotid, asilid; snipe, dance, robber.

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Sam's avatar Sam @mardiroos.bsky.social
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Haha man that's crazy, I'm happy for you. But soft; I hear some great beast stirring in tunnels below

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invertebrate (writhing)'s avatar invertebrate (writhing) @crevicedwelling.bsky.social
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they might be my favorite animal I’ve seen here, when still thriving they glide through the water like a hallucination or a small sea serpent. a dead one I found had its big gnashing jaws extruded, reminds me of a giant centipede. I wonder what it feels like to be primed to fall apart at all times

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wonderful and strange and a little sad to see these forearm-length nereids beached after a night’s spawning, still resolutely trying to move with all their life’s energy having been converted into gametes. they explode in a shower of blood and guts when touched lightly

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Bugge-Finder Private Newton Pulsifer 🏳️‍⚧️'s avatar Bugge-Finder Private Newton Pulsifer 🏳️‍⚧️ @apsciencebydan.bsky.social
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Look you can't just paint eyes on your wings and be a spider--oh, well would you look at that 🌿 🦋

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invertebrate (writhing)'s avatar invertebrate (writhing) @crevicedwelling.bsky.social
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answers about 75 % of the questions in biology, yeah I assume the giant arms, lacking in females, is sexual selection

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invertebrate (writhing)'s avatar invertebrate (writhing) @crevicedwelling.bsky.social
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that’s a tanaid! they’re in with the isopods and mysids but very much their own weird little “minor” order

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invertebrate (writhing)'s avatar invertebrate (writhing) @crevicedwelling.bsky.social
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yeah! looking at them next to normal amphipod I can see how you’d get that from really stretching every segment as far as it goes

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invertebrate (writhing)'s avatar invertebrate (writhing) @crevicedwelling.bsky.social
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kinda impressed with how my macro lens on a camera is doubling as a portable microscope even for watery stuff

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invertebrate (writhing)'s avatar invertebrate (writhing) @crevicedwelling.bsky.social
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lol yeah. Nebalia gets some red cells for the eyes and Leptocheila gets A Little Greens

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invertebrate (writhing)'s avatar invertebrate (writhing) @crevicedwelling.bsky.social
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I feel very strongly that no creature deserves to be overlooked or ridiculed for its existence but these guys really feel like they were made of spare parts just to fill in some gaps in the 🦀 tree of life

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invertebrate (writhing)'s avatar invertebrate (writhing) @crevicedwelling.bsky.social
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out here finding the weirdest little guys I never knew existed. what even is a leptostracan or a tanaid

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Mike N.'s avatar Mike N. @mniesphoto.com
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Thought I finally got a tarantula wasp shot today, but the abdomen was wrong. A biology PhD student friend showed it to some colleagues, who pointed me to the Alcathoe genus on iNaturalist.

#Invertebrates

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invertebrate (writhing)'s avatar invertebrate (writhing) @crevicedwelling.bsky.social
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I love a good tide pool and the blobby, sharp, colorful, and diverse inverts found within, but I always have to come back to the land. sea bugs good, land bugs… better

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invertebrate (writhing)'s avatar invertebrate (writhing) @crevicedwelling.bsky.social
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SNAKEFLY! not an order of insects found in the Eastern US where I live, so very pleased to have seen this lovely Agulla (?) lady after a nice morning tidepooling. lifer raphidiopteran!

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invertebrate (writhing)'s avatar invertebrate (writhing) @crevicedwelling.bsky.social
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nice! I found a flat bethy the other day and sent it flying off the blade of grass with my big clunky diffuser

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invertebrate (writhing)'s avatar invertebrate (writhing) @crevicedwelling.bsky.social
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not sure if I’m seeing what you’re seeing!

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invertebrate (writhing)'s avatar invertebrate (writhing) @crevicedwelling.bsky.social
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there’s also a whole holiday (today!) dedicated to appreciating this tiny arachnid, with people setting off fireworks in emulation of its iridescence and quick movements.

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fun USA 🇺🇸 fact: the flag’s design was based on the colors of this beautiful jumping spider! Habronattus americanus pair, coastal WA.

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both were large weevils and would swivel their tarsi back against the tibia, revealing a sharp spine on the “shin” of that segment that they used to poke me. definitely understandable why the spiders left them alone! also note the mites, heavy on 2 but 1 also has a few (of a diff. species)

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here’s two lovely members of the genus Cactophagus, both found hanging in orbweaver webs while walking trails in Costa Rica. presumably, they were too large, hard, or scary for the spider to attempt eating!

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invertebrate (writhing)'s avatar invertebrate (writhing) @crevicedwelling.bsky.social
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ah, good to know that you can just… keep blasting them and hopefully a photo will turn out?

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ascalaphid's avatar ascalaphid @ascalaphid.com
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hands you some bugs

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invertebrate (writhing)'s avatar invertebrate (writhing) @crevicedwelling.bsky.social
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the scathing glare of a red rock crab disturbed from its crevice

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invertebrate (writhing)'s avatar invertebrate (writhing) @crevicedwelling.bsky.social
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Scaphinotus angusticollis & passengers. this is a big snail-eating ground beetle, lovely resident of the PNW

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invertebrate (writhing)'s avatar invertebrate (writhing) @crevicedwelling.bsky.social
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the crab was the bitey thing. I bested it in combat

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invertebrate (writhing)'s avatar invertebrate (writhing) @crevicedwelling.bsky.social
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sometimes its nice to reach into a hole and pull out a huge ugly (beautiful) crab man

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Bugge-Finder Private Newton Pulsifer 🏳️‍⚧️'s avatar Bugge-Finder Private Newton Pulsifer 🏳️‍⚧️ @apsciencebydan.bsky.social
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Not sure I've ever posted this pair together: Urodus parvula moths make this gorgeous cocoon, and are handsome black creatures themselves. I found the unopened cocoon early last year, and the moth emerged some time later. It's such a cool creation. 🖤 🌿🧪🦋

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invertebrate (writhing)'s avatar invertebrate (writhing) @crevicedwelling.bsky.social
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as everyone has said, the nonnative ones for sale are probably fine to use; but to answer your question I’m not sure if any mantises are native there! I believe Stagmomantis can be found just a little north of Detroit but seems to be none to few observations (iNat) from central central Michigan

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Bugge-Finder Private Newton Pulsifer 🏳️‍⚧️'s avatar Bugge-Finder Private Newton Pulsifer 🏳️‍⚧️ @apsciencebydan.bsky.social
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I don't understand this creature, I just love them (black leaf-leg planthopper 🖤) 🌿

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saw this earlier got distracted by my own flies: ceratopogonids (noseeums) feed on vertebrate or invertebrate blood, this looks like one

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invertebrate (writhing)'s avatar invertebrate (writhing) @crevicedwelling.bsky.social
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haven’t seen Elgaria since I was a kid visiting Arizona, and that was a fleeting few seconds. this one might’ve been a little chilly so was easy to pick up and get photos of

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if gnat czar isn’t a phrase that’s been spoken before in this world, i am glad you have said it

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Karl Magnacca's avatar Karl Magnacca @kmagnacca.bsky.social
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The Kiss by Gustav Klimt, 1908 (📸 by myself)

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