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yellow guy is male, here's a female

yellow...

#photography #animals #bugs #insects #hymenoptera #bees #carpenter bee #valley carpenter bee #nature #invertefest

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yellow...

#this is the first time I've seen a male valley carpenter bee #I've seen the female before but not the male #I love how extreme their difference in color is #photography #animals #bugs #insects #hymenoptera #bees #carpenter bee #valley carpenter bee #nature #invertefest

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Lace and Nemato 🕊️🕊️

#boyfriends for a little while... #was going to remove the halo-y whatever it's called effect but tbh it looked better with than without #sort of dream-like? #which is fitting I think #although it does look weird lol #art #illustration #ocs #novel stuff #lace #nemato #transgender #queer #lgbt #artists on tumblr

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night herons are so cute

#photography #animals #birds #herons #black crowned night heron #nature

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well the votes are in so i shall start posting studies here :D and up first, we have these egrets based on a wonderful picture by @sandpaperoctopi (og picture under the cut)

#so pretty! #thanks for tagging me #it looks so good!! #the shine on the reeds...

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found my favorite ladybug 🥺

#photography #animals #bugs #insects #coleoptera #beetles #lady beetle #twenty spotted lady beetle #nature

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little guy eating their molt I think

#that shade of purple is so pretty #little guy was under a clay pot #I gently put the pot back after taking the picture of course #photography #animals #bugs #myriapods #centipedes #stone centipede #nature #invertefest

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large friend 🦋

#photography #animals #bugs #insects #lepidoptera #butterflies #swallowtails #western tiger swallowtail #nature #invertefest

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saw the first baby mantis of the year on the first day of InverteFest yay 🥹

#I was wondering if they'd be back this year #this is only the second year ever they've been in the yard #photography #animals #bugs #insects #mantodea #mantis #praying mantis #nature #invertefest

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baby lacewing just hatched!

#sooo very tiny #photography #animals #bugs #insects #neuroptera #lacewings #green lacewing #nature #invertefest

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small bird was VERY offended that I picked him up off the sidewalk like a potato chip. don't fall asleep on the sidewalk then

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gently rests my antenna on u like a hand

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Kite is real now 🐟

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quail couple

#there were a lot of quail #more quail than I have ever seen in my life #they were Everywhere #photography #animals #birds #quail #california quail #nature

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Kite is real now 🐟

#my favorite boy #art #illustration #crochet #dolls #ocs #novel stuff #Kite #artists on tumblr

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they were watching a pillbug

#Purrsula and her three large sons #the boys are a year old now! #photography #animals #mammals #cats #pets

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Please sit still for just a second 😭 I've been watching them for days but they are sooo fast

#photography #animals #bugs #insects #hymenoptera #bees #california digger bee #nature