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Genus Torbia katydid nymph! I honestly know nothing about these except it's purple and gorgeous and I'm really lucky to have stumbled upon it.

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Americorchestia sp.

#Sandhopper #Talitridae #Amphipod #ArtWithOpenSource #Darktable #CCBYSA #Amphipoda #Crustacean #Crustaceans #Crustacea #Arthropod #Arthropods #Animal #Animals #AnimalPhotography #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photo #Photography

Australian garden mantis (Orthodera ministralis) nymph, guarding the garden! Like other praying mantises, this is an ambush predator of invertebrates.

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Bright green O. ministralis nymph nestled amongst burgundy leaves

Dendrobium beetle (Stethopachys formosa)! Always happy to see these little things, they're so bright and cheerful!

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Orange beetle with black spots and black antennae, standing on a yellow flower

#Crab #SeaLife #ArtWithOpenSource #CCBYSA #Darktable #MarineLife #Decapoda #Decapods #Crustacea #Crustaceans #Arthropod #Arthropods #Animals #AnimalPhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photo #Photography

A photo of a dead crab on a stony beach with their legs splayed in the air.

This is a leafwing (Doleschallia bisaltide), so-called because, well, its wings look like leaves! This species extends from South and South East Asia all the way down to Australia.

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Leafwing butterfly with ruddy brown wings, resting on a yellow plant flower

Leafwing butterfly with ruddy brown wings, resting on a yellow plant flower, inside of its wings visible which are red and orange, tipped in black

Here’s my Perpetual Journal art showing a Queen Butterfly 10 minutes after it emerged (eclosed) from its chrysalis! My latest blog post has my photos of a Queen emerging 😍https://paulaborchardt.substack.com/p/butterfly-visitors-part-2

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My 2025 Perpetual Journal watercolor and pen art of a Queen Butterfly eclosing (emerging) from its chrysalis, in Tucson, AZ.

Leaf-footed bug nymph! Often mistaken for assassin bugs, these are harmless plant-eaters. I'm not giving a narrower ID because I honestly don't know – it's probably a Amblypelta sp.

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Predominantly orange bug nymph with two black dorsal spots on abdomen, black head and legs, on a red fruit on a background of green leaves

'Abgeknickt' #FotoVorschlag

die fühler! 👀

Schwarzkopfassel aka Dornfühlerassel
Porcellio spinicornis
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dornf%C3%BChlerassel

#arthropod #krabbeltierchen #AuwaldRunde #nature #biodiversity #pillbug #NotAnInsect #DailyBug #krebstierchen

an einer weiß gestrichenen wand sitzt eine ziemlich helle assel. die grundfarbe ist beige, dazu sind auf den segmenten braune flecken. da sich die flecken von segment zu segment unter nur graduellen veränderungen wiederholen und in der mitte am stärksten sind, entsteht ein sowohl quer- als auch längsgestreifter gesamteindruck. der kopf ist weit dunkler, schwarz (daher der name), genauso wie der mittlere teil der hinteren segmente, so dass da ein fleck entsteht den man auch für einen kopf halten könnte. womöglich hilft das der assel, fressfeinde im unklaren zu lassen wo vorne und hinten ist. die fühler sind zweimal fast rechtwinklig abgeknickt, so dass ihre spitzen auf schulterbreite nach hinten zeigen

We’ve seen a number of Sleepy Orange chrysalises & butterflies this Fall. Here’s a chrysalis (pupa) & butterfly I illustrated for my Perpetual Journal. See more of my pupa/butterfly art & excitement on my latest blog post https://paulaborchardt.substack.com/p/butterfly-visitors-part-1

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My 2025 Perpetual Journal watercolor and pen art of a Sleepy Orange chrysalis (pupa) and Butterfly, in Tucson, AZ.

Some evil changeling ant? No! This is an ant-mimic spider (Myrmarachne sp.), and an ant has just drawn its attention!

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Ant-mimic spider with head and body twisted towards an ant

Le Criquet
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Tawny hermit crab! This one was found wandering the beach in Fiji

#MacroPhotography #Nature #Arthropod #HermitCrab #Crab #Fiji

Tawny hermit crab in a ribbed, white shell, standing on a foreground rock with background rocks blurred

Here's a fascinating macro video of brown millipedes uncovered under a pot! #millipede #macrophotography #bugslife #nature #arthropod #closeup #TTMO #CreepyCrawlies #Insects

https://youtube.com/shorts/tIisRGwYKxM

Phone pic this time! Common assassin bug (Pristhesancus plagipennis) nymph. Good for the garden, don't let them bite you – it's not dangerous but it *hurts*.

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