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Falterverwalterfalterverwalter@nrw.social
2025-06-29

Die Mosel hat heute morgen genau so eröffnet wie als ich hier das erste mal in 2022 auf dem Apolloweg war: mit einem Segelfalter. Es war noch früh, und ich entdeckte ihn im Gras.
#insectweek

Ein großer Falter sitzt im Gras und man sieht die Aussenflügel mit gelben Flügeln mit schwarzen Streifen längs zum Körper, die Hinterflügel besitzen jeweils ein Schwänzchen und am Flügelrand einigen blauen Halbmonden sowie am Rand zum Körper hin ein Auge aus blau/rot Tönen.Ein großer Falter sitzt im Gras und man sieht die Innenflügeln mit gelben Flügeln mit schwarzen Streifen längs zum Körper, die Hinterflügel besitzen jeweils ein Schwänzchen und am Flügelrand einigen blauen Halbmonden sowie am Rand zum Körper hin ein Fleck aus orange-schwarz Tönen.
Jo Wolfe, PhDjopabinia.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy
2025-06-29

It's th last day of #InsectWeek! I have been remiss, so here are leafcutter ants #invertebrate #BugSky

Brown leaves on forest floor. At least 20-30 small reddish ants scattered across them. About a dozen are carrying much smaller bright green leaves
Art History Animaliaart_history_animalia@historians.social
2025-06-29

For #Caturday during #InsectWeek :
Hans Thoma (German, 1839–1924)
Drawing for the primer: #Cat , c.1905
Pen & pencil drawing on paper, 78 x 114 mm
Städel Museum SG 2050
sammlung.staedelmuseum.de/en/w
#CatsInArt

black and white drawing in portrait orientation, illustration of a sitting tabby cat in side profile facing right looking at a black beetle on the ground
Art History Animaliaart_history_animalia@historians.social
2025-06-28

#InsectWeek
🦋🐝🐞🐜🦗🦟🪰🪲🪳🐛
Nishiyama Hōen 西山芳園 (Japan, 1804-1867)
Procession of #Insects , 1844
Silk hanging scroll painting
H 148.00 x W 109.00 cm (mounted)
British Museum 1881,1210,0.2264
britishmuseum.org/collection/o
#JapaneseArt

“An orderly procession of insects, made up of grasshoppers, bees & praying mantises, makes its way diagonally across the painting. Some in the leading section carry flowers, which they hold aloft like standards. Behind them, grasshoppers carry a large bundle suspended from a pole in imitation of a lord's palanquin (covered litter). The bees bringing up the rear all carry some item - a bee's nest, rice plants, etc. The whole composition is a satirical version of the ceremonial procession of a feudal lord journeying to or from the Shōgun's court in Edo.” (Via Google Arts & Culture) “Painting, hanging scroll. Procession of bush crickets, praying mantises, wasps and grasshopper carrying autumn plants (from the front: morning glory, maiden flower, pink, thoroughwort, burnet, soybean; an insect cage and a wasp's nest; nut grass, field chrysanthemum, rice plants, and beautyberries). Ink and colour on silk.” (Via BM) Signature 'Hōen', seal 'Nishi Hōen'. Photo: © Trustees of the British Museumcloseup of left half of processioncloseup of right half of procession
Ele Willoughby, PhDminouette@spore.social
2025-06-27

This is a unique hand made cyanotype on watercolour paper (11” x 14”) with an image of grasses wildflowers with collaged lino block printed butterflies. The butterflies are both found here in Ontario: the yellow and black (with red and blue spots) Eastern tiger swallowtails (Papilio glaucus) and 🧵1/2

#linocut #printmaking #cyanotype #butterfly #insect #insectWeek #sciart #pollinator #multimedia #MastoArt

As described, this is a unique hand made cyanotype on watercolour paper (11” x 14”) with an image of grasses wildflowers with collaged lino block printed butterflies: the yellow and black (with red and blue spots) Eastern tiger swallowtails (Papilio glaucus) and the orange, black and white Isabella’s Longwings (Nymphalidae Eueides isabella).
Adrianadrian@toots.niark.nexus
2025-06-25

Please cw your #insect toots

#insectweek #insecte

Jen C Marsjencmars@mastodon.art
2025-06-25

I hear it's #InsectWeek and Saysay the cicada would like you all to know that I have bug-related stickers and prints available! Moths! Cicadas! Discount codes for 3 or more!

