Okay @vlrny Here are a couple of these cuties- I believe they are some sort of Lappet moths, I'll see if get a better id when I get some posted on iNat. I've seen a nmumber of them over the last week or two, on walls near outdoor nightlights. They blend in well with dried leaves, wood etc- can be more obvious on walls, but where there's some dbris caught in spider webs etc, they can still be hard to spot!
#moth #inverts #insects #InsectFriday #Alberta #Canada #nature

Tiny native bees among other critters enjoying the flowers in the rock garden- native plants have not started to flower yet (except poplars and willows, the first herbaceous could be any day). On Draba aizoides and Tulipa urumiensis (or something) #garden #insects #bees #pollinators #spring #Alberta #Canada #inverts #BloomScrolling #Florespondence #photography

Mourning Cloak Nymphalis antiopa As usual 1st butterfly of the year for me! We've had a few warm dry 'bug' days, but not many + more chances of rain/snow this week + cooler days after low- mid teens the last couple. This was a sunny clear strip within open woods. This spot dry but snow/puddles 10-20m away. A few minutes later, (the same?) one flew up from one of the icey patches. No flowers of any kind yet.
#butterfly #insects #inverts #spring #Alberta #Canada #nature #photography

I usually like to use current photos for #ArtAdventCalendar (Day 09) but yesterday I was only out long enough to cut a little wood + too lazy to take photos of decorations..lol So! as we approach Winter Solstice, views from the opposite side of the year as we approached Summer Solstice. I chose shots with a lot of shadow as a reminder that there always needs to be a balance between Light + Dark #animist #pagan #summer #florespondence #Bloomscrolling #butterfly #inverts #NativePlants #pollinators

I thought I was just taking photos of remaining leaves on Prunus tomentosa Nanking Cherry in the afternoon light. But, once I saw them closer on the computer screen I realised at least some of the leaves are no longer attached to the plant- some critter has made a wooly haven for ..? eggs (spider) or for their own transformation (caterpillar)? if all goes well over winter, new life will emerge from those leaves in the spring.. #nature #inverts #insects #arachnids #garden #Alberta #photography

Some Tailed Jay photos for #WingedWednesday #Inverts #Photography #Nature #EastCoastKin #Butterfly 🌿🖌️

This is a cool mid-size #moth (a couple/several individuals shot over a couple of days) that I saw for a week or so (2?), shot during the day on the wall/screen door of the old trailer, below a night light. They perch mostly wings out, looking very much like an autumn leaf! Possibly Maple Spanworm Moth Ennomos magnaria we don't really have maple trees here, but they also use other species including Poplar which we have lots of! #insects #nature #Alberta #Canada #inverts

Another #wasp on the #Aralia in the #garden I've only had a couple of brief poor views of similar in the past, so I was excited to see this one! At first I just got a couple of distant snaps and it was gone! I spent more than half an hour traipsing around the acreage to all of the flowering plants, finally found it again on another Aralia plant. Not great/close shots, but I was still stoked! Waiting for id on #iNat (maybe) #insects #Alberta #inverts #nature #Canada

Aralia racemosa (ex wild Ontario seed- I'll post the plants some day) is in flower. It's #pollinator central- mostly #wasps of many sizes, shapes, colours + a similar variety of flies, few if any bees. The plants are huge (like a mid size shrub, but herbaceous) with thousands of tiny flowers, so I'm spending lots of time with them! This particular wasp with its bright cinnabar colour looked like a little #dragon! #insects #inverts #garden #Albera #Canada #nature