celestialmacros
Celeste's Nature Photography
Bugs & small animals, including spiders & snakes. More science based than my main blog, CelestialPhotography. My bird photos are now at OccasionallyBirds.
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DeKay's Brownsnake (Storeria dekayi)
April 24, 2024
Southeastern Pennsylvania
Finally found one of these common snakes. I'm terrible at finding herps. This is a small snake, about a foot long (30 cm) as an adult.
#snake#snakes#photographers on tumblr#herpetology#herps#nature#animals#wildlife photography#tw snakes#cw snakes#reptiles#sneks
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Tan Jumping Spider (Platycryptus undatus)
April 9, 2024
John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge, Tinicum, Pennsylvania
#This was supposed to post last Friday#but I think tumblr ate it#just vanished#spider#spiders#photographers on tumblr#tan jumping spider#jumping spiders#arachnids#Platycryptus undatus#bugs#bug#bugblr#entomology#nature#wildlife photography#animals
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Nomad Bees (Nomada sp.)
April 8, 2024
Southeastern Pennsylvania
#bee#bees#photographers on tumblr#bugs#bug#nomad bees.#Nomada#bugblr#entomology#insects#insect#nature#animals#wildlife photography#beeblr
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What do you think she's announcing from her little lilac podium?
Unequal Cellophane Bee (Colletes inaequalis)
April 9, 2024
Southeastern Pennsylvania
#bee#bees#photographers on tumblr#unequal cellophane bee#bugs#bugblr#bug#Berber#entomology#insects#insect#nature#Colletes inaequalis#animals#wildlife photography
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Ground Crab Spider (Xysticus sp.)
April 7, 2024
Southeastern Pennsylvania
#bug#bugs#photographers on tumblr#ground crab spider#bugblr#entomology#spider#spiders#arachnids#Xysticus#nature#animals#wildlife photography
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Violet Mining Bee (Andrena violae)
April 7, 2024
Southeastern Pennsylvania
#Another new bee for me!#bee#bees#photographers on tumblr#Violet mining bee#Andrena violae#mining bees#beeblr#bugs#bug#bugblr#entomology#insects#insect#nature#animals#wildlife photography
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Blue Orchard Bee (Osmia lignaria)
April 5, 2024
John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge, Tinicum, Pennsylvania
#FINALLY found one of these#Not an uncommon bee#though there are only 18 records of it on iNat in Pennsylvania#bee#bees#photographers on tumblr#bugs#bug#bugblr#beeblr#entomology#insects#insect#nature#animals#wildlife photography#Mason bees
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Unequal Cellophane Bee (Colletes inaequalis)
March 15, 2024
Southeastern Pennsylvania
#On a sunny day in spring you will often find me lying in the dirt next to bee nests#bee#bees#photographers on tumblr#unequal cellophane bee#colletes inaequalis#bugs#bug#bugblr#entomology#insects#insect#nature#animals#wildlife photography
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Ground-nesting bee time! (Well, all the warm months are, but I see them mostly first thing in the spring before everything grows in.)
Unequal Cellophane Bee female in her nest (Colletes inaequalis)
March 13, 2024
Southeastern Pennsylvania
#bee#bees#photographers on tumblr#bugs#bug#bugblr#unequal cellophane bee#Colletes inaequalis#entomology#insects#insect#nature#beeblr#animals#wildlife photography
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Went bee hunting today and was not disappointed.
Unequal Cellophane Bees (Colletes inaequalis)
March 12, 2024
Southeastern Pennsylvania
#bee#bees#photographers on tumblr#unequal cellophane bee#cellophane bees#Colletes inaequalis#bugs#bug#bugblr#entomology#insects#insect#nature#animals#wildlife photography#beeblr
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Versute Sharpshooter (Graphocephala versuta)
February 27, 2024
Southeastern Pennsylvania
#The bugs are waking up!#my kind of signs of spring#bugs#bug#photographers on tumblr#bugblr#Versute Sharpshooter#sharpshooters#hoppers#entomology#insects#insect#nature#wildlife photography#animals#Graphocephala versuta
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First native bee of the year! And pollen covered as a bonus. I'm very happy.
Unequal Cellophane Bee (Colletes inaequalis)
February 27, 2024
Southeastern Pennsylvania
#bugs#bug#photographers on tumblr#bugblr#bee#bees#unequal cellophane bee#Colletes inaequalis#entomology#insects#insect#nature#wildlife photography#animals
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Georgia Mason Bee (Osmia georgica)
June 24, 2023
Southeastern Pennsylvania
I knew that this was a new bee for me when I shot it, but it only just got IDed on iNaturalist, 7 1/2 months later. I used to research my own IDs, but I've gotten a bit lazy about that since I discovered iNat, and also I realized how often I used to be plain wrong.
#63rd species in Pennsylvania for me#bee#bees#photographers on tumblr#bug#bugs#Osmia georgica#mason bees#georgia mason bee#bugblr#entomology#insects#insect#nature#animals#wildlife photography
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Many people are scared of insects, but you know what's scarier than insects...?
No insects
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Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)
February 1, 2024
John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge, Tinicum, Pennsylvania
#chomping chonk#photographers on tumblr#eastern gray squirrel#squirrels#mammals#nature#animals#cute#cute animals#wildlife photography
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January Jumper! It was about 52° F (11° C) after a full week of below freezing temperatures.
Tan Jumping Spider (Platycryptus undatus)
January 26, 2024
John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge, Tinicum, Pennsylvania
#bugs#bug#photographers on tumblr#spider#spiders#tan jumping spider#bugblr#entomology#insects#insect#nature#animals#wildlife#Platycryptus undatus#arachnids
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A sweet fuzzy Phidippus californicus, California jumping spider, watching the world from a patch of Swiss chard. Private commission for @halffizzbin. I love these cute little teddy bears so much 💗
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