Close Encounters 🐝 for an early #insectsaturday

So, I was at the hospital this evening - not for any medical reasons or anything! They just have a huge bush of Star Jasmine there that I like to smell. Let's not make this weird, okay?

Anyway, they also have these trees that I got to find the name of but they had these little ones on them! This is a Scolia Hirta or Hairy Scoliid Wasp. Just chilling out. Look at its little "hands" holding onto the leaf! 😭

#photography #amateurphotography #insect #spring #wasp #wasps #scoliahirta #scoliidwasp #insectsofthefediverse #insekt #closeup #macro #insektensamstag #leaves #trees #nature #urbangarden #natura #italia #italy #bologna #urbannature

If, like me, you're fascinated by the activity of the crows in your neighbourhood... and crows in general, this is a crow centered blog from a Vancouver crow fan.

I always look forward to June Hunter's Urban Nature newsletter with its amazing crow photos.

It's nesting season. Yay!

#Crows #Nature #Birds #UrbanNature

https://urbannature.blog/2026/05/14/nesting-news-3/

Nesting News

Nesting season is fully underway once again, and, as usual, things are going more smoothly for some crows than for others. My next post will give a rundown on how individual crows are doing, but to…

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Little yellow in The Andes.
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