Reminder that garlic mustard is edible and beneficial (both raw and cooked), and very easy to ID! 💚 rich in vitamins 💚 aids digestion 💚 antimicrobial 💚 supports immune system 💚 possibly anti-cancer I suggest cooking and seasoning because I personally think it tastes bad. #garlicmustard #forage

Quebec forest moss haul 💚 #moss #macro #nature #Quebec #forest

Cylindroiulus caeruleocinctus An Ontario species of Barrel millipede ❤️❤️ 🪱 #millipede #macro #bugpic #bugpics #julidae

Yesterday's Ontario plant finds! 🌿🌿 Still tenative on the ID for the last two 💙 Siberian Squill (Scilla siberica) 💛 Colt's Foot (Tussilago farfara) 💚 Red Berried Elder (Sambucus racemosa) 💚 Yellow Archangel (Lamium galeobdolon) #plant #plants #flower #flowers #Ontarioplants #wildflower #nature

First Ontario and Quebec flowers! 🌹🌷🌹🌷 🌼 Crocus sp. (Purple crocus) 🌼 Galanthus nivalis (Common snowdrop) 🌼 Scilla siberica (Siberian squill) #flower #flowers #plant #plants #spring #ontario #quebec #canada

Lichens!! 🤍🤍🤍 #lichen #lichens

Armadillidium vulgare ❤️ roly poly, isopod, pill bug! whatever you may call them they're adorable little balls not insects, they're tiny land crustaceans! #isopod #isopods #bugpics #bugsky #pillbug #pillbugs #Armadillidium #rolypoly

💚 i live for #moss 💚💚 (not my photo of moss)

"April showers bring May flowers" am i right #canada #snow

☘️ St John's Wart and Lichens #plant #plants #stjohnswart #lichen

moss haul from 4 hours of hiking 💚💚 feat. a fern #moss #hiking #foraging

🐞 Blood-winged Blister Beetle (Tricrania sanguinipennis) #beetle #coleoptera #insect #bugpics #insectpic #beetlepic

I've done it... I mossed the yard. When collecting moss from the wild, do not take entire patches! I take less than a third of each patch I want. Once the moss perks up from being transplanted it'll get nice and green and happy 💚💚💚 #moss #mosslawn

im so excited that my whole family DESPERATELY wants me to collect patches of moss to cover the back yard with

i keep finding cute things in the woods 🌳🌲 🕷️ Spider (Hibana sp.) 💚 Green stink bug (Chinavia sp.) #spider #arachnid #shieldbug #stinkbug #pentatomidae #bug #insect

wooly bear 🐻 aka Pyrrharctia isabella 🦋 aka Isabella tiger moth #Pyrrharctiaisabella #moth #tigermoth #woolybear #caterpillar

my variety of mosses are starting to perk up and look really happy 👍👍 #moss #mossarium #terrarium

if i were you I'd be jealous of my handful #millipede #millipedes

moss #moss

Beetle found in forest, genus Alobates. (Alobates pensylvanicus, false mealworm beetle?) #bugpics #beetle #coleoptera #insect #insectphotography #canada

My current collection of the invasive agriculture pest, Halyomorpha halys the brown marmorated shield bug. Dorsal and ventral view. (ventral view has 2 additional specimens on the left) #insect #pentatomidae #insects #entomology #bug #bugpics #bugcollection

eyo new bluesky banner i just edited this for an hour using my bug photography from my iNaturalist account (www.inaturalist.org/people/leafy...)

today i learned that the superfamily "Myrmeleontoidea" exists and it's got OWL FLIES ? ANT LIONS ?? SPOON WINGS ?? and SPLIT FOOTED LACE WINGS ??? what the fuck is going on here, who named these things

🚨 Box Art Reveal!! 🚨 My son @strayyleafy.bsky.social created this stunning art for Bustina’s upcoming physical releases, inspired by Jek’s original character art! Stay tuned for more updates on Bustina physical releases! 🎮 🎨 #indiegamedev #nes #physical #homebrew #nesmaker #nesdev

i woke up to this in my notes app. i think i was onto something

Sketch of Vulpes vulpes, the red fox 🦊💕

More bug pics!! Super proud of how a lot of these turn out, having taken them with my phone camera 🤳🦗💕 Porcellio spinicornis, Phalagnium opilio, Muscidae, and Ptinus raptor.

More crawlies of course 🦗💕 Polydesmus angustus, Pyractomena borealis, Porcellio spinicornis, Cyanocitta cristata 🐦🪶🦗🦗

my ISOPODS (Porcellionides pruinosus) and MAPLE BUGS (Boisea trivittata) and MILLIPEDE (Cylindroiulus sp.) ‼️🪲🦗

MY HAIR IS THE SAME COLOR AS THE LEAVES also i love my hat and scarf by @beetlechaser.bsky.social