Steve

@stevetypesstuff
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Ants, fossils, beer. Drone mapping & GIS. Science PhD. Bambu Labs P1S. He/him, will also respond to “Oi you!”. AuADHD - if I seem over familiar in posts etc. that is probably why.
New Mastodon account which, as yet, I have no idea how to use!Ants, fossils, beer. Drone mapping & GIS. Science PhD. Bambu Labs P1S. He/him, will also respond to “Oi you!”. AuADHD - if I seem over familiar in posts etc. that is probably why.
SteveNov 14

I haven’t posted here for a while so here is an invasive and #AsianHornet (Vespa velutina) that recorded in France this summer. This one was in the Pays de la Loire.

Yellow leg tips, dark head+thorax, thin yellow band on abdomen, yellow/orange 4th segment on abdomen.

#hornets
#WaspLove
#wasps

SteveOct 26, 2024

Music from James Tatman

https://open.spotify.com/track/2AnO5mrS95btViZ31naXm1?si=twMH2sMgTf-GJq9518NU0w

#NewMusic #NewMusic2024 #HappyHalloween2024 #Halloween 

Happy Halloween

James Tatman · Happy Halloween · Song · 2023

Spotify
SteveAug 23, 2024

A crab #spider (Misumena vatia) giving a #fly (Lucilia sericata?) a cuddle!

Ambush predators, this spider moves from bloom to bloom on the rose in our front garden and lies in wait.

#diptera #UrbanWildlife #macrophotography

SteveMay 21, 2024
My wife bought me my own sewing machine, so I made a new sweep net. 40cm diameter which is enough to get head and an arm in to pooter up bugs!
#entomology #sewing #fieldkit
SteveMar 20, 2024
New year, new lens. The Laowa 100mm 2x macro which on the Canon includes auto-aperture. Canon D90 with an agreeable fly who posed for me. Great detail in the eyes, happy with that!
#macrophotography #diptera #flies #insects
SteveDec 9, 2023
‘Tis the season… so I got the nativity set out!
#ants #entomology #insects
SteveFeb 7, 2023
New year, new toys! Having borrowed a garden vac a couple of times last year I decided that I should get one before this year’s ant season starts. Now with it’s D&W filter bag gaffer-taped on I just need the weather to warm up! #ants #insects #myrmecology
SteveJan 23, 2023
It’s chilly out there! Frost crystals on the car looking like little satellite downlink stations and one like a Christmas tree. ~5mm or 0.2” wide #macrophotography
SteveDec 29, 2022
Another photo from 2022. Nephrotoma flavipalpis (I think) #craneflies #diptera #macrophotography
SteveDec 28, 2022
Going through more of my photos from 2022 (I have a 4hr drive at 05:00 but can’t sleep).
Here is a creature so often viewed with disgust. So beautiful, at least as stunning as any hummingbird. #entomology #diptera #insects #macrophotography