🇨🇭 It's the 1st of August! For our Swiss National Day today, I'm posting a ladybug, one of the most popular insects hereabouts and regarded as a symbol of good luck 🐞 🌿 #bugsky #switzerland #schweiz

Not sure what kind of bee this is - maybe a carder bee? Is there a bee expert or entomologist who can identify it? 🐝 🌿 #bees #switzerland

Scarlet dragonfly. I love the bright red colour on these guys, they're like little red arrows when they dart around the pond and reeds. 🌿 #bugsky #insects #dragonfly #libelle #basel

FYI if you upload genAI slop to iNat or Macaulay Library, the reviewer is allowed to come to your house with a baseball bat, don't risk it!

sailorbp@sailorbp.bsky.social · 2w ago

Today the Guardian has an article about AI slop starting to infect iNaturalist and their efforts to get people to cut it out. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

💚 A lucky afternoon after visiting my amphibian friends. Two small frogs, each on a big leaf 🐸 🌿 #amphibians #frogs

Finally! After ages, an eight-legged friend. Quite sure this is a wasp spider (argiope bruennichi) because of its stripes and the pattern woven into its web. Photographed at my favourite pond 🌿 🕷️ @britishspiders.bsky.social #spiders #bugsky #arachnids

A horse fly sitting on my shutter and not a single horse in proximity... 🌿 🪰 #insect #bugsky

Stork flying into the sunset 🌿 🪶 🌅 #nature #switzerland

Iridescent wingspread from a beautiful demoiselle 🌿 🦋 #bugsky #insects #nature

This leafcutter bee is definitely in the pink! 🌿 🐝 🌸 #bees #insects #bugsky #flower

A coot family portrait with a mighty nest at the back and one of the parents feeding its very hungry chick 🪶 🌿 #birds #waterfowl #nature

Another bubble-gumming frog. Literally very cheeky. 🐸 🌿 #amphibians #frogs

One of my favourites, a tortoiseshell on maiden pinks! 🦋 🌿 #bugsky #insects #butterfly

Photographed a painted lady butterfly sitting on red valerian flowers. 🦋 🌿 #bugsky #insects #butterfly

A close-up of my grasshopper guest 🦗 🌿 #bugsky #insects

Found and photographed this Nursery Web Spider sitting on a leaf🕷️ 🌿 @britishspiders.bsky.social #spiders #spidersky

Taking a stand quite literally: this frog has got attitude 🐸 🌿 #frogs #amphibians #frosch

Close-up of a four-spotted chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata) at the pond 🌿 #bugsky #insects #dragonfly #libelle #basel

When I saw what looked like a tiny green gemstone moving briskly up a stalk, I took out my camera and zoomed in. It was a brisk little weevil 🌿 🪲 #insects #bugsky

A grass snake, first one I've seen this year, photographed at the pond this afternoon 🐍 🌿 #reptiles #snake #schlange

These tiny insects with the mighty name Blue long-horned snailkiller, according to iNaturalist, seem to have a nicely balanced view of matters. 🌿🪳 #bugsky #insects

Ode to our corvid friends, brainiacs of the skies! #corvids #crow

SoCal Leslie@socalleslie.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Today is annual Appreciation Day of Ravens and Crows. In order: Raven, Crow, Crow, Raven. All hail the genius birds. #Corvids 🌿🪶

Peach blossoms and bee series 🌸 🐝 🌿 #bugsky #flowers #insects #bees

Spotted this huge violet carpenter bee. Very busy with pollination (the bee, not me) 🐝 🌿 #insects #bees #bugsky

Some kind of frog ceremony? Was very pleased to photograph this group of four froggies! 🐸 🌿 #amphibians #frogs

Made a photo of this cute frog yesterday. There it is, chilling out on a water lily leaf with a touch of wind-strewn petals 🐸 🌿 #amphibians #frogs #naturephotography

"I know there's something going on..." This lizard gives me a suspicious side-eye as I inch closer with my camera 🦎 🌿 #lizards #reptiles

👽 An ET moment from this wall lizard who managed to be cheeky and shy at the same time! 🦎 🌿 #lizard #reptiles

A kestrel directs a deeply sceptical look at me, then decides that I am entirely unsuitable prey and loses all interest. Such is the way of kestrels! 🪶🌿 #birds #kestrel

Companion piece to my bubble-gumming frog photo I posted yesterday. Those bubbles seem to be taller than its head. Turn on the sound to listen to those cheeks in action too! 🐸 🌿 #amphibians #frogs