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A little reminder that this year's #BugsMatter survey is now live.
If you have a car and a smartphone, it's dead easy to take part, and you can make an important contribution to insect conservation.
https://www.buglife.org.uk/get-involved/surveys/bugs-matter/
#CitizenScience #Bugs #Insects #Conservation
Bugs Matter - Buglife
Citizen science - The Bugs Matter survey We need lots of people to take part this summer, sharing findings from their journeys to help us understand more about our insect populations!Buglife
The Venezuelan poodle moth is a beautiful animal. There was an article back in 2012 in #TheAtlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2012/08/venezuelan-poodle-moth-internets-favorite-real-life-pokemon-tk/324111/ that traced the story and found out that it was real and not an internet fake.
The source of the photo for the Venezuelan poodle moth: https://www.flickr.com/photos/artour_a/4207478815/in/album-72157603542118616/
That album by Arthur Anker contains many more photos of extraordinary neotropical moths https://www.flickr.com/photos/artour_a/albums/72157603542118616/with/3947813697/ plus a few other insects.
The photos are simply out of this world. Here are a couple of my favourites:
Amastus epicostosia - aposematic tiger moth https://www.flickr.com/photos/artour_a/257883479/in/album-72157603542118616/
"Bolognese caterpillar" of a moth (Megalopyge sp.) from Ecuador https://www.flickr.com/photos/artour_a/504052852/in/album-72157603542118616/
Photos by Arthur Anker.
#moths #Lepidoptera #insects #entomology #PoodleMoth #ArthurAnker #caterpillar
The source of the photo for the Venezuelan poodle moth: https://www.flickr.com/photos/artour_a/4207478815/in/album-72157603542118616/
That album by Arthur Anker contains many more photos of extraordinary neotropical moths https://www.flickr.com/photos/artour_a/albums/72157603542118616/with/3947813697/ plus a few other insects.
The photos are simply out of this world. Here are a couple of my favourites:
Amastus epicostosia - aposematic tiger moth https://www.flickr.com/photos/artour_a/257883479/in/album-72157603542118616/
"Bolognese caterpillar" of a moth (Megalopyge sp.) from Ecuador https://www.flickr.com/photos/artour_a/504052852/in/album-72157603542118616/
Photos by Arthur Anker.
#moths #Lepidoptera #insects #entomology #PoodleMoth #ArthurAnker #caterpillar
Venezuelan Poodle Moth Is the Internet's Favorite Pet This Week
A fuzzy animal that's equal parts adorable and terrifying has taken the Internet by storm. It's called the Venezuelan Poodle Moth and for the love of all that is holy we hope that it's real.Alexander Abad-Santos (The Atlantic)
Mammals: 6400 species
Fish: 34000 species
Insects: 5000000+ species
The sheer scale of insect diversity is such that you’ll never run out of marvels and delightful oddities, even if you see 100 new ones per day for the rest of your life.
This is a stalk-eyed fly from South Africa.
#Biology #Insects #Diptera
Fish: 34000 species
Insects: 5000000+ species
The sheer scale of insect diversity is such that you’ll never run out of marvels and delightful oddities, even if you see 100 new ones per day for the rest of your life.
This is a stalk-eyed fly from South Africa.
#Biology #Insects #Diptera