Composite image from #AutomatedMothTrap operated in #Aranda, #ACT, #Australia over night of 3 to 4 Apr 2026.

High-resolution (7740 × 4760) copy at: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55185417192_d8e86efc6e_o.jpg

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Buckeye (Junonia coenia)
Driftless Area, Dane County, WI, USA
#butterfly #insects #lepidoptera #nature #naturephotography #extinction #wildlife #entomology #pesticides #geoengineering aerosols
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American Dagger Moth caterpillar (Acronicta americana)
Driftless Area, Dane County, WI, USA
#moth #insects #lepidoptera #nature #naturephotography #extinction #wildlife #entomology #pesticides #geoengineering aerosols #caterpillar
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Eastern Pine Elfin (Callophrys niphon)
Ice Age National Scientific Reserve Unit, Baraboo, WI, USA
#butterfly #insects #lepidoptera #nature #naturephotography #extinction #wildlife #entomology #pesticides #geoengineering aerosols
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ich habe gestern wieder einen der größeren unter den hier vorkommenden kurzflügelkäfern gesehen, einen

Ocypus nitens
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocypus_nitens

und wieder an der mehr oder weniger gleichen stelle, da scheint es wohl ein stabiles vorkommen zu geben :3

#insekten #insects #krabbeltierchen #BugOfTheDay #nature #biodiversity #entomology

The woman who disproved Aristotle's theory that "lower beings" spontaneously generate. This is Maria Sybilla Marien's story and how she played a huge role in the birth of entomology.

#MariaSybillaMarien #WomenInScience #Entomology

https://youtu.be/hYzfD7MZCpw?si=tHADn3xRlTCix139

The Woman Who Disproved Aristotle: Maria Sybilla Marien and the Birth of Entomology

YouTube
Massive insect body size 300 million years ago may not have been due to high atmospheric oxygen https://phys.org/news/2026-03-massive-insect-body-size-million.html 🦟 #FossilFriday #Insects #Prehistoric #Entomology
Massive insect body size 300 million years ago may not have been due to high atmospheric oxygen

Three-hundred-million years ago, Earth was very different. The continents had coalesced into Pangea, which was dominated in its equatorial regions by vast coal-swamp forests. With high atmospheric oxygen levels, wildfires were common.

Phys.org

🐛 Cryptaspasma querula

📅 Observed on 2025-04-01

👤 By: aalbertrebergen

📌 Location: Waikouaiti, New Zealand

🔗 iNaturalist link: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/331136806

📷 Photo credits: (c) Aalbert Rebergen, some rights reserved (CC BY)

🔎 Learn more about the taxon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptaspasma_querula

#iNaturalist #Nature #WildlifePhotography #Entomology #Insects

"This is the first evidence of birth assistance in non-primates" – well, somebody needs to read more about ants and social insects in general.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/27/scientists-film-whale-giving-birth-other-whales-help-her

#entomology #whales #animals

Scientists film whale giving birth while other whales work together to help her

Female named Rounder surrounded by family members when about to give birth to her second calf

The Guardian

Composite image from #AutomatedMothTrap operated in #Aranda, #ACT, #Australia over night of 2 to 3 Apr 2026.

High-resolution (7740 × 4760) copy at: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55184810579_8e2a9441da_o.jpg

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