PHP dev, sometimes pixel artist. Also takes pictures of bugs and birds to see what they look like up close.
Thank you so much!
Right?!
Thank you! A proper camera (R7) with a 85mm lens :) I know some people manage great macro with their phones, but I couldn’t have gotten close enough with a phone, the bees hurried back into their tunnels whenever I got near.
Thank you, I love it!
The spiny flower mantis is gorgeous. It looks more like a piece of fantasy art than a real insect. Surreal.
Also, is your link possibly wrong on the “like this”?
Oh my god, thank you for that video, it’s fantastic. She’s so cute! I never saw a real mantis and this is fascinating.
… According to observations.be, they are present (albeit very rare) in Belgium, so I guess you’ve started me on a new life quest. 📸
The dots aren’t following you around :) They’re called pseudopupils. You’re seeing down the “tubes” (ommatidia) of the composite eyes (heavy oversimplification because I’m no scientist).
A smarter person explains this here: https://www.readingeagle.com/2015/09/16/outside-some-insects-look-like-theyre-looking-at-you-but-are-they
Thanks! I’ve been using observations.be (obsidentify) which usually gives great results. I’ll take a peek at iNaturalist :)
It comes with a PWA that works well enough.
Great!
I was compiling a list of news and magazines feeds. It’s far from complete, I don’t know if it can help but here is the opml.
There is a lot of overlap between the feeds included because I grabbed the main feed and the categories wherever I could.
It is!