🪲💧 Ripple #bugs live their entire lives on the surface of streams, pivoting in less than the blink of an eye while stirring the #water beneath them into swirling vortices.

#Biomechanics researcher Víctor Ortega-Jiménez spent five years figuring out their secret: feather-like oars on their middle legs that deploy and collapse in just 10 milliseconds. Engineers are now building small #robots that mimic these water-skating abilities.

👉 Learn more: https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/ripple-bugs-robots-skate-on-water-fan-feet-vortex-physics?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=new_content&utm_content=ripple_bugs

#biomimicry #physics #engineering #insects #biology #science #animals #Berkeley #discovery #innovation #nature #research #technology #tech #tksst #video

🪲💧 Ripple #bugs live their entire lives on the surface of streams, pivoting in less than the blink of an eye while stirring the #water beneath them into swirling vortices.

#Biomechanics researcher Víctor Ortega-Jiménez spent five years figuring out their secret: feather-like oars on their middle legs that deploy and collapse in just 10 milliseconds. Engineers are now building small #robots that mimic these water-skating abilities.

👉 Learn more: https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/ripple-bugs-robots-skate-on-water-fan-feet-vortex-physics?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=new_content&utm_content=ripple_bugs

#biomimicry #physics #engineering #insects #biology #science #animals #Berkeley #discovery #innovation #nature #research #technology #tech #tksst #video

#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

# 197

Larger sized #bumblebees are capable of travelling further from the nest to forage and explore for #flowers.
These big #bees are also able to transport larger loads of #pollen and #nectar than their smaller sized sisters.

#nature
#environment
#insects
#science
#worldbeesanctuary
#vegan
#biodiversity
#education

Dragonfly cleaning morning dew off itself
@Moonlighhy #globalmuseum #dragonflies #insects #photography

Dragonfly cleaning morning dew off itself
@Moonlighhy #globalmuseum #dragonflies #insects #photography

"Protect our Pollinators" Grafitti on a side street near the Ithaca Commons

#photo #photography #ithaca #grafitti #pollinators #insects #art

#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

# 195

Bees perform ‘learning flights’ when leaving flowers looking back repeatedly to memorise the location of the flower.
Bumblebees are selective about which flowers they prefer and put more effort into remembering these flowers.

#bees
#nature
#bumblebees
#science
#education
#insects
#pollinators
#environment
#worldbeesanctuary
#vegan

#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

# 195

Bees perform ‘learning flights’ when leaving flowers looking back repeatedly to memorise the location of the flower.
Bumblebees are selective about which flowers they prefer and put more effort into remembering these flowers.

#bees
#nature
#bumblebees
#science
#education
#insects
#pollinators
#environment
#worldbeesanctuary
#vegan

"Protect our Pollinators" Grafitti on a side street near the Ithaca Commons

#photo #photography #ithaca #grafitti #pollinators #insects #art

Icelandic friends, I’m sorry.

Scientists Confirm First Mosquitoes Found in Iceland: https://www.icelandreview.com/news/scientists-confirm-first-mosquitoes-found-in-iceland/?srsltid=AfmBOoqFpQQdxPDFuj5-qNZZ_wAApLGR79EhGGNBsfVRXtedPgYfQ9DQ

#Iceland #Mosquitos #Insects

Icelandic friends, I’m sorry.

Scientists Confirm First Mosquitoes Found in Iceland: https://www.icelandreview.com/news/scientists-confirm-first-mosquitoes-found-in-iceland/?srsltid=AfmBOoqFpQQdxPDFuj5-qNZZ_wAApLGR79EhGGNBsfVRXtedPgYfQ9DQ

#Iceland #Mosquitos #Insects

Icelandic friends, I’m sorry.

Scientists Confirm First Mosquitoes Found in Iceland: https://www.icelandreview.com/news/scientists-confirm-first-mosquitoes-found-in-iceland/?srsltid=AfmBOoqFpQQdxPDFuj5-qNZZ_wAApLGR79EhGGNBsfVRXtedPgYfQ9DQ

#Iceland #Mosquitos #Insects

Trilobite Beetle!

Platerodrillus ruficollis

Managed to get some shots with the head exposed, it's that tiny little muppet-like thing in the front.

Everybody takes photos of the dorsal view, but these creatures look so mindblowingly insane from the side.

Laowa 65mm Macro with Fujifilm XT-100

#macroPhotography #beetlesOfMastodon #insects

The last buzzers of the year🤗😌



#taubenschwänzchen #HummingbirdHawkMoth

#insects #pollinators

The last buzzers of the year🤗😌



#taubenschwänzchen #HummingbirdHawkMoth

#insects #pollinators

William & Mary: Harnessing the sun to help the night. “As a William & Mary graduate student in biology, [Bryce] Donaghue studies how the vegetation beneath solar farms can attract insects — and, in turn, provide valuable hunting grounds for bats. His goal is to show that renewable energy sites can double as thriving wildlife habitats, supporting species that are increasingly at risk.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/18/william-mary-harnessing-the-sun-to-help-the-night/

#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

# 192

Bigger #bumblebees are more likely to go out foraging in low light such as dawn.
Why?
They have bigger eyes than smaller sister workers in the colony, and indeed other species of #bees, allowing them to see better in dim light.
#nature
#environment
#insects
#science
#dandelion
#biodiveristy
#pollinators
#worldbeesanctuary
#vegan
#naturereserve

#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

# 192

Bigger #bumblebees are more likely to go out foraging in low light such as dawn.
Why?
They have bigger eyes than smaller sister workers in the colony, and indeed other species of #bees, allowing them to see better in dim light.
#nature
#environment
#insects
#science
#dandelion
#biodiveristy
#pollinators
#worldbeesanctuary
#vegan
#naturereserve

Trilobite Beetle!

Platerodrillus ruficollis

Managed to get some shots with the head exposed, it's that tiny little muppet-like thing in the front.

Everybody takes photos of the dorsal view, but these creatures look so mindblowingly insane from the side.

Laowa 65mm Macro with Fujifilm XT-100

#macroPhotography #beetlesOfMastodon #insects

Malcolm Storey created and maintains https://www.bioimages.org.uk , a huge catalogue of high-resolution images of most animals that can be found in the British Isles, except for birds and other vertebrates.

Offers one of the most comprehensive catalogue of #Ichneumonidae images with special emphasis on macro photography to illustrate species-diagnostic features.

Malcolm has been identifying thousands of parasitoid wasps at #iNaturalist – that's how I found out. Thanks so much for all your work.
https://www.inaturalist.org/people/3839145

#wasplove #wasps #entomology #insects #UK