jencmars.bigcartel.com

#insects #cicada #art #stickers

Photo of a large plaster cicada painted in bright colors "holding" some cicada stickers and a rosy maple moth sticker as it sits nestled in shrubbery
Art History Animaliaart_history_animalia@historians.social
2025-06-25

#TwoForTuesday for #InsectWeek :
Cee Pootoogook (Inuit, b.1967)
1. Mosquitoes
Cape Dorset, 2014
Lithograph, 30 x 22 1/2 in.
dorsetfinearts.com/cee-pootoog
2. Arctic Lice
Cape Dorset, 2015
Lithograph, 30 x 22 1/2 in.
feheleyfinearts.com/product/ar
#IndigenousArt #FirstNationsArt

print in portrait orientation, illustration of a swarm of many small mosquitoes (black with white wings) filling the frame against a bright red backgroundprint in portrait orientation, illustration of a swarm of many small brown lice filling the frame against an olive green background
Jo Wolfe, PhDjopabinia.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy
2025-06-24

Digging deep into my archives for a cool #InsectWeek photo. This was from my first trip to China, near the Chengjiang biota in Yunnan province. Not quite Atlas moth? Is this genus Samia?

Chonky green caterpillar with blue projections all over, some tipped in orange. It is on pavement. It is very cute
Jo Wolfe, PhDjopabinia.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy
2025-06-24

#InsectWeek

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Jo Wolfe, PhDjopabinia.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy
2025-06-23

It is #InsectWeek! Which, as many of my papers show, and @restingdinoface.bsky.social has summarized, means we are in fact celebrating crustaceans. BUGS. IS. SHRIMPS. 🧪🦋🐝🪲🐞🦗🪳🪰🦐🦐🦐🦐

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Art History Animaliaart_history_animalia@historians.social
2024-07-01

#BookRecommendation for #InsectWeek :
Innumerable #Insects: The Story of the Most Diverse and Myriad Animals on Earth (2018)
“A fascinating look at the world’s most numerous inhabitants, illustrated with stunning images from the American Museum of Natural History’s Rare Book Collection.”
amzn.to/3W3mXFH via #AmazonAssociates

photo of the book cover
Art History Animaliaart_history_animalia@historians.social
2024-06-28

For #InsectWeek :
Snuffbox by F. L. Hoffmann (active Germany c.1760–70)
chalcedony set with hardstones, chased gold, glass
W 7.3 x H 5.3 x D 3.6 cm; 110g
Victoria and Albert Museum: collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O16

"MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES Six panels of beige chalcedony overlaid with a variety of chalcedonies, agates including red-tinted banded agate, bloodstone, red jasper, turquoise and lapis lazuli, with later glass and stone replacements; chased gold mounts. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION A rectangular, gold-mounted hardstone snuffbox formed of six panels of beige chalcedony. These are decorated with insects and flowers made of hardstone, with the details of the legs and antennae engraved and blackened. The gold mounts are chased with scrolls and flowers." "This box, of panels of chalcedony (a type of quartz), is applied with flowers and insects in various coloured hardstones and some glass elements. The technique of raised stonework such as this is frequently associated with the court of Frederick the Great of Prussia (r. 1740-86) in Berlin, and it is likely that this box was made there. Friedrich Ludwig Hoffmann (active c.1760–70) was active as a stone-cutter in Bayreuth, Germany, in 1762. He may have been one of a group of artists who moved to Berlin in 1763, following the death of the Margrave of Brandenburgh-Bayreuth in the same year." View 1: side profile showing top and two sides of boxView 2: top of box with 4 flower sprigs and 5 insectsview 3: composite image of the four sides, long sides with 2 insects each and short sides with 1 insect each
Nature with SteveNatureWithSteve
2024-06-28

Banded Demoiselle at Warwickshire Wildlife Trust's Brandon Marsh on Tuesday, females with their green-bronze bodies and clear wings on the left, males with their blue-green bodies and banded wings on the right. Incredible !

