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charmed-n-zesty · 3 months

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A neighbor came over for brunch today.

#cute animals #eurasian red squirrel #red squirrel #fluffball #winter #sunday brunch #friend shaped #naturecore #garden friends #nature #nature photography #animal photography #winter photography #original photography #photographers on tumblr #finland

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shelovesplants · 10 months

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Ladybugs are symbols of good luck ❤️🐞🙌

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firebugseverywhere · 16 days

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I filled up my own insect house last weekend. There's already been a lot going on.

It's mostly for mason bees, or, at least they are the only ones who have moved in so far. A few other insects have crawled over it. :-)

Here, the left photo shows a pile of pollen, which is the food source the mason bees provide for their eggs, later larvae and grown bee. They build cell for cell, wall for wall, and in between they put their pollen and one single egg. They do this until the straw or whatever cavity they chose to use is full. Then they build one last wall, as seen in the right photo. When the baby bees are eventually grown up, they bite their way through the wall to break free.

Now you might wonder, how does the first bee break free if it's all the way in the back of the straw? The answer is pretty cool. Male bees hatch sooner than female ones. The mother bee knows which sex their egg has, since fertilized eggs are always female and unfertilized ones are male. They purposely fertilize the eggs they're planning to put in the back and lay the unfertilized ones in the front cells. That's quite awesome if you ask me.

Now a less funny info. There are parasites in the insect house as well.

Cacoxenus indagator is a species of fruit fly and a kleptoparasite, meaning that they lay their eggs in the nests of other insects. This one lays them in mason bee nest cells specifically. There, the fly matures and in the process feeds on the pollen that mother bee collected for its own child. In a lot of instances the bee starves to death. If it manages to survive, it is weakened and might die quicker.

I contemplated and wondered what I could do to prevent this. I thought maybe I should kill the flies. They're not quick to fly away and would be easy to smoosh. Then I thought a little more. I found that that would be against my own standards.

Parasites don't choose to be parasites, in fact I doubt that they make a lot of choices all together. They have their own place in the system called eco, and each individual has its right to be.

The fact that bees are dying in high numbers isn't a fly's fault. It wouldn't make sense to punish it for something that we did.

So, I think making an insect house taught me a good lesson. It's nice how things turn out sometimes. Also, the bees are fuzzy and have crawled up my fingers a few times heeheehee

#insects #entomology #garden friends #small animals #nature #insect house #insect hotel #bug hotel #bugs #bees #save the bees

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jenfoundabug · 5 months

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European mantis (mantis religiosa) in northern California.

As the name implies, this is an introduced species in North America.

#mantis #mantis religiosa #european mantis #praying mantis #bugs #nature photography #nature #biodiversity #animals #inaturalist #arthropods #entomology #insect appreciation #insects #cute bugs #flowers #garden friends #bugblr #nature blog

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stephjacq · 1 month

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Garden friend

#garden #dark cottagecore #garden magic #pacific tree frog #frog #march #garden friends

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wildflowersthebunny · 5 months

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Tonight!! Sun Haven with NanoAer! We gonna have a lot of fun! Art by Nano~

Join us either on their channel or mine!

#vtubers are live #sun haven #garden friends

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elegantdemoness · 7 months

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My beautiful fur baby, Aries :) such a beautiful character, seriously the most affectionate cat there is. Even gets along with my beardie, which is amazing. She still thinks my Ghecko is a toy for her to play with though. Haha

#tuxedo cat #cat+beardie #garden friends #enjoying the weather while it lasts #loathing what season comes next #animals are the best

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halleehalfgallon · 2 years

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miss-dansukker · 11 months

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Was weeding and found some friends!

I found three different types, but by the time i went and got my camera there were only these guys still about. I think the others got scared and tunneled into the dirt.

I'm not sure what species this is, I will update if I find out!

I used a Sony a 7 3 with a macro lens to take the pictures.

edit: they are Porcellio spinicornis!

#isopod #isopods #roly poly #pill bug #garden friends #bugs #Porcellio spinicornis

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stormphyre · 1 year

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