A female Banded Demoiselle (or Agrion) Damselfly, at rest on a leaf. We see her side-on, facing right. Her head has two large, dark, compound eyes, her thorax and abdomen are a metallic green in colour with hints of bronze. Her long, veined wings, held back along her abdomen, are clear, while her long legs, each lined with spiky hairs, are grey.A male Banded Demoiselle (or Agrion) Damselfly, at rest on a grass seed-head. He is facing towards the left as we look side-on at him. His head has two large, dark, compound eyes, his thorax and abdomen are a metallic blue-green in colour. That colour extends to the network of thin veins on his long wings, held back along his abdomen, the cells of which are clear except for a large black band or patch near each tips. His long legs, each lined with spiky hairs, are black.A female Banded Demoiselle (or Agrion) Damselfly, at rest on a leaf. She is facing towards us as we look down on her. Her head has two large, dark, compound eyes, her thorax and abdomen are a metallic green in colour with hints of bronze. Her long, veined wings, held back along her abdomen, are clear, while her long legs, each lined with spiky hairs, are grey.A male Banded Demoiselle (or Agrion) Damselfly, at rest on a grass stem. He is facing towards the left, and slightly towards us, as we look down and side-on at him. His head has two large, dark, compound eyes, his thorax and abdomen, held upwards and pointing towards the top right corner of the picture, are a metallic blue-green in colour. That colour extends to the network of thin veins on his long wings, held back along his abdomen, the cells of which are clear except for a large black band or patch near each tips. His long legs, each lined with spiky hairs, are black.
Nature with SteveNatureWithSteve
2024-06-27

A is a scary-looking , thanks to that long, mandible-bearing 'beak' or rostrum—and of course the male's tail, which inspired the name given to these creatures. The 'stinger' is in fact a genital capsule or bulb, bearing two 'pincers' (gonostyli); it's used for mating, and for defaecation (pic 3). Females (pic 4) lack this bulb. Feeding mostly on other , usually dead ones, these are harmless to us Humans.

Side-on view of a male Scorpionfly on a Bramble leaf. His small, dark head bears a long, brownish 'beak' or rostrum, at the end of which are the mouthparts; also two long, black antennae. The longish body is mostly whitish in colour, with black along the underside of the abdomen; the legs are mostly a pale brown, but black towards the feet. We see the wings at an angle in this view but they appear greyish, with black markings; they are about the same length as the body. Finally, the very end of the tail is curved upwards and back towards the body; the first segments of it are quite thin but at the end is a larger, reddish bulb which at first sight appears to be tipped with a small, dark-coloured sting.In this photo we looking down onto a male Scorpionfly on a Bramble leaf; he is facing towards us and to the left. His small, dark head bears a long, brownish 'beak' or rostrum, at the end of which are the mouthparts; also two long, black antennae. We can't see much of the longish body beneath the long wings which are held over it; they are greyish with black veins and larger black speckles and blotches. The legs are mostly a pale brown, blacker towards the feet. Although most of the body is obscured we can see the upturned, curled-over end of the tail with its large, reddish bulb tipped with a pair of small, dark-coloured 'pincers' (actually gonostyli).Looking down on a male Scorpionfly perched on the edge of a Bramble leaf. He is facing away from us so we cannot see much of the long 'beak' or rostrum on his otherwise small head, but we can see the long, dark-coloured antennae. Some of the insect's brownish legs are also visible, and we have a clear view of the long wings; greyish with black veins, speckles and blotches, they are partly outstretched. The top parts of the thorax and abdomen, which are mostly black but with some paler markings, are therefore visible. As too is the 'tail' at the end of the abdomen, which here is stretched out to its fullest length. It consists of a couple of fairly thin, dark-coloured segments and is tipped with a reddish bulb, from which two short, dark 'spikes' (gonostyli) point outward. The Scorpionfly is in the act of exuding a drop of reddish-coloured fluid from the tip of that bulb.A female Scorpionfly, perched vertically on the left side of a grass stem with her head uppermost; we see her partly from the side and partly from above. Her small head bears a long, brownish 'beak' or rostrum and a pair of long, dark-coloured antennae. What we can see of her body is mostly whitish or a pale yellow in colour, with thick black markings along the dorsal surface of the abdomen. The long wings, folded back along the body, are greyish with black veins, speckles and blotches. The very end of the abdomen, the 'tail', consists of three reddish-coloured segments.
Art History Animaliaart_history_animalia@historians.social
2024-06-26

For #InsectWeek: how many #insects can you find hidden in this scene? 🧐
"MIMIKRY (SCHUTZÄHNLICHKEIT) DER INSEKTEN," plate by Heinrich Morin in Brehms Thierleben, 1876 ed.
archive.org/details/brehmsthie
#camouflage #mimicry #sciart

digital scan of a color book plate, illustration depicting a variety of insects camouflaged amongst the vegetation, title in bottom margin
maggieumbermaggieumber
2024-06-26

Honey bee (Apis mellifera) queen and workers on a beehive honeycomb by Maggie Umber
maggieumber.com/prints

Honey bee (Apis mellifera) queen and workers on a beehive honeycomb
Frank Ashwoodfrankashwood@flipping.rocks
2024-06-26

Absolutely delighted that one of my photos picked up 'Specially Commended' in the Royal Entomological Society's 2023 Photo Competition!

This pair of silverfish appeared to be clinging together inside a small, clayey nest structure. Some of their brilliant silver scales have rubbed off, which may indicate moulting was about to take place. As always with macrophotography, patience was a virtue here - fortunately they both stayed put while I lined up a shot which got both silverfish’s eyes in focus!

Congratulations to everyone else who picked up wins in this year's competition. Let's all support #insectweek and show some love for the little creatures that run this world!

#Entomology #Insects #Macrophotography #InsectPhotgraphy #NaturePhotgraphy

A photograph of a pair of scaled bristletail insects cuddled together in a small nest made of sand particles.
Art History Animaliaart_history_animalia@historians.social
2024-06-26

#TwoForTuesday for #InsectWeek:
Adolphe Millot (French, 1857–1921)
“Insectes” plates for Nouveau Larousse illustré : dictionnaire universel encyclopédique, 1898 ed.
archive.org/details/nouveaular

digital scan of a book page: “Insectes” plate (1 of a 2-page spread), scientific illustrations of a variety of insect specimens, numbered with ID key (scientific names) in bottom margindigital scan of a book page: “Insectes” plate (1 of a 2-page spread), scientific illustrations of a variety of insect specimens, numbered with ID key (scientific names) in bottom margin
Nature with SteveNatureWithSteve
2024-06-25

Four in the meadows at Brandon Marsh this morning, all very active in the sunshine! Clockwise from top left: Marbled White, Meadow Brown, Ringlet, and Large Skipper.

Despite its colouration the Marbled White is, with the Meadow Brown and Ringlet, a member of the Satyrinae subfamily: the Browns. It is also one of my favourite Butterfly species!

Marbled White Butterfly at rest on a grass stalk. Viewed side on, with wings closed, so that we see the paler grey/black and white markings rather than the more striking black and white 'chequerboard' markings on the upper surfaces of the wings. The head, and what we can see of the thorax, is hairy and white, the eye and legs black, the antenna dark. Only four of the six legs are visible: the first pair of legs is much reduced in size, a feature the Browns share with their cousins the in the Nymphalidae family.Meadow Brown Butterfly at rest on a leaf amongst grass. Viewed side on, with wings closed, so that we see the pale brown underside of the hind wing and part of the underside of the forewing, which is an orangey-brown colour with a black 'eye spot' near its top corner and a wide, pale brown margin. The head, including the eye and the antennae, and what we can see of the hairy thorax, are all brown in colour. Only four of the six legs are visible: the first pair of legs is much reduced in size, a feature the Browns share with their cousins the in the Nymphalidae family.Small Skipper Butterfly at rest on a grass inflorescence or seed-head. We are looking at the butterfly from the side and slightly from above, and wings are slightly open so we can see the undersides of the right wings (the butterfly is facing to the right) and part of the upperside of the left forewing. Those wings are short, and brownish in colour; tawny brown with lighter and darker markings on the upper surface. The hairy head, thorax, abdomen and legs are all buff in colour with hints of tawny brown; the eyes are dark brown and the antennae brownish with dark rings around them.Ringlet Butterfly at rest on a Bramble leaf. Viewed side on, with wings closed, so that we see the dark brown underside of the wings, which feature several black 'eye spots' which have yellowish rims. The head, including the eye and the antennae, the hairy thorax and the abdomen, are all brown in colour. Only four of the six legs are visible: the first pair of legs is much reduced in size, a feature the Browns share with their cousins the in the Nymphalidae family.

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